all I want for Christmas...

....is my three front teeth!
My son lost 3 teeth in the month of August!
He speaks with a crazy lisp that
I am actually finding truly adorable!

♥♥♥ g.m

did you hear the school bell?

My boy getting ready to leave for his first day of Grade2!

Saying a good-bye to his baby sister ~
she did not want him to go
with-out her.

School is back on!

I am happy and sad about this.
I miss my boy terribly & his sis is very disappointed that this is not her year to go
(january birthday & the cut off is december 31).
3 days in to the school year and now a p.a.day & long weekend!
They could've let us have the last few days of the summer.

money money money!

Yes folks!
It IS the time!

It is the time of 'back to school'!!!

New backpacks, new clothes, essencials, school photos, & fees - oh, the fees!!
School fees.
Extra-corricular fees.
Dance, skating, guitar lessons, beaver meetings etc....
the list just goes on & on.
& if you have more than one child as I do --
this spending can damn near kill you!

This year, I am mostly prepared...
for school mostly.
The extra stuff ~ I'm just not sure at this point.
*sigh*

♥♥♥ g.m.

ahhh-HA!

manicure ~ day 1

I have explained in an earlier blog

that nail polish & I just don't 'get along'.
Generally speaking,
I can't get more than a day or two out of my manicures
before they are chipped & terrible.
I have been searching for a top coat that will stand up to the 'beating'
that my everyday life will give it.
I think I have met my match!

***China Glaze Topcoat ~ Ghoulish Glow***

I have had my manicure in tact now for 4days & still going!

I have done all the 'normal' stuff.
Sewing, laundry & stain removal, cleaning, dishes, cooking&BBQ, gardening, lawn cutting
child-chasing, general toy wrangling, etc.
Still, it keeps going!
FABULOUS!!!

& as an added bonus, it glows in the dark without changing the colour or appearance of your original nail polish!

♥♥♥ g.m.


manicure ~ day 4

carpe vinum!

So, my girlfriend Annie & I
both enjoy a glass of wine (or two) in the evenings.

We share conversation, relax, smoke a cigarette or two,
& just generally unwind ~ vent ~ from the days events.
We realized that we consume vast amounts of the stuff
through-out the period of a month
(which doesn't take long having only a glass or two each evening).

Needless to say, we decided to take the 'u-brew' plunge!
We have made two types now.
Both are deeeeelicious ~ I might add!

We made a 'California White Zinfandel' &
a 'Wildberry White Zinfandel'.

The whole process was ridiculously easy.
& cheap too!

$225 for 2 batches = 60 bottles.
(including bottles, corks, labeling, & shrink wrap)
That is approximately $3.75 per bottle
which, if compared to the $15+ per bottle we were spending is quite the savings!

We cleansed bottles, filled & corked 60 bottles in approx. 1/2hr!
Then came the shrink wrap tops (we chose colours)
& designed our custom bottle labels.
"Annie's Ally"

We wondered why we hadn't done this earlier!
& we will be doing it again ~ soon!

♥♥♥ g.m.

Eeeeks!!!

What a great freakin' way to start my day!
I walked into (through actually) a humongous spider web as I let the dog out this morning!

(& btw, "what the crap" is with all the spiders & earwigs this year???)
Probably the lack of sunshine & warmth this 'summer' has caused a perfect breeding ground for these disgusting creatures!

Anyway, I took it right *smack* in the bloody face!!!
Giving me the total body creepy-crawlies!
I am still trying to 'shake' it off!

Few things in this life gross me out & make my skin crawl.
Simply put, here is the list:
Spiders, centipedes, slugs, leeches, beetles/roaches, silverfish, earwigs.

I can handle most things with ease, but, these bring me to my knees!

♥♥♥ g.m

purrfect nails?

Being a stay at home mum (SAHM), I don't get the opportunity to dress up, wear make-up, & do my hair very often. Sooo many other things come first.

And, well to be perfectly honest, functioning in my day-to-day life while chasing around children wearing heels & worrying about my appearance just doesn't work!
I'm usually barefaced & natural with my hair pulled back in a messy bun or ponytail.

One thing that I do enjoy very much is a nice manicure. It makes me feel feminine & pretty ~ even sexy depending on the colour.
I take the time in the evenings to do my nails quite often.
Purrrfect relaxation & pampering.

I kinda have a very large collection of polish in every colour you can think of!
I love all reds for my toes, & black based purples and blues are usually the colour of choice for my hands. I feel sleek & 'polished' even when I'm - well, not!
I have tried them all ~ brands that is.
Cheap ($3) to Expensive ($15+)!!!
What ticks me off about this is that not one brand can stand up to my everyday abuse!
In a mere few days, it is completely chipped, peeling and looks like shyte!



I go through the whole routine.
Moisturizing, cuticles, filing, buffing, base coat, polish (X2), top coat.
It still doesn't stay put!
I guess I am looking for the perfect top coat.
Closest thing I have found is 'European Secrets Rock Top Coat'.
It gives me at least 3-4 days of nice nails before I have to do it again.
Suggestions are welcome if you know of something better than 'the rock'!
I have yet to find one.
♥♥♥ g.m.