Misc Ramblings – Page 52 – a hippie with a minivan

eclipse…

What an amazing view that was last night…

We spent quite a while during the day talking about the eclipse so by the time night started to fall Xavier was getting excited… Before going downstairs to play King’s Quest he saw the beginning and went in and out of the house until he fell asleep… We told him that if he fell asleep we would wake him up when it was the full eclipse and we did just that not long after he had fallen asleep…

I spent quite a while outside trying to take pics.. I don’t have any special lenses nor an amazing camera but I am pretty happy with what I got anyways….

I was amazing though… and I hope that Xavier remembers it for a long time…

(with Saturn on the left)

more snow…

This morning we woke up to yet more of the white stuff…

I am really amazed at the mountain of snow that is in the front yard… Our lantern is long gone and I wonder how long it will take for this stuff to melt when spring comes…

When we woke this morning…

The boys playing…

the car was buried and it took more than an hour for Simon to dig it out…

and Khéna watched the boys play…

good cleaning day…

We tackled the playroom today… and when I say tackled… I really mean it…

We have a lot of toys… too many toys in my opinion..

I have been avoiding that room for longer than I would have wanted because it was so bad…

A while ago I did a purge and we cleaned up the playroom but we didn’t purge enough and slowly (or quickly) the playroom became a mess again… a soon it became an unusable mess… toys all over the floor and we really couldn’t walk in there… Simon would go clean up every week but it was hard because there was just too much stuff… and of course, the messier it became the less the boys wanted to play there.

I almost wish that we would have taken a picture…

Anyway… today we spent about 3 hours in there today. Decluttering toys to put away, throw out or give away… We rearranged furniture and made the space so much more usable and it will be a lot easier to keep clean because there is less toys and more space and it will also be a place to play for Khéna because really he hasn’t been able to play in the playroom often because of the mess…

So… slowly but surely the house is becoming less cluttered… we still have a lot to do but it is really helping us to keep the house clean which means that weekends are becoming more of family time…

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by Kim over at The Falcon’s Nest

I don’t do these often… but here it goes…

1. Do you wear a name tag at work? ummm… no…

2. What kind of car do you drive? Dodge Caravan

3. What do you order when you go to Taco Bell? We don’t have Taco Bell in Quebecv

4. Have you ever had a garage sale? Yes, but it was a disaster because we are on a side street and are not allowed to advertise.

5. What color is your iPod? Simon’s Ipod is Black and so is my Zune 🙂

6. What kind of dog do you have? stuffed

7. What’s for dinner tonight? Ham

8. What is the last alcoholic beverage you had? Wine…. mmm… wine….

9. Stupidest thing you ever did with your cell phone? I don’t have a cell…
10. Last time you were sick? About a month ago… we all got it pretty bad…

11. How long is your hair? about mid bum length

12. Are you happy right now? Yes, but I will be even happier once I get a few things under control

13. What did you say last? “Boys… please go play downstairs while you brother naps”

14. Who came over last? My mom

15. Do you drink beer? yes, but I rather wine..

16. Have your brothers or sisters ever told you that you were adopted? I’m and only…

17. What is your favorite key chain on your keys? an Etch-a-sketch

18. What did you get for graduation? a diploma

19. Whats in your pocket? fluff

20. Who introduced you to Dane Cook? umm… who’s that?

21. Has someone ever made you a Build-A-Bear? They just opened for the first time here so no…

22. What DVD is in your DVD player? Lion King

23. What’s something fun you did today? laughed with the boys

24. Who is/was the principal of your high school? I forget her name… she was a bit scary though…

25. Has your house ever been TP’d? no

26. What do you think of when you hear the word “meow”? Natalie… singing the meow mix song

27. What are you listening to right now? the boys playing downstairs

28. Drinking? water and a bit of cold coffee

29. What is your favorite aisle at Wal-Mart? When we go… (it is pretty far from here) Fabric

30. When is your mom’s birthday? july 9th

31. When is your birthday? july 26th

32. What’s the area code for your cell phone? again… no cell…

33. Where did you buy the shirt you’re wearing now? old navy

34. Is there anything hanging from your rear view mirror? no…

35. How many states in the US have you been to? I am really not sure… but I travelled quite a bit as a kid…

36. What kind of milk do you drink? Soy, rice and cow…

37. What are you going to do after this? put the ham in the oven

38. Who was the last person you went shopping with? Simon

39. What is your favorite fruit? cherries

40. What about your favorite dessert? chocolate

41. What is something you need to go shopping for? A new shower head

42. Do you have the same name as one of your relatives? middle and last only

43. What kind of car does one of your siblings drive? no siblings

44. Do you like pickles? yes

45. How about olives? yes

46. What is your favorite kind of gum? not too big on gum

47. What is your favorite kind of juice? orange… freshly squeezed… or lemon

48. Do you have any tan lines? no..

49. What hospital were you born in? Verdun

Ok, so now I’m supposed to tag someone else to do this. How about… Todd, Andrea and Sara