Cops & Robbers (Feb.26, 2026)

It is still snowing!!!!

We have gotten so much snow over the past few days, it's ridiculous.

I was trying to rush around at lunch to get a bunch of stuff done so by the time I got home, I didn't have time to hop on the treadmill.

I had a meeting to get back to so I couldn't be late.

That didn't stop me from getting my car good and stuck in the snow right in front of my next door neighbour's house on my way back to work.

I could NOT get out.

I called Kody to see if he could come and push me out.

He said he could but Haylee was just out with the car for a few minutes so I had to wait a bit.

Luckily, my neighbour Chase (who also happens to be a co-worker) saw me out there (he's a neighbour as well).

He came over and towed me out.

He said there would have been no way Kody would have been able to push me out so I'm very grateful that he happened by.

After work, I stopped over at Nadine's to help her out with some crafts that she is working on.

I thought it would be a quick stop but I ended up being there over an hour and a half.

She is making decorations for the 50+ club in town.

She had a few things she wanted me to help spruce up.

 

I love doing this type of thing but I did have a lot of things that I needed to do at home so I couldn't help with everything that she wanted but we made a good dent.

Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of the stuff after we zhuzhed it up.

Nadine sent me a picture later though.

I put the flowers on the middle one and she did the rest.

When I got home, I hopped on the treadmill right away to get that out of the way.

I didn't feel like running a this point so I just walked.

Kody brought the girls over for a visit while I was on the treadmill.

They were playing downstairs.

Eden's new thing she enjoys playing is cops and robbers.

I love how she says it, it is so cute.

She also says 'you rest' which means 'your are under arrest' - I was trying to get her to say it so I could video it but of course as soon as I took the camera out, that was a no go.

I did capture her saying cops & robbers though.

It took me just over 40 minutes to get my steps all in then I had a bunch of stuff I needed to get done since we will be heading to the city tomorrow.

I got the laundry finished and put away.

I did some cleaning.

I did NOT get to packing like I'd hoped but I can do that tomorrow before I head to the city.

Freya wanted to stay the night and I would have loved to let her but I really had a lot of things I still needed to do.

Also, she doesn't have school tomorrow so I didn't want to have to wake her up early to take her home when she could enjoy a nice sleep in.

She was saying it's not fair and I asked her why, she said, 'because you get to live here'.

Ha ha - what a kid.

She eventually relented and went home without a big to do when Kody promised she could play her Oculus for a bit before bed time.

I'm glad, I hate it when Kody has to drag them home kicking and screaming, I always feel so bad.

It was pretty late by then though and I was super tired so we just called it a night and I'll finish up the rest of the things that I need to do tomorrow.

Got all my steps in.

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

Snowmagedon and Summer Trip Booked (Feb.25, 2026)

We have gotten a sh*t ton of snow yesterday and today.

When I went home at lunch time, I had to try to pull into the driveway a couple times before I could get in then when I did, I couldn't even open the door because there was so much snow.

So I ended up parking on the street.

I did have to shovel our walkway and steps just to get into the house.

 

So by the time I hopped onto the treadmill, I didn't really feel like running anymore.

I started off walking but then I kind of did do some random running too, mostly a 1 and 1 so I felt good about that.

I had a massage with Crystal after work - I love massage day!!!

Then when I got home, Kody brought the girls over because they wanted to come for a visit.

Jason was cooking and doing dishes and Eden was playing in the water so she got soaked and immediately discarded all of her clothes.

Both of these girls would be little nudists if we let them I swear.

We had some apples to use up before we head out on vacation so Jason cooked them up with some brown sugar splenda.

We had them for desert with whipped cream and granola.

Very yummy.

I saw this bedroom online today and just thought it was so dream.

I would love to have a space where I could build something like this for the girls - or even for myself!

WestJet has a seat sale going on and we want to take the girls to PEI this summer so when Kody came over to pick them up, I discussed with him and with Jason then went ahead and booked a trip for us.

Kody booked he and Haylee as well.

So now we have another trip to look forward to - I'm excited to be taking the girls along, I think it will be a fun experience for them.

 I realized I was about 600 steps short when I was heading to be so I had to do some walking around the house to get them in but I did it.

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

Bad Day at School (Feb.24, 2026)

 I ended up driving Freya to school this morning before heading to work myself.

Then at lunch time, Haylee called me and said that Freya ripped her pants in gym so could I take her another pair.

So I ran her over a pair before going back home and hopping on the treadmill.

My knee wasn't hurting anymore but I decided to take it easy just in case.

So I did a 2 and 1 run, I ran for 2 minutes, walked for 1 and repeated until I got 30 minutes in.

I would have liked to do a bit longer but I used up some time going to the school so that's all I had time for.

It didn't irritate my knee so that's good.

Maybe tomorrow I'll try a straight run again.

I'd really like to make it to doing 5k's regularly again.

Haylee had to work again and Kody was already at work so I picked the kids up at 5:30 and they came over.

Freya said she had a bad day at school because she was playing with her friends at recess and one of them told her she couldn't do something she did but the little friend had just done it herself.

So Freya was upset that she changed the rules of the game after they had already been playing and now she is not friends with her anymore!

I worked on cleaning the house a bit and doing some laundry - again no craft room.

I'll get to it one of these days.

Eden stuck to Papa's side as usual.

Kody came to pick the girls up and he and Freya played her Roblox game together for a bit before he took the girls home.

Got all of my steps in again.

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

(Feb.23, 2026)

 It's Monday so that means weigh in day.

It was very disappointing to see that I was 239.2 lbs.

I tried to be really good over the weekend.

I need to be more consistent.

That's up 3.4 lbs since last weigh in.

Not the right way at all.

I hopped on the treadmill on my lunch hour and ran for 40 minutes straight.

It was hard but I did it and I was so proud of myself.

My goal is to run a couple 5k's when we go to Palm Springs next week.

I picked up the girls after work because Haylee and Kody were both working.

Then I had to curl, Eden stayed with Jason and Freya came with me.

Jason made her some snacks so she stayed in the observation area while we curled.

She was really good.

My left knee was really hurting (in the back) for some reason so I was really not into it.

By the end of the 4th end, we were down by 7 points so we gave up, which didn't hurt my feelings at all because I was really not into it.

Freya and I headed back to the house and not long after, Kody came to get the girls.

Freya wanted to spend the night so I let her and just made a plan to drop her off at home in the morning on my way to work.

Got all of my steps in again.

That's nearly 2 months under my belt now.

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

Tutti Fruitti and Trampoline Park (Feb.22, 2026)

We had a chill morning hanging out with Jen. 

She has this cabinet at the front door that she wants to get rid of.

It folds down for shoes but I think it might be good for mittens and stuff too.

I was going to see if Kody might want it for his place but now am thinking that I might just want to keep it for my place.

She also has these shoes she got that don't fit her so I texted Morgan to see if she wants them.

I'm going to take them to her so she can try them on.

We went out for breakfast - Freya looks very unhappy about something but I'm not sure what.

Auntie Jen.

Still not happy.

I ordered an egg white omelet with fruit.

It was good - I did also get a side of bacon with it.

Freya got a crepe with strawberries and bananas.

She's happy now!

While we were waiting for our food, Freya drew this cute picture with the crayons they gave her.

It was like a little postcard that she made for Jason and I.

She's such a great little artist.

Afterwards Freya really wanted to go to the trampoline park so I told her I'd take her for an hour.

Sliding.

It was really busy in there today.

Freya made a friend - she always does.

One last slide before it was time to go.

We dropped Jen off at home then drove back to Swan.

We got home right at 6 pm.

Jason had made pizza for supper.

He made this sausage one.

And a lovely looking pepperoni one.

I had a few slices of each for supper.

It was delicious.

Freya came to the house with me and Jason went and picked Eden up for a couple hours not long after we got home.

I had to get some steps in so I went down on the treadmill and did that.

Took me over 50 minutes.

But I got it done.

Having fun together.

It was a little dance party in the house.

I love it when they have fun together like this.

She knows what she wants.

Her new favorite song.

Dancing with Sissy.

Enjoying the lollipop that sissy gave her.

Mel posted some pictures of Hunter at his first concert with her - MegaDeath.

He looks like he is enjoying himself.

Aww - I love it.

I miss him.

He is coming in March for a visit and I'm looking forward to it.

So is Freya!

Got all my steps in.

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