IF you read this - Please take a moment and say a prayer...

Most of you who rad this know Frannie - from ABU...

I got an email, and forwarded it to probably most of you, but I wanted to post so that anyone who could, would say a prayer....

Francis LeBlanc was a student that graduated from ABU a year ago with aReligiousStudies degree and he has been studying chemistry at UNB for the pastyear and doing very well.

Thursday night he was on his way to PEI. He stopped in to Moncton tovisit with somefriends he somehow ended up getting beaten up on the street earlyFriday morning. Francis is in critical condition with a fractured skull, bleeding in his brain and his brainis swelling. He is not conscious.

Please say a prayer...

June something or other...

Well it's almost the end of June, and I haven't got the house in order just yet. Everytime I think I finsih a room, or a space, we find something in our garage, or something in another room taht has to be moved, sigh... I'm trying to get rid of the clutter, but Friggin' eh?! I have a lot of junk.

This week is going to be a busy week for us, we have a lot of work to do on the backyard, all prep for the patio. I can't wait to have a place to just sit outside and baskin the sunlight, to sun tan, and to one day have patio furniture so that I can entertain. We have to finish tearing up some of the lawn, leveling out the land, and spreading out crushed rock/old concrete... then on Saturday the men can begin building.

Thrusday Mom and Dad Skafte are coming up, with Steve in tow. On Friday morning Steve and Dad S. will be heading up to Moncton to get Janet and all her things... to move down here to good Ol' Truro. I think that most of the moving will be done Friday, Saturday is patio day... and Sunday we rest. On sunday afternoon Mom and Dad McGuire are coming up to Truro. sunday afternoon will be a BBQ at our place. Monday will be the finishing up day for the Patio - and hopefully the putting up of Siding.... sigh so much to do and only so much time.

Oh Thrusday David and I have Dentist appointments... yikes, I'm not really a big dentist fan... but I'll brave it and go find out if it'll cost us less than 2 grand or not, to fix our teeth... yeesh!!

updating for updating's sake

Today was a day, I got up late, did the laundry, cleaned up the living room, moved some furniture, and then napped a bit.

tonight I'm making mayonase and dill smoothered salmon, garlic mashed potatoes and steamed veggies.

We are adding a patio to the house, and we are coming along very well. by July 3rd we'll have it up and running - well standing... I've been taking Photos to document it and when it's all said and done i'll upload them.

umm i think that's it for my life right now...

umm yeah so everyone else - Friggin' update eh!?!

Our FIRST Anniversary

Ahhh what a wonderful weekend, and It's only Sunday morning. I'll be updating now and then the rest tomorrow. For a few pictures - check out My Pictures -

David and I went to Moncton to Château Moncton. It was great. This is where we stayed our first night of our honeymoon. Sigh I thought he might book us a night there. It was great. We love the complimentary breakfast. It is one of the better, if not the best we've seen.

We went to East Side Marios fordinnerr, I had the Tettrazinni, and David the Steak. It was so very delicious... We love eating there. Sigh I just love food....Ahaa...Sighh.

We saw Janet and Garret and stopped by to see Brandy and Ryan (only Ryan was home, oh with Hailey) (sorry we missed you Brannie)

The Fairholm Inn was built in 1839 - it is beautiful, and has such a historic feel. Everything is wonderful, the curtians, the colours, the beds, the dinning room, the cultery, the silver.. sigh. perfect. The room is so great. There is an Island made brick archway, queen-sized bed, 2-person tub, sitting area, fireplace, it was lovely!

For our Saturday Night dinner, we went out to a beautiful Inn /Restaurant - the Dundee Arms Inn. It was quite remarkable. As part of our Romance Package we had a voucher for a fabulous meal....Soo we ordered,

- Lobster & Scallops Seafood Cakes!! Pan seared seafood cakes garnished with fresh garden greens and a chive cream fraiche - They were probably the best part of the meal, the lobster was tender the scallops wereabsolutelyy "to die for"
- Peppered Beef Tenderloin! The best Island 8 oz tenderloin, pan roasted and served with a rich brandy and cracked peppercorn sauce. David enjoyed this so much, I even got to steal some bites, sigh it better be this good for $30.
- Green Olive Chicken, so yummy. Onion, spinach and feta stuffed chicken breast crusted with panko and topped with a green olive with wine cream. This was my dish, it was very tasty. David also liked it. I think that I preferred the beef, but the chicken was great. We thought about getting a fish dish but since later on today we will be heading to the fisherman's wharf (all you can eat buffet and Lobster dinner) we thought maybe not tonight!!
- Dessert was - 9 Nut (pecan plus) pie, and Chocolate Cheesecake .Both yummy, but not as yummy as the seafood cakes...Sighh... I love Lobster!!

So now it is off to the beach and lobster - woot woot woot.

oh! I nearly forgot . David bought me the thrid part of my ring... it's beautiful....

Failing my Drivers Road Test...

Well I got the courage to drive witha a stranger and have him Judge me... and because I didn't use my Emergency brake (every time we parked) (which I have never seen ANYONE do) I failed.

sigh I get to go again.


I'm also FINISHED for the Summer!!!
WOOT



Oh and I got Ruthie's Invite to her Wedding - it's beautiful.!!

Thinking of my Childhood

So I sit tonight and think... what was my life like, being a child of the 80s... I didn't get very far because my mind drifted to the shows I used to watch... I made a list... Anyone else recall these great cartoons?

Edit - Teddy Ruxpin - how could I forget gimmic and grubby
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Gummie Bears
Care Bears
Rainbow Bright
Smurfs
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Whinnie the Pooh
Fraggle Rock
Transformers
Strawberry Shortcake
Inspector Gadget
Pound Puppies
C.O.P.S.
Babar
Wuzzles
Duck Tales
Garfield and friends
Jem
G.I. Joe (and knowing is half the battle)
The Raccons
The Young Hercules (you had to be up at 6:00 am to catch this gem)
Ghostbusters
Voltron
He-Man
The Ewoks
Jetsons
Snoks
Thundercats
My Little Pony Tales, and My Little Pony and Friends
Bionic Six
TMNT (do I need to explain? Really though?)
Curious George
RoboCop
She-ra Princess of Power
Simpsons
The Tick
Muppet babies (and the original, The Muppets)

** how could I forget ASTRO BOY ** yeesh

Can anyone else think of any other great 80s Early 90s cartoons I might have missed?

There were movies... but that is another list for another day... (the last unicorn.. and to quote Grace "put a shirt on ya tree")

What to Update about - -

There are only 3 1/2 days of school left!

WOOT WOOT WOOT WOOT


Ahhh!
Summer here I come!

So you think you can Dance?

So did you watch tonight - I'm currently watching - and I just saw Courtney... freaky much!

so you see, she stared.... and stared.... and stared. it was jsut werid, she was supposed to be fun and exciting - not so much... I'm am however becoming a fan of breakdancing, maybe more so an admirer, but I'm still liking what I see. I think the group 'the six step' guys, well woot much!


I can't wait for tomorrow night!

To Moncton I Went....

Ahhh the long weekend. What could be better for the working soul, than a LONG weekend.... what you say, well a long weekend with your friends.

Oh Friday David and I drove up to Moncton and meet up with Brandy and Ryan. Sigh I missed them. I miss a lot of people, but just being in the same space as Brannie - eased part of my heart.

Friday night we went out and picked up a few movies - Hoodwinked - not so much... we did enjoy Isolde and Tistan - or vis versa. It was a good movie, jsut enough action just enough love! Saturday we got up early and went YARD SALEING !! Lovin' my life! David and I picked up a few things. There weren't many sales... we were very disappointed. but it was fun just not as fun as it could have been.

Saturday afternoon was spent lazing around and Saturday night we went to see Janet and Garrett. it was a short visit, as I was very tired, but a nice one. They are doing well and at the were contemplating moving to Truro... more to come....

Sunday we got up and headed to church. it was Memorial Cup Sunday at Hillside Baptist Church. David was so excited. He met Ryan Walters, got an autograph and held a Stanely Cup ring....ohhh ahhhh - I didn't really get it... meh.

Sunday afternoon Brandy and us went to Pizza delight for lunch - yummy buffet. There was much food, much love, much fun. Hailey is very cute covered in pizza sauce. Sunday night we met up with Sunshine and Melody, my cousins. We had a late dinner, and then coffee and Timmy's. Ahh the high-jinx of youngsters... cards and coffee.

Monday morning we picked up Janet for Brunch, and it turns out that they ARE moving to Truro - we are looking out for an apartment for them. we ate some good eats and then dropped Jan off at home. Immediately we headed to Grandma's house... to visit and play a quick game of sequence. Grammpie is getting so old, and shaky, and he's losing something, that thing that made him my big strong grammpie... I hate it and I can't do anything about it.... ok ok I'm not going to get into this not now, it tends to make me cry... moving on.

We traveled home in the rain and arrived in Truro mid afternoon...

Ahh a good trip.

FOREST FIRE - I think so....

So just behind my house - about a KM off, there was a major forest fire... it was crazy I took a few pictures and when I get them I'll post them... for now i'll post what I can find from the News sites.

We were the last house that was put on Volunteer Evacuation... meaning if the wind changes get out and take what you can with you... but for now you're ok. It wasn't really scary - but it was at the same time.. anyways - the fire died out a little, we are safe the house is safe and in the end it added a little excitement to the day!

Ahh life - and it's been too long...

Well it's Mothers Day today. I've already called momma, and mom so we're good! and I can move on and talk about what's been going on.

We have a house, as you all know, or at least most of you know, and the last week of April we moved into our home. The first week of May was spent unpacking most of what we had just so recently packed. It's great having a house, a home. I love that it's mine... well our's... but you know what I mean. If i want a pink kitchen, or an oragne pokadot living room i can so that... heck If I want to change my living room into an insect sanctuary.... I can, could, might. :D

It's great, and it's a nice size, all our stuff fits in it and nothing is cramped. I want to paint the livingroom a mushroom color. It will match with our hearth and our furniture, so for now that's the color we'll use. We might paitn it another color later. Who knows, how cares.... Cause we own it we could change it every three days if we wanted to.

My parents came up for a few days and and helped with unpacking, and they came really for Jenny's graduation, but I'll pretend that we were the main reason. they came up and helped a lot. And EV'Y canme up too. She was on here way by from an interview.

We went Yardsale-ing. It's great to get up early, plan the route, and head out with a big vehical. I found a ton of things and all for a $1.00 I love it! we got a tone of things, Ev'y was most pround of her apple green tupperware. I, I got a bread maker. Momma purchased, something... I think, I can't remember - oh apple green tupperware measuring spoons and measuring cups... which she happily gave to Evelyn for her collection.

It was a good week. so was the Next one... so now i'm up to this weekend.

This past weekend was Spring forth. It was a good time. the youth were mostly well behaved. a few of our girls and a few of the boys snuck out of the hotel (the windows) AGRH!! but that was the worst part of it. I didn't get any sleep.. I just couldn't fall asleep. I was so tried. I had a great time, and I think that the youth really enjoyed it too!

We got back home Saturday at 6:30. and by 7:30 I was a sleep, and I slept till 8:30 !! It was great! I love sleeping more than 12 hours!!

Well I should go clean - - Berinda and Jamie with Daneila are coming over!

April 29th

The first time in a few days I've had a chance to sit down at the computer and type...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID - Today my hubby was born, well not today, but on this day 24 years ago... turned 24 today, and for the next 4 and a half months we'll be 24 together... Sigh swoon.

Happy be-lated birthday to Ruthie (Whom I saw yesterday. What a wonderful visit, however brief it was.) Also it is Nikki's (from ABU) (I don't know if she reads this or not... But some of you who do might like to know) birthday - - (there are a lot of parentheses in this paragraph)

Today we finished moving into the house... it took a lot! It took a long time... I'm sore, I'm tired and if I had the energy I'd be super excited. I'm excited, don't get me wrong, but once I'm rested I'll be all gitty and girly over my new house. Then I can get depressed at how many boxes I have to unpack.

Dad and Mom Skafte came up to help move - -THANK YOU - - with Stephen and Jamie, thanks guys. Berinda came up with them but did't come see the house.

Gotta go finish the moving of Furniture... I didn't unload the vehicles.... so I have to re-arrange the bookcases and chairs...

We have a House

We have a HOUSE!

We got the Keys this Morning!

Woot


The moving begins - and it'll go all week. oh Joy.

Sigh

i'm so excited... woot woot

Easter Weekend

This weekend was a great time.

I spent the weekend with David's Family. Friday we arrived, had a big meal with the Medicrafts(Dad Skafte's Sister's family). There were a few people there. Saturday we lazy-ed around, went for a walk on the shore and then went out to eat at The End of the Line Pub. It was yummy. Sunday was church as usual. about 12:30 David and I went to have lunch with Keezer (yup Chris, he's in Bridgetown for work), at Timmy's. It was good to catch up. Sunday evening we headed into Wolfville to stay with Momma and Dad. It was great. we got to sit and talk, sleep, wake up in the midle of the night coughing, and then get up and Play Nintendo... Super Nintendo... All Stars - Mario 3 it was awesome!!!!!!!!! It made me miss Sims with Brannie..sigh

and then we left to come home - pack a few boxes, and then sit here and update. I have to get some things ready for School... so this is all I got for now.

I know, it's been a while....

It's been over a week since my last confess...err Update.

It was a week that seemed like everything that could go wrong did - and yet it wasn't a bad week...

Work went by fast, however I had a migrain for the frits three days of my four day week... ever had a migrain with 17 kindergarteners? no, well you don't want to try that. Trust me. so work went by, and it was ok. There are only 40.5 days of school left. That is very exciting. I met with the Principal and as far as I know, I'll be working there next year as well. So far the guesstimation is 12 kids.. wouldn't that be sweet. Just 12 kids. I can imagine how much focus I could give every one of them. I mean I know that 17 isn't bad, but 12 would be fab. On Friday we had an inservice, but instead of giving us the day to do our marking, and report cards, we had a seminar. I got to leave a bit earlier to go take my drivers test...

As for my driving test, well Friday afternoon arrived, and I was freaking out - breathing shallow, trying not to lose it in the middle of my seminar. I got home puked a few times, I lost it, and cried my eyes out. I have severe stage fright / performance anxiety.... so this test was just everything I didn't want to have to take. so I pull myself together. I'm a little less freaked out, and off I go. Well I get to the DMV and wouldn't you know... the brake light is out... yup all that for nothing. and the BEST part... in a few weeks when ever I can find the time (while i'm working) to go and take the test again I get to go through all that MESS again, all that stress, anxiety... yeesh.

Once home I get packed up because David and I are helping out with the youth in the 24hr Black out... 24 hours without electricity. 14 youth and nothing to eat but rice, and oatmeal... yummy. it was ok they didn't really complain and we got a few hours of sleep. I think the worst thing was that I was damp the entire 24 hours. we got home Saturday at 6:00 ish.... We went to a leaders house for a de-briefing and ice cream... woot. then we went home I was in bed at 9:45 pm...

Well today I woke up at 4:30 am... with the biggest migrain, I took 8 extra strength tylenol and headed back to bed. I was thinking that maybe by 8 the head ache would be gone.. GUESS AGAIN... it was worse, I just woke up and cried. I am still dealing with the mirgrain after 2 heavy duty pain killers... frig it sucks to be me...

but on a good note... tomorrow I work another 4 day week. woot