Advice - Give or Take

Are you the type of person that gives advice? Or more importantly, are you the type of person that will TAKE advice?

I am often the "ear" for my friends. They tell me what dramas are happening in their life and I am the one to offer advice to them to help them get thru it. I am in no way saying I am "right" in these situations, but I always give advice that I would want given to me.

This week, the tables were turned on me......

I have been on an emotional roller coaster for a couple of weeks now and I have been feeling betrayed and taken advantage of by someone who I thought was "a friend". Turns out, sadly, I was wrong.

Now I have ALWAYS been the type of friend that gives you 100% right up front, no questions asked. But if you deceive me, it wont be pretty. For whatever reason, this one has hurt me more. I think because my child is involved.

Earlier this week, I was chatting on MSN with my friend Lee - which I should point out that I have met ONCE in real life and she has been a better friend than many I have known for years! I explained the situation to her and she gave her heartfelt advice on how to handle this situation. In my heart and head, I knew that Lee was right in what she was telling me. I KNEW IT! But I kept responding back to her with "buts". It was a key message back from Lee that struck a cord with me. She asked that if it was her telling me this, what would my advice be to her?? It was like a siren or bells and flashing lights that go off when someone wins at a lot machine. Why was I not taking the advice that would have been the same coming from my mouth? Is it just easier to dole it out than take it? Of course it is....but I know in my heart, I know in my mind, even my gut knows it. I know what I have to do. I just hope I can survive it.

So....are you an advice giver or taker?

*Lee - thanks again for being proof that friendship can be true and honest!

Jonah's First Goal!!

It would just figure.....the first soccer game I miss and Jonah scores his first goal! All because of my damn toe!

I am so sad that I missed it. He was so proud of himself. You see, Jonah is not the fastest runner, not the most talented on the team, and often, he is not the best listener when it comes to the coach giving instruction. But he seems to love soccer and always wants to play. And he really does try hard to run with the other boys. So the fact that the best player on the team passed it to him and he scored must have been the best feeling for him!! AND I MISSED IT!!!!

I am so proud of my boy. Go Blue Crush!

My Pinky Toe

Who would have thought that a tiny body part could caused me so much pain!!!

Yesterday I was hurried getting Jonah ready and myself ready for my morning exercise with Sarah. As I came downstairs, my foot hit the couch peg. It went in between my fourth and pinky toe.

OUCH!!!!!

I thought I broke it because it was....not a part of my foot anymore! LOL. I had many colourful words that I NEEDED to say, but Jonah was there. Sean had a look at it and since I could wiggle it, he thought maybe it was "just dislocated".....like it is supposed to hurt less?? LOL. So Sean tried to pop it back in. We heard the pop, but DAMN did it hurt! I was crying and biting on the pillow.

As the day went on, my whole foot swelled out and walking was painful.

This morning, I am very tired. Everytime I moved last night, my foot hurt. Today it looks bruised and is swollen.

So off to the doctor I go today and hopefully, the toe pain subsides. This tiny body part causing a bigger pain in another body part......my ASS!!!!

Husband Tag!

I've been tagged with Husband Tag... keep reading to see if YOU have been tagged!
So here we go...

What is his name? Sean or Daddy

How long have you been married? It was 11 years in June.

How long did you date? We met in May of 1994, engaged in November 1995 and then married in June 1997 so 3 years "dating".

How old is he? He just turned 36!

Who eats more? Well, have a gander at the size of my ass and you will see that I definately eat more!

Who said I love you first? That would be him.....and he was shy about it!

Who is taller? Again, that would be him. But not by a lot.

Who sings better? Sigh....again, that is Sean. He doesnt do it often but it does sound "nice" when he does. ME? I think I sound great when I am alone in my car! LOL.

Who's temper is worse? OOOHHHH, this is a hard one. I am going to point this one to Sean again. I have a temper and man it is bad, but it has to be something extreme to get me there,. Sean lets his go more often - but not at me or Jonah.

Who does the laundry? SEAN!!! LOL. Actaully both. I do whites and Jonahs stuff and my works stuff. He does the others.

Who pays the bills? I do, well.....when they are getting paid that is!

Who cooks dinner? ME!

Who mows the lawn? Sean owns that. I cant stand it.

Who wears the pants in the family? We make our life changing decisions together, and those that involve the kids. Anything else less trivial? It doesn't really matter. Sean will always leave it up to me though which can be annoying.

OK, so I need to tag someone.....Cyn? Lee? CLovergirl? LOL

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my amazing husband Sean. I love you more than words can express!

Learning the value of money

Thursday night was an exciting night for Jonah. He made his very first big purchase with money he has saved up. The big purchase was a Nintendo DS.

Last Christmas Jonah had wanted to get this DS, but we felt he was too young. Same with his birthday that was 2 months later. He also went thru a phase where he was taking advantage of money - not that we have any! He wanted to go out for dinner, buy the DS, so we told him, we dont have money that we can always do what we want. So when he asked to go out for dinner, we said we can do that once in awhile, but not all the time. So he offered to pay! We said OK! We thought this would be a good learning experience as he is seeing the money come out of his piggy bank. Now it was no where fabulous, just the local Subway. Cost about $22. He seemed fine with it. So we made a deal. If he can earn enough money to buy the DS, he can! So he started saving. Any money he received as a gift, went in his piggy bank. He would do jobs around the house to "earn an allowance", all the money went in the piggy bank.

We told him he needed to save $150 and then we would go to the store to buy it. We counted it a week or so ago and here we are, 6 months later......

First, we had to decide on the colour - he chose blue of course.

Then he paid at the register with the cash.

And here is the happy customer:

Proud Momma moment

Jonah has been staying at a new babysitter this month. He is having an awesome time and really enjoying himself.

A couple of years ago, Jonah took a tumble in Lake Ontario off a jetski (yes, he had a life jacket on) and after that, fear of water kicked in. We tried taking him to pools and he would freak out. I do not DO freaking out in pools. I hate it. Last year, we finally got him in Uncle Marks pool with a life jacket. He was having so much fun, that he ventured to water wings only. No way was he removing the water wings! Thru the winter, he went a few times but looking back we should have gone more.

So back to new babysitter, Michelle. Michelle has a pool. I thought, PERFECT, he can get back to using his water wings to get his confidence back in the water.

Well - here we are 3 weeks later and look at my little man.....NO WATER WINGS!!!

I am so proud! And in typical Jonah fashion.....he had to splash the camera.

My Colour of Crayon

Ok Cyn, I'll play too.....got this from Cyndi's blog, who got it from Lee's and so on.....Let's see if my colour defines me! What is my crayon colour?

You Are a Red CrayonYour world is colored with bright, vivid, wild colors.
You have a deep, complex personality - and you are always expressing something about yourself.
Bold and dominant, you are a natural leader. You have an energy that is intense... and sometimes overwhelming.
Your reaction to everything tends to be strong. You are the master of love-hate relationships.

Your color wheel opposite is green. Green people are way too mellow to understand what drives your energy.

What do you think?? LOL

So...what is YOUR colour??

http://www.blogthings.com/whatcolorcrayonareyouquiz/

I have eyebrows!!!

Yes, I have eyebrows and I am very excited! There are very few people who can understand my excitement with this statement. My girlfriend Sheri who was the one who got me into waxing my eyebrows in the first place and my cousin Sarah who also faces the same eyebrow dilema, being a fellow red head.
You see, it may seem irrellevant to some, but having light eyebrows...well....sucks large. What makes it worse for me is that my bangs are slighted to the side, which means that 1 eyebrow is slightly covered. The brow that is not covered gets more sun - you see where I am going with this? If you pulled back my bangs, it would actually look like I only have ONE EYEBROW! I hate it! Can't stand it!
I thought about tattooing my eyebrows permanently but was afraid that it would be the wrong colour and I wouldn't be able to fix it. Even though I have 4 other tattoos, this made me nervous.
So, instead I got them tinted. And I love it! I have had it for 2 days and people have already made comments. It will only last about a month, but thats ok. Considering it cost me only $8, it is something I will definately do monthly.
YAY for my eyebrows!!

Happy Canada Day!!

I just want to wish everyone a very Happy Canada Day. We love in an awesome country and I am very proud to say I am a Canadian girl!

Happy Birthday Canada!