Budding Make Up Artist (Aug.14, 2026)

I was up early this morning, had a coffee and had just started in on my blog when Kody dropped by with the girls.

He'd asked me last night if he could bring them over if he got called to work and so that's what happened.

They were both tired and a bit cranky.

Freya's friend Theia ended up coming over and they played back and forth between our place and her place.

Jason's eye has been bothering him so he got an 'emergency' appointment to see the eye doctor in Barrhead today so he come home early from work and Eden and I went with him to Barrhead.

I wanted to pick up some groceries as I'm having the family over for supper on Sunday and Jason is heading to his parents so I won't have a vehicle.

We stopped at the dollar store while we were there so I could get some containers and we let Eden pick out a few things then also picked up a couple little things for Freya.

We made it back to town around 3 but Jason decided he would just wait and go to his parents first thing tomorrow morning.

Freya had picked out a make up set in Barrhead and she wanted to put it on as soon as we got home.

Looks great.

 

Freya used to do this too - I'm not sure why they think they have to smash the make up to put it on but they have fun so who cares.

Papa was trying to get her picture but she was being silly.

The make up is bright but it actually looks not too bad for having been done by a 2 year old.

I did make it into my office today to do a bit of organizing then I also pulled everything off of this little bookshelf I have in there so that I could get it all sorted through and organized.

I didn't get it done but I'll work on it tomorrow.

Kody picked the girls up when he got home from work so Jason and I had a quiet evening to ourselves.

I found this 3 part series on Netflix that I watched.

Jason only made it through the first episode and a little of the second but I had to watch the whole thing.

It is so horrific what some humans to do other humans - I don't fathom how they could do it, how they could even think about doing it, it is just sick.

I'm glad they got the guy in the end and put him away forever because I don't think he would ever stop if he was out.

Again, did not reach my step goal.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Puzzle Craving (Aug.13, 2026)

 Today was a very quiet day at the office.

It was busy with payroll - feels like I'm forever doing payroll now that we have to do it weekly.

I can't say I'm a fan of that.

I had considered going to my sister's and spending the night but then decided I had things to do at home and would likely spend money unnecessarily so stayed home instead. 

It wasn't that nice out and while I had lots of other things I could have been doing, when I got home, I had the urge to do a puzzle.

This was kind of a hard one but I got it done.

I enjoyed it so much that I decided to do another one.

Both of these I picked up at the second hand store.

The second one had a piece missing but that doesn't really bother me because I just box them back up right away.

I've been setting them aside to send to my brother.

Didn't reach my step goal.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Freya the YouTuber (Aug.12, 2026)

The girls had a good sleep in this morning then they were good with Mom when they got up.

I think Eden behaves better for Mom than she does for me.

Freya had one of Jason's old phones and she was taking selfies.

She was also doing YouTube tutorials like this 'get ready with me'.

It cracks me up how she's talking to all her followers.

She also did a 'let's have a conversation' one.

So cute and I think it's so sweet how she talks about her teacher and how much she likes her.

She is a very loving girl..

Jason was mushroom picking at work today.

He found some neat looking mushrooms.

Cool.

It was a very odd, quiet day at the office.

Bonnie and I were the only ones there mostly.

Tom did pop in for a bit and so did Erik - he came to talk to the guys out in the field about what happened yesterday and he was supposed to stop and talk to us at the office but he didn't.

Haylee had to work tonight so when I got home, the girls were still there.

Freya's friend Theia arrived home from vacation and the girls were so happy to see each other.

Freya ended up going over there and spending the night.

Eden stayed with us again because Kody wasn't going to be getting home until super late.

We didn't mind, we love having her and when we only have one of them in the bed, it's a lot more roomy.

I didn't have much of a chance to get into my craft room to do anything but I did order a few containers for organizing.

They are due in tomorrow so hopefully I'll be able to get some stuff done after that.

I want to get working on the fairy scrapbook for Freya and I also want to get working on a quilt.

I'm kind of excited about that.

I sadly did not reach my step count yet again.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Sad Day at the Office (Aug.11, 2026)

Well today turned out to be a shocker at work.

Our superintendent, foreman and HR adviser all showed up and ended up letting three people go.

Calvin, John and James are all guys that I've been working with since I started here back in 2007 so nearly 20 years.

It seemed to come out of the clear blue sky so it was pretty upsetting and frankly kind of hard to wrap our minds around.

It's hard to spend time with a person every day for years and years and then suddenly they are just gone and you don't even have a chance to say good bye or anything.

It's going to make such a change in our office dynamics, there are only about 7 of us left in the office now - things are going to be quiet.

When I got home, I got to work on my craft room.

I need to move this shelf up so the new shelves/drawers I picked up at the second hand store can fit.

I took everything down off the shelf, then unscrewed the shelf, moved it up just a couple inches then started working on putting everything back.

In the meantime, Kody called to say the girls wanted to come for a visit so he dropped them off.

Eden didn't want to stay so he took her back home but then about 15 minutes later, she changed her mind so Haylee brought her back.

Freya is totally in slime making mode these days so was trying out a new recipe.

Freya's slime making tutorial.

It didn't turn out much like slime but she had fun doing it.

I think I'm going to find a good recipe and buy the ingredients and then do it with her.

Freya decided that she wanted to have a sleep over so she went down and checked with mom to see if she could watch them then called Haylee to let her know they were staying the night.

It was so funny, she just arranged the whole thing so they ended up spending the night.

I did not get my step count in.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Weigh In, Appointments, Berries and Arts & Crafts (Aug.10, 2026)

It's Monday and that means it's time to weigh in.

I was 239 on the nose today.

That's down .6 from last week.

I'm going in the right direction but I'm not going very quickly.

I had to take Mom to a doctor appointment in town.

She just hasn't been feeling 100% so I want them to do some tests to figure out why.

Every time I tell her to smile for a picture this is what I get.

Then as soon as I take the picture she always cracks a big smile.

She had to get some bloodwork done too so that kind of ate up my whole lunch hour but at least I didn't have to drive her to Whitecourt.

Jason was finding more berries out in the field today.

I'm not even sure what kind of berries these are?

I had my physical therapy appointment in Whitecourt after work today.

I stopped in at the second hand store like normal, found a puzzle, some pants for Eden and these drawers that I might be able to use for ribbon storage.

At my therapy appointment, I told the doctor about my fingers being so stiff so they added on some finger exercise for me.

It took me about an hour and a half to go through all of my exercises.

I was hungry when I finished up so I grabbed some McDonald's for the drive home.

The girls were over at the house because Mom and Dad were both working.

Freya was drawing and asked Jason what to draw.

He said a Cyclops and she had never heard of one before so he showed her a picture and this is what she came up with.

She is so artistically creative that girl.

She even made it interactive so it could eat people.

When I got home, they were making slime.

Freya loves slime and she loves mixing things together so this is a common occurrence at our house.

This recipe wasn't really turning out though.

Eden was making some too - she was showing me.

She loves mixing stuff up too - I guess it's just a thing that kids like to do.

The slime didn't work out but that's ok, I'm 100% certain they will try again another day.

I got to visit with them for a short time then I took them home around 8:30.

Lately I have been thinking that I'd like to crack out my sewing machine and get sewing.

I was thinking I could make a rag quilt for Jason's neice who is going to have a baby here soon.

I could make one for Morgan as well.

I watched a tutorial on how to make them and it seems like it wouldn't be that hard.

I've also seen a bunch of reels on social media on English paper piecing which is a method of quilting and I think I'd like to give it a try.

I also love these letters.

Maybe this is what I could make for family ornaments this year.

I did just find a pair of pinking shears at a second hand store that seem to work really well - I might just give it a try.

This banner is cute - it would be a lot of work but it would use up some of the fabric I have laying around.

I didn't reach my step goal yet again.

I can't seem to get into it.

I always plan to walk on my lunch then something else comes up so it doesn't happen.

I'm not making it a priority is really what the issue is.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Cow Hunt (Aug.9, 2026)

 The girls had a pretty good sleep in this morning.

Meanwhile, Jason went for a run and I just chilled and had a coffee.

When he got back, he was going to head out for a bike ride but Freya insisted on joining him then of course Eden wanted to go as well so he hitched up the bike trailer and they headed out.

I was just sitting doing nothing so decided to get my bike out and join them.

We went down by the school and Freya challenged us to a 'cow hunt'.

There is this cow that moves all over town and ends up on different yards.

Freya spotted it first and so the girls wanted to go up and get their pictures taken with it.

Eden giving the victory sign was so cute.

Back at the house, Jason had some things he wanted to get done in the backyard and the girls wanted to be out there helping him.

I decided to tackle my craft room.

It's been the catch all as usual when I'm cleaning and if I have something I'm not sure what to do with, it gets put in here.

Over time it ends up turning into a big disaster and I've been wanting to get to it so today was the day.

Kody came and picked the girls up around 3 pm, I had just started in - I discovered that Professor Snuggles had peed on the floor in the craft room so I had to clean it really well and I ended up having to trash a few things.

I was not impressed.

I was listening to my latest book while I cleaned and ended up finishing it.

It was short but I liked the story and the ending.

Now it's time to hunt for a new book.

You can see the floor again - Yay!

The desk is clear and ready for me to go ahead and start crafting.

I think I'm going to make some changes in here.

I got some storage containers at the second hand store that I'm trying to find a spot for.

Plus this ribbon storage doesn't really work for me.

I think it's a waste of space really.

I'm trying to out a better method of ribbon storage and saw this online - I think I could make something like this and I think it would work.

Currently they are on one dowel and it runs through the middle so if I want some ribbon that is in the center, I have to pull everything else off so it's kind of a pain in the butt.

While I worked in my office, Jason got to work on the bike.

This is the bike I picked up for him at a yard sale for 20 bucks.

It has some wear and rust but overall he figures it's a pretty good bike.

He took it all apart, sanded it and then painted it.

He picked this green color which I like.

He is going to take it in to the city and drop it off at a bike shop and get them to 'service' it.

I'm glad it worked out.

It rained on and off all day which made it tough for him because he was working outdoors but he managed to get it done.

I took mom down for groceries then had a lovely bath.

Then we just spent the evening watching Dateline before calling it a night.

I did not get my steps in.

I also felt very snacky today, ate a lot of crackers which I don't normally but I was craving them.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Halloween is Coming and Tisto Fruit (Aug.8, 2026)

 We had a room with two beds, the girls ended up sleeping in one with me and Jason had the other to himself.

When I got up, they snuggled together - I love it, they are so sweet.

Sleeping cuties.

We had considered taking Freya to the aerial park in Edmonton but there was nothing for Eden to do there so we gave them some options on things to do today and they chose going to the West Edmonton Mall.

We went in through the Homesense entrance and all the Halloween decor was out.

We all love some Halloween decor so we spent some time checking it all out.

They have some really great decorations.

Look at the cute little Mummy.

So much cute stuff.

So much cool stuff.

Lots of puppies and kitties.

Kitty ghosts.

Jason liked this ghost in the cloche holding a rose.

Skeleton in a floatie tube.

This is a cute take on a jack-o-lantern.

Eden found this cool ghost with bat wings.

She was carrying it around all over.

Freya - she is so photogenic.

The archway with the lamp posts was cool.

Of course there is Disney stuff.

Another puppy ghost - this one is on a swing.

The quintessential Halloween couple.

Eden really loved this ghostie.

It was cool - I've never seen anything like it before.

We finally made it out into the mall and the next stop was Ardene.

Freya wanted a bunch of stuff in there as usual, so Jason took a bunch of pictures so she could keep in mind what she wanted and then pick something out at the end.

She always wants press on nails then usually minutes after I put them on her, she is tearing them off.

Doesn't stop her from wanting them though.

They ended up finding these dumpling squishies they had there that the girls really wanted so that's what then ended up picking.

We walked down to the food court and got the girls some lunch.

Eden wanted chicken - she loves her chicken tenders.

Yum yum.

Freya always wants Chinese food - noodles and ginger beef and then she always gets a spring roll.

I just love spending time with these two.

Jason does too.

Freya was saying that wanted to try this crunchy peach dessert thing.

I had no idea what she meant but Jason thought he figured it out so he took her to the T&T Market thinking they might sell them.

Eden and I just waited for them and we noticed Belle and Spiderman taking pictures.

I wish I could have taken Eden down to see them but by the time Jason came back, they were gone.

There is a Spirit Halloween in the mall so we took the girls in there to check it out.

It's a favorite activity we do every year at Halloween.

Look at that giant spider behind Freya.

She wanted fake eyelashes and she wanted them on immediately, before we even got out of the store even.

Nice!

Lo and behold, right outside of Spirit Halloween was a kiosk that sold the crunch fruit that Freya was wanting to try.

It's called Tisto Fruit.

I think this is a raspberry.

It wasn't cheap but she really wanted to try it so Jason let her pick out a piece of fruit.

She picked the banana.

Trying the banana.

I ended up buying another box of it with 6 smaller pieces of fruit so Eden could try it too.

Trying more of the Tisto fruit.

This was a pistachio.

There was also a lemon, mango, coffee bean, strawberry and I forget the other one.

The lemon was my favorite.

She's just too dang cute.

We got Freya a few more dumpling squishies on the way out and then we made a stop at Canadian Tire and they happened to have larger ones on display right when he walked in so Jason got the girls each one of those too.

We stopped at Jen's to pick up the bike that I'd gotten for Jason at the yard sale a couple weekends ago so he could take it home and fix it up.

Driving home.

Stopped for gas - Jason checked on his bike - it's still there.

We made it home just after 6 pm.

Eden picked out this fairy costume today and wanted to put it on as soon as she got home.

Beautiful fairy.

At bedtime, she wanted me to put barrets in her hair which is very unusual.

I can never get her to let me do her hair.

I think it was because I'd put the heatless curler thing in Freya's hair for her to sleep in.

Eden wanted me to take pictures so she could see what it looked like.

I made my step goal.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!