Fireplace

I am desperately longing for a fireplace.
I love..
..the smell
..the mess
..the warmth
..the heat

Somebody please buy me a home with one. Please, I'm not asking to much am I?

Ever in the Star

Here's the article.

I imagine most of our friends know the story, but its pretty cool that he's in the paper.
In the paper copy he is in the living section in the bottom corner of page 2.

Lifestyle

There is all this hype that Triathlon is a not a sport but a 'lifestyle'. I get it now. Triathlon is a lifestyle cause that is all you do swim, bike, run. No time for other things just swim, bike run. All the time.

Buy A Toronto Star on Saturday

Cause Ever is in it!!!

There is a little feature in the Living section called "Whats in a Name". It chronicles how parents of children with unusual names chose said name. Luke and I were both interviewed and are super excited to see his picture and frankly our story on Saturday.

Baby Name Idea

Hawkins

On another note...whats your email address Annie so when I'm working at night and I think of something I can email you cause I can't call you.

While I am thinking of it....for Andrea

• Loved reading My sisters keeper...until the end. Hated it. Be glad you didn't finish it.
• Knew what the Dog was for since the first mention of him.

On Running/Duelathon/ Triathlon

I feel like I am at a crossroads. What do I want to do? Focus on duelathlons or venture into triathlons? How do I get there? Do I do a ton of reading and formulate my own plan, just do whatever I want for workouts, or get a coach. Who can I get that isn't going to be expensive, and where do I find somebody that I can work well with.
The thing is I think I can be a podium age group finisher at whatever I do. I work and train hard. I leave everything at the finish of races. I look at the winners and I know I can be that -I just need to work a harder... and I need more focus.
This week I put in- approximately- I just wonder if I used it well enough.
Swim- 110min
Bike- 142min
Run-75min

In any event I need to get long runs in for Around the Bay......and on a positive note I was only nine minutes off qualifying for front of the pack status.

Congratulations

Official Congratulations to Luke and TECH CORPS for completing his 500th invoice.

Not so Well......

I have been ill for about two weeks. Two weeks of sitting on my bum, ( which is really rather painful due to the lack of SQ tissue), reading, watching movies and television, endless hours of Internet, many baths.... it was ..well actually as I am writing it sounds rather bliss full but at the time, believe you me it was rather hellish.

Initially it was a bloated feeling, then some nausea, with a liberal dusting of extreme fatigue. I had a sharp pain in my pelvic region so of course I had the fear. Then I had menstrual cramps, then I got some gastro with vomiting and diarrhea. Which I think was a good thing. All cleaned out now.

Now the problem with me getting sick is I don't take it so well. I'm not the usual hero nurse who just keeps on going, I am overally dramatic and I do think I have a terminal disease. I can't even think rationally about my own illness. I become a bumbling idiot- one of those people who can't string together a history in emergency. Which is where I went. My mind just kept on going on paths it shouldn't travel and frankly I felt like death so I had to go... twice. Bottom line is I didn't have anything acute but am vitiam B 12 deficient, and the fear wasn't a ectopic pregnancy but a hernia. So I have an appointment to see a surgeon. Yippee!

Ever has not been himself either- vomiting, diarrhea, not eating thus he has been nursing alot. That in combination with my limited intake means even though I have not been running I lost even more weight. My pants supply just got even smaller as my pants have gotten bigger.

Pretties

Unexpected

Due to my rather ill feelings of late I have been reading alot. One of the books read was John Grishams- The Appeal. I usually love his thrillers- you know what kind of storey it is going to be, the writing style is familiar, and the end typically expected........ not so much in this book. Still liked it, kinda like your warmest socks.

On the Outside

This weekend I had the opportunity?? Privilege??? Joy?? OCCASION to visit an emergency room in which I am not employed.

Bottom Line... didn't like it. Reason I like to be in the know. I want to be backstage knowing whats going on, where the people are going, why they are there. I'm not nosy I just want to know....so I can pray for them.

AnnaBelle Labelle

This is the requested Princess Doll I made for Maya for Christmas. She is a WeeWonderFuls pattern. I had tremendous fun making her, even all the hand sewing. I would have liked to make the hair curly but it is rather difficult to get high wool content yarn around here. I might get some to make more little dolls to give away, cause it was that much fun. As an added bonus I can now make wigs. This one only took two trys, and I only made the finial product 40% too big. Only one arm is slightly wrong, pointing the wrong direction

Tree

Our tree in all it's glory. We are pleased to say it remained upright the entire Christmas season. Sure most of the ornaments and centred on a few branches, and it does not have the most conventional shape but we did cut it down ourselves.