Happy Monday!

and a great one it really is too. I am sitting here with my buddy woodstock and we are having a grand old time while I am on break. I couldnt get one of the kids to sleep, but as I was trying to get one asleep, the one on the other side of me started scratching my back.... ahhh.... I love my job. But then I couldn't get the little back scratcher to sleep and now Stacy is valiantly trying.... What a hero.
They have all been pretty good considering that it is a rainy monday. We still managed to go outside for a little bit and the sun really did try to pop out for a little while.
Friday night Rinse and Jenn came over from PEI, they didn't make it until around 10:30 but they were still able to join in the party. We had a bunch of people over for supper and dessert to celebrate Jefta's birthday. Matt got a black forest cake with real whip cream from sobeys and then Jefta came bearing a tasty ice cream cake from DQ... yummy! and Then Ashley came with a marble chocolate truffle cake. That is the nice thing with these friends is that everyone needs to bring something and then there is always more than enough and no one is hungry. haha. Saturday morning we got up early to see Rinse and Jenn to continue their trip to BC. At 10:00 Matt and I were at Rudi and Amy's Apt. The men made waffles for breakfast and Matt wore my John Deere apron... Amy even has it on her camera... haha. Then we helped them move to their chalet in the woods that belongs to their grandmother. They are going to live there while they build their own house down the river a piece. It is just a small random river, but it is really cute. We are going back to their apartment tonight to have a pool party and they are taking us out for Wendy's beforehand... yay! haha
Sunday we went to church and then went for a BBQ at Jeff and Andrea's and then played the adult version of Scene it... talk about way harder than the kids one. For the rest of the day I read Redemption(i think that is the title) by Karen Kingsbury.... talk about a book.... it was good.. It was an afternoon read and next week I am getting the other 4 from the church library. In the evening Matt and I got cozy on the couch and watched driven.
Tomorrow evening I finally have an appointment with the Dr... can someone tell mom that???? Thanks! It is to see if I have Celiac Disease... Mom said we should get tested because it may be in her side of the family... so prayers for a test resulting in me NOT having it would be greatly appreciated. But I am going to be ok with what God decides. Well Love you all. Have a super day!
Love Amanda

PS on another great news note... Matt is done working up north... YIPEEE!!!! he is home all week!

Delish!

Alright... for starters my camera has been having a few issues. Annoying? YES! But at least you can see the picture of what I made :)

I was talking to Dianna on the phone last night and we were telling each other about really great recipes. I am going to send her this one. They are really called "Cheese Danish" But they have since been dubbed "Eskimo Nachos" I think I like that name better.

Things this way are going really well. I am excited for my Mom and Dad to come visit on the 16-18. I also am getting a day off on that monday since I have to close up the daycare a few days. I am looking forward to that a lot. We are going to go visit the waterfall.. fall brook falls It is such a nice place to go and enjoy the waterfall. i think Dad is excited too... I always remember family vacations including a waterfall whenever possible.

Matt is up in Cambelton this week staying at a Super 8 Hotel. He is also spending time with our friend Aaron while he is up there. Aaron has an engineering job up there.

Tonight I am going to Annelie's house. I got her a plnt for her birthday and I am going to take some eskimo nachos too. And I think I might even have some candles laying around that I could put one in the thing.

Other than that it is work as usual. We havent had too many kids so they reallly only need one staff, so Stacy and I are taking advantage of the extra time and really getting some things done and put together.

Last Sunday Matt and I went to the lake with Pat, Ashley, Rudi and Amy. Rudi's Uncle has a Jet Ski and they pulled us around in the tube behind it... well not me... I was more than content to take the canoe for a paddle whenever i could convince someone else to go :)

Anyway, I will leave you with that. I am going to hopefully catch up on some other blogs. Have a great day!

Love yOU!

Amanda

Plug Your Nose!!!

Last week when I went to Annelie's they had a skunk underneath their deck. Henk Jan had to go underneath it and get it out. First the neighbour shot it and then Henk Jan took his gun and gave it an extra shot just in case. wouldnt want to run into that thing while it was still alive.

The men discovered the skunk while they were on the deck finishing their supper. Unfortunately the skunk must have felt intimidated. We werent sure if it was from the dog or the squirrel Either way the stench managed to permeate through the entire house and even my purse which was on the opposite end of the house. Annelie said it was because I got to close to the Camera. But Harry said the house still smelled when he got home form trucking on friday. The whole incident happened on a Monday. So I really dont think that I got to close. And I think having the pictures was well worth it. I might as well make Henk jan look a little bit like a hero. He willingly did the job when asked and did it well!

I also thought I would include an updated picture of my flowers. They really turned out well.

I was going to write more about my flowers, but I dont really remember what I was going to write since My keyboard got unplugged and I couldnt type anything and then I had to restart the computer.

Tonight I am going to hang out with Cheryl, last night we went for a nice nature walk, then we played Ticket to Ride. That was such a fun game. And I actually won. I played it on Saturday night too with Matt, Aaron and Cheryl. Matt is doing well. Another team went up to Bathurst this week so now Matt thinks that with their help they will be done up there in another week or two. YAY! I think he is getting tired of being on the road all the time and driving that sunfire. It is a good way to appreciate what you have I guess. Anyway. I really should get back to work. Thanks for reading and I love you all!
Amanda

Another day!

Hello everyone!!!
As we speak I am on my break and working with my not so little friend "woodstock" who is my computer for those of you who may not remember.
Things are going really well. Matt is in Bathurst until thursday evening at 5. He finished his route around Fredericton and got all the culverts checked. Now all the teams swtich routes and make sure everything was done correctly. matt asked for the other side of Fredericton, but instead he got Bathurst.. :( we'll live though. He will be home by thursday evening every week. So it is manageable. I am busy every night while he is gone, hanging out with friends mostly. So that is fun and I'm not alone either.
other than that work is going fantastic and I couldnt be happier!!! I will write again soon but I am finished of my break so i should head out. Lub you all!!
Amanda

Happy Canada Day!

Alright, I am not dead or MIA I have just returned back to the wonderful city of fredericton after a lovely vacation on PEI.
Matt and I both took monday off and went to PEI for a very long weekend. It was so relaxing and so much fun. I packed all my shorts and t shirts and then it turned out to be a lot colder than I had anticipated so I ended up borrowing a lot of clothes. As long as I follow the rules it works out good. Ask before you borrow and return them to the person whom you are borrowing the clothes from before the next day. Those are the rules. If you dont follow them you lose your borrowing priveliges. If you ever lived in my house you know these rules.
right now I am on my break at work. We dont have a lot of kids today so we have been doing a lot of cleaning. It's been alright. Matt is gone to bathurst for the rest of the week and comes home again on Friday night. I think I will cope ok this week because I have to unpack from vacation, do lots of laundry clean and cook for me. Next week however...when he is gone for the whole week, I think that I will really miss that guy. But I will be ok. Maybe I will actaully post more??? WHo knows. Anyway, I have to get back to work. Love you all!
Amanda

Quick Post`!

i am sitting at Annelie's house and she is cooking supper while i quickly write you all a quick note. I had a really good day at work today. It feels like things might finally be settling a little bit and more into a routine. Matt is gone to St. John for the night for work and there is so many things that I should be doing.
Annelie and I are going to pick up a dresser tonight that she got a really good deal on and then we are going to go and work on the old house again.
Alright... I should go. But I wanted to let you all know that I am alive and doing well. I will post more deatails about our exciting weekend on another day when I have pictures. We went hiking to a really nice waterfall yesterday. I thought of you Dad :)
Love you all,
Amanda

another week... almost time for PEI!

Has it really been 10 days? It seems like I have written pretty recently. I always plan to do it on my break, but I either forget or I end up only getting a few minutes for my break if the kids dont go to sleep very quickly.
I just looked at my last post and I think mentally I wrote another post in between. I told you about going with our friends Pat and Ashley to someone's "camp" which is really a cottage. We met a lot of new people there and they were a lot of fun. We went for a walk and looked for a bunch of waterfall's and then we played games for the rest of the night. It was so much fun!
Then I sang with praise band in church on sunday. It was a lot of fun to do that again. But I was surprised at how different it is here than it was in PEI.
The rest of the week was pretty routine. Matt was supposed to go away for the night on Wednesday and then when I got home from work he was actually sitting on the couch. I was SO surprised. But the wierd thing was is that I had a feeling he was going to be home that night, i almost went to his work to double check that he wasnt there, but i figured that he would have called me at work if he needed to get a hold of me.
Thursday night I got my eyebrows done here and I was so happy with how the girl did them. I like them even better than when I got them done at Really You. Last night Matt and I babysat some girls from my old daycare. We had a lot of fun, the girls love Matt and they think he is the sillyest person ever. Then when they were in bed we played Nintendo Wii. HAHAHAHA thats all I have to say about that. I was not given talents to exceed in sports OR Nintendo.
Tonight we are having a going away party for Renata and Brian who are leaving really soon to go on Sea to Sea. Where Brian is going to Bike across the US and Renata is going to be part of the support team. She is going to be the grocery shopper and book keeper. All the bikers had to raise $10,000 and all of the money they raise goes directly to eliminate world hunger. The organizers already had corporate sponsors to cover the costs of feeding and getting the bikers across the states. The tour Ends in New jersey... so Dianna could go and see them... haha.
Anyway. I have to make some food for tonight yet. I hope you all have a really great week and I will post again soon. Love you all!
Matt and Amanda