The power of words...

 

Surfing around on a few blog's this morning and came across this quote on Open Source Photo.  Kind of appropriate for Murray and I as we struggle to finish my desk and start to work on the basement, which seems like an ever growing project.  The power of words right...we will finish the desk and it will be great.  We will complete the basement! 

Thank you to Mitch who was a big help sanding this weekend.  Thank you also to Jeanette  who swooped in on Sunday and really got me moving on the staining of the desk (all that experience painting your bathroom is making you a great painter).  We are so much closer to finishing the desk now.  Thank you to Terry for helping Murray get started on the drywalling.  We feel more confident now.

Have you ever?

Have you ever taken on a project that seemed easy and like a good idea at the time but after you were a little ways in it gets a whole lot bigger and way more time consuming? 

For example we wanted a desk for our bedroom...great!  We will go to Ikea and buy one.  Wait... the desk we want is the wrong color.  Oh thats simple we will buy it anyway, sand it down and stain it to match the other furniture in our room.  This is going to be easy...(famous last words)...

Three weeks later, we are behind in our basement renos and can't park in the garage because we have been sanding this stupid Ikea desk every night for 2 hours.  The desk has 40 piece, I swear, and each piece takes at least an hour to sand.  Then I was told after we were done sanding we will have to put a pre-stain on it so the stain goes on even, and then stain, and then put a clear coat on after.  If that weren't enough after its all stained and ready to go we will have to put the stupid desk together (and it is Ikea after all).   Who's big idea was this anyway...oh yeah... mine ;)

I just know it is going to be great when we are all finished.  Nothing worth having comes easy right?

Wish us luck.  I will keep you posted.

My wish for you...

Some things have changed dramatically in my life this past week and as I was praying for strength, God sent me this song over the radio.  It fits and has help me put words to some of things I am feeling.  I wanted to share it with you.

The song is 'My Wish' by Rascal Flatts and it is very powerful.

"I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow.  And each road leads you were you want to go.  And if your faced with a choice and you have to choose.  I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.  And if one door opens to another door closed.  I hope you keep on walking till you find the window.  If its cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile.

I hope you never look back but you never forget all the ones who love you and the place you live.  I hope you always forgive and you never regret and you help somebody every chance you get.  You find God's grace in every mistake and always give more than you take.

But more than anything...more than anything...

My wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it to.  Your dreams stay big and your worries stay small.  You never need to carry more than you can hold.  While you're out there gettin' where you're gettin' to, I hope you know somebody loves you and wants the same things too.

yeah this is my wish..."

I love you little brother, that will never change.

Weekend Report

One of my favorite things to do is have my niece and nephew sleepover.  On Saturday they did just that.  We made skeleton cookies, went for a walk to the playground, and they had a bubble bath in the soaker tub.  It was a lot of fun!  Thanks Michelle for bringing them over.

What a mess the cookies were but we had a lot of fun decorating them.

We also bought a new fire place and started on the basement.  All and all a very good weekend. 

A foggy Saturday...

I have my husband home for a Saturday!  Between work, hockey, and hunting he has been very busy lately and this is a big deal.  I have a lot of pictures and shelves around the house that need to go up.  We also have plans of running errands, researching a fireplace for the basement (if you have any suggestions where to get one in the area I would love to hear from you), and then some sanding and drywall taping so that we can finish our basement in time for Christmas (that is our goal).  We will see how it goes.

'the best laid plans of mice and men...'

Have a good day

Great News!

I was told I am allowed to spread the great news!  Kelly (my best friend) and Rene announced their engagement on the weekend!!!!!  They have told their families and most of their friends but they said that most people were not surprized when they heard the news.  Well, I think anyone who knows them, has seen how happy they are together.  If you have witnessed their happiness then it is no surprize that they have decided to spend the rest of their lives together!  Congratulations you two, we may not be all that surprized but we sure are happy for you both!

Aren't they just so cute?

Love ya Smelly!

Up in the Tree Stand...

The good thing about the long weekend was Murray had an extra day to go out hunting.  While up in his tree stand on Monday he took this picture of a coyote.  I thought it was pretty great.  He is definitely the photographer in our family.

Have a good day.

Thanksgiving Highlights

Thought I would share a few Thanksgiving highlights from the weekend.

At my families Thanksgiving Mom and Mitch were incharge of cooking the meal and it was their first time.  They did a great job!  Mitchell cooked the turkey to perfection and even made his own stuffing from scratch!  Awesome Mitch, we are all very proud of you.

Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!

Not so 'Baby' Beth

While my cousins were visiting from Dawson Creek this weekend, they asked if I could take some pictures of their daughter Beth.  Well I did, and after doing so, I have a new appreciation for photographers.  Samantha and I must have spent 30 minutes trying to coerce Beth to look at the camera but she wasn't having any of it.  Here's the product from the shoot.  Remember I never said I was good at this photography thing.

She was way happier in the bath that night.

Thanks Joel and Sam for the visit it was nice.

Black or Blue?

My sister gave me a generous gift certificate for my birthday and last week I thought I would use it to get myself a nice basic black suit.  After much shopping I found what I was looking for and near the end of last week I proudly wore my new black suit to school.  I few staff members at school commented on the new outfit and I was proud to tell them I had purchased my first black suit.  After hearing this statement, one of my friends on staff replys (bless her for her honesty), isn't the suit blue?  No I said its black... isn't it?  After much discussion and debating and then finally comparing the suit to another friends black pants sure enough the suit is dark navy blue.  Well darn...I guess I have purchased myself a nice basic BLUE suit.  Oh well, such is life.

Have a good day.

A Happy 49 Years Together

Yesterday my family went out for supper to celebrate my Grandparent's 49th wedding anniversary.  Now, I didn't know them when they were first starting their lives together of course, but I would venture to say that they are just as in love, or maybe more, today than they were 49 years ago. I can't imagine that all 49 years were easy, in fact I know that they were not.  Raising three girls, balancing family and work, and still finding time to be with eachother did have its challenges, but my grandparents survived it all with faith and love.  They respect eachother deeply, trust eachother to no end, and to me are a shinning example of unconditional love.

Happy 49th Wedding Anniversary Gramma and Papa.  We love you.

P.S I would have had a picture to share except we forgot to put our memory card back into our camera, so sorry.

And to those who have visited this site and left comments thank you so much, your comments are so touching and they anyways brighten my day.