On my way out the door

Here I was thinking I should take the kids out to the beach since yesterday was an indooor day for them because I was all about the laundry. I told the kids this morning and they seemed less than enthused. Fifteen minutes later I have a grumpy 11 year old saying that he'd rather stay home, and a 7 year old crying because the 9 year old was teasing him. I would so rather be at work right now. Summer holidays are for chumps.

Anyway, here's a great photo of my dragonboat team "The Bold, The Bald and The Beautiful" that was taken on race weekend. Did I mention that we came in 41st place overall? In a field of 190? I did? Well tough. I'm going to the beach with 3 pissy kids. I need to take my joys where I can get them.

kxx

Finally!

Well I had all these great ideas about what to blog and MySpace was down all morning.

Thankfully I'm off work today (and for the next 2 weeks) so I had time to check every 5 minutes. Anyway, I'm not really in the mood to blog anymore so I'll leave you with my favourite photo from catsthatlooklikehitler.com. I felt guilty about laughing like a drain but I read the FAQ and I felt better. Hee.

kxx

Last day of school

Most normal mothers would be rejoicing the fact that (to coin a phrase) school's out for summer. I'm not a normal mother. I'm of the how-can-I-miss-you-if-you-won't-go-away school of love and devotion. I'm predicting that about 45 minutes after they get home from school today, I'll start hearing the dreaded chorus of "I'm bored!"

I've got lots of activities planned. Beach days, picnics, swimming lessons, shopping excursions, camp, movies... but they'll still find a way to be bored. None of it will keep them completely happy. I guarantee they'll play the "bored card". It's fine. I'm prepared. The bathroom door has a lock on it, there's a radio in there and I've hidden a gossip rag under the sink. So if worse comes to worse, I've got a pretty cushy little hiding place. I'll just hole up in the toilet until they wander outside to be bored on their bikes. See what you can do when you have a plan? Bring on summer. I'm prepared.

kxx

I love this house

So Elliott had his graduation yesterday. It's only from grade 5 but it's the final year at this school so they have what I've heard called a "big tra-la-la". He got his diploma but no other special awards. No problem, because he's the cleverest being in this house.

He report card is stellar. The only Cs he got were in art and gym. Who does that? In his yearbook the kids talked about their favourite subjects. Most said recess or lunch. What did Elliott say? "Math. Especially fractions." Wha? He's like an alien.

When I woke him up for school today I trilled, "It's the second last day of school, sweetie!". He replied groggily, "You mean the penultimate, mum." Come on! Grammatically spanked by an 11 year old? I love it. Happy graduation, my brainy lovey!

kxx

We're Bold, we're Bald and oh yeah, we're Beautiful!!!

Okay, I'm not going to bore you all with the details but I had the most amazing time this weekend. I saw my kids for all of about an hour all weekend long and had the chance to spend time with other paddle crazed kooks. I'm still on a high feeling like I really want to race again.
I'm having a very difficult time taking off the plastic orange bracelet that signified my participation.

So just to recap, The Bold, The Bald and the Beautiful came in 44th place on Saturday and 40th place on Sunday with a best time of something like 2:19. Which would suck if there were 50 boats in total but there were 190 so we totally kicked ass. We never won a heat but we had some awesome races and that's what counted. We even got our name mentioned in the paper as one of the teams with a most unusual name. Yes, ours is cute but my personal fave? The Dirty Oars. Our coach Bevin and his wife L.A are interviewed for the article too.

Gotta fly, Elliott's graduating from grade 5 in an hour and I've got to make sure he's not wearing a filthy shirt. I'll post our team photo tomorrow (and I promise not to bore you with this anymore... now how could you possibly see my fingers crossed behind my back?)

kxx

Looks like the family's on tv again!

They've been playing our tv commercial this week on the CBC. Remember the one we did for the Chicken Farmers of Canada? I actually saw it 3 times yesterday. I have to tell you I'm getting pretty used to that stinky smell look I give at the end.

For those of you who haven't had the distinct pleasure of seeing my family and I in action, here you go. Just click on the last link at the bottom (Chicken: Gate to Plate - Commercial 2007).
Yup. You can say you knew me when.

Have a fabulous weekend. You know I will. I'll be dragonboating all weekend. Ready READY?! Damn straight.

kxx

Dang.

All day yesterday I had the feeling that I was forgetting something. Everytime I wrote the date down it seemed familiar but I just shrugged it off as being the birthday of some long lost friend. When I got home, my dad called. It was the 12th anniversary of losing my mother. How could I have forgotten that? I even got that great tattoo a few months ago to keep her close. I feel so guilty. I'll blame it on being exceedingly busy yesterday. Which worked out great by the way.

The only wrinkle left is keeping my big blabbermouth shut at work all day today about one of the things I love most in the world because I chose dragonboating over a staff meeting. How do I get myself into these things? Sigh.

kxx