Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Hi ALL


Well I got this as an e-mail and I thought it was very touching and rather than ust send it to a few on my e-maill lit(and I did send it), I thought I should also share t with anyone else who cares to read my blog. So to all of you here it is...


-BEING A MOTHER
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, "I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you." The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. "What's wrong, are you well," she asked?My mother is the type of woman who suspects thata late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. "I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you," I responded. "Just the two of us." She thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I would like that very much. "That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's. "I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed," she said, as she got into the car. "They can't wait to hear about our meeting. "We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. "It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small," she said. "Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor," I responded. During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation--nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, "I'll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you." I agreed. "How was your dinner date?" asked my wife when I got home. "Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined," I answered. A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined. An attached note said: "I paid this bill in advance. I wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates - one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son." At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: "I LOVE YOU" and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till "some other time." Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby .... somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, "normal" is history. Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct.... somebody never took a three-year-old shopping. Somebody said being a mother is boring .... somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit. Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out good" .... somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee. Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices.... somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her child hit a golf ball through the neighbor's kitchen window. Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother .... somebody never helped a fourth grader with his math. Somebody said you can't love the second child as much as you love the first .... somebody doesn't have two children. Somebody said a mother can find all the answersto her child-rearing questions in the books ....somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose or in his ears. Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery .... somebody never watched her"baby" get on the bus for the first day of kindergarten .... or on a plane headed for military"boot camp." Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied behind her back. ..Somebody never organized seven giggling Brownies to sell cookies. Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married .... somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings. Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home .... somebody never had grandchildren. Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her .... somebody isn't a mother. Pass this along to all the "mothers" in your life and to everyone who ever had a mother. This isn't just about being a mother; it's about appreciating thepeople in your life while you have them....no matter who that person is.
Love to you all.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007




Well according to Mom it is time for me to make a new post. Though I really don't know why*LOL*. Just kidding...
well let's see...The weekend of the 17th I helped out at the cadet camp working in the kitchen, I will definately do it again sometime.
Have been working and working some more...
Saturday night ended up being date night. Pat picked me up from work and when we got home he informed me I had two hours to get cleaned up and relax, when I asked him why that was he told me he was taking me out to supper and then to the movies. We went to Mark's Pub and then went to see Ghost Rider....It was a good evening.
I've got today off, after working 6 in a row, so a day of rest for my knee. I had planned n doing my housework yesterday and relaxing today, but I got called into work yesterday. So I am still taking today to relax and I will get my housework done on Thursday. I have put dishes away and picked up the living room a little bit, I've got a load of clothes in the wash and I had Pat's lunch made when he came in the door as well as my own. Oh and I baked an apple pie this morning too, so the day hasn't been a total bust.
I work tommorow so the resting of the leg is necessary....I hate neglecting myhousework, it's bad enough I have to wiat almost a month before there is really anything to do(other than certain area's of the bathroom which I just can't let go because wel yah, yuck).
So that's really just about everything other than calling over to Angie's on Saturday before we went out because Brittney was sick, and then calling again last night because Chantal was sick....
I had to sing to them, but that is the way it goes I suppose.
So, no I haven't dropped off of the face of the earth, I've just been on the busy side of things as of late....Take care one and all, Much love to you.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Happy Valentine's Day


I got up this morning and headed into my usual routine, jump in the shower and get ready to go to work, get out of the bathroom and go get my water bottle ready so I can get my boots while Pat gets in the shower and check my e-mail while he is in there....
Well I got my shower and got my water bottle ready but the light was already on in the dining room, and sitting on top of my laptop was a gift bag, on top of the gift bag the most adorable little stuffed puppy holding a heart in it's mouth...in the bag a beautiful card and a brand new webcam for my laptop. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
Alright he is just too sweet!
My gift for him was at work in my locker, I got him a beautiful card, a heart shaped box of his fav. chocolates and two little stuffed monkeys with the magnets in the noses, when you put them together they make a kissing sound and they say, "I love you!"
I bought us Subway for supper and I will be watching my babe play hockey tonight...
A Wonderful Valentine's Day as I see it..
Love to you All.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Out with the Old and in with the New


Well I have finally been forced to change over to the new blogger, I dislike having change forced upon me.
Want to know what I dislike even more?
I really detest when I am woke up at 4:30am when neighbor calls because he forgot to arrange transportation for himself, having known for quite sometime that he needed it, and decides that he'll ask Pat to drive him to meet his bus.
Now when the phone rings that time of the morning all you can think is, "Oh My God, somethings wrong!" So I think I was justifyably ticked off with him...He did apologise to Pat on the way to the bus for having woke him up..Pat told him, "If I were you I'd be apologising to Tammie. "
I think this would be nice, especially since it made twice he woke me up prematurely in one week.
*Cleansing breath*
Alright I'm done ranting.
Sorry about that. Love to All.

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Well it is called the Drive Thru...


Hi all, like the lovely picture of the front end loader that I have included today?
Nice isn't it...of course it is.
I HATE THESE STUPID THINGS!!!!!
The Drive Thru window became a drive "through" window yesterday when a front end loader went through it while in the process of removing ice.
Glass went fluing everywhere and the front panels(thankfully plexi-gass)were knocked off the entire drive through frame is pretty much bent...Neither Carmen or myself got hurt thankfully.
The glass was cleaned up and the front panels were shimmied on although rickety and a very cold window was coming through the rest of it...and I had to keep working drive-thru....
It made foran interesting last hour or so to my shift. So how are all of you?
Love to All.