New bike!

Ridley is thrilled that she finally has a new bike. It has front shocks and hand brakes. It'll take the trails near our house much better than her old bike. She figures she won't take as many spills with this one.

Cats don't like water...

Unless they are old and *forget* that they don't like water.
Excuse the bad photo. My digicam needed to be charged so I had to use my cell phone. (which takes great outdoor pics..but not so great indoor ones)

Stuff-e

No flu! But I did end up with a bad cold. I've been house bound and playing lots of harvest moon.

I was looking for pants for Ridley online. One of the childrens stores are selling "ruffled knickers". In corduroy. Bleah, some things should just never come back in style! My fingers are crossed that neon doesn't make a comeback!

Flu talk..bleah

I don't usually get sick. Yeah, yeah, sinus infections occasionally but those are a rarity now thanks to my neti pot.
I am an expert virus dodger. Ridley ended up with many bouts of tonsillitis when she started school. Now? She is an expert virus dodger too. The biggest thing for dodging viruses is washing your hands. Its amazing to me how many kids don't know how to do it!

So the point of my post is...
Scott has had the flu the past few days. 102 fever, miserable, hacking up a lung kind of thing. Hes better today but now I feel something coming on. Some rat bastard virus is trying to take hold...
Oi!!

I'm winning for now!!! Vit c, garlic, echinacea and ginger tea. I don't know if any are helping but if previous history is any indication than they should. I started Ridley with echinaca, just in case.

I REALLY don't want to get sick!

Where did the time go??? A Ridley post

Yup, another post about my favourite notsolittleanymore person.

Ridley's first day of grade three is tomorrow. It shouldn't, but it always surprises me just how quick the summer flies by.
To celebrate (?? mixed about that) I am sitting on the patio indulging in some wine and smoking my face off. :) I always greet the first day of school with apprehension because I am never sure whether I will be relieved or sad. I think this year it will be more relief than anything. I'm ready for a bit of a break.

Her backpack is all packed with her school supplies, lunch is ready in the fridge and her new outfit is set out. We're having a special dinner tomorrow night (just us girls) and I think we'll cap off the night with a bike ride to the creek to catch some critters.

This year, she is taking swimming lessons again. She says she would like to take singing lessons and wants to go to drama camp next summer. I think both would be a great confidence builder for her. I hesitate to overload her with activities though. I think its important for kids to have free time and with the homework load increasing this year, I want to be careful.

I let Ridley watch the kids choice awards tonight. She says her absolute fave singer is Hilary Duff. Its the influence of her peers I am sure as she never asks for Hilary Duff when we are in the car. She always asks for the Gipsy Kings. (which btw is GREAT driving music!!)

On tap tomorrow...I get to resume my daily morning walk and I may treat myself to a Timmies.
And so starts yet another school year. Which means I'll have more time to blog. :)

Driving test

I was *very* nervous but the examiner was really nice and I'm sure cut me some slack.
I passed!!! Parallel parking was the easiest part of the test. Go figure!

My G2 will expire in April but I can renew it then for 5 years. After a year, I can take my G test at any time. Since the only restriction on my G2 is that I must have a 0 blood alcohol level, I'm quite content with my G2 for the time being.

The wild part about all this is that I was down at the ER on sunday with internal bleeding, I'm getting a sinus infection AND I still passed my test!!!! I'm pretty darn cool. ;)

Whew, I am SO glad its over with!!!!!!!!!

Sunday morning bird rescue

Ridley came barreling into the house this morning yelling "Its an emergency!!! A bird is going to get KILLED!"
I was half asleep still but went outside and found the neighbours cat playing with a baby bird. We shooed the cat away and put the bird in a safe place in the corner of the yard until we could figure out what to do with it. The bird promptly flew into the composter which meant another more icky rescue. Bleah! "Robby" (a robin we think??) is currently residing in a tree in our backyard. (like the fake birds nest??) This is the third bird that Ridley has rescued this year. Shes also rescued countless bugs from our pool. We remove soggy yet still alive bugs almost daily..even bees! She hates bees but insists they be given a chance. She expects me to be the brawn in these rescue missions yet how could I say no when she pleads and beams her baby blues at me.

The worst part is explaining to her that we can only do so much for this bird. Whether or not it survives depends on nature more than anything. Fingers crossed here.

Schools out, summer is here!

Ridley is done school and will be going into grade 3 in September.
In the meantime, summer is here. Well, sort of. The weather has been cool recently. We've also had hail 4 times in the past couple of weeks!

I'm quickly discovering the downsides to having a pool. One example being the 12 year old boy from Ridley's school who has decided he wants to hang out here all summer. I like most kids, but this kid was rude and disrespectful to everyone here. I finally asked him to leave (I was polite yet firm) and he outright refused! He told me I wasn't going to get rid of him that easily. He also told me all about his grand plans to spend his summer here swimming and playing pokemon. Nuh uh, not in my lifetime, not on my watch.. you get the point. He did finally leave (3 hours later) when I told him I was calling his dad. He hasn't been back.

A friend got a new bike and gave me her old one. (whoohoo!) I haven't had a bike in years..and I'd forgotten how much fun it is.
I think I'm going to get a skateboard helmet because bike helmets make people look like this guy....

Drivers test

I finally did it.. I booked my road test for august 1st..first thing in the morning. If I pass, I get my G2 license which means I can drive anywhere, anytime by myself!

Now where can I rent a Mini to do my test in? ;)

Happy Fathers Day!

Camera phone - flikr

I just added a set to my flickr account for camera phone pics. You can see them here.

Back here for now

I'm back at blogger for now. I let my domain name lapse..I'm going to think on it a couple of days on whether I'll go back to it or not.

Things have been busy lately! Scott got into an accident and totaled our 3 month old car! Thankfully he was ok. (minor whiplash and back pain) We finally got a replacement car and its the same as before, only black. (sharp) Now I can get back into driving. Our car is a Kia Rondo and I really like driving it. It drives like a little car..not like a tank. The minivan we had was my worst nightmare.

Ridley's school put on a production called "Bugz" complete with songs, dance and a riveting storyline. :) Ridley practiced her lines diligently but refused to sing the song "Be a Lady" (think "Shes a Lady") or show me any of the dance moves because she wanted it to be a surprise. The play involved all od the kids from kindergarten up to grade 3 and you could tell how hard they worked!

Bravo Ridley! I sure am proud of my little bug. :) Of course I had my camcorder with me and I'll post snippets as soon as I can find my firewire card.

Toby also popped by for a visit while she was in town. It was amazing to see her! I'm hoping it won't be too long before we see her again. She blogged about it here.