Holy Hannah

Have I mentioned I've been sick for what feels like EONS!
Seriously. I have no idea what the heck is going on with me. Even Peat has started popping the multivitamin in front of me every morning with a glass of water so as to remind me to take it.

Seems I got sick about a month and a half ago and its just one thing after the next. Just when I think things are lookin' up...something else.

This morning its a sore throat and cold. Sheeesh! Gimmie a BREAK!

So pictures have been to a minimum lately. Two sessions per month. Its about all I can commit to with Peats work schedule and my own.

School is almost done for the kids. Then a summer of FUN.

Baseball has started and its already been a headache. Only difference is that this year, I'm not afraid to get rid of people who tick me off.

Big change from last year where I just rolled over and dealt with it. This year if you cross me, and I feel that you're screwing me over for no good reason, I can find another player.

In my attempt to remain stress free about ball I have also somehow started neglecting my executive duties :) Oh well.

I'm only human.

God, I don't even know if I have a picture to share.

Let me go look. OH OH, I think I have one of Luke.

I'll be back with it.

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Ok, I put it up top. This is my neighbour/babysitter.

We had a fun session the other day :)

Do I seem more annoyed than usual lately?

Have you noticed I'm a little more grouchy? A little more irritable. Perhaps things make me irritated when normally they wouldn't?

Ya, me too.

I don't know what it is. Perhaps a full moon? Maybe I'm just tired. Luke has been waking up a lot lately at night and waking me up in the process.

I find lately I'm easily annoyed by little things. Little things like people not calling me back when they say they will. Things like people cancelling on me at the last minute for things....... Peat getting paged out at 11pm ...... that one especially ;)

But I can't really complain about the last one because he's a good husband and works very hard for his family to do the things they want to do.

Maybe its baseball. Maybe I'm just ultra sensitive and irritated about baseball and I'm taking it out on all the things around me. Maybe its that my friends are always working so much that I don't get to hang out with them anymore. No more play dates. No more anything. Maybe its all these things tied together. Yes. it must be.

I think its baseball though. Seriously.

This exec. thing has me stirred up and I'm at a point where I need to choose between the exec. side of things AND/OR the team responsibility side. I can't figure out where I want to be with it all.

Will someone just tell me what I'm suppose to do?

I'm a bad blogger

I have this thing about me. I get all gung ho to do something *like blog* and I really hard at it for a while. I really thought blogging would stick. I really did. And don't get me wrong, I'm not quitting. I like/love blogger. Its like all things in life. It is really important for a little while and then something else more pressing comes up and blogging gets pushed to the back burner.

I don't want blogging to get pushed to the back burner. Actually I'm probably coming up to a year on this blog. I dunno. I'll have to see.

There have been a few things that have kept me from blogging. First and foremost my children are with me most of the time so they tend to be a little "rammy" when I'm tied up on the computer.

Then I've had hockey with Justin, now soccer is starting and MY OWN baseball commitments.

Its the baseball commitments that I'm going to have to back burner soon. I just don't have the patience for grown women who need to be treated like children. But we won't go there. There is simply no need. Besides, this blog is about ME and thing I enjoy. I do not think I'm going to stick it out with the baseball executive thing. I'll keep my team because I love playing but I dont need the hassle of the executive stuff.

Sorry. I went off there.

Anyways, there's also swimming lessons to contend with.

We're doing that too.

Plus Peats work schedule. My own work schedule AND AND AND.....

I've been doing some photography sessions :)

With strangers.

Complete strangers.

And sometimes....just sometimes....I even charge them money.

Its an icky thing but someone has to do it. I can't just be out of pocket all the time. I think I'm almost ready to take more money for it.

It takes a lot of time and I get a lot of happiness and satisfaction from photography.

There is a small hurdle i need to jump but I will.

In time.

In my own time.

Tick tock.

Michelle

Ai Ai Ai

No other words quite describe my mood today. Tired with a splash of irritation? Maybe...tired with a hint of annoyance? Maybe its the weather.

I hate cold dreary days where I feel trapped in my house.

I can't wait for the summer.

I can't wait for the days where I can just take the kids outside in the yard.

I can't wait for the soggy dog poop to be picked up.

Sorry, I had a side thought :)

I can't wait for warmer weather

And some sleep. I'm feeling kind of tired.

Sisters or what?

A few weeks ago I didn't really think Abby and Chelsea looked anything alike.

I thought that Abby looked more like her old man *no offense Kevin, I don't think you're an old man at all*

I thought Chelsea was looking more like her mom.

I'm clearly WAYYY off.

As soon as Miss Abby *oldest* cut her hair off, all of a sudden they look like sisters. And you know what??? I don't think either of them look like Nikki *sorry Nikki*

I think they both look like Kevin now.

Well maybe...just maybe they don't look like either of you.

How can that be?

I mean, I think Abby looks like Kevin still. But Chelsea and Abby look SO alike now......

I'm just confused.

Very confused.

But one thing is for certain.....they really DO look like sisters.

See, I just didn't see it before.

Michelle

Young Love.....

This is Luke and Chelsea......

They're so sweet together.

They've been together now for almost two years. Well, a year and a half. Which if you think about it, is half their lives.

MORE than half of Chelseas.

Thats a lot of life. And a lotta love.

Today was the first time in a while that Chelsea came over to play. Luke had missed her.

This picture makes me a little sad.

These two aren't so little anymore.

They use to be smaller. When they first met.

Luke is trying to grope chelsea here. Its why his smile is all goofy.

Bugger.

Twas Quite the Week

Well we're still not free of this nasty bug. WE sort of are I guess but not as 'free' as I'd like to be.

This picture was taken on Tuesday. Lukes official Birthday. I'm sure there were many people who looked like this on St.Patricks Day so really, what difference does it make that MY two examples are children?

Oh yes, my two weren't drinking. :)

You will notice little Luke clutching to his new bday hockey stick and sporting his new bday ballcap. *Thank you Gauthier Family*

The bucket had been passed to Justin by this point. Luke must have been on the mend because he had attempted a piece of toast.

Didn't get far but he still tried or at least THOUGHT he was hungry.

The day AFTER this picture was taken , the bucket was passed to another family member. DAD.

OH boy. Big men fall hard. Honestly. Yes this bug wiped my kids off the map for about 24 hours but that is NOTHING compared to what it did to my 6'4" 220 lb husband police officer.

Nope.

Nothing could have prepared me for that.

Poor guy. It wasn't fun. Or pretty. It still lingers.......

Its looking for me.

I'm running. I'm hiding. I'm washing and sanitizing.

My kids are still waking up with belly aches. My husband can't laugh without feeling like his ribs are breaking.

...help...