My 1st E Bay Purchase

 Well, Colin had been bugging and bugging to get this certain pair of shoes

 

 

and of course we could not find them anywhere around here, and the stores even said they couldn't order them in either.....so we took the leap and ordered them on Ebay, all the way from a skateboard shop in California

 

Didn't realize it took soooo long for our payment (we sent a money order) to get there and then for the shoes to make their way back, lol, and we are still waiting! But the guy e-mailed us back and said that they were being shipped as of last Monday, so Colin is hoping it will be any day now...he really wanted them before school started, so we'll see He ended up paying $76 for them and that was with shipping and handling fees too....not bad I guess, seeing as how he's paying himself

Hello

 Well I had to work today and in a few minutes

I have to go pick up Hannah from a party she's at

with a few other people from the church.

The big boys are spending the nite at friends' houses

so it's just Mike and I and the little ones.

We had rain here the other nite too, while we

were camping and our brand new tent is not too

waterproof, LOL!!

That's the first time I've slept on the ground in

over 10 years I think, and I am sooooo suprised that

I wasn't feeling all achy today but I feel just great....

I guess I'm not quite as old as I sound, LOL!

I have to work the weekend but I hope

you all have a great one!

Camping

 Packing up right now to head out camping,

even if it's just for the overnite!

I have to work Friday right though till next Sunday

with just a day off, so this is the very last

chance the kids and I will have to get camping.

They are really looking forward to it!

We'll be trying out a new campground in the

neighbourhood, and we'll be sleeping in the tent

I can't remember the last time I slept on the ground, lol.

But the truck is acting up and Mike can't take time

at lunch hour to take us there like he usually does,

so the kids and I are packing up the car and the tent

and we're off!

Cody Got a Job

 

I forgot to mention that after I got called in the other day to work, I came home at 7 to find Cody gone. He had taken a taxi to No Frills ( a local grocery chain)where he started work!! His very first job!

The morning we were leaving for Havelock we got a call from one of his friends who works there and he said if Cody got his resume in right away, he would pretty much be guaranteed a job....so we did one up on the computer and wouldn't it figure the stupid printer would feed the paper correctly...so we e-mailed it to a friend and then stopped by their house to pick up a copy and off we went to drop it at No Frills.

Mike and I didn't get leaving till two hours after we had wanted to but we said it would be well worth it if it paid off in the end, lol!! And it did

Boy am I looking forward to him paying his own way now, LOL!! No more, mom I need money for the dance, money for lunches, etc.......lol

Back From the Jamboree

 Well, we had a fabulous time!!

 

I have to say though, that there weren't really any 'entertainers' this year. You know, most of them just got up on stage and sang their songs.

 

I did luv Charley Pride though...he was awesome and funny...though I'm not sure if he was going senile or trying to be funny, LOL!! I still luved him just the same, lol!

 

We got back around suppertime Sunday nite, and am I sure glad I got unpacked right away....I went to bed early too....good thing cuz I got called in to work yesterday. I went late though because Hannah had a dentist appt. in the morning so I didn't get home till 7 last nite.

 

Today I've gotten a few loads of laundry done but we are packing once again to go camping. Just the kids and I cuz Mike is working. I'm still trying to get laundry caught up too!

 

I work all next week filling in for the other girls holiday and I still need to get some school shopping done

 

I have to say I am really looking forward to school starting again, when I have a little more time for myself

I've Got my Journal Back!

 Well I ended up calling my aunt about my journal and her and my cousin went in and walked the roads there to see if they could find it...talk about sweet!

These are dirt roads and the driveway to the house we stay at is about a kilometer long and we are the only ones that use it. Even the main road which really couldn't be called main, lol, but it does have a name....well, it's only mainly travelled by locals and most of them know us, soooooo.......

yes, another of my cousins happened to be driving by just on the road past the end of the driveway and there it was!!!! She recognized our names and left it at her mom's (my aunt's) and I got it back today!!! YIPPEE!!

I just couldn't stand the not knowing today and finally I had to go and look myself, lol!! I had Hannah in the tub and had to be back to pick Cody up for 5 at a friends house and then he had a soccer game tonite at 7.....but it was like now or never cuz I'm working all weekend and we have soccer too, so if I didn't go back I probably wouldn't get back for a long time.

Anyway, I packed the kids up on the spur of the moment and off we went. It's a 267 km round trip and we were back by 6:30....yep, a little late to pick Cody up but he met us at the soccer field and all was well!

Back From Our Holiday

 And busy, busy, busy still!!

I can't believe that in less than a week we will

be leaving for the jamboree....

I still need to get unpacked from this holiday!

We had tons of food left over, and other

than that everything's back to normal.

We had 3 soccer games last nite when we got home

and won only one of them, but I still get a kick

out of watching them all play.

The tournament is this weekend and I have to

work so will miss a few games.

Our weather was perfect for our holiday

and the only downfall was on the way home

when I realized I had left my journal on the roof

of the car and we lost it going down the road

somewhere!!!

I have called my aunt back there and she is on the

lookout...but I may just drive back myself

tomorrow when I get some time...

it's almost 2 hours from here, but I had a year

of my life in that book

Gotta boogie and get some supper made before

soccer tonite....last regular game of the season.

Here's a pic of the kids trying to catch candy in a toss,

that's the creek in behind them there and the

old house is just to the left of the pic.

There were 77 people at the reunion,

only about half of the family really!