Was that a skunk?

Driving to work this morning on the back of my new husbands motor cycle. Its a little cool due to last nights thunder storm but tolerable. It's actually crisp.

I enjoy being on the bike with him. I enjoy my arms wrapped tightly around him, I enjoy the peace of being alone in your thoughts, I enjoy the air. I love that he thinks I look so sexy taking off my helmet...*blush*

What I do not enjoy however is the fact that we take the bike because the day will be hot but we have to wear jeans on the bike, jeans in the office. I don't like that I have to wear my dorky rain jacket to help keep me warm in the wind, and still have to wear it home at the end of the day in the heat. I don't like that I have cold hands because when I am to scared to put my hands in his pockets at highway speeds. I get some wierd crazy feeling like I am going to fall off...I know I am not. Get us at lower speeds in the city and I am totally comfortable. funny.

Is it just me, or is the faint smell of skunk in the crisp morning air on a motor cycle at highway speeds not really that bad of a smell?

Becoming Mrs. Gamble

The perfect day.
It was magical.....the moment came and all I had to do was look into his eyes.

A dream come true, I became Mrs. Gamble.

The Next Adventure......

......off we go to Banff,AB.


08.21.09


This day
I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with,
live for,dream with...
LOVE

It's Saturday?

Half way through Saturday and I wonder how many times I have said that to myself?

I took Friday off along with Terry to get a head start on some of our weekend before the wedding prep stuff. We have managed to pack so much into a day and a half already that its so hard to believe there is still another day away from the office after this! Fantastic.

I am off to get ready for my 'girls night'. looking forward to some laughs and fun times.

I am feeling a bit frantic still (thats the word I use to describe myself this weekend) I can't seem to finish a full thought before moving onto the next one. To top of my own inner crazy that I bring upon my self most times, my daughter Tayler just got her learners yesterday. It wasn't a surprise, I knew we were going to get it this summer and that she would pass, what I was surprised at was how my thoughts on this changed so instantly from being so excited and happy for her right to panick (incase you haven't picked up on it yet, panick & worry are my thing). "My little girl is going to be driving a vehicle?" you can't even talk to her when a t.v. is on in the same room with out the the word "wwhhaaat?" coming out of her mouth.
I let her drive a couple of times on back roads in town. Everytime she does I get worse, she gets more comfortable with the vehicle sure, but I get worse I say "Thank you God" every time she finally puts it into park....breath...I need to register for yoga.

One kid down, two to go.Boys are easier right??!

My Daniel

I feel so proud of him.

He just agreed to hall a whole lotta rocks from the front of a house up a hill to the back of a house....when he is done, he will earn $100.00!!

He got this job through his (future) Grandpa Gamble. It is a friend of his who just moved in up the road from them....Of course when this job was offered to Daniel he jumped at the chance to make some money with dollar signs reflected in his eyes.

He just started today, It will take a couple of days for him to get this job done. I am sure it will be harder work that he anticipated but I have no doubt he will not quit and finish the job.
He will get paid and feel so good about what he just accomplished....he's such a hard worker.

I have a feeling once he gets a taste of this cash in hand thing, he will become addicted and be off and running in his life's pursuit of the all mighty dollar.

What will you be when you grow up Daniel? I am so excited to watch you find out.

Time for Change

Good Change.....its here!!The moment we have all been waiting for. Its right now. Alway waiting, and looking forward. Well here it is,now. its our moment, our moment to be happy, our moment to worry less and live more.
Ok, baby steps. My baby steps have brought me here, right now.
Viva la Vida....I love that! Long Live Life Thank you Cold Play.


This article I found through another blog I love reading daily..
I have already put my oxygen mask on, I am now breathing deep.
Here is a portion of the blog I just read that really stood out to me:

So, therefore, it appears we each have a mission, should we choose to accept it: at some point today, let's all take some time to take care of ourselves. Do something that is good for you. I'll let you decide what that is. But just do it. Do it for yourself. Do it for the people you love.

Heck, do it for all of us.

I purchased a book last night based on the recomondation of a friend/cousin...In Praise of Slow by Carl Honore.
I can't wait to start reading it,I'll get to it as soon as I slow down a bit. I'll let you know how that turns out.

Lists

Today my thoughts feel like they are in a wind storm....I can't seem to grab on to one long enough to look at it before it blows away again.
My mind is spinning with lists and schedule and appt times.
This past weekend was also filled with many things to do and accomplish from THE LIST, I am happy to say that most got checked off.

1. a pretty successful Saturday afternoon b-day party for my 15 year old daughter,water fight included
2. school supply shopping completed for one out of three children including one new back to school outfit.
3. The start of back to school shopping for another of the three with the added bonus of an afternoon of hanging out just the two of us.
4. four is just for all those little tid bits of things I had to stop and pick up at various locations...check!
5. completed wedding favors (almost)

Funny, it doesn't look like much when I list it all like that.Either way, i think one of my favorite non listed things this weekend was a little drive way road hockey session with Nathan, I have always wanted to do that with one of my children but none have ever been interested, yesterday we did it. His suggestion (actually he suggested playing hockey on video game and I kind of nudge the other way)The game we played lasted all of 20 minutes but boy did we have fun...topped off with a visit from the ice cream truck he and his sister indulged in a Birthday ice cream.

With Daniel away for the weekend camping with a friend in a tent at their family cabin and Terry very busy moving forward building our back deck, our weekend was full but with much accomplished and shrinking list of things to do I think we can call the weekend successful. Still, not enough down time or friend time:
Happy Belated Birthday Michel...Hope it was a good day for you.

1980's

We're having a party....an 80's party to be exact. I don't think we are going to dress up for this party,the music and memories we are going to bring will be more than enough. Its my pre wedding party, a stagette if you will, but with out all the crazy usually associated with one. (I hope) We're grown 'mature' adults after all....right? I guess we'll soon find out.
I think I will look around a see what clothing I can throw on to accommodate the theme a little...here's the sad part, I just have to look as far as my (almost..two days to go) 15 year old daughter's closet. All of our fab. 80's attire has transformed itself into a new age for a new generation. I am sure all this stuff was just sitting in a warehouse somewhere waiting for it's time to shine once again.....it's all soooooo tempting. I must confess, it wasn't to, to long ago that I finally put my teenage fashion mess behind me, a little sad I know. It was time, well beyond time. I recently tried on a pair of good old Reebok's high tops, you know the ones, just for kicks...my time in the 80's has long past I realised quickly.
So, as hard as it was seeing my old too tight pants and crazy color accessories,with bangs to long in the eyes walking past me in the now, I can now let it pass with out a twinge of regret that I had to let it go....look at me growing up! Really, what took me so long?! 80's, enjoy the..er..2000's. Bring back the 60's,again! Round three.

Pass It On!!

Hey Readers, here is a great musician who could your help!


Don Amero is from Winnipeg, Manitoba
You should check out his music and website at donameromusic.com
His latest CD called "Deepening" is up for some awards at the Aboriginal People's Choice Awards in Winnipeg this year and he needs some votes!


If you have a couple of minutes today, you should go there and vote for him. You can go to his website and follow the links or you can go straight to the awards website at aboriginalpeopleschoice.com and cast your vote there! Once you sign up and log in, you can vote for him in these categories:


Entertainer of the Year
Songwriter of the Year
Best Album Cover Design
Best Folk/Acoustic CD
Best Pop CD
Best Producer/Engineer
Best Single of the Year
And...
After you're done, maybe you'd like to post the entire post you just read on your blog so that your readers can vote too. Please feel free! But the deadline for voting is August 16th, 2009..so don't delay-vote today!

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rainy day

It's a cool rainy morning today, like a blanket.
It's a morning for long pants and sweaters. A good day to be at work,no,its a good day to be at home.
I have been thinking so much about that lately. Just being home. Organizing it, painting it, learning to cook new things in it. Just to be home, being a good Mom to my kids and soon, I will be a good Wife to my Man in that home.
I imagine I will sit here in my cubicle for the rest of today daydreaming about being at home. If I was at home, say as a stay at home Mom/Homemaker, would I be daydreaming about being here? In this cubicle? Nope.

discovery

I have found myself on a journey recently. Its a journey of me.
Several years ago I separated from my almost 10 year marraige. After all the figuring and settling and getting the kids into a routine schedule, I found myself looking at myself. I looked in the mirror and the words came to my head "who are you? Who are you when your home alone?"
It wasn't a question I could answer at that time, I may still not be able to answer that fully now, (fitful maybe?!) but I have to say, I have been loving the the journey of discovery.
Suddenly there I was...I could see me, I could see people. Were they always there? Yup,they were always there, it was me who wasn't....as my heart and eyes opened up I find myself four years later still on a journey of discovery and hope it never ends.
I am 16 days away from getting married to the most amazing man on earth in a place so wonderful and special to us. Its pretty magical, almost sureal. We are so great together. We embark on a new journey of discovery now, together .
I love who I am when I am with him.....a really great me.

Fitfully Defined

Fitful
Part of Speech: adjective

Definition: irregular, sporadic

Synonyms:
bits and pieces, broken, capricious, catchy*, changeable, desultory, disturbed, erratic, flickering, fluctuating, haphazard, herky-jerky, hit-or-miss, impulsive, inconstant, intermittent, interrupted, on-again-off-again, periodic, random, recurrent, restive, restless, shifting, spasmodic, spastic, spotty, unstable, variable

Antonyms:
constant, continuous, even, regular, undisturbed, unvarying

I find it amazing that both the synonyms and the antonyms describe me pefectly.
So begins my blogging journey....enjoy the ride.