Long time no post

Wow! Did I ever get in a Winter rut. It was dark, cold and well, even I had given up on my OCD-ness of shoveling. And I'm paying for it now! It's just eventually I gave up the fight. Going out in -40c temperature to shovel wasn't appealing. I wasn't willing to lose any body parts to frostbite. But yes, now that the sun is out longer, the temperatures have risen and the snow is beginning to melt. This means, my snow covered walks are pure ice now. I shouldn't have given up... but then again, if I didn't give up, I probably would have lost a body part.

Since the 17th of January many things have gone on. My son made it back from camp. He had a wonderful time. We decided to take the whole family up to pick him up. The Mamma Mia movie take the whole time up.. it kept the kids occupied! :) The camp was very very beautiful. Sadly, my son's disposable camera did not work at all. Which is too bad, since he caught his first fish up there! He came back exhausted and full of fresh air!!!

February brought me the flu. I spent a good 4 days thinking I was going to die. O.k. maybe two of those days. My cat spent the entire time by my side, which really led me to believe I was going to die - some cats have that sense and since this cat isn't one for cuddling, I was a bit nervous. I obviously survived and cursed the person who gave me that germ. No one else in the family got it, so we were lucky.

February also made my cat sick as well. Poor Socks, has crystals. He's on the mend now and on a special diet. He's back to his grumpy self. Although he still is wanting to be near us more often now.

And into March. ahhhh March. The clock change. I can't tell you how much nicer it is to see sunlight still at 7pm. Everyone's mood seems to have lifted. We are wanting to do more, get moving, hibernation is offically over.

On the 10th, my 3 year old broke her collarbone. She's doing fine and is able to resume all her activities. Personally, if it were me, I'd be still whinning. But not my 3 year old. As long as we don't touch her shoulder, all is good. Kids. They heal fast!

I also celebrated my 40th birthday. Ok. It's not my 40th, but I refuse to count any higher. I was o.k. at 41 anything after just isn't going to exist. It's not in my numerical vocabulary!!!! My birthday landed smack dab in the middle of colds, flu, broken bones, pukes and every other imaginable thing that could go wrong. I'll never forget this birthday. In fact it's permanently etched in my brain, something I will probably bring up when I'm very old. It will be endless story my kids and grandkids will hear over and over again. One day, I will post about the birthday present. We still aren't at the laughing stage of it yet... As soon as I can type it and laugh, I will post the story.

I forgot to wear green for St. Patty's Day. I also learned that some family have leprechauns come to their house on this day. I never knew that existed! I have heard of leprechauns, but never knew he was just like the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy. My daughter's friend asked me in shock about why he didn't come to our home. And I stood there in shock, as I didn't know what to say - I told her I guess it meant that we were just more Ukranian than Irish. Pretty good come back there for being caught off guard! She seemed to like that answer.

So, that has been our doings lately. Of course, I hope to post more... to get on the bandwagon more.. to take more photos... contribute a bit to this boring blog.. to get more into why I started the blog...