Walk to School and Swimming in Whitecourt (June 12, 2026)

Woke up to another rainy day - it has been raining all week long here.

Today is Jason's Friday off and Freya wanted him to take her to school, so he walked down this morning, picked her up and they walked to school together.

She was all ready to go when he got there.

He said they had a really nice walk - they got to have some good one on one conversation and she was in a really good mood.

I hopped on the treadmill on my lunch hour.

I just walked but got some steps in and it felt good.

Haylee had dropped Eden off because she had some things to go.

Eden didn't want her mom to leave so she was crying and Papa was the only one that could console her.

Pretending to be a ghost in the closet.

After work we decided to take the girls to Whitecourt to go swimming.

We allowed Freya to bring her friend Theia along, the girls were all really excited.

I got to be the passenger princess for the trip.

Swimming was fun - We were in the pool for about an hour and a half then the girls played at the indoor park in the Allen Jean Millar Center afterwards for a bit.

We went to Boston Pizza for supper - Freya just loves it there for whatever reason.

She reminded Jason that he wasn't actually 'allergic' to it like he'd claimed (she will never forget that) so we had to go.

Their bellies were soooo full.

Eden was so excited to get dirt & worms for desert.

She kept dipping the worms in and out and eating off all of the chocolate.

Two worms at a time.

Just hamming it up for the camera.

Beautiful sky on the way home.

It was late when we got back to town so we dropped Theia off to her place.

Eden got all settled in the bathroom - she had her phone and she looked pretty comfy!

The girls both spent the night.

Got all my steps in.

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

Grizzly Sighting (June 11, 2026)

 I'm not sure if it is because of the colder, wet weather this spring but we have been seeing a lot of bears.

They've all been brown and black bears so far.

Jason got to see a grizzly this morning, a mama and three cubs (more like pre-teens actually, they look to be a couple years old).

Enjoying some lunch.

Mama was busy eating.

The cubs were eating too and horsing around with each other.

He watched them for some time - no matter how many times you get to see them, it's always an amazing sight to see.

It was extremely windy, wet and rainy at lunch time so I hopped on the treadmill.

I'd planned on running but my ankle was bothering me so I scrapped that plan and just walked.

Freya asked me to pick her up after school so I did.

She wanted me to invite Theia over so I did that too - they played around on their bikes and then ended up going over to Theia's.

I decided to work on a puzzle.

This is a 750 piece one I picked up at a second hand store.

It was rainy and cold out plus I am really trying to stick to WW and when I do a puzzle, it's easy to keep my mind off snacking.

I took Freya home around 8, she wanted time to play her Oculus before bed.

I did manage to get all of my steps in today - go me!

I stayed up way later than I should have working on and finishing the puzzle.

Another Trip for a Meeting (June 10, 2026)

 We had to go to another meeting today, this time at Hazelbluff near Westlock.

Once a year, the VP's and the managers head out and do a meeting at all the districts just to go over the 4 pillars, safety, production and just other general things.

Bonnie, Shennelle and I drove together - I did the driving.

It's nice to see some of the people that we work with that we don't get to see any other time throughout the year.

It started off with lunch which was beef, buns, cole slaw and potato salad.

There were also cut up veggies and fruit.

The salads were really good.

The meeting started at 1 and ran for a few hours.

They did a 50/50 raffle for some charities that we support - they do this every year.

The winner took home 995.00 (not too shabby) and it was one of the guys from our office that won, Murray Butler!

We already call him Big Bucks Murray so of course you know he's going to be teased mercilessly about this win.

It was around 4 pm when we got back to the office, normally we'd head into Westlock or even St. Albert afterwards to do some shopping but none of us felt like it this year.

The weather has been cold and dreary and wet so it's been kind of a downer.

I think it's contributing to me feeling so tired all of the time recently.

I didn't really feel like it but I made myself go out for a walk after I got home.

It was raining lightly but I was still pretty wet when I got back home but I felt good that I made myself do it.

I had some kale salad for supper.

I kind of had the munchies so tried to keep busy to keep myself out of the food.

It worked for the most part.

I was feeling really tired and was falling asleep on the couch so at 9 pm I pulled the plug and headed to bed.

It didn't take me long to fall asleep either.

Didn't reach my step count again today.

That's ok though - some steps are better than none.

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

Make a Wish (June 9, 2026)

There was an AP meeting in the St Albert office today and I was driving Shennelle in and I was just going to work there for the day.

We had to be there for 8:30 so I picked her up at 6:15 am and we were off.

I dropped her off at the office then took my car to the Kia dealer - there are a couple of recalls on my car that need to be taken care of.

They ubered me over to the St Albert office and I worked there in an office.

I joined the AP ladies for lunch - they had lunch brought in.

Not long after, Kia called to say that my car was ready.

The got me an uber to go back and get the car - when I got there, they said they could only do one of the recalls because they didn't have a tool to do the other one, they said I'd need to come back in a few weeks.

I was kind of annoyed because I've talked to them many times about these recalls, how did they not know before now that they didn't have the tool?

I would have waited and brought it in when the tool was ready instead of making another trip.

The AP meeting went kind of late, it was around 3 pm when Shennelle and I left.

We stopped at Walmart for a few things - I mainly wanted coffee foam - I've been having a hard time finding it and I just love it.

They had some so I picked up 4.

It was around 6 when we got back to Swan Hills.

I felt exhausted for some reason.

I laid on the couch and had a short nap - it likely would have lasted longer but Kody called to say that Freya was asking to come over so he brought the girls over.

When they came in, Eden went right over to Jason on the couch, got up beside him and she had this sad little look on her face.

She proceeds to tell him in this sad, little voice 'Papa, you know hit me anymore!'

Then she snuggled right into him like she was saying she forgives him, she loves him, but he really hurt her feelings and she doesn't want him to do it ever again.

It was so precious.

Jason felt so bad - he didn't really hit her but he did get after her and she totally remembered and it was still on her mind.

He apologized and hugged her close then he took her for a little walk, just her and him.

They picked dandelions.

He showed her how to make a wish and blow the seeds off of them.

Make a wish!

Then they did that over and over and over.

It's hard to blow them and not accidentally suck all the seeds into your mouth.

She thought it was great fun.

Another one.

I remember doing this with Freya when she was itty bitty.

She's so excited.

Big breath.

And blow!

They went for a walk in the trails behind the trailers across the road.

She was calling it the jungle.

When they got back - all was right in the world between them again.

They hung out until around 9 then Kody came and picked them back up.

I stayed up until 11 playing Color Block Jam on my tablet - I'm totally an addict!

I ate way more than my WW points allotment today.

I also did not reach my step goal.

Come on April - get it together.

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

Weigh In Day (June 8, 2026)

Monday means weigh in day!

I was careful about tracking my points this week so I was actually looking forward to weighing in this week.

 

I was 241.8 lbs.

That's 3.6 lbs down since last week.

That felt good!

These are my weigh ins from the last weeks.

Things were a little busier with having to get the girls up and ready too.

I hate waking them up so early but I had to and with the help of Puppy Gorilla (Jason's alter ego who grunts at the girls, dances to music and just generally makes getting up fun), everyone was up and happy and ready to go in no time.

I dropped them off to Kody and headed on to work.

I finished up The Spoon Stealer this morning.

It was a good, homey book. I really liked it a lot!

I picked a new book to start, Theo of Golden.

This was recommended by a few book reviewers on Instagram so I thought I would give it a try.

I don't normally gravitate toward male narrator's but I'm liking this one so far.

Freya was doing science projects at school today - the school posted some pictures.

She loves doing this kind of thing.

I went for a walk after work.

It wasn't the nicest weather but it was an opportunity to listen to my new book.

I was expecting visitors tonight but didn't get any so it was just a quiet evening with Jason and I.

I did manage to get all of my steps in.

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

Dumplings, Yoga Kitties and a Hard Lesson (June 7, 2026)

I was up early again this morning by myself.

I put on the latest Downton Abbey movie and watched it while I had my morning coffee.

I enjoyed it.

Roly Poly Paddington.

It was another rainy day out there today - but Eden still wanted to go out so Jason found her a little umbrella.

She just stood at the door with it for a bit.

Let's go Papa.

She didn't stay out there very long - not on her accord but on mine.

I think she would have stayed out in the rain all day if I let her.

I had planned on going for a walk but the rain deterred me.

If it was just a light drizzle it would have been fine but it was more of a downpour.

We just spent the day in the house with the girls.

Freya and Theia were back and forth between our house and Theia's.

Jason did take Eden down to the store for an ice cream later in the day, when they got back, she picked up a rock and was 'drawing' on the car.

When Jason noticed, he ran over, kind of grabbed her hand to knock the rock out of it and got after her for doing it.

When she came in the house she was sobbing like her little heart was broken and ran straight to Freya for comfort saying her arm was sore.

I think her feelings were more hurt than anything that Jason had gotten after her.

She snuggled up to me with a bubba for a bit and she stopped crying but she did not like it when Jason got after her at all.

Of course he had to, she can't just scratch the paint of the car with a rock so she has to learn but I did feel so bad for her.

Jason made dumplings for supper.

They were so freaking delicious.

He added lots of chili oil to his - way too hot for me.

I decided to do a puzzle this evening.

I had a professional hair stylist doing my hair while I worked on the puzzle.

I think she did an amazing job!

She wanted me to leave it in for the night but that might have been a little tough to sleep in.

I think it took me 3-4 hours to finish the puzzle - it was a 1000 piece one - I think that is my fastest time to complete a 1000 piece one on my own.

It was fun, I like all the color blocks and the images of the Yoga kitties were pretty cute.

Kody wasn't expecting to be home until very late and Haylee was out so the girls spent the night.

I will drop them off to Kody in the morning on my way to work.

I missed getting all of my steps in today - I didn't track my points on WW either.

Kind of dropped the ball a bit today, back at it tomorrow.

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