Lifes Like That

Every once and a while my son will surprise me.  One of the main reasons why I dislike my son getting sick is when the doctor gives him medicine, most times he refuses to take it.  On occasion he has even hidden it from me in hopes that I will forget that it’s here.   That is why I am so…happy.  He likes his medicine.  Not only does he like taking it, he has reminded me when it’s time to take it.  And, that just isn’t Daniel.

So, I tried something different with his fever medicine as well.  Normally I buy children’s Advil, but he won’t take that either.  So I picked up a bottle of children’s grape Motrin.  And guess what, he likes that too.  So, maybe this time around he will take all his medicine without the fighting and he will get better all that much sooner.

Although I am very crafty in some areas such as knitting, quilting and jewelry making, some artistic areas I am seriously lacking in. I would love to be able to paint, sculpt or even body paint. But that is where my creativity ends. Even though I am not that kind of artist, I really enjoy do looking at other people’s works and I have always wondered as to where they get their talent and designs for some of their creations. I would have to say that I am highly interested in the art of body painting and lately I have being doing a little bit of research on this subject.

I have always wondered where in the world people find enough liquid latex to be able to do this type of art. I would imagine it would take a great deal of paint, and it is probably quite expensive. I guess that is why it’s pretty cool that their are sites available such as liquidlatex.com where a person could get all the body paint they would need. Not only can you find a wide array of colours from this site, but they also come in three different size cans. You can get them in the 16oz, 32oz and gallon containers. Also, if your not ready to make a big purchase of a lot of paint, you can always browse their paint sleeves to get an idea of what you would like. Purchasing is extremely easy and all you need to do is place your order directly from their site and they will have it shipped to your destination.

So if this type of art is something that you are interested in, or you would like more information regarding the needed supplies to get started in the body art business, then I highly recommend checking out this site to see what they have to offer.

One of my husbands dreams in life is to visit Las Vegas. He doesn’t really care about going into the casinos, but he would love to see all the sites, attractions and experience the night life. So we have made a major decision. If he gets enough back from his income tax, then we will plan this once in a lifetime trip. I have been doing some checking into different hotel prices and I was quite amazed with the hotels Las Vegas has to offer. They are not all hugely expensive and I’m pretty sure that we could afford to stay at one if we get the extra money. I would dearly love to do this, and if we don’t end up going this year, we will definitely look into it again for next year.

Last week I took the plunge from dial up to high speed and I have to say that I don’t think that I’ve ever been happier with a decision that I have made.  Yes, it does cost a little more than what I’m used to paying, but I have to tell you all that the extra cost is so…worth it!  Matter of fact, I just shake my head at the thoughts of me not wanting to spare the extra cash in the first place.  I could have saved myself two years of headaches had I known what I know now.  Not only is one of the benefits of having high speed a faster service, but my husband and I can both be on the net at the same time with no fighting.  We don’t have to take turns and I can work when I want to.  After this past week, I have discovered one thing, I will NEVER go back to dial up.  Never again.

It wasn’t that long ago, that I would have never entertained the thoughts of checking around for different term life insurance quotes. I guess when your younger, you think your invincible and don’t really believe any bad will happen to you. But as you get older, you start thinking about these things a little differently. Although I don’t like to think about death and everything associated with it, I have come to the conclusion that I need to step outside my comfort zone and look at these things a little more closely. I guess that’s why I think that I must be getting older. The younger me wouldn’t have even had thoughts in this direction.

I try not to be a negative person and have negative thoughts. I don’t usually watch the news or listen to it on the radio because I don’t like hearing about things that are bad in our world. So I think this is one of the reasons why I put off getting any type of life insurance quotes. The way I look at it is if your looking for these types of quotes, then you are acknowledging that something bad could happen in the future. And because this type of thing is not normally what I like to think about, I generally put it off. I know I shouldn’t, but this is me.

How about you guys? Are you like me or do you face facts even though you don’t want to?

I know it’s only Thursday, but the weekend around here has started already.  Tonight my son is invited to a birthday party and has another one to attend on Saturday.  Tomorrow the kids have no school, so I will end up taking them shopping with me.  Then on Sunday we plan on going out to breakfast with my father in law.  I really don’t know why I do this to myself.  I usually have every weekend jam packed full of things that I need to do that I am constantly running every weekend.

One of these days, I’m going to take a break from all this running and just schedule a nice quite relaxing weekend.  I know a person shouldn’t have to schedule a weekend to do nothing.  But, if I don’t then I would never have a weekend to call my own.

So how about you guys?  What’s on your agenda for the weekend?

Over the past nine months I have discovered something major. Now that I’m not working and have no outside income coming in, I have discovered that I really need to find some different ways to save money. Although my husband has a full time job and there is income coming in from his job, I would still like to find ways to save money so that we can still give the kids the little extras that they so enjoy. One way that I use to save money is by saving coupons. I collect all different types of coupons such as grocery coupons, department store coupons and Bluefly coupon. Not only do I collect these coupons, but I also use them! I have found that this is a great way to save a little bit of money each and every month and with these savings, we are still able to give the kids the little extras that they have come to enjoy.

I have kind of a unique problem. Unlike most, I am trying to gain weight, not lose it. Some of the things that I have done to try to gain this weight is eating a lot more than I normally do, eating more often and I have tried taking supplements. Someone suggested to me that I should buy some fitness equipment and start working out. This didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me as I thought that the more I work out, the more I would lose weight. But it was explained to me that working out builds up muscle which weighs more than fat. So after some consideration, I think this may be my next step in my “gaining weight” journey.

Kids can be so funny sometimes. You never know what their thinking or what their going to say. And, this doesn’t go away as the older they get. Sometimes the older they get, the more stranger they get. This is the case of my daughter.

First of all I would like to say that for 9 years, she has had absolutely no interest in hockey. She hasn’t expressed any interest in playing the sport and she doesn’t watch it on TV. Now, my youngest son does, so if he expressed any interest in playing (which he has), this wouldn’t have surprised me quite so much.

Last week my husband bought my daughter a really cute pink hockey jersey. It has one of the Canadian hockey teams on it. Not her favorite as she doesn’t have one, just one of the Canadian ones. So, the first day she wore it to school she came home from school demanding that we enroll her in hockey. She said she needs to play hockey if she is going to wear the shirt with pride. And no, her demands were not met. lol Just another kid thing that she will get over when we buy her a different piece of clothing. lol