questioning my sanity......

ok, so funny story! ( in a poor nichole kind of way... *wink*)

I'm thinking of.....

Me: is it a thing or an animal?
Lach: Animal
Me: what does it start with?
Lach: b, a capital B
Me: what colour is it?
Lach: Black
Me: Does it have fur? or.... feathers?
Lach: nope
Me: Does it have anything on it's body at all?
Lach: yes, dots!
Me: does it live on land or water?
Lach: yes
Me: ok.... where does it live?
Lach: in the dark
Me: can it see at night?
Lach: no! it doesn't have any eyes!!
Me: can it fly?
Lach: it runs
Me: ( in desperation now..) can it sing????
Lach: no! hahaha, that would be silly.
(well of course it would!)

OK Lachlan, we give up... what is it honey?
har har har, i can't believe you didn't guess it!!! it's a Termite!

seriously?? first i get royal points for trying right?? and secondly,

do you see the contradiction here? the funniest thing is his laugh and giggle.
he really thinks he has a good thing going!!

that boy!!!
oh, and just in case you were thinking it was cute..... yea? well, we do
this EVERY night at supper! EVERY night!!! not so cute now huh?

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Justin's favorite word right now......

ok. so troupe was awesome... i joined. and there is a gig booked already for dec 13th. eeek! but that's ok, it will be fun, the women in it are great. and sandy, our teacher called everyone out! it was pretty funny. she told everyone, NO cattiness. she doesn't want a whole lot of 'female crap'. we are a troupe. one for all, all for one kinda stuff!!! hahahaha. but anyway. it was fun. seems like a nice small bunch of girls... so yea.

now on to the important stuff... these last 2 weeks in this house have been just hilarious!! Bella is giving the boys hell! she called (yelled) at them the other morning. to 'COME HERE RIGHT NOW' !!! then went on to say...... i am tired, just TIRED of wiping PEE of the seat!!! if i have to wipe PEE ONE more time.... there is going to be TROUBLE!!! right mama? tell them what you are going to do!
was it wrong of me to stare at her in complete shock, with laughter in my eyes, and i'm sure my lips were twitching. inside i was yelling, YOU GO GIRL!!!!!
and you  know what my boys said ??  sorry bella, yes bella, sorry......
it was SO funny.

and justin's favorite word right now is delicious! so its, "mama, this is DELICIOUS!!, you make the best...
(whatever) say..chilli!!   mama, are other mom's as good as you are at everything?? like cooking.. and dancing... and playing??? and the poor thing... he's serious!!!
LMAO!!!! sigh... i love that boy!!!

his hair is getting really long now.. i am loving it! i have already had the chat with him, cause we are going to calgary for christmas this year, corey's family is there. and they will make fun of him. tell him he has girl hair... do his friends call him names.... bla bla bla. and he is really sensitive. so i told him what to say.... and what i will say and do if i hear anyone making fun of him. he was worried that if i said something it might ruin christmas.... hahaha. i told him, not for us!!!! heehee.

OH, and guess what?? i am almost done my summer album!!!! it's 106 pages so far. and that's only the right side with the photos! i know, i know, but we had an awesome summer and i got so many good photos!! how to you choose just a few?? heehee. so now, i need to arrange them, decide if i want papers, then journal!
i know, lots of work left! but i'll get er done!
and then i'll show it off of course... can't wait to get THAT baby in the mail!

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it's the little things......

so, lately i have been feeling a little melancholy. like i'm an observer on the train of my own life. knowing it's passing me by, while i sit watching through the window.......

now, while i have been feeling rather disconnected, ALL these things have been happening to me.... it's so weird!!! so you all know i am still dancing of course! belly dancing.... and i was asked to be a part of a troupe. there are only 5 of them and they do a lot of the social events here in PG and in a few other cities and towns. ( like Edmonton, and Vancouver...) AND, our teacher, has asked me to be her.... what? understudy? she does solo's for weddings and anniversaries... and other things. and she would like someone else to do some, cause she is really busy. she is the largest belly dancing school in all of northern BC. sooooo. here i am with a couple of decisions to make...  do i? or don't i? ugh!!!! but, they make money....... !!!

new hip scarf.. isn't it gorgeous?? don't you wanna take belly dancing now??

And PG has a pretty big Theatre, like stage plays... musicals..... and i was asked to audition for those.... ahhh! which would be so much fun. but the commitment..... and i am a 35 year old wife! mother of 3!! is this indulgent do you think??
why do these great things have to come now, while i am feeling out of sorts. and not only that, but things that require committment. of which i am phobic by the way. that is a closely guarded secret. everyone thinks i am so spontanaeous! they have no idea everything i do is very well thought out! hahaha. and that when i committ to something, i spend the remaining time until i have to do it, with a belly ache....

anyway.... enough about my little 'issues'.

Bella had a ringette tournament last weekend! it was soo cute. we so underestimate that girl! she is good, really good! she had a couple of  'complications'. she got body checked and fell to the ice. hahaha. remember, these girls are 8 and under! so anyway, her and i had a chat about being 'rough and tuff'. how it's ok. and if the girl pushes you, you push her back. if she takes the ring...... you take it back. so i think i created an animal! she went out there with a vengeance and even scored a goal!!! it was awesome. who knew you could get so involved in bunny ringette??!!!
thought i'd share a few photos....

ok. so there is 'EGGEN', yep, that's the ring..... IN THE NET!!!

and here is my girl, waiting for the pass.....

and there is the girl... heehee, who pushed Bella....

down she went..... but even funnier....

look how far she slid! yep, waaay over there. that was some push. is it any wonder i told here she could get down and dirty if she gets checked again?? hahahahaha

loving ringette right now!

until next time....

thanks for reading guys. i always love bouncing things off of you and the e-mails i get in response...!!!

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Something interesting...

So Liz (Paislee Press) has a question... and a survey.

dear digital scrapbooker: do you print your layouts?



so i went over and read and answered of course.... i thought it was a great question. Cause, no i don't print my lo's. I make albums, but they have been simple and more of a showcase of photo's rather than lo's. Why?
i think it's because the thought of trying to put together a cohesive set of lo's that blend is overwhelming. But you know what i thought.WHY? why does it have to blend?
wouldn't it be wonderful to print them all and look at how your style has changed... or how far you have come? i know i look at some of my first lo's and laugh at myself. but at the time i was so proud of myself and loved them. i like seeing my own growth, not just in composition, and photography, but in  journaling and emotion....
so i am challenging myself to print some lo's.
i think i might print a few out at home, mainly to see the size. I'm thinking an 8x8 would be a nice size to have, but i worry that the photo's would be too small..... i guess we'll see
 
so head over there and share your thoughts on this, or any ideas you may have if you do print. or maybe you haven't printed because of money issues or time, BUT have a kick ass idea! if so, i know i would LOVE to hear it!!!!

http://paisleepress.blogspot.com/
 
thanks....

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In celebration of iDSD... Digital Scrapbooking Day!!!

Paislee Press has collaborated with Leora Sanford and THIS was the result!! IN GOOD COMPANY

In celebration of iDSD, the kit is 15% off thru Nov. 8th

a set of 4 quick pages is FREE when you purchase the kit.

Be sure to add both the kit and the quick pages set to your cart and the discount will automatically apply when you check out.

 

AND

 

new Presslines too!!!!!

no.15  FALL + LOVE

which are also on sale......

It's 30% off for until tomorrow, Nov. 4th at 1:00PM PST. After that you can still grab it at 15% off.

 

 

and this is what i did with both....

 

these 2 are the cutest, sweetest things in the world!! sigh.....

Liz has sales all week in honor of iDSD. so head over to her blog to check it out!

http://paisleepress.blogspot.com/

TFL.....

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just a couple new lo's while i'm here.....

this is new word art by SHAUI of FeiFeiStuff! love it!!!

and below are the new frames by Liz of Paislee Press

loving all of the stuff my designers are coming out with!!! don't you??

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What happens in Vegas........ stays in Vegas Baby!!!!

i have tried and tried to load a sound byte here from the radio station, but it continues to elude me, soooo, you will have to put up with me explaining it.....

ok, so a friend of mine totally bullied me in to putting in for a contest. it was a girls getaway to vegas for 4 days. and so i finally said yes. and we had to listen to the radio for 4 hours a day for 3 weeks! which, if you knew me, ugh!!!!! the radio drives me nuts. at least if i could tune it out, it wouldn't have been so bad. but of course i had to pay attention!
so anyway, Jen and i listened, and one day, we were on the phone actually making fun of and cursing the radio announcer dude. it was hilarious, when all of a sudden he says, Nichole Eggen and Jennifer Nesset.... you have 10 minutes and 13 seconds to call in. so i start freaking out.. and Jen YELLS at me to get off the phone and CALL THE RADIO STATION!!!!!!!!!!!!
so we do, and i start yapping to the guy about how, you won't EVEN believe it! we were JUST on the PHONE !!! like right when you called our names. like OH MY GOSH!!  total bimbo! and the moron puts it on the radio! i was mortified...  ok, it WAS funny... corey was driving and had to pull over... he was laughing so hard!
so i should tell you about corey. when i put in for this, he was like you had SO better not win or i will be SO mad!!!!! and he was at least 45% serious! it was funny. Jen and i bugged him for a couple weeks...
so we won 4 tickets to the hockey team here.

and then i guess, they choose from the, i don't know how many people, i think it was 600, but anyway, and call the winners at 7:20 on Monday, Oct. 19th. So the phone rings on monday morning at 7 am. and i looked over at corey, who popped one eye open and said....
"this is RIDICULOUS!!! that had BETTER be Peder!"  now, what husband, i ask you, would rather his wife be getting a PHONE CALL from another MAN, at a time that is completely inappropriate, than have her win a contest?????!!! hahaha

so i answer and of course, i flipped out! which was funny after when i heard us on the radio, which they played ALL day long!

so just to bug corey, jen and i have been REALLY getting on his case. I was dancing in the kitchen and OH WAIT!!! i forgot to tell you the best part!!!! we are going to Vegas to see a Katy Perry concert!!! so i told corey to watch it on tv, cause that will be me, up on stage.... kissing Katy Perry during "i kissed a girl, and i liked it!" hahahaha. then watch the crowd, cause you'll see me dancing..... in my bikini....... on some huge dude's shoulders! bwahahahaha. he doesn't find it that funny, which is why....... IT'S HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!

so that was  my monday! not bad if i do say so!!!

so i'm hosting a pumkin carving, painting pumpkin pets, haunted house making, party this weekend, and i will post some photos!! that should be a lot of fun! i bought 12 pumpkins!! hahaha.

thanks for listening!!!!!

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15 minute Storm....

so i was sitting in my bedroom, computer on my lap, contemplating do i day dream... or do I scrap?? and the wind picks up and starts blowing like crazy!!! now i don't know about you, but a good storm makes me giddy and excited!!! so I look out my window, grabbed my camera and ran outside. 
where i saw this...

see that dark?? well it started thundering and hailing!!! and then, this little window opens up and there was the brightest rainbow.....

and next thing i know, it's just gone! blue sky, really blue sky, and no storm.... well one can always hope right?

so i just thought i'd share...  nothing else new, well not really anyway.......

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some photos and lo's.....

this photo.... made my jaw drop when i uploaded to my computer!!! sigh, don't you just love that??! when you get home and look at all you took that day, an come across a completely candid, beautiful moment?? and you SEE your child, there, in the photo. when you've captured some of her essence??

i have not scrapped this photo yet... i will of course, but sometimes you get that photo, and not just any lo will do...? well this is one of those photos for me..

and this one of her was adorable....

so............

un-self-conscious     

unaware,

 therin lies the simplicity

the beauty, of that which makes you, YOU

that which causes you to shine

heehee. well this of course had to be documented. little turd that he is...!

"daddy, can i have some nibs?

nope. mama just called you for bed

ok, that's alright. i'll just come and get some

when you are all sleeping.

that's what i always do..... "

WHAT ???

and well, this one... do you really need to ask....?
he is mine



i was reading Diana's blog, http://minimalscrap.blogspot.com/ , Dido Designs, and i saw this kit, and word art, and i absolutely could NOT resist... isn't it fabulous??? i love the paint splashes, and the general 'doodly 'artsyness' of it all......

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a little peek into a mind tangent i had....

 this is a photo of me, on my 35th birthday!!! corey took it!!!! hahaha, so i was hamming it up a little bit!

so i was sitting here, reading Stephen King's book, Needful Things. i'm not sure if i will recommend it yet or not.. but damn, it's eery...
so one of the things that is really bothering me about this book is the owner of the store, who is obviously evil, although i haven't figured out yet who, or more likely 'what' he is, shakes everyone's hands. and every time he does, they have a strong unpleasant emotional reaction.
so my mind took off on a tangent, and my usual recourse is to follow it through, think huh, shake my head and get back to whatever it was i was doing..... but this time i thought, nope. i'm gonna blog it! and so here it is........
so i started thinking about touching.... and when the last time i shook someones hand was..... and how it felt.
yes, i'm married. so of course, i touch my husband and children a hundred times a day, so it's not touch itself, but..... i think when you've been married awhile, 13 years for me, being touched becomes an intimate thing. a boundary people don't cross. am i crazy?? ok, maybe i am meaning men....?

when i was younger, i was very touchy feely. always hugging, linking arms.... now it's just weird. so anyway, i digress. the other day, i took the kids and went for a hike with friends, and wanted a photo taken of myself and a friend, and i grabbed her and linked arms with her. and felt her stiffen up, then relax at the inevitability of it... heehee. so it's not just me....

but it's not me touching others that had me thinking, but others touching me.

you all remember how i almost died of, well soooo many emotions, last year, in the arms of my smoking hot salsa instructor!!! ( i still visit that every now and again.... * wink wink * )
and since then, only 2 other instances jumped out at me... both happened around 3 weeks ago..... and my response was rather conspicuous.

i was standing in the kitchen of friends before dinner, and we were discussing cold hands. yea, i know. haha
have me over for dinner, my conversation is very stimulating! heeheehahahahahaha

anyway. i am always hot, but my hands are almost always cool. and i reached out and grabbed *him* on the forearm. i swear, i swear!, he jumped. not from the coldness, but from the unexpected touch. and then we made eye contact, and 'something' was exchanged there. and it was weird. isn't that weird?????
but in reality, we are all used to being touched by our significant others and so when someone else, maybe even someone you are 'slightly' attracted to, touches you..... it's intimate.

and the other time, which is kind of burned in my memory.... in fact, when i think of it, i can still feel the warmth, and 'buzz' of it. i was at ringette, and old friends whom i haven't seen in a couple years walked in... and he made eye contact with me 3 times before recognizing me!!!! hahaha. then he came over and reached out for my hand, clasped it and took it in his other hand as well. and all i could think of was, how big and warm and firm and wonderful it felt......... sigh. LOL!!!! your thinking i am nuts for telling you this.......

now keep in mind, i am NOT a guy, so i am NOT thinking with my penis!!!!
in fact,writing that word just made me laugh....... hahaha. SO glad i am not a guy and don't have to think of or say that word often, or people would wonder what i was giggling about all the time.

so as i was saying.... touching, just regular handshake type touching, what was once something i did on a regular, offhand basis, has now become an intimate thing to me. yes,  i will admit, this does make me sound very sheltered.... and you know what, as a married woman, i AM sheltered! i do not, and am not touched by men, EVER, let alone on a regular basis..... or EVER, heehee. and to be honest, i hadn't really thought of it, until this book, which is making a really big deal about this guy's handshake and the reactions to it......  like i'm not creeped out enough......

alright, your gonna have to share your thoughts this time, otherwise i am going to feel very foolish.... and weird, and vulnerable..... so dish girls.....
i don't need you to tell me about what intimate touching you have been doing!!! hahaha. just that i'm not squirrelly.

sigh....

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