Piano Recital.

Kristen performed in her first piano recital yesterday :-) We are so proud of her. She played two pieces, one was a duet with the teacher, and the other was Home on the Range. We took a small amount of video on my camera and now I want to see if I can upload it so you can all see. For now here's a couple of pictures of Kristen with her piano teacher, and after the performance.

I've managed to add the video below but it's a bit 'jumpy'? Not sure how to fix that. I'll add the other one later. + Jason said the files are probably too large, so he'll help me compress them later so they play better.

Getting busy. . . .

I'm sitting here at the computer checking email, so I thought I'd write a quick post. I think what's been stopping me from wanting to blog here is that I don't really have pictures to share each day and I don't want to take too long posting. Perhaps if I just make little updates then it will be better than no post at all.

We've had a lovely weekend, I'm happy to say "as usual" because most of our weekends are really nice. Relaxing, fun, no stress - all that good stuff. We're getting in to a weekend routine these days where Jason works all day Saturday at home in his office. Kristen plays next door with Connor, or they take turns and come here and go there :-) I get to potter around just catching up on laundry if I want to, or knitting, making lunches, popping to the store if I need to, but for the most part just relaxing. Then on Sunday we have 'our family day'. Jason has started coming to church with me and Kristen every week now. After church we try to do something together (or if it's not something I fancy doing, Jason and Kristen do it together). For instance last week Jason took Kristen and Boo to a nearby river to go hiking. The river is dry so they got to walk along it looking for fossils and generally 'exploring' the land. Not something I really fancied doing, so I got to sit home and knit ;-)

Just yesterday after church we went for pizza (we usually go to lunch afterwards, as a weekly treat) then we took Kristen to Baskin Robbins for icecream. This was so she could use her 'free icecream' voucher that she got from her teacher last week. Why'd she get this you ask? Well, she got her first '9 week' report card and got ALL A's and made the Honor Roll :-) We are so proud of her. As a special treat from us we took her to the toy store after the icecream and let her pick out a toy. She chose THIS, it's the dog from the new movit Bolt, coming out on Nov 21st.

Now it's another new week and back to 6am wake ups! I can't wait for Thanskgiving week when there's no school all week ;-)

OK, I better jump off here before this turns in to a 'not so short' post (which I think it already has)!!!

Still here. . . .

I'm sure there's a few of you wondering where I am or what I'm doing! I'm still here :-) Still doing the same old 'same old' - which I'm not complaining about, cos I love it! It's been nearly a week since I last posted so I thought I should make an effort and pop on here to say hi (if indeed there is anyone still popping in here).

I've been to the gym 3 times this week (Mon, Wed, Thur). And despite putting a few pounds on (which I expected to do as I gain muscle) I'm happy to say my jeans are fitting much better around my middle, so I know my body shape is changing and I'm gradually toning up in the areas I want to. I would have gone to the gym today but I have to wait in for some new furniture to be delivered. Yes, I finally sold my 'ugly' brown sofas and I've bought a new sofa and chair. I will share pictures once they're here. Not sure if I've mentioned it here yet, but I'm planning on repainting the living room and getting new window treatments as well as some other new furniture like coffee tables and a new kitchen table.

It's still so warm here it's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is nearly upon us, which also means Kristen's birthday is just around the corner too! I'm keeping it simple this year and just inviting a few of her little friends over plus our neighbors. We'll celebrate on the Saturday before her birthday which will be the 22nd Nov. Her birthday is the following week on the Tuesday, and she's off school all that week as Thanksgiving is that Thursday. It should be a fun time. My inlaws will be away in California for Thanksgiving so we will be spending the day with our wonderful neighbors - they have kindly asked us over to share Thanksgiving dinner with them. Kristen is thrilled as it means she gets to play with Connor all day. And the very next day is Connors birthday too so more celebrating for us all :-)

OK, off to do more housework. Have a great weekend.

Happy Halloween!

Well you didn't think she was going to dress up like a princess did you? Kristen is on the left with her friend Emily. As you can see both are crazy Pokemon fans this year!!!!

Will post more pictures later. Today I'm hoping to sell my 'ugly' brown sofa and loveseat!!! I've bought a new sofa which I'll share at a later date. I'm getting ready to redecorate the living room - so that should give me something to blog about. I know how much you all like to see BEFORE and AFTER pictures, and I promise I won't disappoint!

Happy Saturday!

Just for Nenna!

I know I'm not posting here very often, so I doubt if there are many people reading this, but one person I know who still likes to 'pop in' to see if I've posted is my sister Brenda :-) Hi Nenna! So I'm posting these pictures just for you. Thought you'd like to see the 'wheels' you'll be driving around in if you come over next year ;-)

This thing actually seats 8! See that tiny space in between the two seats, that's the '8th' seat that lifts up (we have it down as a drink tray for Kristen right now). It's a tiny seat so of course it's only meant for a kid, but that means if you come over next year Nenna, you could even bring the 'Wright's with you, and we'd ALL fit in here ;-) Just a thought!

Oh, and see that lovely blue sky and sunshine? It's still 'sun-bathing' weather over here'! Guess I should change my graphics again - it warmed up again today, the a/c just kicked in, the house is 79 degrees again!

Talk to you soon Nenna.
xxxxxxx

Saying Hi. . .

OK, so it's not snowing here, and there is no frost on the ground, but brrrrrrr, it sure was cold this morning. It was the coldest it's been since the end of last winter, so cold that I had to put my dressing gown on when I got up. The temperature in the house has been about 78 degrees throughout the summer, with the a/c on. This past week it's cooled down a lot over night and I'd wake up to about 74. That's still ok, I can handle that ;-) But this morning, the house temp was 67!!! A big difference and boy could we tell.

So, that is the reason for the change in graphics to a frosty blue, although now that I'm posting this the sun is shining outside and the sky is a bright blue, it looks like summer again out there!

This past weekend was a busy one for us. Saturday was taken up with many hours of 'car shopping'! I don't wish to sound ungrateful, I mean who wouldn't want to go shopping for a brand new car. . . but boy is the process long! After 5 hours though, we were the proud owners of a brand new (2009!) Honda Odyssey. I haven't taken any pictures yet, so if you want to see what it looks like - CLICK HERE. Click on the 'tour' and you'll get to see the inside too. The one we got is a slate/grey with grey leather interior. The only thing we didn't get was the navigation system. That's because we already have a hand-held one, and Jason said at the speed technology changes we more than likely would want to 'upgrade' our existing one soon anyway. Do I even need to say "I love it"? You know I do (love it I mean) ;-)

Gotta dash, it's already time to pick up Kristen!

Ready For The Weekend.

I thought I'd make a post tonight as I know I won't get a chance to over the weekend. I was going to post tomorrow but I probably won't get a chance to do it then either. My daily routine since I joined the gym has changed somewhat, which is half of the reason I am not getting on here as much to blog. In the past I used to take Kristen to school and come straight home, load the dishwasher, clear the kitchen, make beds etc, then I'd sit down and check my email and visit blogs, and try to do a post of my own.

That's all changed now. After getting home from the school run, I still do my morning chores, but instead of sitting at the computer I'm usually heading straight out to the gym. After the gym I will often call in to the grocery store or Target for a few food items that I need and by the time I get home it's at least 12.30pm. I have lunch, do some laundry and before I know it, it's 2pm and I have to head back out to pick up Kristen. I don't mind these changes, but as I said in my last post it just means I'm not as motivated to blog on here and so my posts might dwindle to just a couple of times a week for now.

I just want to clarify (cos I think I gave the wrong impression last time) that I am not feeling down, or blah :-) I just really don't want to bore you all with blog posts of nothing but 'gym visit's and housework. But speaking of 'gym visits' I will just say that tomorrow I am going to be doing some weight training all on my own, and it will be the first time! Usually I do the weights with my trainer and on the days I don't meet with him I do cardio on the treadmill. I won't meet with him tomorrow but he said he'll leave me a list of things to work on. Hopefully I can do well on my own too as my PT sessions won't last forever. I have to say though, so far they have been well worth the money. If I didn't have appointments to meet with the trainer I'd probably not be as committed to going on those days. I do hope that when the sessions end I won't start making excuses not to go each day.

This morning it was 'Muffins with Mom' morning at Kristen's school. That meant we had to get there 15 minutes earlier (7.15am). Kristen always enjoys this morning (the school does it every year, along with Donuts with Dad later in the year) but I think that has a lot to do with the muffin and not so much the Mom ;-)

So, with all that said, I wish you all a great weekend, and I promise to try my best and make a few posts next week.