BABY DAY

So, this is an unconfirmed report but guess who went into labour last night......STEPH!

I am going to be an Aunt at some point today and i am super excited.  I can't wait to see steph and mark and the new baby.  I will be an Aunt times 3 now.  And i guess i should be prepared for this one to call me aunt tin.


YAY BABY!

Life Continues

There are some things i want to write about....but i don't know how to start.  So i will just say, losing someone is never easy.  No matter how much you are prepared for it....saying good bye forever...you lose a little bit of yourself.

It has been a tough summer/fall for people i care about and they were so strong.

Getting Ready

I know you aren't going to want to hear this....but christmas, it is getting close-ish.  I know most people want to wait until after halloween to get organized.  But i have decided that i am going to start buying presents now when i see appropriate presents...i will get them....then try my hardest to not give them to the person early.  I have bought two presents.....and i have failed once.  I bought a gold skull mug for kelly and comics for braydon.  I was so excited about the mug...that i have already told her about it...thus defeating the christmas surprise.  So i have to try again and find a better present for her.

But i am excited for christmas this year....although i think it may just be me and the parents....but that was fun two years ago when we marathoned Redneck Rocket Scientists.  And you know how i feel about a good television marathon.

I also think i just found the perfect gift for dad.  I am kind of excited at how much i am rocking at this christmas gift thing.  Well i guess i can't claim complete rocking because i am giving kelly her gift now and not calling it a christmas gift.  But she did show me this awesome website and maybe i will get her something from there.   I still want to buy my new niece a bean bag chair.....baby's first bean bag....it would be awesome....but i don't think steph and mark would approve.  So i will find something else exciting.  She will be REALLY tiny at christmas so she won't really be ready for toys yet.

I hope you all have a happy long weekend, and enjoy your turkey day!

Baking and babies

So, the weekend is over.  The weekend was a roller coaster of emotions for me.  I spent friday night and saturday morning baking....oh so much baking, but everything turned out great.  I ran out of time for donuts so i bought timbits then tossed them in coloured sugar to make them funner and more appropriate for theme.

I also had an adventure in hot rollers.  I have decided i should get myself a set.  It wasn't pretty to get to the curled hair but it was quicker and easier than curling iron.  I think it is because i have so much hair....like a crazy annoying amount of hair.

The shower turned out great, there was lots of food and fun and games, as well as great presents.  It was a little overwhelming the number of people there but it was good.  Steph got a lot of great baby stuff....and the games were way cooler than normal baby shower games.  I am not a huge fan of most baby shower games but the ones andrea had were quite inventive.

Then i went to play cards against humanity, it was hilarious.  I laughed so hard my face hurt the next day.  Plus we played rock band....i learn that i am horrible at the drums and base is where it is at...it is the easiest which means it is perfect for my level of skill when it comes to video games.

Sunday i spent in my pj's watching doctor who.  I have decided i am a doctor who floosy because each doctor that i am currently watching is my favourite!

Baking and Nerdiness

So....it is official.  I love Doctor Who, and i am a giant nerd.  I am a little disappointed in myself that i wouldn't be more original with my love but dude....Doctor Who is for me.

Step 1 of baking went successfully on the weekend, i made crazy coloured shortbread.  I will also be making sugar cookies and i found an easy to make cronut recipe, so that is positive.  I am also making chocolate pretzels, and maybe some puffy timbits.  Also some mini cupcakes.  I am also going to attempt to make lorax trees with cotton candy.  Now i just have to find the time to make it all. I will probably go to my parents on friday night.  I don't know if i will sleep over because i don't want to lug all my clothes for saturday to mom and dad's to work and then to mom and dad's.  I think if i go there after work friday i can get a lot of my baking prep done.  Then when i go back on saturday, i will only have to ice things.  The cupcakes and the pretzels should be made on friday night so they have time to set.  I may be lazy for the donuts and buy those honey dipped timbits and then just coat them is sparkley pink sugar.

On a final note, i have decided a halloween costume that should be relatively easy to pull off.  River Tam!  All i need is a blue dress, a black shrug, combat boots, and weapons.  I have some of those items already.  Although will people really get the costume, it is relatively simple.  they may just think i am some girl that kills things....which is also cool.
I was debating rainbow bright again this year but it just seemed too hard/expensive.  Although i am still debating it.  I found this website that does all the work at finding the pieces for you:
http://carboncostume.com/rainbow-brite/

Seriously awesome website!!!