Well I'm in my final week being a resident of Canyon Meadows! It's so sereal. It doesn't really seem real yet? I am very excited for the new place we're moving to but i'm very sad to leave all my friends. I have created some wonderful friendships, and some of those I feel will be life-long friendships. (Or at least they'll forever be on my Christmas card list!! haha)
Anyways, packing is going well and I'm confident the move will go smoothly. The only big thing is the weather at this point that could hinder the smoothness :)
Things I won't miss:
1. the mice in my current home
2. Calgary traffic
3. Michael's old paycheque lol
4.
Things I will miss:
1. the friends i've made
2. the ward i've been attending since we got married
3. Wal Mart (until it's built in cochrane - rumor has it it's coming)
4. a 'real' mall
5. the neighborhood
6.
Well that's all I can think of!
The next thing is the things i'm looking forward to!!
1. CHRISTMAS!
2. Christmas party with Shelley & Crystal
3. Setting up my new home
4. Buying a few new pieces of furniture
5. Fabulous Friday in Nov!
6. Bowen module 2 & 3 before the end of the year
7. Playing with Logan
8. Logan reaching age to attend NURSERY
9. Meeting new friends
10. Attending a new ward
Yes, the positive definetly outways the negative! Life goes on and that's the beauty of having a good attitude - if you choose to accept it and not wallow in it then changes are truly a wonderful thing :) I am forever grateful for michael's new job - he has never been happier as far as work goes, it's phenomanol to see him - i'd say he's glowing! I'll have to have HIM blog about his job... i'll see if I can't make it happen
Bye!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Blogging just to blog
I don't really have any particular reason to blog but need to just do it!
I'll start with an idea my friend Crystal gave me - she is giving herself a highly wanted vacation as a goal to reaching some weight loss goals - so I was thinking that I should do something like that! I mean, I want to lose my last 8-10lbs but that's not my main goal. My first thoughts are to do some relationship building goals with my husband but i'm not sure how I could set parameters to that one.. anyways, the idea just popped into my head as a way to 'justify' Michael and I going somewhere 'hot' for a few days!
As far as life right now goes, I am in the final 2 weeks of moving. I still can't pack -everything- but we have surely packed and moved a good chunk of stuff! I need to just do it, but this week I have my neice Abbi for the week full time, which is great! She is such a good girl and so well behaved - couldn't be easier to have her around. So right now I will set some goals around that - I will pack at the minimum one box every day this week. I have also scheduled into my calendar days to work on specific cleaning projects - I want to defrost my freezer, clean the oven and the bathroom thoroughly so it'll be a 'quick' job to go over on moving day. Those in my opinion are the hardest projects of all.
This week I am going to be working on 2-3 people for Bowen. I'm not sure why i'm doing it but excited to get the practice in! My biggest fears at this point is that after module 2 is when the 'official' Bowen practice starts. What I mean by that is I have to do 50 balances, and 10 have to be from module 2 from 10 different people. I can do the same 10 people 5 times, or I can do 50 different people - but regardless I am in a new town, new area, and have no friend base yet! So finding people may be a challenge.
What else.. I found a new table and chairs for our smaller dining space - $100 for table and 4 chairs. I also have a couple couches to go look at. We have a second sitting area so I want to get a new-to-us set of couches for the upstairs! I am being semi picky, but only as far as buying used stuff and being picky can go! lol. I'm also in the market for a new bedframe for Logan, which I think I found the one I want at Ikea, so i'll likely just buy it new since it'll be Logan's bed for many years to come. AND i'm in the market for a new computer desk, a little microwave table (this can be anything really, just on the list lol), and new shower curtins and floor mats. Yup! i'm enjoying all the shopping around :) Though i'm not enjoying trying to decide what 'color' to make my bathroom! Too hard of a decision in the midst of moving..
Anyways, that's all for the moment!
I'll start with an idea my friend Crystal gave me - she is giving herself a highly wanted vacation as a goal to reaching some weight loss goals - so I was thinking that I should do something like that! I mean, I want to lose my last 8-10lbs but that's not my main goal. My first thoughts are to do some relationship building goals with my husband but i'm not sure how I could set parameters to that one.. anyways, the idea just popped into my head as a way to 'justify' Michael and I going somewhere 'hot' for a few days!
As far as life right now goes, I am in the final 2 weeks of moving. I still can't pack -everything- but we have surely packed and moved a good chunk of stuff! I need to just do it, but this week I have my neice Abbi for the week full time, which is great! She is such a good girl and so well behaved - couldn't be easier to have her around. So right now I will set some goals around that - I will pack at the minimum one box every day this week. I have also scheduled into my calendar days to work on specific cleaning projects - I want to defrost my freezer, clean the oven and the bathroom thoroughly so it'll be a 'quick' job to go over on moving day. Those in my opinion are the hardest projects of all.
This week I am going to be working on 2-3 people for Bowen. I'm not sure why i'm doing it but excited to get the practice in! My biggest fears at this point is that after module 2 is when the 'official' Bowen practice starts. What I mean by that is I have to do 50 balances, and 10 have to be from module 2 from 10 different people. I can do the same 10 people 5 times, or I can do 50 different people - but regardless I am in a new town, new area, and have no friend base yet! So finding people may be a challenge.
What else.. I found a new table and chairs for our smaller dining space - $100 for table and 4 chairs. I also have a couple couches to go look at. We have a second sitting area so I want to get a new-to-us set of couches for the upstairs! I am being semi picky, but only as far as buying used stuff and being picky can go! lol. I'm also in the market for a new bedframe for Logan, which I think I found the one I want at Ikea, so i'll likely just buy it new since it'll be Logan's bed for many years to come. AND i'm in the market for a new computer desk, a little microwave table (this can be anything really, just on the list lol), and new shower curtins and floor mats. Yup! i'm enjoying all the shopping around :) Though i'm not enjoying trying to decide what 'color' to make my bathroom! Too hard of a decision in the midst of moving..
Anyways, that's all for the moment!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Happy Birthday to me!!!
Yesterday was the quarter century mark for me! It was a nice day. I really have come to enjoy facebook because you get all those lovely birthday wishes, but I have to admit, I often wonder how many of those people would have said something if they didnt have fb to remind them? And then to counter that comment, I think does it really matter if they would or not because now we have the social networking capabilities to help us out. I know that I have been gratetful for the reminder once or twice from fb.
Anyways, I guess the big thing for me is that if I get an actual email or a special message private, or even more specifically a birthday card or phone call, I totally appreciate the extra effort put in!
Michael treated me well as per usual. He got me a beautiful dish set (he was sweet enough to confirm with me which set I wanted because he knows that I am picky about that) and I just love it! He also surprised me with a dozen pinky-orange looking roses. They're lovely. Then we dropped Logan off at the sitter's and went for dinner at Tony Romas.
I just had a great day! I was able to mingle with various people, I was able to get some projects done around the house, and I was just happy all day :) So Thanks to all who made my day that much more special!
Anyways, I guess the big thing for me is that if I get an actual email or a special message private, or even more specifically a birthday card or phone call, I totally appreciate the extra effort put in!
Michael treated me well as per usual. He got me a beautiful dish set (he was sweet enough to confirm with me which set I wanted because he knows that I am picky about that) and I just love it! He also surprised me with a dozen pinky-orange looking roses. They're lovely. Then we dropped Logan off at the sitter's and went for dinner at Tony Romas.
I just had a great day! I was able to mingle with various people, I was able to get some projects done around the house, and I was just happy all day :) So Thanks to all who made my day that much more special!
Rant
I recieved a letter in the mail from the Child Tax Benefit people which I didn't fully understand, so I called them and asked about it. Turns out -they- didn't take into account Michael's income when calculating our payment, so long story short we 'owe' them roughly $900. I was pretty peeved actually, i'm usually pretty understanding when there's a mistake made, but not this time.
Of course they want their money back. Frankly I didn't -ask- for it so that's what makes me the most mad! So the man on the phone reassured me there is no interest collected, and that my now qualifying "$16 a month" will be applied against it, and if I were to recieve money at tax time it will be applied against it, etc etc. He just said that whenever I am to recieve money from CRA they will apply it against the $900 until it's paid back.
I don't really know what to think about everything, i'm just angry about it!
Of course they want their money back. Frankly I didn't -ask- for it so that's what makes me the most mad! So the man on the phone reassured me there is no interest collected, and that my now qualifying "$16 a month" will be applied against it, and if I were to recieve money at tax time it will be applied against it, etc etc. He just said that whenever I am to recieve money from CRA they will apply it against the $900 until it's paid back.
I don't really know what to think about everything, i'm just angry about it!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Unreliable? or Justified busy?
I have been having a really hard time as of recent - maybe longer than I am letting on for, but I feel like I can't follow through with alot of things that I have every intention of doing. I am a people pleaser. If someone wants something or needs something I am fairly quick to say 'i'll do it' whether I really can or can't. I have also in past blogs alluded to the fact I am not really good at saying no. I will usually find a beat around the bush kind of way to do so. And I must say, it's not to say that I don't want to do stuff either - 95% of the time I actually really want to do what I say I want to!
Anyways, my most recent example that I hope she doesn't mind me sharing is that I was going to go to my friend Crystal's house and do her second Bowen treatment this weekend. Well the universe was working against me! 1. I forgot about the fact I did not drive to my mom's so I was carless and unable to actually GET to her house until Michael arrived Friday night. 2. My mom was working alot during my visit so I didn't have a babysitter and Logan is NOT a traveller - and I would need him to be watched while I was at her home or the Bowen treatment wouldn't be as effective potentially. 3. I actually left my Bowen text book at home and Michael was going to have to bring it. 4. My family was around longer than I anticipated and I hated being in a situation of having to choose family over friends.
Anyways, the list can go on! But in this particular example I feel like I have been even more so unreliable to my friend Crystal because: 1.I had planned to go to her son's 1st birthday and had to cancel the week of (I was also making the cake), and 2. I have yet to go and see her new home in Leduc - missed all her house warming events and such, and 3. when she moved from Red Deer I was not able to get up and say good bye officially!
Now Crystal aside for a second, my 'excuses' typically revolve around Logan and money. Logan is definetly not a long (or short for that matter) distance traveller, never has been. It is nearly impossible to get anywhere longer than an hour (if i'm lucky, 30 minutes is his max before he starts to get fussy these days). He is also very scheduled - so if an event conflicts with nap time or bed time, nap time or bed time most definetly wins. (Side note: I do NOT wake my baby either, so just don't ask me to get up any earlier than Logan awakens on his own). And then financially - we are definetly tighter in the pocket book than we were before we had Logan..and most specifically since my mat leave ended, so my lifestyle that I created is no longer as free range as it once was which is hard to break -other- people of the habit of our new life (especially when we used to call each other up all the time and be like 'hey! lets go for dinner!')
So I guess at this point I have to find a happy medium. I feel like i'm constantly apologizing these days and yes I am sorry for not being reliable, but how can I fix that? In my Crystal example I really just needed to weigh the situation a little better. In -theory- it worked out great - I was up in Rimbey and Leduc is just an hour's drive as opposed to 3 hours... but really, I made the assumptions that Logan would be cared for and I would have free range of a vehicle. So lack of planning on my part.
I also have to find a better way of tracking my calendar AND my to-do list in a side by side format. I need to have my calendar and availability with me at all time AND my to-do list.... or add my to-do list TO my calendar, because often I just write down events and then realize I really needed to get my Relief Society emails prepared and sent. I like to think i'm fairly organized but I do have my flaws! (Then what do you do if you double book? Or you have a second event come up that you want to go to more or -should- go to over another? e-gad!)
Anyways, this blog in particular is very all over the place but I'm afraid that I'm not even sure what I am trying to say! I have a personal goal to better myself on the reliability front. And to do that I need to learn to say "no" as part of the goal. And I need to plan better when combining various events in the same date/time frame!
Great advice from my mom that she heard in a talk at Education Days in Provo, a talk about decluttering your life:
"If you want an answer right now, then the answer is no."
What great advice! Along with that is a 2x2 square where the one side is labelled 'important' vs 'not important' and 'urgent' vs 'not-urgent'. At that point you can put your to-do list on a daily, weekly, or monthly level in the squares and decide where that day you want to focus your time. Often we place everything in the important and urgent column when really it isn't or shouldn't be. And frankly, sometiems I just want a day to focus on the not urgent, not important column (like cleaning my bathroom LOL - though sometimes that can look pretty urgent..)
..but that's a whole other blog :)
Anyways, my most recent example that I hope she doesn't mind me sharing is that I was going to go to my friend Crystal's house and do her second Bowen treatment this weekend. Well the universe was working against me! 1. I forgot about the fact I did not drive to my mom's so I was carless and unable to actually GET to her house until Michael arrived Friday night. 2. My mom was working alot during my visit so I didn't have a babysitter and Logan is NOT a traveller - and I would need him to be watched while I was at her home or the Bowen treatment wouldn't be as effective potentially. 3. I actually left my Bowen text book at home and Michael was going to have to bring it. 4. My family was around longer than I anticipated and I hated being in a situation of having to choose family over friends.
Anyways, the list can go on! But in this particular example I feel like I have been even more so unreliable to my friend Crystal because: 1.I had planned to go to her son's 1st birthday and had to cancel the week of (I was also making the cake), and 2. I have yet to go and see her new home in Leduc - missed all her house warming events and such, and 3. when she moved from Red Deer I was not able to get up and say good bye officially!
Now Crystal aside for a second, my 'excuses' typically revolve around Logan and money. Logan is definetly not a long (or short for that matter) distance traveller, never has been. It is nearly impossible to get anywhere longer than an hour (if i'm lucky, 30 minutes is his max before he starts to get fussy these days). He is also very scheduled - so if an event conflicts with nap time or bed time, nap time or bed time most definetly wins. (Side note: I do NOT wake my baby either, so just don't ask me to get up any earlier than Logan awakens on his own). And then financially - we are definetly tighter in the pocket book than we were before we had Logan..and most specifically since my mat leave ended, so my lifestyle that I created is no longer as free range as it once was which is hard to break -other- people of the habit of our new life (especially when we used to call each other up all the time and be like 'hey! lets go for dinner!')
So I guess at this point I have to find a happy medium. I feel like i'm constantly apologizing these days and yes I am sorry for not being reliable, but how can I fix that? In my Crystal example I really just needed to weigh the situation a little better. In -theory- it worked out great - I was up in Rimbey and Leduc is just an hour's drive as opposed to 3 hours... but really, I made the assumptions that Logan would be cared for and I would have free range of a vehicle. So lack of planning on my part.
I also have to find a better way of tracking my calendar AND my to-do list in a side by side format. I need to have my calendar and availability with me at all time AND my to-do list.... or add my to-do list TO my calendar, because often I just write down events and then realize I really needed to get my Relief Society emails prepared and sent. I like to think i'm fairly organized but I do have my flaws! (Then what do you do if you double book? Or you have a second event come up that you want to go to more or -should- go to over another? e-gad!)
Anyways, this blog in particular is very all over the place but I'm afraid that I'm not even sure what I am trying to say! I have a personal goal to better myself on the reliability front. And to do that I need to learn to say "no" as part of the goal. And I need to plan better when combining various events in the same date/time frame!
Great advice from my mom that she heard in a talk at Education Days in Provo, a talk about decluttering your life:
"If you want an answer right now, then the answer is no."
What great advice! Along with that is a 2x2 square where the one side is labelled 'important' vs 'not important' and 'urgent' vs 'not-urgent'. At that point you can put your to-do list on a daily, weekly, or monthly level in the squares and decide where that day you want to focus your time. Often we place everything in the important and urgent column when really it isn't or shouldn't be. And frankly, sometiems I just want a day to focus on the not urgent, not important column (like cleaning my bathroom LOL - though sometimes that can look pretty urgent..)
..but that's a whole other blog :)
Things I am Thankful For - inspired by Crystal
1. My husband and child
2. My mom, dad, siblings - including inlaws
3. My friends - in particular my friends with patience
4. The gospel in my life
5. My testimony
6. The fact my birthday is shortly after (or sometimes on) Thanksgiving this year!
7. Turning 25 - yes i'm grateful for that because a) I made it, b) it means I'm that much closer to being able to do things in my life that I havent yet done
8. Funny things children do and say
9. The piano
10. Weight loss! I am grateful that I am within 5-8 lbs of 'goal'
11. Healthy living and exercise
12. My running vehicles, a new home over head, food on the table and clothes on my back!
13. New things when I can them :) Who doesn't like new stuff?
14. Parties!
15. My RS calling - which I will dearly miss when I move!
16. This one is only occasional but i'm grateful for the 'unknown'!
That's all I have time for..
2. My mom, dad, siblings - including inlaws
3. My friends - in particular my friends with patience
4. The gospel in my life
5. My testimony
6. The fact my birthday is shortly after (or sometimes on) Thanksgiving this year!
7. Turning 25 - yes i'm grateful for that because a) I made it, b) it means I'm that much closer to being able to do things in my life that I havent yet done
8. Funny things children do and say
9. The piano
10. Weight loss! I am grateful that I am within 5-8 lbs of 'goal'
11. Healthy living and exercise
12. My running vehicles, a new home over head, food on the table and clothes on my back!
13. New things when I can them :) Who doesn't like new stuff?
14. Parties!
15. My RS calling - which I will dearly miss when I move!
16. This one is only occasional but i'm grateful for the 'unknown'!
That's all I have time for..
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Financial apology
Long story short, in a conversation recently had he expressed to me that he felt like I was blaming him for our current financial situation. A bit of an explanation - since I left working full time the finances have been a little tight in our home (not to be unexpected of course), which for me causes me occasional stress but I deal with it by vocally talking about it - it gets thoughts and ideas flowing and thus sometimes resulting in a way to make a few extra bucks! Bonus right? Well, I didn't realize it but Michael felt that everytime I mentioned it I was in a way suggesting that it was -his- fault! Of course that was never my intention! I am ever so grateful how HARD Michael works to support us so that I am able to stay home and raise our child (hopefully someday multiple). He is a phenominal man who faithfully goes to work and though some days he doesn't love going to work (who doesn't have their days right?), he does so that we can grow as a family. I stress about money but frankly in the end I keep reminding myself that we have our basic needs met. We have a home, we have food, we have clothes, we have each other. Sure we won't be able to go and purchase 'things' and 'wants' as openly as we once did BUT i'm okay with that!
So in the end, my dear husband - I am sorry for how I react sometimes, know that I am ever so grateful to have you in my life and deep down I know we will always be okay because we have each other, we pay our tithing, we have the gospel, and with that we can never go wrong!
So in the end, my dear husband - I am sorry for how I react sometimes, know that I am ever so grateful to have you in my life and deep down I know we will always be okay because we have each other, we pay our tithing, we have the gospel, and with that we can never go wrong!
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