Welcome Back Wednesday

Welcome back Wednesday! Soo happy you have finally made it back, which means the LONG weekend is fast approaching, although all my weekends are long - no complaints here!

Here is what I am loving:

- I am loving my BFF Hairy Carrie!!! Happy Birthday Friend!! I wish we were closer. I hope Steve-O spoils you rotten!!

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Love and Miss you like crazy!!!

- My hard-working hubby - he installed another wall in the new shower, so now just the middle piece needs to go in and the glass doors! I am getting closer and closer to getting my own bathroom back! I say this because I have a shower routine and M has messed with it twice now! When M has a shower, he leaves the water coming out of the shower head, where as I turn off the shower head and it comes out the tap when I am done. So when I unexpectantly turn on the water and my head gets wet, I get a wee-bit frustrated. And to make matters better - he told me I did it to him once and then realized that it was himself! Eiyiyi... Men...

- My sweet kitties and dogs! As usual! But yesterday I was sitting out in the sun and the dogs decided they would sun tan too. Lily, who has a shaved belly right now decided she should roll over on her back and tan. What a ham! Gracie does it all the time, but when Lily did it, it just made me laugh!

- I hate that almost all of my shows are doing thier season finale already!!! I know it is the middle of May, but seriously... Private Practice had me in tears last night, 90210 left me hanging, as did Hart Of Dixie. Geez..

- I love my new running shoes, but I hate the new blisters, but just on one foot - go figure! I have recieved a few tips on how to remedy this.

- Our co-ed baseball starts tonight and I am PUMPED!!!

- I finally finished editing my sisters photos!! Yay!! Here is one of my two favorite little people:

- I made the Avalanche Bars yesterday, they are a good change, but in all honesty, I do not LOVE them! I am not a huge peanut butter fan. I like peanut butter cookies, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Peanut butter and coconut, etc. It is not even a strong peanut butter flavor. I dunno, they are good though.



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- I love this look, but I think I would need thick hair and my hair is fine, but I have a lot of it! 

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- With a fast approaching deadline, I need to get organized! I wonder if this idea would work, instead of throwing them all on M's desk!

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- Love this outfit, minus the scarf, because scarfs in the summer just annoy me! Especially with shorts and tanks!! You can call me a crazy Canadian!

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- I NEED to get back in my sewing room. It has been months! I still need to learn how to do this:

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- Now for some words that inspire me this week:

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Happy Wednesday friends!!

Ugh Blogger... I Am Back!

I had a few technical problems with Blogger all weekend! I have been unable to both read and write, but now friends, I am back!!! I hope everyone had an awesome weekend, because mine was pretty great!

First off, today is GRACIE'S 3rd BIRTHDAY!!! Happy Birthday Gracie Mae! Love you like crazy!!!

Here is to many more!!!

So I will get on with my link up of what I have been up to!

Friday: M had his ball game. His team won again!!! Yay!!! 2 in a row!! We will see how they do this Friday! After the game we went back to N & K's for some beverages. I also finally tried the Coors Light Iced T. Not bad, not fantastic, but for beer, not bad! I think I would have liked it with some lemon!

Saturday: M worked, I did some stuff around the house and then ventured over to K's deck for some sunning. Little G enjoyed some playtime with Grace and Lily, who came home pooched afterwards!! M and I watched This Means War. I thought it was pretty good. M got bored of it a bit when the guy hired his family, but overall, not a bad movie! I do love Reese Witherspoon!

Sunday: M and I went for brunch with M's parents, as my sister and mom ended up bailing because my mom has a cold. Brunch wasn't bad, but for the price, it wasn't worth it. I can say I wouldn't go back. After brunch, we got groceries, worked in the garden together - yes you read that right... Mrs. Allergy Queen was pulling weeds and tilling the garden! Fear not, I paid for that later. But most of my gardens are weeded, just 2 sections left!! M and I played in the yard with Grace and Lily for a while and then headed in and worked on the shower stall. We enjoyed a nice chicken dinner and then headed to the ball park to practice hitting some balls! Here is to hoping it helped!

Yesterday: I went shopping in London with S and baby W - who was the best little shopper ever!! I also think he has moves like Jagger!!  I also managed to pick up the ingredients needed to make:

Avalanche Bars

I plan to make those today!! I hosted Girl's Night last night, although it was just K and I, and we watched the season premiere of The Bachelorette. Can I just say how corny some of the guys were? But I like Doug, Arie, Charlie, and Nate stood out as real contenders for now!

Oh Friday

I can honestly say that this past week, I didn't even really care that you were approaching and now I see why. Thank goodness I brought Hershey's Kisses with me to work today!

I am taking a few minutes out of some very frustrating work to blog.

In Ontario, our health care is paid for. Which is great. I am grateful, don't get me wrong. BUT, when you work in health-care, particularly the billing department in my case for today and they make a zillion cuts and changes. Your life becomes pretty miserable. The amount of papers on my desk right now - unreal. The amount of error reports coming back because they made the billing changes retroactive to April 1. It is May 11 people!!!  Soo frustrating.

But what is more frustrating is the fact that a lot of the changes they made were in Cardiology. I work in Cardiology. Sooooo many people lost their jobs on Wednesday because of these cuts. Luckily I did not. But the changes are that dramatic. It is a crazy world right now in Cardiology.

On a happy note though, Lily is an eating machine, like I am trying to watch now how much she eats, because she is eating soo well. And dry kibble - we are pretty sure she ate some last night. Which just excites us like crazy!

Oh FYI: Brooke Burke is a mean, mean (very lean) lady! I tried my first workout yesterday with her and man... I know I am a beginner and all, so it is bound to hurt, but really?

This weekend I am hoping the shower will get installed, it has been a project that has been lingering for a little longer than I expected and we have a deadline to get a lot of things done by fast approaching.

We also need to gain some control in our garden... man those weeds just like to take over!

Sunday we are doing brunch at The Elmhurst with my Mom, M's Mom and Dad, M (of course) and my sister! I am looking forward to it!!

The weather all weekend is supposed to be awesome!!

M has ball tonight in the village, which I am looking forward to. I love watching baseball!

I will leave you with some awesome quotes:

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Have a great weekend friends!

Cancer Sucks!

Cancer Sucks! It really does!! I'm sure it has affected us all in one way or another and various forms are constantly on the rise. The numbers are scary, just as the facts, the treatments, the stages, etc.

It is the one thing out there that doesn't have a known cause. I mean yes, if you smoke - you could get lung cancer, or if you get too much sun - you could get skin cancer. But how does it just appear in your bone marrow or your kidneys, liver, your brain or even your mouth?

I know people don't like to talk about the heartache out there for these people and their families suffering, but the truth is, it is out there and should not be ignored, just like soo many other things out there.

Last night my BF called and told me about her dog Tux. He is a 2 year old Pug/Jack Russel cross. He was just diagnosed with cancer in his mouth.

I stole this from facebook.

Olivia from Fairy Tales & Cancer Don't Mix has been fighting various forms of cancer for quite some time and was just diagnosed with a brain tumor!

There is the sweetest little boy in my home-town community named Gabriel, he is 6 years old, he was diagnosed with Leukemia when he was 3. He was just about finished treatment and it turns out the cancer had returned. They were actually my sister's neighbours. You can find out more about his story here and how you can help. His mom also blogs over HERE. I don't know how many times I have teared up reading the ups and downs of his story.

Cancer is out there in many different ways, shapes and forms and either way you look at it, it is scary and it sucks!!

Please pray for those mentioned above, as well as anyone else that may be suffering. 

Leaking Some Love on Wednesday

You may have noticed a few changes that happened yesterday on the ole' blog! I have finally updated my blog buttons!! Feel free to grab one!!! I also changed my picture. I have updated Facebook too, so be sure to pop on by and "like" the page! I even updated Twitter, so feel free to follow along on there too!!

I am loving several things this week as per usual, but this week the weather has been great.

Our co-ed lob ball team is starting up next Wednesday! The team almost flopped, but we have re-vamped it a bit and we are hoping for a great season!!

M has ball here in the village on Friday!!! I love home games!!

M and I have officially decided that we are going to drive out west this summer!! We still need to figure out our route, but we plan on going up through Canada and then home through the states, now that I realized how border crossing with dogs works. So if anyone has any tips, we would love to here them, as well as any must-see spots!!

Lily is still continuing to progress, we have started mixing kibble in her wet food and she is eating regular milk-bones now too!! I took the dogs for a walk last night and we made it even further last night!! We are not quite up to our regular route, but in due time!! She continues to amaze me daily with her spunk and attitude. She will always be a constant reminder of how precious life really is!

I love my husband!!

I am looking forward to the Bachlorette starting up!!!

Big congrats goes out to J & S, little N and now a baby sister Lauren!!! Glad everything went well and everyone is settling nicely into their new roles!!

The Pin's I am loving are coming straight from "Word To Live By" today.

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Happy Wednesday Friends!!