Friday Night Leftovers - July 22

This has been a very quick, very long week full of hot temperatures. I'm not sure my brain works enough to even dump out a leftover post. Let's see.

It is so hot here. The heat wave is finally breaking, but I think my brain melted. I am so glad I got to go work in an air conditioned building all week. Especially Thursday. It was a record breaking day with the temperature hitting 35.7 C (that's 96.3 F) but when you added humidity, it felt like just under 50 C (122 F). The temperature was only 0.5 degrees off the hottest temprature ever.

Needless to say, our pool has been getting lots of use. Mikey is getting very comfortable in it. He nows leans on the side and lifts his feet up to float for a few seconds at a time. He would stay in there all day if you let him. He cries everytime we take him out.

Tomorrow is the second last day of soccer. We get our pictures tomorrow. That will be fun to see how they turned out.

I am glad it's the weekend. I could use some relaxing. Mikey didn't sleep well with the heat so high, so I didn't really get any relaxing time in the evening. It will be nice to just sit for a while. Maybe get caught up reading some of the 750+ blog posts I haven't had time to read this week.

Friday Night Leftovers - July 8

• I start work on Monday. It is ridiculous how excited I am. I feel like a little kid starting grade 1 for the first time. Only without the jumping up and down and running around in circles.
• I have no idea how to get my sleep schedule back on track. Except to die the first week of work. Whatever works, I guess.
• Our pool continues to go unused. Great waste of money there! Either it's not hot enough out, or the water just seems way too cold. It is getting a little gross, so we may have to break down and get some chemicals. Otherwise Mike will totally refuse to use it, instead of just coming up with excuses.

That's about it. There is not a whole lot floating through my head this week. I'm sure I will come up with a bunch more things once I hit post though.

Friday Night Leftovers - July 1

It's already July 1. The year is half over. Where did it go?

I thought of all kinds of things to include last night as I laid in bed trying to fall asleep. But can I remember anything this morning?

Mikey did a strange behaviour Wednesday night. He went to bed like normal while I was out. When I went to go to bed after getting home, I went up stairs and went in our bedroom and flicked on the light to get changed. Then flicked it right off because I saw Mikey in our bed. I went downstairs to question Mike why he was in our room. Mike had no idea he was there. Apparently Mikey got up and went into our bed on his own. Without making any noise or crying for a drink or coming downstairs. First time he ever did that.

Mikey has developed a little comfort move. He doesn't really have a blanket or toy that he carries around all the time. I have noticed that the past month or so that when he drinks his milk, he pinches some of his shirt between his fingers and rubs it. He prefers to use my shirt, but will use his own when he is sitting by himself. I noticed him doing it while he was tired the other day too. Very cute.

I am a horrible daughter this year. I completely forgot my mom's birthday earlier in June. I talked to her a week before it, but only just called her again this week. I was 3 weeks late saying happy birthday. So bad. But I wasn't the worst. My brother, who lives 15 min away from her, also forgot. After I got off the phone I texted him to see if he really did forget. Apparently he is going to go grovel this weekend. Such bad kids we are.

I saw a really neat idea to create newsprint fingernails, and thought I'd give it a try. It was pretty easy, and turned out neat. I will have to take a picture and post to share.

Happy Canada's Day everyone! We are off to the fair and fireworks today. We will see how Mikey does at the fireworks. I am expecting it to not go well.

Friday Night Leftovers - May 20

So it's the Friday at the start of the long weekend. At least here in Canada. Monday is Victoria Day. And this weekend is known as the May 2-4 weekend, the start of camping, summer, and beer on the patio. Hopefully it stops raining for at least part of the weekend.

Our plans for the weekend are nothing. Mike is off at a wrestling event tomorrow, so I am hoping the weather is nice so Mikey and I can play outside lots. This weekend is low key. Next weekend will be busy with Mike wrestling every day Thurs-Sun at a festival, Mikey's first soccer game, and my niece's ballet recital.

I am still waiting on the start date of the job I supposedly landed. So I have started job searching again because I'm not sure how long I'm supposed to wait. It's getting a little riduculous. I have an interview on Tuesday that I am really excited about. It's for a large company in town. A much shorter commute, and if I get in, there is good job security and lots of growth potential.

I realized today that I hate using nail polish remover. I broke down and took off the uber chipped, sad looking polish from my fingernails. They were looking pretty bad. For some reason I hate nail polish remover though. It stinks, and I hate how my nails are discoloured and rough after polish is taken off.

I think that's about it for this week.

Friday Night Leftovers - May 13

Is it Friday already? Looking at the calendar, I guess it is. Fridays just don't have the same appeal when you aren't working.

Apparently it's our carseat that is the cause for puking in the car. I picked up a friend and his son for a playdate, and didn't he puke all over while sitting in it. So I'm blaming the carseat, not Mikey.

I love crepes. For Mother's day I was having a super urge for a crepe. So instead of going to stand in line for a crowded restaurant, we waited until the mall opened and had a crepe in the food court. So yummy. But so not cheap. So we went out on Wednesday and bought the fixin's to make them ourselves. The crepe part didn't turn out so well yesterday. But today I made several good ones and put the leftovers in the fridge. My crepe tomorrow will be super easy to make since I just need to throw in all together.

For the record, I make my crepes with Nutella, strawberries, bananas and whip cream. Yummy! And I'm sure it's healthy with the fruit and all.

This week has been full of gorgeous weather. We have played outside either in our yard or at the park every day this week. We even got a bit in today before it started pouring. It was so nice all week that our yard completely dried up. Now it's a lake again. Boo.

Friday Night Leftovers - April 29

It's Friday! Another week has flown by.

I have exciting news! I have a job! It's not completely finalized, still have to agree on a start date and salary, but they offered it to me, and I have accepted. I am so happy! This was the job that I interviewed for before and thought I got, but then never heard back. Apparently I just needed to be patient.

We have to start putting limits of one "baby" per outing. Mikey has three stuffed animals that he has become attached to. Today was the first day he insisted on bringing all three out with us, and it didn't go smoothly. He only has two hands afterall, and he must hold someone's hand when walking around. That leaves quite the juggling act. So after today, there will be a one baby limit on outings.

Mikey's babies are really cute. He has a small beanie baby teddy bear that I had before he was born, a little elephant he got at the carnival last weekend, and a baby penguin that was part of a Mommy and Baby set he got at Christmas. These "abe-ees" have become attached to his hands. He wants all of them, all the time. This evening the elephant and the penguin were "iss-ee, iss-ee" (kissing) each other all over the living room. Very cute. I think he was recreating the kissing game he does with me.

I am going golfing tomorrow morning. I found an online group in my area for golfing. I am excited since I was only out once last year. Hopefully I will be out quite a bit more this year. I have a feeling I am going to be super sore and tired tomorrow night. In a good way though.

We had ant hell in our kitchen earlier this week. I was so grossed out. I think ants are the grossest bug ever. Give me a spider or beetle any day instead of an ant. We had noticed one or two crawling around the floor by the fridge, and then saw one or two on the counter. I called the super who suggested we get a few ant traps and see if they work. That evening after Mike made supper, he put the leftover meat on a cutting board and put it on that counter. When I went into the kitchen a few hours later, my whole counter was covered in ants. After doing a grossed out shriek and shudder, I threw out the meat, Lysolled the counter, wiped everything up, Lysolled again and wiped, did the dishes, then a final Lysol. And texted Mike to bring ant traps home. Which he did, and we have only seen two ants since then.  Not an experience I want to repeat.

Friday Night Leftovers - April 22

It's Friday already. Tims is really flying by while I'm at home.

This has been a very discouraging week. I heard from no one. Neither job interview I had last week. And I thought I got on eof the job's and was going to be contacted for a 4th interview for the other one (this one may still call because the HR person seems to really take their time with every step).

Some good news: Mike got a full-time job! So at least one of us will be working.

Mikey has started to sleep better... again... mostly. He is only waking up once a night again, which makes for some good rest.

Except that my sleep is all messed up. I've been staying up later, and having trouble falling asleep. Last night was the worst. I think I only got less than 5 hours. Ugh. I am so taking a nap today.

I scored an awesome deal on a gift card to a beauty salon, and have appointments next week to get my hair cut, and have a manicure and a pedicure. I am so looking forward to it!

This weekend promises to be fairly relaxing. Mike and Mikey have a playdate today, then Mikey and I are going to visit my grandparents tomorrow, and Mike and Mikey have another playdate on Sunday. I am so excited to have some alone time, and to see family.

And I think that's about it for me for today.

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Friday Night Leftovers - April 15

It's Friday already? I need to go back to work for the simple reason that I have no idea what day it is.

Mikey is becoming a very concerned kid. Everything has him scrunching up his face while saying "oh no". The baby crying, the dog barking, the cartoon character falling down. Everything!

Mikey has figured out how to get Special Agent Oso cartoons on Youtube on the iPad. He showed me and Mike how to do it. Just push the Youtube button, then the history button, then select your episode. My almost 2 year old showed me how to do something on the iPad that no one had showed him how to do! That scares me.

I finally cleaned up the filing cabinet area. It was the last place I still had boxes sitting. I feel so productive!

Mikey got his head stuck between the arm and back of the computer chair this morning. So funny, and yet not because he got very upset. We got him out, but it required one of us pushing the chair back out a bit while the other lifted him straight up. All while he screamed. Good times at 7 am.

It's been a while since I did an update on Mikey's eating. Mainly because there is no progress. He still refuses to chew anything, or swallow anything with chunks. Not cool for a kid who has 3 weeks to go before he is two.

Friday Night Leftovers - April 8

Friday already? I have completely lost track of the days, and it's only been a week. Eek. At least I have been getting dressed everyday.

I had an interview this morning. My second interview at this place. It went great! I think I'll be invited back for a third interview. Although I was a bit concerned that the hiring manager looked to be a few years younger than me. I'm not that old. But good for him.

Mikey and I went to my sister's for lunch for a belated birthday party. It was fun, minus the meltdowns that every kid had. We made personal pizzas from pitas, pizza sauce (in a squeeze bottle!), cheese and pepperoni. Followed by ice cream cake (tradition in my family). And a cute card made by my niece. I got a soft, fuzzy new bathrobe. Which apparently is super hard to find in April.

Following this visit, Mikey has been sleeping for 3 hours. This seems to be becoming a trend.

This weekend should be full of fun. I have a woman's get-together lunch tomorrow. On Sunday Mikey's best friend (our old babysitter's son) is having a birthday party. He turned 3 earlier this week.

This reminds me that Mikey will be 2 in a month! It seems so soon, and yet so far away. I can't believe my baby will be 2.

Friday Night Leftovers - April 1

Today was my first official day of unemployment. And it was busy. Things we did:

- went to the library.

- picked up the contacts I had ordered. I am excited to get them now that sunglasses weather is coming. I find the sun to bright too drive in without sunglasses in the summer. Instead of my usual Night & Days, I got daily disposables. So I can wear my glasses easily, now that I have 2 pairs that I like.

- checked out EI. Was told I need to apply online, so it was basically a wasted trip.

- went to the mall to buy "interview" clothes. My list of things to get were a pair of black pants, a blazer to match the multiple pairs of brown pants I own, and a new pair of girly shoes. I came home with a pair of grey pants, 3 shirts and 2 pairs of shoes (ballet flats and wedge heels). Not quite matched the list, but I'm still happy with my choices.

- had a relaxing nap for an hour while Mikey slept. He woke up too early and was uber cranky, so...

- went for a walk to the huge Canadian Tire a block away. Found the perfect shelf for our kitchen so we have a place to put keys, wallets, and assorted just-in-the-door stuff.

- played and cuddled with Mikey

All in all, a very good day.

Friday night leftovers Mar 25

- My mom and sister-in-law will be up this weekend. They are coming to get our old baby stuff for my SIL. They didn't believe me when I said I have more than one car load, but they will when they see the pile. I can't believe how much stuff there is. I guess I will be storing anything they don't take in our basement. Yea for basements!

- I have Monday off for Mikey's follow-up appointment with our pediatrician. I am slightly nervous because this is the doctor who told us to take away milk and yogurt until Mikey chewed foods. Which we didn't do.

- Mikey had a check-up with our family doctor last Friday. He is happy with Mikey's progress, and doesn't care whether Mikey chews or not, since I am able to get lots of nutrients in, and he's gaining weight again. He's up to 26 lb now, having put on 2 lb in the last 3 months. He is now 2' 9" tall. Not huge, not small, he is just about average all around.

- After today I have 3 working days left here (Tues, Wed, Thurs). It still seems a little unreal.

- We found our iPad. Not sure if I had mentioned it, but it went missing during our move. We finally found it last night in the "safe" place where Mike had hid it. It only took him 5 days to remember where that place was.

- I got new glasses yesterday. I am pretty excited, I really like them. They are OGI Classic Grey. I got them on sale, and they only cost me $50 after everything was said and done. Which I think is an awesome price. And now I have 2 pairs of glasses that I like.

- I still need to get contacts though. Mainly because I my eyes get really sensitive to the light in the summer, and I like to wear sunglasses when I drive long distances. And swimming is much nicer with contacts. I think I'm leaning towards daily disposables though, now that I like my glasses.

Friday night leftovers Mar 11

So while stalking reading my favourite mom blog, Unexplained X2, she had a list of 5 things she couldn't live without. For everyone in her family, which is awesome. I figured I'd throw my list, and the one I made for Mike and Mikey in here as part of my leftovers.

My list:
1. Chocolate. No explanation needed.
2. Internet at work. Not that I don't do work, but I do have free time occasionally. And I spend it reading the 136 (!) blogs I subscribe to. And sometimes reading ebooks.
3. Books. Have I mentioned I love reading?
4. Car. I couldn't imagine not driving whenever I felt like it, or when I need to go anywhere. My car has begun showing it's age (it's just over 10 years old), but it still gets me everywhere.
5. Sweaters. I am always cold. Except in our super hot apartment lately. But normally I need a sweater everywhere.

Mikey's list:
1. Milk.
2. Cheesies. This kid is seriously addicted.
3. Portable DVD player. Not only is it a miracle in the car, he has one in the house that he insists be playing all the time lately. Take it away and you get melt down central.
4. Scout. The signing, talking, music playing teddy bear is his best friend at night. And is required for him to go to sleep.
5. Special Agent Oso. His current best friend a la tv.

Mike's list:
1. Coca cola.
2. Internet.
3. Smartphone.
4. Wrestling.
5. Mikey.

Mike's list was the easiest to write. I had to think hard about my choices, and kind of hard to think of 5 things for Mikey. It would have been super easy to just list the first 3 for him.

Since this is supposed to be a leftover list, I better add at least one other item. My new favourite treat is chocolate covered cranberries. And since there is a fruit involved, that makes them healthy, right?

Friday night leftovers Mar 4

- This week has been busy and productive. Now that we have a townhouse to move into, I was busy signing the lease, getting utilities set up, and arranging for address changes everywhere. I will be happy when everything is done. I hate moving. There is just so much work involved.

- I look for, and find, lots of crafts to do with Mikey. We don't get to many, but there was one quick one done this morning. Dr Suess glasses were featured over at I can teach my child, and we tried them at home. End result? Very cute. But didn't last long. Mikey only wore them for les than 5 min.

That's about it for this week. I really don't have much to talk about apparently.

Friday night leftovers Feb 25

- We still don't have an apartment yet. But there are 2 options that we want to look at. Hopefully one of them will be The One.

- Mikey has been hilarious lately. Two stories from last night/this morning:

1.  He has pooped in a few days. Nothing unusual for him, but it means he sleeps not so good. Last night he went to bed okay. Woke up an hour later. Then an hour later. The second wake-up, he went wandering out to the livinig where my husband was playing video games. I was in bed, but heard everything. When Mike asked him what he was doing up, Mikey said "I pooped". This is his favourite phrase, and says it all the time, regardless of whether anything actually happened.

But when Mike went to pick him up, I heard "Phew, you did poop". "I pooped!" They rounded up the necessary tools, and started diaper changing. I heard the diaper open, then Mikey go "Pee-you" and my husband start laughing. Apparently he had his timing just right.

2. This morning, Mikey got me up to get a drink. We stumbled to the kitchen and I grabbed a sippy cup and the two top pieces. I fumbled, and an extra top piece went sailing into the garbage. Way down in the garbage where it was not coming out. I sighed quite loudly, and refrained from comment. Good thing, because 2 seconds later, the same sigh came from beside me. Mikey copied me perfectly, which causes laughs all around.

- Tonight is date night. We plan to have dinner, taking Mikey to my sister's, go to the movies, and then out for appetizers and a drink. So much adult fun! I'm excited. Just wish I had more sleep last night because I know I'm going to be wiped by 9:30.

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Friday night leftovers Feb 18

It has been a long week. A LONG week. If I thought it would get better this week, I'd look forward to the weekend. But I don't anticipate any change, and that makes me sad. I usually love weekends.

- There is something up with Mikey. He has barely slept all week. When he does sleep, it is for less than an hour at a time, and is accompanied by tons of sweat, and thrashing about, and crying. And yet he doesn't seem overally tired at all. I am hoping it is something simple like growing pains, because I want it to stop. Any ideas what it is?

- Work is ridiculous. I don't really want to say anything else. The company change happened last week, and it's an organized mess around here.

- Still on the hunt for an apartment. We found the perfect one last weekend, but we didn't get it. The landlord decided to choose an elderly couple over us. Apparently he doesn't want to live under a young family with a toddler. Go figure. We have an appointment to look at a place tonight. Hopefully it is acceptable.

Friday Night Leftovers - Jan 7

I haven't had the brain power to write any real blog posts lately (see point one below for reason) so I think I have lots of stuff to pull from to create a leftover edition.

1. I have had a migraine every day for the past week. On Wednesday I went and had a massage, thinking maybe the massive knot in my shoulder was the cause. Since I got 2 migraines in the last 24 hours, I'm thinking the knot was caused by the pain, not the other way around. So I have no idea what is causing them. But they are more painful than any I've had before.

2. I found out that my car won't be repaired until next Tuesday or Wednesday. So I swung by and got some stuff out of it that I would need before then. Like my audiobook and my parking pass. I am definitely growing to love driving an automatic. It will be a sad shock to go back to my car next week.

3. Apparently I don't have a lot to say, since I can't think of anything else. Oh well.

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Friday night leftovers Dec 31

It's Friday already. This has been a fast week. And not really a great week. Here are my leftover random thoughts at the end of the year:
 
My son and I are going to visit my mom for the weekend. It's a 6 hour drive there. We are splitting it into two parts since my grandma lives half way. So we are going to my grandma's this evening, and then the rest of the way tomorrow morning. But we are coming all the way home on Monday, with a break for lunch at grandma's. I am so happy we got a DVD player for the car. Otherwise, the drive is horrible.
 
I am excited to drive a new car this weekend. And one that is automatic. My car is a standard, and it is killer on the legs when driving for hours. My knees get so sore. I have been thinking about selling my car and getting an automatic, but the money just isn't there right now.
 
Our bathroom is leaking again. Oh yea! Not from the hole in the ceiling though, the water is coming from above the sink. Through the wall. Noticed the light was making sizzling noises last night. This morning there is water running from the corner of the wall/ceiling, along the seam to the door frame, and dripping down there. Hopefully this gets fixed as fast as the last drip. Not likely since there is a hole in the hallway ceiling with a bucket collecting water. And it's been there all week. I think our water is coming from the same source.
 
Work has been super quiet with most people on holidays. And chilly! I keep forgetting to bring a sweater. Brrr. I'm kind of looking forward to everyone being back next week. It's creepy when it's too quiet.
 
I think that's everything! For the year! Can't believe how fast the year went.

Friday night leftovers Dec 24

Things have been crazy this week, so no posts other than the book reviews I wrote up and scheduled on Monday. Here is a snapshot of my week:

Had an oil change scheduled for 8:30 Tuesday morning. It would make me up to 30 min late for work, but that's no problem. But did I remember? Not until I was at work, waiting for my computer to sign me in. Then I glanced at my calendar, and saw the appointment. Oops! Ran to my car and to the mechanic where they laughed at me, and got me finished within 30 min. I love my mechanic!

I have had a bad cough all week. It started Sat, and got progressively worse. On Wed I called my doctor to get an appointment. Thursday afternoon was the soonest, so I took it. I have been waking up at night to cough, choke, and throw up. I get slightly dizzy when I cough too hard, and it is beginning to hurt. I was worried I might be getting pneumonia. Luckily, I don't. I do have a prescription for antibiotics, and a cough that cough medicine won't touch.

Finally figured out what Buckleys tastes like. Vicks Vaporub! Yuck! And it's not working, so I'm not going subject myself to that torture.

I took my son with my to the doctors because he had a cold last week, and his eyes still are gunky, and sticking shut when he sleeps. He started fussing when we pulled in the parking lot. Threw up a mouthful in his carseat (note to self - must wash carseat cover). Kept fussing in the waiting room. Wished I could reason with him and reassure him we weren't there for him. Then he threw up all over the carpet. The new, 2 month old carpet. Fabulous. It least the waiting room was empty.

My son now has eye drops for his yucky eyes. I am not looking forward to trying to get them in his eyes. He freaks out, scrunches his face, and grinds it into the floor to avoid me wiping his eyes with a warm washcloth to unstick them in the morning.

Amazingly, his eyes were clean this morning. Not a drop of yuck.

Our bathroom ceiling started leaking yesterday morning. Yes, the ceiling that was just fixed. The toilet above us has been running non-stop since people moved in 2 weeks ago. And it was obviously leaking in addition to running. Water started leaking out the vent, the edges of where the ceiling was repaired, and out the door frame. But, the plumber was there by 1 pm. And had the leak fixed by 2 pm. Apparently, they don't want to deal with us for more problems. Yea!

Found out last week that my company has been sold effective March 1. We are being reassured that everyone still has a job, and they are excited to have us. Sure, we'll see. I'm not worried though. I can adapt to change. And I really expect (and hope) that there will be big changes.

The new company gave everyone a present for Christmas. An iPad!! Yes, they are definitely trying to buy our love, but I can go with that. Most definitely...

That's about it I think. My week so far. Merry Christmas everyone!