Celebrating Declan (Aug.16, 2026)

I had a quiet morning - it's strange being by myself like this.

I was a little behind on my blog so I got that caught up.

Then I got the spaghetti sauce made for supper and cleaned the kitchen.

I also did some general cleaning around the house.

I did a 500 piece puzzle.

I was just going to do the border then go for a walk but it was a pretty easy one so I just ended up doing the whole thing first.

I kept procrastinating on the walk all day but finally did head out around 2 pm.

It was nice weather for a walk, a little warmer than I expected actually.

I haven't been going for walks lately and I miss them.

I ordered mom and digital frame about a year ago now and I finally sat down today and got it set up for her.

It was fairly easy to do, I don't know why I waited so long to do it.

Jennifer and the boys arrived around 4 pm and Rob arrived shortly after.

Morgan, Kalem and Whitney were next to arrive just after 5:30, we had just started eating.

We were having dinner to celebrate Declan's birthday and Morgan had made him this Minecraft cake.

The birthday boy himself.

Kalem, Morgan and Whitney.

Whitney didn't get to help Declan blow out his candles so we lit one for her separately and let her blow it out.

Mom and Rob.

Jen and her baby boy Ethan.

Kody had to work late so it was after 6:30 when he arrived with the girls.

Eden was on fire, just running around and playing and having a great time.

Kody.

Freya.

She wasn't in a cuddle mood today, I could not get a hug from her at all.

Pretending to be a kitty cat.

Crazy little kitty cat.

Whitney wanted a turn before they left.

We all hung out and watched blooper videos and just chatted, it was nice.

I always feel like I should come up with activities for us to do when everyone is here - I don't know why.

Just being together and visiting is good.

Meanwhile Jason and his mom picked raspberries.

He got the pizza oven going.

Cooked up a bunch of pizza.

Looks so good, I hope he brings some home with him.

After everyone left Jason still wasn't home so I sat and watched Bridgerton until he got home and he did bring some pizza which I had a slice of immediately.

He had a good visit with his parents albeit a quick one.

Haylee posted a bunch of pictures today from summer so far that I thought I would share.

Eden at Rotary Park in Whitecourt.

Hunter, Freya, Eden and Zepplyn at Rotary Park.

Freya and the gorgeous night sky.

Eden with Ozzy looking on.

Freya and her friend painting.

Freya and a friend.

Eden.

Haylee and the girls.

Eden in her fairy costume.

I did get all of my steps in today.

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

Craft Room Refresh (Aug.15, 2026)

Jason was up early this morning and out for a run.

 

He was later getting on the road than he planned but before he left, he drew this picture for Freya from 'Ivy'.

He also left a note for her to find when next she comes over.

Since I was kid free, I spent most of the day in my craft room.

I have a lot of stuff.

I got the shelf put back together and everything cleaned up.

I have a box full of containers that I'm not using currently but want to keep so I need to find a home for those.

Then I also have some artwork that I want to take to the city to get framed so I left those out where I could get to them easily.

But aside from that, everything is cleaned up and ready for me to get crafting.

I even organized the drawers in the new cabinets I got from the second hand store with all the stuff I got for journaling.

My glue and washi tape.

Measuring tapes, erasers, Cricut parts and other miscellaneous stuff.

I bought some sewing clips for when I get to work on a quilt and then I put my punches in here too.

This is tape rollers and stamps.

I love how organized everything is now and I can't wait to get started.

It was a really quiet day.

Jason was off to his parents and the girls weren't over at all.

I got lots done.

Unfortunately I had a bunch of extra jobs added to my plate too.

I was looking for something in the hall closet and discovered it had been peed in so had to pull everything out and clean it really good.

Some stuff ended up in the garbage.

Then I was cleaning over by the desk in the living room and discovered a bunch of pee over there too, like a ton of it.

It was right by my curtains which touch the floor so they were soaked and stinking, I had to take them down and wash them and clean and mop the floor there too.

I feel terrible about it but we really have to take Professor Snuggles and have him put down.

All of our stuff is getting destroyed and I think now that he has started that there is no way we will be able to get him to stop.

It was a quiet evening, just me, no Jason, no kids.

I started watching the new season of Bridgerton and stayed up way later than I should have.

Didn't reach my step goal but closer that I have been lately.

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

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!