Friday Fill-ins #113

1. I'm a sinner, I'm saved, I want to make God smile with whatever I do.
2. Why do I have the desire to sing and dance and not the ability?
3. How does this parenting thing work, anyway? ...sometimes I so wish kids came with manuels :P
4. Every morning, I put mascara on my eyelashes .
5. I consider myself lucky because I have a beautiful family!
6. One day we’ll see Disneyworld together as a family.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going swimming at the YMCA with the kids, tomorrow my plans include vegging and just spending time at home with my family and Sunday, I want to go to church with my hubby & kids after work !

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Friday Fill-Ins # 108

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Here we go:
1. I'd really like some poutine right now as I wait for my husband to get home and then I want my bed.

2. Fiddlesticks is the word you'd most often hear me say if I stubbed my toe.

3. Possession is 9/10's of the law.

4. Johnny Depp is the only Captain Jack Sparrow.

5. Marshmallows and fire go together like wieners and beans.

6. This is the song that never ends, it goes on and on...

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching the fireworks, tomorrow my plans include finish cleaning inside my van that I washed Friday and Sunday, I want to stay awake long enough after night shift to go to church!

Friday Fill-Ins #108

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1. Oh, I am so tired!
2. I don't like changes, big or little.
3. During movies, I always get emotional .
4. We were the coldest place IN THE WORLD last week; are you kidding me???
5. Right now I'd like to be enjoying 42* in New Zealand and enjoying the "summer" .
6. My computer is my favorite gadget.
7. And as for the weekend, Friday I enjoyed taking my kids swimming at the YMCA , Saturday my plans include driving our new (to us) Echo to work and Sunday, I want to go to church with my husband and children!

Friday Fill-Ins #106

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Here we go:

1. It's January; and its C-O-L-D!

2. A trip to somewhere warm is what I crave most right now.

3. Cork and wine go together like a mom and her kids.

4. God's Word is so nourishing.

5. Let us dare to do something wild and crazy without worrying about what others think.

6. We need more money to continue renovations we want to do to our home.

7. And as for the rest of the week, tonight I'm looking forward to taking Wynn to Beavers and then going grocery shopping (heh! any reason to get out :/), tomorrow my plans include taking Liam to playgroup in the morning and going to my lecture (Elder Care Interest Series) in the evening about "The Relationship of Caring" and Friday, I want to play with the kids as they have the day off school!

Friday Fill-in #82

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I must apologize for my recent absence from the Friday-Fill-ins. I returned home from my trip two weeks ago but it's taken me this long to get things back to almost normal (if there is such a thing!). I finally got around to answering the questions "close" to Friday. Hopefully next week I'll get them done before or "on Friday" at the latest. Anyway, here are my answers:

1. If I could be a fly on the wall I would probably get splatted by a big flying plastic swatter quickly as I'd be too busy easedropping on other's conversations.
2. Jealousy is a green-eyed monster and nothing destroys relationships faster.
3. When I see a shooting star my wish would be that we would finally win the lottery with one of the tickets hubby keeps faithfully buying and we could pay off the majority of our loans and then give friends and family some too (money, that is).
4. I'd rather be happy and making ends meet than unhappy & rich any day!
5. Certain songs when I hear them make me wanna get up and sing along and dance (Lord help the poor person listening!).
6. If time were in a bottle I'd be breaking the bottle real fast as I never seem to have enough time in a day.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to going to work & seeing my co-workers, my first night back since my trip, tomorrow my plans include visiting the Grand Opening of a friend's store and then getting some sleep before going back to work night shift again and Sunday, I am going to my mother's place with my family for my birthday supper, on the menu will be bbq'd hamburgers and ice-cream cake!

Friday Fill-In #77

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1. A smile is the equivalent of a thousand words.
2. Pictionary is my favorite board or card game.
3. I would love to have more money to pay bills in my life and less debts.
4. When I think of the Summer Solstice, I think of air-conditioning.
5. I just remembered I need to go pee....brb.
6. One of my favorite song lyrics goes like this: "...Just remember that in the winter far beneath the bitter snow, lies the seed that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes the rose." "One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer!"(as per my hubby :)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to spending time with my kids and hubby, tomorrow my plans include finish packing my suitcases and Sunday, I AM going to New Zealand!

Friday Fill-In #76

1. World travelling to each of the continents (esp. Europe, Africa & Asia) is high up on my bucket list (Now that I know what a bucket list is. We just watched the movie The Bucket List with Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman - Awesome movie).
2. My favorite quote is "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"; it's from the Bible. (there are so many, where do I start?!)
3. A friend inspired me to start blogging.
4. Strawberries are best in a milkshake.
5. I dreamt I was at work...how pathetic is that! in the last dream I remember having.
6. The most enjoyable time to go for a walk is in the evening when it isn't too hot and you hear the birds chirping in the trees.
7. And as for the weekend, (Friday) I’m looking forward to getting my ears pierced with my daughter, tomorrow my plans include going to my in'laws and having a family reunion bbq as we meet a cousin of my FIL from England and Sunday, I want to start packing after we have our bbq with my parents and celebrate Father's Day!

Friday Fill-In #75

This weeks questions are courtesy of One Knutty Knitter.

1. Idle hands are obviously not those of a blogger... or a gardener ...or a mother (of which I like to think I'm all of the above).
2. I love the water hot and steamy in the shower.
3. My favorite time of the day is when I can relax and enjoy whatever I'm doing without thinking two steps ahead.
4. The last tea I drank was yesterday at the soccer game - cold green tea.
5. I like to play in the dirt and admire everyone's flower gardens in the Summer.
6. My mother always said I could do anything I wanted if I just put my mind to it (I'm trying:) ).
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to taking the kids to the circus and seeing them ride the elephant , tomorrow my plans include work in the afternoon (nurse) and Sunday, I want to be rested up from a good sleep Sat night as I have to go back to work in the morning(a short 8 hours after I finished the last shift)!

Friday Fill-In #74

This weeks fill-ins are provided courtesy of Mindful Mimi.

1. For me routine & mundane is the opposite of creativity.
2. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult was the last excellent book I read.
3. I like fill-ins because ...they make me think and give me something to post regularly.
4. In nature I like looking at the clouds.
5. The most honest person (is there such a thing in politics?!) should win the US elections.
6. The last time I laughed with all my belly was ...I don't remember.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to sleeping in my own bed, tomorrow my plans include working a DAYSHIFT that I picked up and Sunday, I want to go to the church picnic with my husband and kids after the church service!

Friday Fill-Ins #73

This week's questions are brought to you courtesy of Michelle.

1. On my laziest day I like to sleep in and when I do get up avoid housework by surfin' the net and chatting with my friends online!
2. Making lists and crossing them off as I go makes me feel like I'm being productive.
3. I love little calories and big ice-creams.
4. This summer I want to visit New Zealand and New Brunswick...and I AM GOING TO!!
5. Gentle encouragement from a friend made me start my blog.
6. Red is many people's favorite color but not mine and orange is my son's favorite color.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to, not exactly looking forward to but "will be" working night shift, tomorrow my plans include getting some sleep in the morning, accomplishing something outside once I get up and before I have to go back to work for another night shift and Sunday, I want to go to the Oasis church in the morning and take the kids to the Teddy Bear's Picnic in the afternoon.

Friday Fill-Ins #72

1. There is absolutely NO way you can get me to pick up a snake!
2. My neighbor putting the roof/cover on his gazebo reminds me that summer is almost here!
3. I cannot live without my friends.
4. Bungee jumping and ballroom dancing are two things I'd like to try.
5. When life hands you lemons , make lemonade.
6. Walking through a trail in the woods by our house picking flowers and walking barefoot trough the tunnel from our pond to the river is my favorite childhood memory. (I really had to think about this one!, as I don't remember alot from my early childhood. :( )
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to finishing up the garden/yardwork that I don't complete today (since we have nowhere to take the kids tonight), tomorrow my plans include shopping for shoes; in specific a nice pair of copper strappy shoes to go with my new dress and Sunday, I want to go flower shopping at the greenhouses with my mother after church (an annual tradition on the May long-weekend)!

Friday Fill-In #71

1. The cookies had an extra secret ingredient; it was ...a secret that the kids added!
2. It looks warmer through my window (than it feels outside).
3. Right now, I need a vacation.
4. My son's soccer game is where I went Thursday night; it was unseasonable cold.
5. Why does a paper cut hurt so much?
6. All I can think of is the friend in need I have so far away.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to bed early, tomorrow my plans include going to work (BLAH!) and Sunday, I want to relax at my mother's place after a long day's work as we have been invited to eat supper there!

Friday Fill-In #70

I've been having some blogger's block (AKA writer's block) lately and so was looking for a meme or something to work on those days that I don't know what to say. Also, I think this will be fun and make for something to look forward to at the end of each week. So here it goes...


1. Two of my favorite ingredients in a drink are Malibu & Sprite/7-Up!
2. My kids often amaze me.
3. You can keep doing that forever, the dog is not going to stop barking.
4. A pinch of courage, a handful of strength, a cupful of love, and a sprinkle of endurance, mix it all together and voila! You have a mother!
5. If I had a yard with a garden, I would love to grow flowering vines (unsure what kind - honeysuckle, grapes, ivy) on a pergola.
6. Making whoopee is best au naturel.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to bed after hubby gets home, tomorrow my plans include watching my four year old daughter at her gymnastics show and Sunday, I want to get out in the flower gardens and put in the new edging!

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