It has been a very busy past week or so.. I don't even know why!!. Not to much has happened I suppose.. We got to See and get our picture taken with The Stanley Cup a couple of weekends ago, that was VERY exciting!.
Work has been hectic to say the least, having to do January returns.. of 50-60 thousand dollars worth of Merch. With NO Boxes to add is fun, to say the least!. But it is slowly going out the door, and we are working like busy bee's around there!. We lost one of our workers due to.. well who know a mixture of a bunch of different things, and their path was no longer one that fit into their busy life schedule, so Now it is just down to the 4 of us. We all went out for drinks and food on Saturday night, that was a good time to say the least. I thought I was loud, then I got paired up with Kayla Ballz..... haha.. she showed me up..
I got my hair colored on Friday, I needed a change I was feeling really bored of the blonde on top, and wanted a bit of a natural look.. okay well, not really. I have some blonde still in their, but a lot less noticable then it was!, and I LOVE IT!. I'll post some pics when I get a chance!.
I have been contimplating the Church issue A LOT lately. I feel that I personally need to attend church like I used to. I feel very open to going to a new church, I would have to find a new one to attend here in Lloyd. There are so many choices and where to go I will have to attend a few morning sermons to see if that is where I feel that I could Spiritually be accpeted and happy!.
I do know a few, as our neighbours attend the first baptist, and a few customers attend as well, which I talk to frequently about life,god, and the thrope center. (Which is a recovery home for people needing help with Addictions). I have also thought a lot lately about helping people, that I feel like somthing inside of me is telling me to reach out a bit more. I LOVE helping people, and I love being around them, and with knowing a few people through work whom work at the Thrope center. Who Knows! it will all fall into place like everything usually does. But I do know that I need to get in touch with God again, and open that door for myself.
I am reading a bunch of different books, the Theo Fleury book- playing with Fire, and The Sermon on the Mount by Emmet Fox. Both REALLY great books, I am hooked on the Theo book, as it is a ver real dose of reality and insight into someones life. As the Sermon on the mount is a little bit of a tougher read as I have to focus, and have no distrations reading it. It is a explanation of the Bible, and what it all means, what we interpert the bible verses into, and how they help us understand people, relationships, and moments in our life. I was given this book about 4 years ago by a complete stranger, and still yet to finnish it. So THIS is my goal, finnish the book, and Incorporate it to my life!.
The day today was long, the kiddies are in bed, and I am exhausted, and still need to fit my work out in here tonight!.

a Fresh Start to a New year!

SO here we go! a Fresh start to a whole new year!. New beginnings are upon us!
Christmas was Wonderful, we didnt make it to Edmonton or Penticton to spend Christmas Day with Jaret's parents or mine. But we had a wonderful day just the 4 of us, and went for dinner at some friends of ours, It was SOOOO Tastey!!! =) thank you for the Invite Deb, Barry & Alicia!.
We drove to Edmonton on the 28. The 29 was Noah's 3rd Birthday and what a great day that was, we celebrated by opening presents with Uncle Adam Uncle Justin, My Dad, Mama C, Jaret, Linden and I. We had a HUGE OMG to die for steak lunch/dinner as it was our Christmas Day as well with my Parents and Little Brothers. Noah had a Cinnamon bun for his cake, (gotta change it up a bit!!) and he was spoiled of course!. Then we opened presents for Christmas, and That was awesome! I made Blankets for Adam and Justin this year, thought I'd do somthing different and somthing they could really get attatched to, That they are!. Jaret and I got a bunch of great stuff and a New Deep Freeze! THANK GOD!! we needed one pretty bad!.



December 30 we headed to my Brother and Jordan's house for some turkey dinner, and Christmas with them and My Mom. WOW the house smelled SOO Good as soon as you drove up!!!!. As usual Matt's house was decadently Decorated with fancy Christmas smelling scents, and treats, and decorations, I felt so bad for even just looking, cause well with 2 kids, things can really fall apart, and look like a tornado came through!!!. But Dinner was amazing the kids got some fantastic new gear! Great toys!! and Jaret and I got a new Tony Hawk Ride, we havnt had much of a chance to sit ... well stand and play it, but I think since christmas is over, and we dont have to leave the house as much we'll be pro's in no time flat!. Mom got Noah a pretty rad Car's cake for his birthday and a bunch of new cars gear!.





New years eve we took Noah skating.. haha what a good times that was... it was FREEZING OUT... like -25 or more. BUT we had to, Grandma and Grandpa got Noah new skates for christmas, and we HAD TO use them, let alone Jaret and I got new skates too!, so we headed out to the rink down the street all bundled up,... Noah enjoyed it. was a little miffed he couldnt have a hockey stick like his Uncle's though!!!. We're gunna have to take him out this weekend, again and get him practicing!! For New years we just hung out at home with the parent's and some of their friends, Very nice people and they have 2 little boys as well, their oldest really took to Noah this time, makeing sure he was okay in the pool, and feeding him LOADS of treats... I am suprised neithe of the 2 threw up!!!!. It was a Great way to bring in the new year, great food, and good company!.






We are now home and settling in, Loads of laundry to be done, and it seems like it never will end!!. Back to work today and kinda glad to be back. I really missed it!. Weird eh!!. but it is my place. It's where I relax, it's where I can just be me, and slip away!.

Like I said, my new years resolution.. Blog more.. So this is my first attempt... and Wish me Luck!!

Life

So Life these past few months have been... Eventful to say the least.
I went back to work, I am now Manager of a Cd Plus. I LOVE IT!. It is amazing. Noah and Linden attend a day home, and they LOVE IT!, They call Angie, Grandma.. But know she really isnt their Grandma!. Linden is now 14.. almost 15 months, and Walking!. He has changed SO Much!. Noah wow.. he will be 3 in a few days, and has time EVER Flown!. He is a amazing counter, and such a darling. Jaret's work is going well too!. Nothing else really new with that whole situation!.

We have been in Lloyd a Year now!, and what a busy year it has been from camping, to trips to Edmonton, to working, visiting family and friends. It has been quiet the ride thats for sure!.

We have had such a busy year, and a few fall outs along the way. As I have learned over time, people come and go with a precious few whom hold on. There is always a reason for these things, as they hurt, and people get hurt. Life moves on, and you cannot do anything but hold your head up high, and wish them the best on their new journey in life, as you travel on your own!.

I have had a lof of thought these past few weeks of Church, and how much I miss being an active member in a church condrigation. I know that Jaret is not much of a church person, but I do believe that it is important for our children to go, and for me to go. The problem is, finding the right church for me, and the family. I attended a Luthran church my whole life, and know that the First Baptist Church here in Lloyd is a great church and wonder if may be we should attned there.. Decisions.

I do feel I should Blog a lot more than I do. I am blogging only tonight, cause everyone is asleep, and I am needing to get some thoughts out. My head is pounding, it is 3.. well tomorrow will be 2.. days before Christmas, and I work retail, and Still have christmas shopping to do. Jaret is asleep and I feel the need to write.. vent.. get a few things off my chest. O well I shall blogg more when everyone is asleep I suppose.. my new Goal for 2010!.


Lets see how this works!!!

Family Picture taken in October



Linden



Noah

Slacking

It seems to be I have been falling behind on a lot of things these days!
One being my blog.Two being. Weight Watchers. Since Jaret has been working 10 hour days and I havnt been able to make it to my meetings I have decided to put things on hold till the weather gets a little big more bare able for the boys to be outside and we can go for walks to the Commonweath rec. Center just behind our house. The Blog thing. I got no excuse for that one. I use the computer daily, and for a couple hours a day. So there is no excuse! just lazy!!!.

Seems to be Noah has been feeling alittle off today, he just layed in bed a cried ALL Morning we watched the Jungle book, and 101 dalmations twice, now the Tylenol has kicked in, or the fact that Cars is playing on the tv, He now is running around the house full of energy and back to himself!. Linden is hangin out in the swing feeling alittle sick himself it seems to be he has had this stubborn cough for almost 2 weeks, not sure if it is from teething. (YAH NO TEETH YET!) or if it is a stubborn little winter virus that doesnt wanna get kicked!.

Nothing else is new around the Lloydminster area!, had a Great visit from Sarah and the kids a few weeks back that was a real treat!, and then last weekend Steven, Tara and Vaughn came for the weekend, Another Great treat.
We are planning to go to Edmonton on Friday morning since Jaret is off fridays that makes it so much better, gunna hit the highway early morning, be in town for Lunch and stay till after lunch on Sunday. It will be a busy weekend, we are going to the Circus for the first time with Noah, We are going with My oldest brother Mathew, Jord, Jaret, Me, Noah and we're Gunna bring our twin brothers Adam and Justin, so it will be lots of fun to have the Brothers and sister. and Uncle Day. Then that night Jaret and I are going to hang out with some old friends, should be some good times with some drinks, good food, kareokee, and some good times will be had!.

Well it seems to be Nap time around here and everyone is getting a little quiet, so I shall try to get Noah down and Linden is asleep so I will sneek a nap in while i can!

it's Friday!!!

Last night I made a choice, to join Weight Watchers!!! I am very excited learned a lot, and am going to make apoint to count my points, and eat what is better choices, and have faith in myself.
I will have faith that I CAN do this, I WILL succeed, and be a better me.
The meeting was about an hour, (dont always have to stay but it is a WISE idea!) I will stay for the meetings till I have my food addiction under control.. and truely thats what it is.. an Addiction..

This weekend I will go register for the babyboot camp, keep track of my points, and work on this slowly!. I should actually be making myself breakfast at the moment, cause by the time i make it eat, it clean my mess up.. it will be friggin lunch time, and I'll have to do it allllll over again!!!!!

Life seems to be a little chaotic at the moment, seems like there are a million things going on in and outside of the house that little gets my attention if your not Noah or Linden...Jaret too!.
Jaret has been working most of the week, monday was a short day but the rest of the week has been full days, which is good they are on their last day at the old shop, then Monday morning Johnny will pick Jaret up and they will car pool, YAY MOMMY GETS THE VAN!!!!!!!!!!! I will no longer be on house arrest... Like I have many places to go or people to visit here..... thats not the point!! We looked into buying a truck or an SUV, we are in the midsth of deciding what is best for us. what we need and what we want... this wont be a easy decsion, it will take us some time, and arent in a hurry JUST yet!!

As I am sitting here half ass typing and pretending NOT to pay attention to Noah cause if he sees me watching him, he will stop.. he decided his Pull duck was hungry, went to the cuppboard, pulled out the container of Cereal, put a few pebbles on the ground, and is trying to feed the duck.. His Imagination is shining throught these past few weeks, it is amazing, his new fav thing to say is `SHOOT THE PUCK` and what do Elephants eat.. `PEANUTS!`. Yesterday he had a `Poffeee`(coffee) party with Lindens Puppy teething ring! it is just the cutest thing!! I cant get over how big he is getting, and the fact that Linden is going to be 4 months old in 2 weeks.. =) IKES!!!!!

Well the Chaos is starting up again, Linden is squaking, and Noah is Yelling at the TV for CARTOONS.. MOMMY CARTOOONS!!! and I need to Eat or I will not reach my points for the day!!!

A new year, and A new begining!

So I have thought that it is a new year, and as everyone does in the month of January every year, they set goals, they opt for a new begining, they say they will stick to them and do very well for the first... day.... week... month.. then it just falls apart for most... and this is where I begin!...

I want a change, I want a new start, after 3 years, 2 pregnancy's a huge move out of a city I knew nothing But, to a place where I know nothing, no one, and have to start new.. I need this. I am trying to make some changes, to eat better, sleep more( when I can of course!!), have a new outlook on life, treat people better, and try to be a better me in general. I know I am a person who likes change, I am used to it from growing up, and it is just a personality trait as well. But this change I feel I need to start slow, I need to get things in order, I am going to start weight watchers, I am hoping to sign up for a Baby boot camp every tuesday morning(depends on spots avail.). and with this it will give me a push, it will help me stay focused, stay in tact, and hopefully give me the motivation I need to get me to my goals.

I dont always like what I see in the mirror, I dont always like to think of what Ashley used to be, BUT on that note, I am a new me, I am a Mom, I am a hard working housewife!, I am a whole new person, and will NEVER be the old person I remember, that person is gone, and the new one is here, so with this new begining of being in Lloyd, and a new year, and may hopes and dreams in tact, I will strive to be a new Me. I will strive to succeed, and prove to everyone, **myself included** that I CAN do what I put my mind too.

March 5, will be my one year for no smoking! I did actually have ONE slip up, on Christmas.. but.. with that being said, the temptation is near, I am in close contact with many smokers, but, with only one slip, I have accomplished a healtier life by deciding to make a change, almost one year ago.

I do wonder when walking down the mall, or grocery stores, if people see me the way I see them. How do people perceve me? what do they see when they see me?. I always wonder, and I am sure other people wonder as well.. Wonder is the key word, I never said I CARE, I just wonder!

For the past 4 years Jaret and I have lived together, we have both gained weight, let things slip, and put things on the back burner. We are together on the changes we both make in our lives, as it effects both lives. For the past Month, we have done really well at picking out meals on saturday night, so when we go on Sunday for grocery's we have a list, and stick to it, so we dont compulsively buy junk, or things we dont need in the house. With doing this we have ventured.. well I must say I have ventured outside my box, I am making new recipes. I am trying new foods, I am giving things a chance, that I would of curled my nose up to and said I would NEVER eat that!. Since we have done this, I have made many new recipe's enjoyed some, and disliked some, but truly enjoy the cooking, and the organization we have now. We know what Monday -Fridays dinners are, they are sstarted at 4, and ready for 5 when Jaret comes home, no more..
"what do you want..." ..." I dunno what do YOU want!?" I cook it even if we dont feel like that meal will be what we really want... it is already made and no turning back! gotta be strict if we want to accomplish anything this year!!!. With planning our meals and getting in that routine, has helped get us ready to start this new journey. and thats truely what this will be a Journey, I will have good days and I will have bad days... but In the end it will make a world of a difference, and will add to the many things that moving to Lloydminster has made us do!..

Starting over!

I had opted to start a Blog, and keep to it.... that hasn't happened. I forgot about it and got busy with life and then it dawned on me one afternoon talking to Sarah on the phone, that she ACTUALLY followed it... MAY BE just maybe there are others out there who read this, who actually care enough to take time out of their day to read this, that I really should make the time to Blog.... so I was unloading the dishes from the dishwasher after just getting home from a weekend in Edmonton, I thought to myself... I need to go blog.. NOW! I have lots to say and I guess just want to get it all out!!!

We went to Edmonton for the second time since we moved, we went at Christmas and what a GREAT christmas it was! we stayed for 9 days or so, and did lots of visiting. We went back this weekend for a special birthday, Erika's 3rd Birthday party!! and it was a very fun birthday and it came and went very fast. I am sad I didnt get much of a chance to sit with Sarah and talk, have a good visit, but we did get a good visit.. cause we got to see eachother!.

When we lived in Edmonton, Jaret and I knew Lloyd wasnt far,.. at all. but NEVER well okay once for Denise and Scott's wedding, and one on September long weekend to come out here, but now we are here, and think it is so close to Edmonton, that I think why didnt we make more of an effort? it is so close!. it took us no time to get to the city on friday afternoon, and No time to get home today, that I hope people... friends and family will make it out here to come visit us.


Jaret and I were so excited to get back home to Lloyd today, we turned down our street and said to eachother.. "I really do love living here" it was kinda weird we both thought the same thing. but not really at all seeing as yah work may be a little slow for him at the moment, but isnt everyones job for the most part slow at the moment too?. I dunno may be its just me saying it. but o well.

after going to the city for a weekend visit, I notice our visits with people are so much better, they are really meaningful, we get to actually listen to eachother, actually interact and pay attnetion to what is going on. I am very excited about our next visit to Edmonton, in Febuary for William's first Birthday!! and hope to get a good visit with Sarah then!!!!

well... I still have unpacking since the living room looks like a disaster, kitchen is in need of some tidying, and I need to make bottles for Linden before Desperate housewives comes on tonight!. But I will be sure to make an effort and blog more often.. I wont say how often, but often enough!!!