The dangers of Toboganing

Today was beautiful outside, a balmy -3 . So the family decided to head up to the hills and do some sledding!!!!! My husband wants to bring our dog (see other blogs for stories on "the dog") so We all pack into my mom bus(mini van).
Now normally there is a really cool area to sled at the base of the hills. There's lots of hills to choose from,people have big bon fires, it's great. We all drive by this area looking out our window with sad faces wishing we could go there. sigh. The we all glare at the dog,and mutter nasty things about him under our breathe.
You see my dog Montana or Idiot as I like to call him, does not like other people, he will chase them, bark and snarl at them, it's not a pretty sight! Did I forget to mention that the dog has been howling and whinning the hole way up. So on we drive, up into the isolated hills looking for some spot to go. Then up ahead we see a spot.



All was going well and everyone was having fun................



After a few runs I noticed my husband looking around suspiciosly.
Me- What?
Hubby-Did you hear that?
Me- Hear what? Snowmobiles?
Hubby- No, sounded like gunshots?

Right, thats what you want to hear when you are on the side of a mountain 200ft away from your vehicle. So we listen. Every few minutes we would here a sound, almost like what it would sound like if something was whizzing by really fast then lots of cracking noises. At this point I am getting a little sketched. I have seen to many movies, so I'm thinking some redneck hillbillies are going to appear over the hill and start chasing us off their land. Hubby trys to reassure me that I'm over reaccting, as he still looks around uneasily. So we do a few more runs, more whizzing and cracking noises, kids are starting to wonder. My daughter and I decide to go down the hill together, Yay! fun.......
All was well until we reached the bottom of the hill.


Here is a shot moments before our wipeout. Now the next picture was taken just a moment after this one................
Now, you would think I got snow in my eyes right? WRONG!! notice the picture above how my dogs face is right behind me and in this shot it's his back end? Well the dumbass whipped his tail into my eyes and momentarily blinded me. Of course my hubby had no idea yet at that point(or so he says) so he kept on taking pictures. So there I am rolling around in the snow, rubbing my burning eyes and cursing the dog more. All this time the freaky gunshot type noises are still going off, only now they are louder.
So we finally decide that maybe it's time to pack it in. So we head back to the van just as a truck load of hillbillie Albertans (that's people from the province Alberta) pull up beside our van. The roll down their window and ask us if we are coming or going. We tell them we are leaving, they tell us that they are shooting clay pigiens. We smile politely as we try to shove our kids in the van, away from the gun weilding clay pigion shooting hillbillies.......at least we figured out what the noise was.

Wish you were here

Merry Christmas All, Due to weather my brother Captain Dumbass and his family could not make it out this year for Christmas, We missed you. Here is a little message from your brother, and your niece and nephew. Hope to see you guys soon!!!!!

sucks to be you buddy!!!

Here's my baby Turk enjoying his pre Christmas dinner! Don't have anything else to say just wanted to add this cool pic!

It's been awhile...........

Ok, so I noticed I haven't blogged in awhile, Nov 26th to be exact. What have I been so busy doing that I can't find the time to blog?? I'm not sure. maybe shoveling snow,Christmas shopping battling the flu, more shoveling, Christmas cards,concerts, and a new Christmas tree(which I love)

So when I bought this tree I took my daughter with me, only problem was the box was to big to fit in the van, so I had to drive her home and drop all the seats to get it in!

My husbands Christmas party was a few weeks back, while driving up to Sun Peaks(ski hill) it poured rain......weird.

I took this shot on the way home of the North Thompson River, this is another one of my passanger window at 100km/h shot. I don't know why my husband won't stop on a windy corner in the rain. What I love about the picture is that fact that the river was so still.

Blah Blah Blah, I don't really have to much to say but I have lots of photo's. So The picture above was taken on December 7th, now on the 19th it looks a little differant

It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so cold, Monday it was -25. It's getting a little warmer, if only there was no wind, then it would be tolerable.

Here is my little gem! Now it irrates me that I didn't think of "Marley and Me" 5 years ago when I got my yellow lab. Are you kidding me? Ask any lab owner and they are thinking the same thing. I've had my lab on my kitchen table eating a plant,chsaing a poor woman in robes(that's a post in itself),eating rocks and having them surgically removed for $1500,chasing horses,howling in the car. The vet actually makes me stand outside with my dog until it's time for us to come in....seriously my dog is a freak! So here he is pictured with one of his babies(we go through about 1 a month) sometimes they last a little longer, as long as he doesn't do what he is doing above so much!

K whoa, that is way to much and what is scary is there is way to much more in my brain right now, but I'm sure my 2 and only 2 followers( thank you Mama Dawg and Captain Dumbass) have already fallen asleep. My own mother isn't even following my blog, sure she comments but come on mom!!!!

It's been awhile

I guess it has been a little while since I wrote anything, but every time I have a second to sit in front of my computer I can't think of anything to say, I think I have permanent writers block......


So in the last week


FRIDAY:


I work a 24 hr shift it was a bit shitty....literally, in my line of work (Homecare) I get to say I had a shitty day, and so when someone who doesn't work in that business says they have had a shitty day, it annoys me a little.


SATURDAY:


Anyways after that I had two of my kids friends spend the night,which are also my friends kids, don't get confused keep up. Anyway the girl was feeling good and had to go home.Yada Yada Yada,


SUNDAY:


Lunch at Montana's, shopping at home depot with the kids my daughter actually lets out a high pitch scream before screwing up her face and growling "I hate home depot". (so we make sure to take her often). I actually tried to use a code word for it at lunch telling the hubby we have to go to HD. I wasn't clever enough cause sure enough there was a scream and another face scrunch followed by "I hate home dept!"


MONDAY:


This morning my daughter doesn't feel well, so she stayed home from school, then I went to work monday night, after work I went to pick up a pantry for my newly painted kitchen. I arrive home Monday night with the unassembled pantry. My hubby reluctantly asks if I want him to put it together....sensing his eagerness I said told him not to worry about it.


Tuesday:


I was supposed to have a dentist app this am, again daughter doesn't feel well, I ask her what wrong and she tells me her tummy hurts, more face scrunching( just in case your wondering what scrunching is, it is a face she has been doing since she was a baby, she's almost 7 now)

Here's my little baby long ago with her face scrunch.

Ok back to story. So after the face scrunch I ask her if she thinks she can go to school, she lets out a dramatic cough and then a few more follow up coughs. Coughing? I thought you had a tummy ache? So I say fine you can stay home. I usually make the kids spend the majority of the day in bed(if your too sick for school stay in bed) anyways they always end up wanting to go to school. (that's how I separate real from fake) Anyways she stayed home and I stared at the unopened box(which contained my pantry) on the floor. I can do this I thought. So I pulled everything out and managed to get it all assembled (yay for me!) Then I put it in the kitchen......hmm looks like we need another one. So I sent hubby to store to buy another we assembled it together, yes together, which works alot faster. Now it looks right!

WEDNESDAY:

Which is today, daughter decides to go to school I have some quiet time at home, after cleaning,laundry,filling new pantries, watching House and Fringe after they finish downloading. Then I pick the kids up from school, take them to gymnastics, head off to work.

Here is a picture of the boy taken about 8 years ago. Back before he could give me attitude and sarcastic remarks. sigh.

I don't have a title, do you have a problem with that????

Here's a cool shot of the boy on the swing. I don't really have anything to say today but I do have a few photos

Here's one of my little girl.

This was taken from my back door a few nights ago. I thought it looked cool. Thats all I got for ya.

They have action figures for EVERYTHING!!!!!!

Saw this on Facebook, way too funny! Anyways I got nothing to say, I worked all weekend now I have to finish painting my kitchen. My son started his own blog http://dakoda-d.blogspot.com/ , he is very proud of it, so drop him a comment it would make his day :)