Wine club!

I'm so excited.
I started a wine club. Sorta like a book club, but with wine.. Good times.
Now I have to find 6 wines, from one region that I want to try. Oh the choices.

We went out for dinner on Friday with some great friends, and found a wicked wine, a New Zealand winery named Cloudy Bay, produces a wonderful Sauvignon Blanc It is a little out of my normal price range, but I'll put it on my table for special occasions.

I'm partial to Chilean wines, so that would be a thought. And we have some awesome Canadian Wineries so I'm not lacking for choices. But that's the beauty of this club. We will try every region, many price points, and just plain have fun.

Now to plan it! Yippee.

If you have suggestions, please feel free to send them my way.

Big day tomorrow!

My baby will be 3.

3 whole years old.

They have been trying years. You my dear are a handful.

A wonderful, exciting, adventurous, emotional, crazy, monkey handful, but I love you.

To quote, one of your favorite books, Olivia by Ian Falconer, "You know you really wear me out, but I LOVE YOU anyway"

Happy early birthday Emily!

Now, if you can settle down and not be a spaz, that would be awesome. :)

Don't say I never..

Dear Bella,

When you are a teenager, you'll get to that point where I'm mean, horrible, I never do anything for you etc etc, blah blah blah. But I want to say that today Sept 16, at 11pm in Calgary when it is 32C I, your WONDERFUL, SUPERB, AWESOME, Mom just made 38 cupcakes (in two flavors I might add) for your Kindergarten class tomorrow to celebrate your 5th birthday.. So PFFT. I rock. And I never want to hear, you never did anything for me MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM because I'll just say, read my blog.

Love your awesome Mom.

Did you know?

Did you know that having two kids birthdays in the same month, when that same month is September is freaking expensive? Did you know that having two girls in the same month is just plain barbie crazy? Did you know that my girls are going to be 5 and 3 in 5 days and 10 days respectively? Did you know that in 10 days I won't have another birthday party to plan in 12 months? Did you know that my house will be FILLED to the brim with barbies in 5 and 10 days? Did you know that I love my kids so much? Did you know that I can't believe my itty bitty babies are going to be 5 and 3 in 5 and 10 days?

Happy September

The Annoying Fundraising Chick

The annoying Fundraising Chick strikes again!!

It has begun. My 2010 quest to Conquer Cancer! First off, if you can spare a few dollars please visit the Ride to Conquer Cancer website and my personal page here

Secondly, my first fundraiser of the year will be on Friday. Yup, this Friday. Ever heard of Stella and Dot? They are a fab company that create the coolest "bling". Really funky jewlery



My friend Sue is having a trunk show for me, and her commission will be going directly to help me Conquer Cancer. Anyhoo, to help out a great cause, get some bling, please go to Sue's site find me as the hostess Jennifer M and then wait for your bling.

Thanks so much. And I will only be annoying until I reach my goal of $8500. So basically right up until June 2010. :)

Prayer Request Please..

I believe in the power of prayer. I can't tell you what system I believe in, but I do believe in humanity.

My friend had her baby 6 weeks early. This little bundle of joy is tiny, has problems breathing, and a host of other problems. 2 days ago, it didn't look like she was going to make it. Now things are starting to turn around. But I am asking for your thoughts, or prayers.

Please pray from Ryley the sweet baby girl born 6 weeks early. Pray for my friend Melanie, her husband Jarrod and their two other boys to continue to have strength to get through this incredibly difficult but ultimately rewarding time.

Thank you!

Dad, dad, dad

Why can't I get "over" this? Seriously, why can I not look at picture of my dad and NOT cry.

I find it amazing that one person can shape my life so much and I never knew it. He was and is my dad. He's the guy that I still want to call. He's the guy I want to say "guess what dad?!" I've done the emotions. I've been extremely pissed off with god. I've been angry with people. I've been angry with dad for dying. I'm not anymore, or at least not regularly.

But why can't I just get over it? Can you get over it? I look around me and know that we are lucky. I am lucky. I have a wonderful family, great kids, a great husband, a home, my kids aren't sick. But I feel like a great big hole is in my heart. And it sucks. It sucks the big one.

We know that dad is with us, as Saturday was a prime example of this fact. We are renovating our basement. Sal and I were putting two doors in. We had a lot of problems. And if I never put in another door it will be too early, but ... we actually heard Dad say, not like that, here give it to me. lol don't do that. Try this way. It was freaky but pretty comforting. And we got both doors in and they open and shut lol