Congrats Jemaine!

Conchord forms new duo

Aug 19, 2008 7:33 PM

Flight of the Conchords funnyman Jemaine Clement has become part of another duo.

The comedian took a break from writing the second series of the Conchords' Emmy-nominated series to wed his long-term girlfriend and fellow performer Miranda Manasiadis. The pair tied the knot in a Los Angeles registry office before a small group of friends, including Conchords co-star Bret McKenzie.

Clement, 34, was described as one of Wellington's most eligible bachelors while Manasiadis also hails from the capital and works as an actress and theatre director.

The Conchords are now filming in New York.

Happy Monday!

Well.... happy Monday!
We were super busy today. We did all our grocery shopping which entailed me going to 4, yes, count 'em... four grocery stores. Oh, and did I mention that today was a record breaking hot day?? Oh yes.. it was very nice.... not! Today was 34 C (which is dang hot for Alberta!).
After getting all our grocery shopping done, put away, and the Library all done for another week, we went and got a slurpee.
Can I just say that whoever invented Slurpees should be given some sort of Nobel prize? For peace, or calming the savage beasts within?? Besides... a Mug Rootbeer Slurpee is quite possibly the yummiest thing ever.

Well, off to go bathe my kids and hopefully cool them down a bit before bed.
Toodles!

Sorry For The Silence....

Golly.
Sorry, everyone. I honestly didn't mean to NOT blog for all these days... Life just kinda got away from me.

Wednesday....
That was my hell day. I dropped the dog off at the groomers (which, by the way, I'm SO OVER Groomingtails!), went to Michaels to pick up some leather thread for my Mother In Law.... Aaaaaannnnndddd, I got sucked into the vortex that is Michaels. Again. (It seems to be my downfall!)
After I had purchased some crafts for my kids (Birdie wanted some Wonder Woman bracelets which are VERY hard to find! We found some wooden bracelets on sale and decided that she could paint them up herself as a sort of "Make Work" project to keep her entertained one afternoon.).

Taco picked up a little "Build Your Own Little Wooden Airplane" kit (hey - it was a BUCK!!!).
Nally picked up a little diary that you can lock. (And, having just seen "The Princess Diaries" - it was an unqualified success.)
Liam - he got some mini Frisbees with "Michkey Mouse Clubhouse" on it.

I got a bunch of Mary Engelbreit magnets! (One of my fave parts of Michaels is the little wire bins at the front of the store that hold all sorts of notebooks, magnets and cards. Can you tell???)

So after we got my MIL the waxed thread she needed for her leather project, we head out to the car, and my cell rings. I pick it up, and the conversation went like this:

Me: Oh, I'm so glad you called! I'm just leaving Michaels right now to come up to your place, and I got you some white waxed thread for leather - the one you were asking me for.
My MIL: White??? You got me WHITE waxed thread? For my leather pouch project?? Well, THAT won't match!!
Me: That was the only color they had. I tried calling you 6 times....
My MIL: Well, it's not right! I can't finish my project with WHITE thread! It won't match!
Me (getting a little frustrated): Well, what would you like me to do? They only had white.
My MIL, getting more emphatic: Well, I can't have it! You'll have to take it back!
Me, looking around while parked in the parking lot, all 4 kids buckled in their car seats and ready to go... : You want me to take it back?
My MIL: Yes! Don't they have a light tan or something?
Me: They do, but not the waxed thread like you specified that you originally wanted! In waxed thread, they only had white. In the artificial sinew, they have black, brown, tan,
My MIL, interupting: Go get me the tan.
Me, sighing with weariness already: Fine. I'll unbuckle the kids and go get you the tan stuff. We will be late getting to your place then.
My MIL, dismissively: Oh, that's alright. I'll see you when you get here.
End of cell transmission.
And I, of course, was EVER SO MATURE, and muttered some things under my breath about "picky, ungrateful mother in laws..." and "if I don't do a good enough job, you can just go do it yourself!" and assorted other things that were, in hind sight, a little mean spirited and nasty. But folks... Keep in mind. My MIL has a brain injury. She is frustrating on her best days. (And to be honest, I'm just glad that she loves my kids, and that her and my Hubby (her son) have had a chance to say everything they wanted and needed to say to each other. )

*slams head on computer desk*

Other than that, Wednesday was a day full of errands in the city that I really didn't want to do. I'm getting to the point where I actually don't LIKE Calgary any more... It's too big! We had a picnic at the Flying Saucer Park, we went shopping at Winners (bought the girls some cute Mary Jane shoes), went to Please Mum, and had a Strawberry Lemonade at Second Cup. All while waiting for the dog to be done at the groomers.

We got home at 4:45.... Just in time to get Taco ready to go to his football! *flashes you the double thumbs up rahter sarcastically*

Now I know full well why I would not cut it as a working mum. I simply can't deal with it!

Thursday... We vaccuummed, and just tried to get caught up on all that we had to do.
Today - hallelujah - it's Friday!!!
This weekend we have 2 birthdays to go to (so of COURSE I have to go buy the presents still!). It's going to be busier than I'd like.
And my insomnia has come back.... How I long to go Hollywood, and just use sleeping pills, but I'm too chicken. I already get weird-ass dreams (last night's dream was my best girlfriend Leese, asked if my Hubby would be her "babydaddy" as she wanted children. WEIRD!!!!) - I don't need some chemicals in there too!!!

Have a great Friday, all!
C.

Laugh For The Day

This tee shirt reminded me of the skit from Saturday Night Live....
Enjoy.

For the Wee Geeks Among Us....

Get the geeky started young, is what I always say. If that's your parenting mantra as well, then this All Your Milk Are Belong To Us Onesie ($15) is for you.

You've got to be a supergeek to even get the allusion (here's the joke for the uninformed), and even more so to buy this and put it on your baby. Not sure if this is the geeky onesie to express yourself/your baby? Check out these ones, too!

But is it cruel to subject your child to your borderline-obsessive nerdiness?

And to that last question, the answer is HELLZ, NO!!!! (Isn't that what therapy is for??? :D)

C.

Can I just Say....

that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE great guys like my Jim, the Hot Tub Guy, who not only fixes your stuff, but assures you that it isn't your fault, charges you a fiar price for fixing it AND teaches you how to take care of your hot tub?????
*blissful sigh*

I love my hot tub guy.......

And now my hot tub works again! Yay!!!!

Now, off to get ready for Rob & Sharon's Wedding!!!! Safeway, here I come!

C.

I'm Melting.... Again!

Well, it's HOT here.... again. A whopping 31 degrees today.... Which, on paper, doens't SEEM hot, but you factor in 1) no air conditioning and 2) I had the oven on today and it feels pretty hot in here. Plus, there's no breeze... At least not one I can catch....

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day....
We have the Dentist at 9 am. For all 6 of us. I'll let you know how THAT goes! LOL
The hot tub guy (or as I affectionately call him, "Jim, The Hot Tub Guy") coming over at 12-ish. I have to call him....
Our babysitter is coming over at 5, so that Hubby and I can go to a wedding (and CRAP!!! I forgot to get a gift!! SHIT!) in Calgary.

I've done a trial run of my Wedding Outfit, and all is good. I can't find my necklace that I was going to wear... Which is kinda bugging me, but oh well. That's the way the cookie crumbles, I guess. I have other necklaces to wear... Just they are black. Kind of looks like I'm heading off to a funeral.

I'll try and get someone to take a photo of Hubby and I (because we honestly haven't taken a nice pic of ourselves in a few years!).

I gotta go cool down.... I'm sweltering.
Later!
C.

Wordless Wednesdays....

Kids are funny.
So yesterday, before the debacle that was grocery shopping, Michael was perusing my list (because I am a devoted list follower in grocery stores, otherwise I get all distracted by the pretty colors and shiny objects. But, I digress...)
As he was perusing my list, he stumbled upon something that he just didn't understand.

"Mom, how come you need to get sanity pads????"

I was trying my damnedest NOT to absolutely KILL myself laughing....

But I did text it to Hubby, who then shared it with all the guys he was away with. They all had a good laugh, and now you will too!!!

Have a good Sunday night!
C

I have found the 9th Circle of Hell, and it's not crafts like I previously believed!

Well, I went to the grocery store this morning and did my shopping (with my posse of kids in tow, thankyouverymuch!).
Y'know, I'm not too impressed with the new no frills grocery store that replaced my Extra Foods here in the 'Toks.
I get that they are trying to compete with the Wal-Mart Supercenter that's being built right now. I get that. I get too, that they are "upping the ante" so to speak so they have a loyal customer base before Costco comes in and blows it all to hell. I get that. But honestly!!! You tell us that we have to bag our own groceries. I am honestly fine with that, and I actually prefer to pack my own stuff. Lord knows I have enough bins for it!
So if I'm supposed to do that.... Wouldn't it make SENSE to 1) Provide me with a cart that is specifically MADE for the bins you sell??? and 2) make the grocery tills conveyor belts not only WORK, but a little larger so that people can pack?????
So yeah. Bought my groceries, couldn't find the sour cream or eggs at all (WTF?), but the FIRST TIME I"ve ever seen Ichiban there *hurrah!*). But NO Pop Tarts????? At all!???? You gotta be kidding me..... And NO Electrosol tabs in the big containers? And no large containers of hot chocolate mix?????
And some of the prices were not cheaper at all!!! I feel a little gypped as a customer that's been a loyal Loblaw's shopper since I was 15!
I can guarantee you.... When Costco comes to the "Toks, you can bet your bippy bodka that I am SO shopping there!!! I"ll do all my large items there, and screw no frills.
*growl*

Another thing that pissed me off royally was I KNEW that I was supposed to pack my own stuff. I knew that going in (hence the reason why I had my bins and bags with me! D-uh!). So what happens???? Well this young "chit" decides that, "Oh, she has 4 kids! She must need some help!!!" and started packing my groceries for me. I get that. But she was SHITTY at it!!!! I had 5 bins, an Ikea blue bag and 2 sobey's bags. More than enough for what I had purchased! And she was making noises about "Oh, it's not all going to fit!". In a pig's eye. I had to tell her to stop packing my stuff in cardboard boxes. I directed my children to pack all the cardboard stuff (ie cereal boxes, etc) in the Ikea bag. Easy, right??? Well, she couldn't follow it! I ended up repacking 3 of the bins. She was asking me where to put the frozen corn - I told her to put it with the meat, and she started like arguing with me!! It's my f*cking food!!! Who gives a sh!t! It makes sense to me.... Put the meats and the frozen stuff together - that way the meat stays cold. Right? Put the dairy all together. (You can fit 3 big jugs of milk in one bin, and still have room for the butter, and yogurt on the sides.) You put the produce in one bin. You put cans in another. Makes sense to me...... But apparently, I'm the only one who thinks that!

Argh!!!
And when I was packing the bins in the back of my minivan, I said a few bad words that I had to repent for.

I'm sure that the 9th Circle of Hell is grocery stores where you have to pack all your food up with a limited space and 4 children and a disgruntled underpaid store employee.

I think I need a drink of wine.
(Oh, and I got my AF yesterday too, to add insult to injury!!)

Off to go eat and drink my troubles away....
1 more sleep until Hubby comes home. Thank the Lord.
C.

Happy Long.

I don't know about you, but up here, it's a Long Weekend this weekend! Yahoo!!!

That being said - of COURSE Hubby is busy all weekend with a stag party! *grin*
So, I am all alone.... All by my lonesome with my "posse" of kids. I'm looking forward to the simpler weekend, but I'm going to be so lonely.... Oh so lonely.... :(

So that's my weekend. I need to go grocery shopping as well.... (We are down to no bread, no mac & cheese, last stick of butter, and last jug of milk. No fresh produce.... We need to go shopping.) I was thinking about going to my usual grocery store, but (insert whining here) that means I'd have to pack my own groceries. And with 4 kids? That's a disaster waiting to happen. (And their grocery lanes that they send the food down after they scan it are freakishly short! Like, WTF???)
So I think I might try something new... I think I'll do my produce shopping at our local Farmer's Market this afternoon, and get my staple food items from a combo of stores.
Orrrrr, I'll just go to the liquor store and drink my troubles away! LOL

Have a great Long weekend, all.
C.