Belgian waffles and ice cream -- am I dreaming?

Okay, so my husband officially rocks. I always knew he did, but now you should know it too. This morning he got up around 8 and I went back to bed. I was having a fantastic sleep on this cold Saturday morning, when I woke up to the smell of something cooking. Just as I had woken up, Brian comes upstairs and says, "It is awake time." I mumbled something, I'm sure. And he says, "It is breakfast in bed time!" Needless to say, I was awake in no time!

This most handsome hubby of mine made me my favourite breakfast, which is orange juice, Belgian waffles with French Vanilla ice cream and fresh raspberries and strawberries on top. Mmmmmmm.....I was in total heaven. I was drooling before I even got the first bite in. He is SOOOOOO good to me.

He is the best hubby. He is too good to me, that's for sure. I always hoped my husband would pamper me, but I never actually thought it would happen. He is amazing. The other day I was taking a bath (which I take an average of two a day now) and I heard the vacuum going -- he was vacuuming for me. I had said I was going to vacuum the living room, I just hadn't gotten around to it yet, and he vacuumed for me.

I am a happy girl with a clean house and a full tummy -- WOOOO HOOOO!

Also, he is cleaning out the baby's room right now, he is so good! I better fight the urge to go back to bed and help him clean the baby's room.

Family Day

I love living somewhere that gives us a day off to spend with family! We spent the weekend at my parents' house. It was so fun with all my nieces and nephews. I hope everyone else had fun on their Family Day.

My brothers and sisters bought us a travel system -- they rock! It was a big surprise, and we are so excited about it. We also got our rocking chair too. It was a great weekend.

I also started quilting the Noah's Ark wallhanging for the baby's room with my mom.

Happy Blogging!

What is a blog?

Definition from www.dictionary.com:

blog: to author an online diary or chronology of thoughts

These are my thoughts. This is my online diary. These are my opinions. I do not force my opinions on you. I do not force you to read my blog.

If you choose to read my blog and don't like what I have to say, then you can comment about that by expressing your own opinion. If you take what I say to be a personal afront to you, get over yourself. I have NEVER on my blog aimed any comment at any one person. If you think this, then you need a news bulletin: The world does not revolve around you.

So to those who think I'm a horrible person who has it out for you -- I don't. I am actually a nice person and there are very few people in this world that I don't like, and I have good reasons for not liking those people.

To complete strangers that feel the need to blog on their blogs about what a nasty person I am -- that's fine; it is your blog. I just don't agree with the Grade 3 schoolyard games of calling people names and pointing fingers and inviting them to participate in such childish acts of communicating.

To those complete strangers that have felt the need to make rude comments about people they don't know, I hope that you don't pass that trait on to your children.

As I handle the rest of my life with grace, I will handle this too with grace. Please don't make blogging into a place where you can just make rude comments about people and then laugh at your own wittiness.

Truthfully, I have not been hurt by any of the comments made about me, I just think that it shows the true character of people.

If you have something you want to say to me email me about it, there is no reason to make a public fool of yourself by acting like a bully in the schoolyard bullying people.

So what if Valentine's Day is commercialized.

I am sick of reading people's blogs and hearing people complain about how commercialized Valentine's Day is. Nobody is forcing you to spend money. And what the heck is wrong with a day to show your significant others in your life how much you love them? Yes, we should be showing it all year round (and I do), but why do people hate Valentine's Day SO much? To those people that complain about how commercialized it is, I says: Zip it, get over it, and suck it up. I will repeat again: Nobody is forcing you to spend money.

I have never personally had anyone from Hallmark or Bernard Callebaut chase me down, scare the PIN for my debit card out of me, and send me out of their store with a bag full of chocolate and me saying to myself -- dang, they got me AGAIN this year.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH -- why can't people just enjoy Valentine's Day?

I know I did.

EDIT*****

I guess people didn't get what I was trying to say. I was trying to make the point that you don't have to go out and spend money on Valentine's Day, you don't have to get flowers or chocolates. I never do because I think it is stupid to spend the money on things like because it is Valentine's Day. My husband and I have agreed not to spend money on Valentine's Day just because it is Valentine's Day. My point was no one is forcing you to spend money. You can celebrate the spirit of Valentine's Day, which is love, at home with a home-cooked dinner and nothing really fancy. But what is wrong with celebrating the love aspect of it? I feel it is REALLY commercialized, but so is every other holiday. I just don't get why people have to complain about Valentine's Day. I don't know why you wouldn't just choose not to participate in the commericial aspects of it but still enjoy a day to celebrate love.

This is like those nasty chain letters you got as a kid...

Well, I've been meme'd, by Jen so here it goes.

Four jobs I’ve had:
*Wal-Mart and Japan Camera Photolab Technician -- I did this job for a few years during high school and college. I still can't believe some of the stuff people take pictures of...why, I ask, why?
*Mall Gift Certificate saleswoman -- one of the most BORING jobs ever. I only did it for one year at Christmas time, and I spent more money on New York Fries than I made.
*I was a table setter at a super fancy shmancy restaurant, the Century Grill -- all I did was set tables...how exciting...the money was good
*I was a saleswoman at La Senza -- yup, I sold undies and other assorted womens goodies. When a woman, large in stature, shall we say, asks, "Do you have this thong in XXXL?" I knew I had to quit. The mental images supplied by my customers' questions was enough.

Four movies I can watch over and over:

*The Princess Bride
*Double Jeopardy
*The Bone Collector, John Q -- anything with my boyfriend Denzel in it.
*I am Sam

Four places I’ve lived:

*Lethbridge, Alberta -- I was raised there -- still call it home and always will.
*Edmonton, Alberta -- DEADMONTON -- hated it there. Will never move back. Only lived there because my program is only offered at NAIT.
*St. Louis, Missouri -- Moved there right after we were married...I didn't mind it, but it was too far away from home.
*Calgary, Alberta -- LOVE IT! Only two hours away from my family, and Calgary has so much to offer!

Four TV shows I love:

We don't have cable, we think it is a waste of money and time, but we do have peasant vision for those nights that we don't have anything to do.

*CSI in all its forms -- but I still like the original the best.
*Law and Order -- any time anywhere!
*Cold Case -- I love the way they go back in time and the casting in this show is SO well done!
*Da Vinci's Inquest -- a Canadian Law and Order
Okay, so I like anything law related -- which is probably why I'm a court reporter he he he!

Four highly-touted shows I detest:

*Any reality show, can't stand any of them.
*Desperate Hoes -- oops, I mean Desperate Housewives -- please, people, if you need to watch this show -- you need a life.
*The O.C. -- watched a part of it once -- saw enough "teenagers" doing each other, that I wasn't impressed.
*South Beach -- watched a part of it the other night for the first time -- not terribly impressed with the acting, and it was all about sex -- that shouldn't surprise me anymore, I guess.

Four books I’d recommend to anyone, anytime

*I Love You Forever, makes me cry every time I read it. (This was Jen's answer, but I totally agree)
*The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
*Any John Grisham novels
*No Doubt About it, by Sheri Dew

Four places I’ve vacationed:

*Whitefish, Montana -- my parents have a condo there, so relaxing...mmmmmm....
*Disneyland -- I was 5, went on the Jaws ride. sat on the side where Jaws comes up right in your face to this day, TERRIFIED of the Jaws music and haven't watched the movie. Still thanking mom and dad for that one! Disneyworld -- I was 13 or something SO fun, had a blast -- no Jaws ride...thank goodness
*Miami, Florida -- just got home about a month ago -- GORGEOUS! I loved the weather.
*Branson, Missouri -- would have been more fun if I was in my 70s.

Four of my favorite dishes:

*Turkey dinner with all the fixin's MMMMMmmmmm
*Chicken Cordon Bleu -- mmm....
*New Dynasty Restaurant in Lethbridge -- pineapple chicken, beef with broccoli, ginger beef...it is all SOOOO good.
*Open Sesame -- SO good, anything from there is good.

Four sites I visit daily:

*google
*TD Canada trust -- gotta make sure I still have money LOL
*Myfamily.com checking up on the family news!
*www.devynnbohnphotography.com to check my email

Four places I would rather be right now:

*Miami...
*In bed....lol
*Touring Egypt and Jerusalem
*Anywhere that I can wear a swimming suit outside and it is warm.

Four bloggers I am tagging (okay, well 2):

*Brian (I'll be surprised if he has time to do this)
*Laura (Four kids -- not a lot of time, but we'll see...)
*Don't have anyone else to put on this.