Happy List~April 23

Wow Easter weekend, Spring is here, the day was beautiful!!

Joining Mamarazzi for the Happy List



I am Happy that I just went for a 2 mile walk, the sun was setting, beautifully by the time I returned, should have had my camera with me.

I am Happy that my 2 boys rode their bikes, and our dog came along with me on my walk.

I am Happy that I officially now a Stay at Home mom again, I worked my last day of work this last week. I will now be able to be home for my kids, and to help my husband.

I am Happy that now that I am not working, supper will not be late because nobody thinks to start it before mom gets home.

I am Happy that the weather is beautiful, the snow is almost all gone, and the mud is drying up around our house.

I am Happy that ALL of my family will be here today for Easter, it has been a few years since we have ALL got together at this time of year!

I am Happy that there will also be wine in attendance this weekend!

I am Happy that I am making some wonderful bloggy friends, I enjoy visitng their blogs, and having them visit mine!

Friday Confessional~April 22

Another week gone.....never to be back again.

I will get right to it.

I Confess I am sitting here enjoying my morning coffee, trying to think of things I did this week that I need to confess

I confess my vacuum is sitting out in my living room, been there for 2 days already, but I promise I am going to use it today....really I am

I Confess I have not washed my living room floor since last week when we had a 7 month old here to visit, and he drooled all over the floor, but I will do that today too

I will confess more next week, because my family is all visiting this weekend for Easter, and I am sure amounts of wine will be drank, and confessions will need to be made next week.

I will try to be not so good in the future so I have fun stuff to confess!!

Happy Friday

Q & A Wednesday

Mammarazzi and her great friends are hosting another weekly linky party, that I am going to try to take part in each week, called We Want to Know, This week it is about friendship.

here are the questions:
{1} Do you make friends easily?
{2} What 3 qualities are a must in a friend?
{3} What makes you a good friend?
{4} Have you ever met a bloggy friend in real life?
Yes? tell us about your meet up. No? who would you love to meet?
{5} Who is your best friend? Tell us about them.


1. Do you make friends easily??? I think I would say I have lots of acquaintance's, but few true friends. I find that there are people all over that I can talk to, but very few that I would invited for a visit at my house, maybe that makes me stuck up, or picky, and a loner, but I am fine with my life the way it is!!

2. What 3 qualities are a must??
Loyalty, what I tell you must not end up back to me from another source.
Low maintenance, My life and my family come first above all, dont make me feel like you are more important them.
Sense of Humor, I like to laugh and have a good time, with out having to explain every joke.

3. What makes you a good friend?
well I am not sure what my friends would say about me, but I think I am a good listener, willing to jump and help when needed. I know how and when to make a joke,a and I can always help you finish that bottle of wine.

4. Have you ever met a bloggy buddy, sadly no, none of you great girls live up in Canada near me. Maybe one day I will travel south.

5. Who is your best friend?



My best friend in the whole world is my hubby. We met and became friends, before we got together. We love each other, we laugh with each other, and AT each other.

After I graduated from High school, I was the only one from my group that actually moved away from home, the rest are still there, I have moved on with my life, for the better, I think.

I have spent time trying to please others, worrying what they thought of me, what I could do to make them like me...then one day I had, had enough, and finally realised that life was too short to sweat the small stuff. I am the person in charge of my happiness, that is the way I like it. I have the best husband, the greatest family, and live in the best spot, out in the country, what more could I want.

Happy Wednesday

Cake Pops

last week while doing my blog jog I cam across this post from Shawn, where she said she made these cake pops from Bakerella. I happen to have family member who like cake, and like chocolate, so I thought it would be a recipe I could try. I made the cake balls, though not the cake pops, I will try them next time.

Bake a cake, any flavor you like, I made a chocolate cake according to the box directions, let cool.



Break up the cake into crumbs, and mix with a container of Cream Cheese Icing, it makes it very sticky and kind of hard to mix




Roll into balls and place on a cookie sheet, refridgerate. After reading the comments on Bakerellas blog, I put mine in the freezer over night, as someone suggested, I had no troubles with the balls falling apart or crumbling while I was dipping them in chocolate.


Melt chocolate wafers, I used a microwave bowl and warmed them for 15 seconds at a time, stirring well between warming. Dip the frozen balls into the chocolate until they are covered. I used 2 spoons to do this and then transfer them to a baking sheet to cool and harden.













Here is the finished product, all nice looking



I used plain chocolate wafers and white chocolate wafers, as well as drizzled a little left over white on some of the chocolates ones.

The kids really enjoyed them, darc was a little unsure, he said he didn't like the texture of the cake inside. I like them! Next time I am going to try the Oreo Truffles, as well as the Cheese Cake ones.

Enjoy, Happy Monday

Friday Confessional~April 15

Another week gone, a lot of snow went this week, the sun was shining, and the wind was blowing.

Linking up with Mamarazzi again this week for the Friday Confessional



My first Confession is a compliment to Mamarazzi, I play along with a few of her links, and plan to follow her Q & A next week too, but I really got to say, I like the way she has a few rules on her linky parties, when you link up she want you to link to you blog post, not your WHOLE blog, so then when others use the link, that is what they find, the proper link. I have looked around at a few other linky parties for other things, and finding someones whole blog not the proper post, instantly turns me off.

So Thanks Mamarazzi for being so mean, jk, for doing things right!!

on to other things,

I confess, I am a little confused and pissed off, I live in Canada, and right now our dollar is worth more than the US dollar, but our prices of things are still way higher than the US price. As much as 45% on some things, stupid, not fair.

I asked a sales person the other day what the deal was, $100 higher on 1 item, she tells me it has nothing to do with the exchange rate, and has to do with shipping.....so what they shipped that one item on it's own boat from china???

I confess I have nothing else to confess...must have been a good week, lol

Gotta run, a house to clean and food to be cooked and baked, 25 people here tomorrow for an early Easter dinner

Happy Friday!!

Happy List

The weekend already, my Happy List is a little late, I have had company for the last 10 days, but later today I will have my house all back to myself, just our family!!

Firt thing on my list I am Happy that I have my house back, I love company, and I love my family, but I also love my own space!!

I am Happy that the sun has shone all week, and the snow is going away...on the down side, the water is everywhere!!

I am Happy the my parents have returned from 5 month in Arizona!

I am Happy that my daughter's 10th dance season has come to an end. The clubs recital was on Friday night, and the show was excellent, I am so proud of her!! Can't believe it has been 10 years of dance!!!

I am Happy that we now have over 100 calves!! 28 more to go!!

I am happy that my washing machine got fixed in one day. The day it broke I could have cried, my whole yard is a soupy muddy mess, I CANNOT be with my washer! But they were able to fix it in one day!!

I am Happy that my husband finished the railing on our deck, it looks awesome, can't wait for the warm weather to be able to get out and enjoy it, (and be able to decorate it, after all it is like another room in the house right??)

I am Super Happy that I am going to the Spa tomorrow. I got a gift certificate back in January for my birthday and didn't use it all up on my first visit, so I am going back tomorrow for another full body massage.



Well now that I have jumped all over the place, I had better get using that washing machine!!

Happy Sunday

Friday Confessional~April 8

Another week gone already, the sun did shine more this week, and the snow did melt, but there is still lots out there to go!!

Linking up with Mamarazzi and Glamazon and their Friday Confessions




HHHHMMMMM lets see, what to confess this week......

I Confess, that treadmill in the basement has dust on it, I do use it, but not as often as I should.

I Confess that I love spring, especially when the road dry off enough to get out walking, which I did the other night.

I Confess the treadmill will gather more dust now, because I would rather walk outside!!

I Confess I am addicted to the games on Facebook

I Confess I play Bingo Blitz on Facebook, all too often through out the day

I Confess I play Zuma Blitz too

hhhmmm pretty boring Confessional this week, hope next week is better. Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Friday

ABC's of me

I seen this earlier today while I was checking out another blog Seriously Shawn

The ABC's of me

A. Age: I turned 37 thiss last January


B. Bed size: Queen, but I would LOVE a King Size


C. Chore you dislike: dusting, as you can tell by the way you can write your name on things in my house

D. Dogs: just 1 farm dog, Sprike

E. Essential start to your day: Housecoat and computer, with a cup of Coffee


F. Favorite color:used to be blue, but I am opening up


G. Gold or silver: Silver


H. Height: 5'4"


I. Instruments you play(ed): none

J. Job title: Domestic Goddess!


K. Kids: a beautiful daughter and 2 wonderful sons


L. Live:in cold snowy Canada, but spring is on it's way!!!

M. Mom's name: Ann

N. Nicknames: Constance, given to me by the in-laws

O. Overnight hospital stays: a few, gallblader, child birth...


P. Pet peeves: people thinking I don't mind when you drink from my cup or my straw, I am sorry, but I don't share my drinks!!

Q. Quote from a movie: "Girls with asses like mine don't talk to boys with faces like yours." I know it's horrible and from a teenage chick-flick but it just makes me laugh every time I hear it! This I copied from Shawn, but she is right it is funny. If I had to pick one it would likely be from a kids cartoon, seems like that is all I get to watch


R. Righty or lefty: Righty


S. Siblings: an older sister, and a big brother


T. Time you wake up: During the week 7-7:15, Saturday and Sunday as late as I can, which usually is only 9


U. Underwear: Thongs, no granny panties for this girl!


V. Vegetables you don't like: Zuchinni, mom fried it once when I was a kid, never forgot that, lol


W. What makes you run late: Usually my kids

X. X-rays you've had:????


Y. Yummy food you make: anything I bake, Butterhorn, and cinnamon twists....

Z. Zoo animal favorites: Hippo



Want to play along? Please feel free to take these questions just let me know if you did so I don't miss the answers!

Happy Tuesday!!

Simple Things Sunday ~ April 3

Years ago when my son was only a few month old we had to go to the city for appointments for the day. When we left home, the sun was shining and it was a nice day, when we got to the city it was windy and cool, and threatening to rain.
I popped into Wally World and grabbed a cheap blanket, to help keep my son warm. From that day on that poor cheap blanket has become THE favorite thing in the house, he doesn't go very far from him, and not to many places without him.

The years passed and along came the Webkins, the little guennea pig in particular. Since moving into the new house smartie and blanket come to the kitchen every morning for breakfast, then off goes Josh to school for the day, and poor blankie and smartie sit....waiting for his return.

Daddy one day got the idea to wrap smartie up in blankie, and hide him. This has become a game for us now. Some days daddy hides him, some days mommy does, but every day after school Josh finds him and gives him his cuddles.

On this day I decided poor smarties wanted a cookie while he was waiting.

I know all to soon blankie and smarite will get pack in the box along with the dee-dee slippers that were my other sons favorite, and baby squeaky from my daughter. All too soon they will all be grown up to big for toys, and mommy will have the box of goodies to look through and remember

Happy Sunday!

Happy List

The weekend again already!!

Had a good week, so I am going to link up with Mamarazzi, and her Happy List Linky Party



I am Happy again because the sun is shining!!

I am Happy that my parents are here to visit after a long 5 months holiday. They left last October to warmer temps in Arizona for the winter, but are back now and here visiting, for the first time in the new house!!

I am Happy that my hubby visited the chiropractor and got his ribs aligned, so we can sleep again at night. Poor guy slipped a week ago on ice, and put his ribs out, he said it felt like he was having a heart attack, but only when he layed down, if he was standing he was alright. (I may or may not have told him to go stand in the living room one night so I could sleep)

I am Happy that my daughter got a 1st and two 2nds at her dance competition last weekend. We are at only this weekend, so we will see how they do.

I am Happy that my son got a 2nd place award for the deer he shot last fall!!

No good happy mail this week, I have few things I am waiting one, and will share when I get them!!

Happy Saturday!!

Friday Confessional

wow is it Friday again already, times flies when you are running around with your kids!!

I Confess I HATE winter!!

I Confess I HATE MUD MORE THAN I HATE WINTER!!!

I Confess I HATE Rubber Boots, which I am afraid are going to have to become a daily piece of my wardrobe for the next month at least. I would ssssooooo much rather be wearing flip flops!

I Confess I am NOT looking forward to spring this year, with a new yard that has no rock or grass it is going to be an ugly mess!!!

I Confess I have finally became an adult and decided coffee was not that bad! Not only was it not that bad, It was actually good.

I Confess I love to start my day with a great cup of coffee, but that is it, just one cup, and I am good!

I Confess that in the afternoon when I need my shot of caffeine I go for a nice cold Coke

I Confess that I only buy can of Coke because if I had a whole bottle in the house, it would not last long...I would not want it to go flat, just thinking of others who might not like flat pop either

Remember to check out Mamarazzi, and GlamazonI Confess I would like you to have a Happy Friday