Birthday and Such

Kaitlin turned 14 yesterday! I feel so old knowing my baby is that old! We took her to the mall to eat and to the book stores so she could pick up her fav manga books. She ended up spending about $60 but at least she is happy. As of today she has already read 5 of them!!! sheesh.. READ MUCH.. wonder who she gets that from?


My one lily of the valley has beautiful bells on it now. The rest haven't bloomed at all. Wonder if they will this year or if I will have to wait til next year?

On Wednesday I went for allergy testing. I have had asthma and allergies for years and have never been able to get a doctor to put me on serum so I can feel better, but finally I found one here and as I knew, I have severe allergies. I will be starting the serum soon. I can't wait. I would really love to get a dog. My most severe allergies were to grasses, horses, dogs, cats, molds, dust, trees and a few foods.


Just a few pics from our weekend :)



the whole matching shirts thing was coincidental LOL and he wasn't smiling cus he was driving and I just snapped a pic.. god I look like hell!

Been Busy

First things first.. take a gander at this beautiful flower :) I wish all my plants were flowering!!

Haven't posted in a while. Had a busy long weekend with the Highland Games and Barry having to practise marching for the parade, and the parade itself. The weather was beautiful. We got burnt to a crisp.
Also Kaitlin got a haircut. Her 14th birthday is this coming Saturday :) Here are some various pics of the weekend.. yes...im too lazy to give much commentary :P



Some scenes around Victoria



Practising for the Honour Guard

Victoria Day Parade

Lookee!!

Wow this morning I checked my Lilys and pretty much nothing was going on.. then we had a bunch of sunshine today so I checked again and LOOKEEE, if you look close enough you can see the little bells forming!!!

This past weekend was mothers day. We spent a bit of the day with Barrys mom and then Kaitlin, Barry and I went for a walk on the beach to look for sea glass and I took some pics of the scenery.
We went to visit and feed the horses again. They have put different horses in the pasture now. There is one really mean horse who bites the other ones (the one in the trendy tartan coat) and chases them around being a bully! I have named him Brutus!
Barry got bitten by one of the horses..another male one!





I went to my second Weight Watchers meeting tonight. I lost 1.8 lbs this week for a two week total loss of 9 lbs! I want to lose about another 15 lbs..or maybe more :)

Catching Up

Been busy the last few days, was hardly online. We got the flowers all done, replanted and watered and I sit and wait for my lily of the valley to bloom LOL. B found another lily for me and we planted it with the others, it already has a stalk on it!

We visited the horses quite a bit and fed them carrots and apples. They are really fun to watch. There is a male one who is pretty aggressive though and he kind of scares me.

I am posting some of the pics of our sushi dinner :) The bento box was so yummy, I will definitely get another one next time we go.


My best friend Cindy

my daughter Kaitlin

Not far from where we live there is a tulip farm, hmm is that what they are called? farms?

A Bunch of Stuff

Yesterday I was looking at the Ostriches over the fence..and I see this thing that looks like a giant marble.. duh.. its an EGG. I was kind of surprised that it was just sitting there and none of the ostriches were attending to it. Then I looked around and saw several smashed eggs!! Obviously the owners are not worried about breeding these animals, which makes me wonder why do they have them in the first place?

They are very strange looking things, with HUGE feet LOL

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I seem to have a new obsession! I love Starbucks mugs LOL. I have more but those were the clean ones at the time. I think I am obsessed with Starbucks in general.

In 2000 I moved to Seattle, at the time I had never drank coffee in my life but as you know if you live in Seattle you MUST drink coffee or you are asked to leave :P My drink of choice is a non-fat, grande, white chocolate mocha, no whip, extra hot! Since starting my Weight Watchers diet I haven't had one. I just can't justify using those 5-7 points when I could eat a whole lot of food for the same amount, although.. drinking coffee like this seems to curb my hunger for hours.. hmmm!

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My lily of the valley are coming along nicely, I still need to replant them into their planters though. I need to get my butt in gear and get some soil!

I can't wait until they bloom... I'm so excited!