Waiting for Lauryn

Lauryn is due home today from her trip to PEI. Can't wait to see her. She'll have so many stories. Hopefully she'll dictate a blog entry for me.
Any St. George people want to comment on who will win St. George idol? What's with having someone from Maine in St. George idol in the final 2 no less? Also, last week I didn't feel like voting for Canadian idol, then my favorite, Suzi, was in the bottom 2. OMGosh, I felt totally responsible! Casey is cute and a good singer and a fellow NBer, but she's not really ready to entertain on the stage. Suzi rocks it! Comments, please! Who's your fave? Going to a bridal shower for a friend/co-worker later this afternoon. Went to see Red Eye last night with some girl friends. Good movie, not what I thought it would be from seeing the previews. Would recommend it. oh, and Colby from Survivior is in it! I guess he made the transition from reality show to actor okay. I asked Warren if he wanted to blog and he says no. I tried.

Crayons & Glue

Well, after reading everyone elses blogs, I thought of some more stuff thats been happening. Yesterday, Brooke had her first haircut. So cute. Didn't really get any off the ends, but now she has little bangs. I saved the little curls to put in her baby book. I thought that since she is 2 and a half it was time for the haircut. Lauryn got a few inches cut of too. I think she was sad to have it cut, but it's so hard to get the knots out every morning when it is half way down her back. It's still long enough for a pony tail. Her school hair cut, we called it.
I took her school shopping yesterday after the Cooke family picnic at New River Beach. We hit Winners and Old Navy. Founds lots at Old Navy. The Children's Place didn't have much that was cute, no good sales. Some new underwear and an outfit at Zellers. She got a Barbie backpack and lunch box. When we put the last thing on the school supply list in the cart I almost cried just thinking about sending her off to school in a few weeks. She is excited to got to school, but I am sad to say good bye to the little girl that she is. One those nasty first graders get a hold her all her innocence will be gone! Even some of her kindergarten classmates will probably teach her a thing or two. I don't remember a thing about my first day of school except that Jamie Ross cried and Wendy Anderson taught me the F word! I sat with her on the bus-she being a second grader kindly took me under her wing and proceeded to teach me that when I got home I should tell my mom to F off. Well, I got off the bus at my nan's house and told her. I didn't get in trouble, but I quickly learned that even though it was all over the girls bathroom and second graders said it, I should NOT!!! We have already been to the playground at the school because Lauryn wanted to practice on the monkey bars before school starts. She is always thinking ahead! So cute. She just called from Tim Horton's. She is out on the town with Nan, bring home some Timbits.
Blogged out for now. Good night!

Pins and Needles

Well, it has been so long since an update. So much to say. I'll begin with the most recent events. I have crossed over never to return as I was.............I now have a tattoo. You see I have been thinking seriously about getting one for about 10 years. I went to get one 9 years ago when I was in PEI, but when I got there the tattoo place had burned to the ground. Was that a sign? Lately, my friend Jill & I have been saying we're going, but our schedules were opposite and neither of us were available at the same time. Well, on Thursday she called me at work and said we were leaving after work to go to Saint John to finally do it. So we took off, her and I, Lisa McKay, and Sara Comeau-although Sara didn't get to get hers. We got there early so we were looking at the display case with all the belly button rings and deciced that getting a tattoo wasn't quite enough torture for on night. Yep, we got pierced too! Something else I had considered until Paula told me how excruciating it was when she got hers! However after seeing Jill & Lisa go through with it I didn't want to miss out. Well, it was quite a night. When we went to talk to the tattoo guy he didn't really look familiar at first. Then Jill asked him is name and how old he was and I realized it was a guy I had gone to the banquet with at summer camp in Maine when we were kids. He looks waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay different now. Long hair, lots, lots, lots. of tattoos everywhere-his arms & legs were covered, those ear things that stretch your lobes out. Wow! Jill went first and was really stressed and almost wanted to leave. Then he started and she didn't mind it a bit. Then it was my turn. Not at all what I was expecting. Not too bad, just and annoying pain, not pain pain. A little bit worse on the outline. The piercing actually hurt more, but only about 3 seconds. Everything is healing nicely. Oh, I forgot to say the tattoo is a dragonfly, blue and purple in the wings, black outline, he did some shading too so it looks kinda like it just landed on my back. It's right around my shoulder blade. I like it. I'm glad I finally went through with it.
In other news, let me see, what else have we been up to? A couple of weeks ago mom & Syd went away so they let us use the cottage over the long weekend. We took the jetskis over to Scouts Camp beach for a picnic, roasted hot dogs. Then we went up the river and docked behind the Credit Union and walked up to Pete's for and icecream. It was a very hot day, perfect for being on the water. On the way back, Brooke, who was on with me , fell asleep. I can't imagine falling asleep on a jetski, but Lauryn has done it too. She was sitting in front of me so I supported her with one arm and drove with the other.
We are getting ready for Lauryn's birthday party on Tuesday. We're just having a small one this year. Usually she has 8 or 10 kids over, there was a major baby boom the year she was born in St. George. She's going to PEI on Wednesday with her friend Meagan so we told her that was instead of a great big party. Still, she's having Meagan & Caitlin & Ben over for a BBQ, icecream cake and a bon fire on Tuesday night.
Brooke is such a night owl, she never gets tired! I wish she could bottle up her energy and give me some. I think my body is lacking something, I so tired all the time. I used to have a lot more energy. Now I am rambling on, I am starting to get a head cold so I took some Tylenol cold Nighttime so I thinK is starting to affect/effect? my thought process.
Time to go read the other blogs. I hope they are updated. Darn, the dryer just beeped, I will have to go turn that off and fold clothes. DOH!!!