All I want for Christmas

Is a clean and organized house!

I've come to the conclusion that the only way I will get that is by paying someone else to do it!

If you walked into my house you would know exactly what I needed help with!

Kitchen, Laundry, Bathrooms, Toys...

That's it! I've asked, I've begged, I've cried, I've screamed, and I've written it out I don't know how many times between private letters and this blog...

I'm starting to accept that this is it! My life as I know it! I'm alone with this! Trying to teach my boys to help me and pray that they grow up and help when they are in a relationship!

I should have seen this coming. I should have realized it! But I was young and in love! Now I'm overworked and couldn't care less about love. I want functioning and support! I've learned by talking to others that the only way I could possibly get that is by becoming a lesbian! Really?

Tomorrow I'm going out and spending more of my Vegas savings on a new Kitchen Tap! I'm also going to toss out a bunch of shit I haven't seen in over a year just stacking up and of course work on laundry and start on my office!

I will have my clean house for Christmas. It's going to cost me when it shouldn't. I have people in the house almost daily that could save me money but... They are all men! So yeah!

That's all I want!

Wait... What?

Time is going by way too fast for my liking. Every time I think I have more time to complete something I realize I am already past the "due date". I sometimes feel like I take on way to much with little to no help and other times I feel like everything is flowing nicely!

My son turns 6 tomorrow. I don't even know how to put into words how I feel about that. I'm in awe. I feel so blessed and I'm excited for our future but I can not believe that he is going to be 6! Hell I sometimes can't believe that I have two children!

Last night I made rainbow cupcakes for his class. Tonight I will be making the icing for them. Tomorrow my parents will be taking him out for lunch and I'm going to make his favorite dinner - Spaghetti. With all that I have to do I am very thankful he wanted his birthday at Chuck E Cheese! I do not have to clean my house! I do however have to make another birthday cake! I haven't yet asked what he wants. We have a few pans but I'm sure he'll want Spider-Man! I plan on baking the cake Saturday morning and decoration it Sunday! I get to Party with Angie Friday for her Birthday and I have two Parties on Saturday as well! One out of town! I booked the birthday party for Sunday at 4pm just so I can have time! I need more time! I sure hope he's happy with it all! I know he will be! Especially when he gets his present tomorrow night!

It's going to be a fun filled week and weekend! I can't wait to take photos and share it all!

Happy Birthday Ethan! I love you so much and thank you for everything that you do! Helping me with your brother, your chores and making me laugh when I need it the most! You are an amazing person!

Happy Thanksgiving 2012

Fall is one of my favourite seasons! I love the changing colours, being able to wear sweaters and of course Thanksgiving dinner!

I wrote about it last year here! I'm very proud of my Turkey Dinners! Turkey, stuffing, creamy mashed potatoes, squash, pie and so much more! I love that I have a home I can open up to family and cook for! I still dream about a bigger house, bigger kitchen and dinning room! But for now my home is perfect!

This year I'm counting my blessings! Making sure I remind myself daily how lucky I am! What I am thankful for!

The first thing I always think about is my family! My husband and our two boys! They are my entire world!

I'm thankful for my parents for all that they do for us! I'm thankful for my grandparents for their consistent support and cheering me on every day! I'm thankful for Steve's family and all of our friends! For everything and understand that we are a busy family and being there for us either by supporting our businesses or just to make us smile!

I'm thankful for SMB and Passion Parties for giving us something worth working for! The passion and dreams they both provide! The people we have met and the future they are building for us! They both create who our family is today!

I'm thankful for our jobs (even when we both wish we didn't have to work), our cars and our home!

But most of all I'm thankful for our Health! The one thing a lot of people take for granted!

This year make sure you take care of yourself and tell your family you love them! You never know what life will bring you. What experience or lesson you will be learn from or be dealing with next!

Thank you all for reading this as well! Supporting me through all my ups and downs! My crazy idea's I don't always follow through with! And well just being there!

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?



Rest in Peace Pat! We love you! We will miss you! And we will play the toilet game in your memory! Pass it down for generations to come! Thank you for coming into our lives!

Where does a 17 month old boy hide mommy's glasses?

I wear glasses. Mostly for driving or if I want to see things walking too! I'm not the greatest at putting my glasses away. Which is bad when you are trying to teach your 5 year old to put their glasses in their case too!
Last weekend I came home late. Worked all day and I had a party that night. I was tired. I got in the house and put my glasses on the kitchen table as I often do and went to bed! The next morning I woke up so sick I could barely walk! I made the boys breakfast and waiting for dad to get up so I could go back to bed. I pretty much slept Sunday away so there was no need for my glasses!

Come Monday I'm getting ready to head out to pick up a few things we needed. Still felt like ass and the house looked about the same. I could not for the life of me find my glasses. Tuesday comes along and still no sign of my glasses. I was feeling a lot better and cleaned my house that night in hopes to find the damn things and well... clean my house. NOTHING

So I tweet the questions: Where does a 17 month old boy hide glasses?

The most common response was the toilet! Well since I was living on the toilet for the last 3 days (Sorry for the TMI) I would pray I would see them there and not flush them down. Again I'm sure if I did that would have caused a much bigger problem!

I looked all around the living room, all over the kitchen, the fridge, the cupboards, the garbage in the bathroom and drawers, the bathtub, the bedroom, the basement, outside and even in the vacuum! NOTHING

I then decide this is a sign I need to get a new pair. I haven't had my eyes checked in years and I was noticing the my prescription was changing! So I get in, get a new prescription and ordered two pairs online and another set for Ethan! $64! Bonus!

It's now Friday! I should have my new glasses by next week! I'm looking forward to seeing again when I drive! It's harder when it's dark and mixed with crazy Calgary drivers I was just adding to that problem! Made for some fun morning rides into work!

This morning I get a call from hubby with laughter in the background! Apparently they found my glasses! They were the prize in the cereal box! How the hell did they end up there?

So next time you lose something in your house with a toddler check the cereal boxes as well! You just never know what the next prize will be!

Question Of The Day

What do Men Really Think?

Are they really from Mars while we are from Venus?

When "we" (Woman) Beg, cry, scream, neg or even simply ask for help... What the hell goes through their head? Over and over and over and over again.

Help me understand... Please!

I think this calls for a weekend with Donna!

Image courtesy of google search

The no where to be found Anywhere Switch!

A few years ago we went to Vancouver to visit my Aunt & Uncle and they had this in a bedroom! I thought it would be a fantastic idea for our Kitchen! My Kitchen's light switch is in the far back corner of our kitchen! I want our switch located where you walk into the kitchen like our dinning room switch! And of course with practically everything I take my sweet ass time looking into this! A few weeks ago I went into Home Depot to pick up this Anywhere Switch! It was quite entertaining trying to explain this in chick lingo when I really had no idea what I was looking for! I had an idea but didn't know it at the time what it was actually called! Well I found it before the associate had any clue what I was talking about!

I get it home and my Dad hooks it up! Annnnd no lights! Not being electricians and all we figure something came lose and will look into it soon! I went a week with no kitchen lights other then the one above my stove! I finally get an SMB band member over who is an actual electrician and he gets the lights working and then... POP! The remote doesn't work! He pulls it out and sees that the antenna end is bare and hit metal and blew it! Great! Ok I'll just run out and get another one and electrical tape! Pretty simple! So I thought! They didn't have one and of course there was NO ASSOCIATE around who knew what I was talking about or willing to help! So I head to Lowe's. Nothing! Today I find myself in the south end of the city and pop into another HD... Nothing. Call around to 3 other locations. Nothing... I can not find this thing anywhere.

I'm about ready to give up for the day! But I thought I would jump online and see what I can find! I couldn't possibly have purchased the last one in Calgary? Really? Online says there are Zero in stock anything in my surrounding areas! So I punch in my old Victoria Postal Code and VIOLA! There are 2 in Park Royal West Van and 4 in Victoria! I have my grandma getting me one in Victoria and trying to get my cousin who is on vacation to get the one in Park Royal!

It would be my luck for me to get the very last one in this city! It's such a cool item! I can not believe it would be discontinued! One associate said it was because customers were having so many issues with them! Ah yes the open ended antenna! Easy fix! ELECTRICAL TAPE! I also emailed the company and suggested they fix this defect and get HD to restock! So we will see how that goes! Now I get to wait for either my cousin or my grandma to put on in the mail for me!

This is just the beginning of my mini reno work around my house!

I want to change the lighting in my kitchen and dinning room! Reno my entire upstairs bathroom! Flooring throughout my entire house! New front door with screen door! Paint my bedroom and that should do it!

So if you are looking for a cool anywhere switch there are now 3 left in Victoria and maybe soon to be one in Park Royal! I'm thinking of avoiding HD for a very long time! Or until I need electrical tape! haha

Keeping up with Chores and not turning into a Monster Mom

September is here! School is back in full swing all over the city. It's now time to buckle down and get back into a routine! Out of that lazy summer swing of things!

I used to HATE routines. Mainly when it came to food and such but that was pre-children! I often gave my husband a hard time about his "Routines". I'm now pushing 30 and begging for a routine! Structure! Help! A kick in the ass to get me out of this tired and lazy hole I've managed to dig myself into and can not get out! My life feels like one big beautiful disaster! And that needs to change!

I posted on Facebook the other night about how I do not know how working single parents do it! Hats off to them! I get the working, picking up the kids and cooking dinner and bed time routines... but then there's the house! The chores! Organization! My business! Me time.... and the non-existing Date Nights! Now those who were or are actual single working parents said it's not easy! It's hard! My mom said, and I quote "Why do you think I'm such a shitty housekeeper!" And she really is. LOL She can cook a damn good meal but omg she can not clean! I give her props for trying to help me once in a while around my house tho! The most amusing part to my post to me were all the Stay at Home Mom's who piped in! No offence to all my SAHM friends but it wasn't aimed at you! I don't know how you keep up with housework either but like I said it's like having any job... If you stay on top of it then it's doable! BUT most of you are at home all day. Working Parents are not! I want to hear from the people who are not at home all day! What kind of systems work for those who have 2 or more jobs to keep their head above water! How do they teach their children (or spouses) to help out and not be bitter about it! Do they sleep? Have they given up on "Me" time... "Our" time? Like I have? I do know a lot of SAHM that leave most of the cleaning until after bed time! It's easier then trying to keep up with kids running around! So I guess in a way it's the same! But again. What are you giving up to keep up?

I am not single but there are days I feel like I am and just have an extra child to take care of. My husband is an amazing hard working man but when it comes to household chores it's like asking our 5 year old to pick up his toys! I get the "In a Minute", "I'll get to it when I get to it", "Yes Dear" or the dreaded eye roll and heavy sigh! I try and point out that he freaks when our son does that to him! That if he can not help me when I ask then he can not expect the same out of our boys! There are times where I just let it go. I don't ask. I just do it all on my own. And then it gets to the point that I'm too tired to care and just stop doing it all. My house then looks as if a tornado went through. And then pms kicks in and I freak out about once a month! I cry and yell and beg for help! Things are good for about a week and then the cycle returns! Once in a while Steve will have a PMS fit about the house and I'll just sit there with a smirk and chuckling in my head! It's pretty entertaining at times! Especially when he makes me laugh when I'm trying to freak out! Ugh I hate that! I just want to get mad!

So that being said. I need to find a routine that works for us! Simple, to the point! Back to Basics type of thing! Something we can all do together to avoid Erin's monthly break down!!!! I can call it The Save the Family from Monster Mom Program! ha!

I am going to need supplies to help me create a system that works for the Working Class Parents who have two hours to fit in a days worth of chores!

Deepfreeze, bins, baskets, labels and possibly a big as cluttering cleaning job!

Some days I feel like we are hoarders that hide it well! We have boxes full of shit we haven't seen in over 6 years and yet it's still there! Then there's the papers, cd's, clothes and toys. Oh gawd the toys. WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE TOYS!

I need to tackle one room at a time! My my shopping list and schedule in the time and JUST DO IT! Now this is where I ask for help!!!!

I would love to hear from the Working Class Parent (Single or Couples)! I want to hear about your fantastic duties and organizing tips and tricks! (Other then just drinking a lot of wine which was a facebook comment I absolutely LOVE! lol)

And which products do you, have you found useful?

Here's to another School Year!