Are you there Bloggers? It's me, Amy...

I would like to express my gratitude to last week for going by quickly. All week I was living a day behind. I really couldn't believe it was Friday already when it turned up! Friday was my "night off" from picking up G from daycare, doing the nightly routine/putting him to bed. Tyler had told me I could stay out all night if I wanted, but I didn't like the idea of that when G was getting over his coughing stuff. So I told him I would be home by 8:30 or 9...well I guess the restaurant had other plans.  My sister-in-law and I showed up at 5:20 and thank God we were at least early, because the wait at that point was already at least an hour. Seeing as how long we were waiting and no one else was showing up for a while, I almost gave the buzzer back and just left since I hate sitting around wasting time doing nothing when I could be home spending time with my little family. Friday night restaurants with no reservations= hell. Eventually everyone else showed up, we wai...

The amount of times I have tried to post a blog from this computer is astounding...I can't for some reason upload pictures anymore since they changed the uploader...and while I do it often, I hate reading blogs with no pictures (like what's the point? I feel ok doing it because barely anyone reads this, I'm sure ). Anyways, moral of the story: if I want a blog with pictures, I have to do it from my ipad. And today, I am not. I realise how long it's been since I've written, and I am finding that I even have to twist my own arm to write today (I do not miss writing, but feel if I start again maybe the inspiration to actually do it will come back). Things have been crazy hectic in our lives. Tyler works literally round the clock (though it's not so bad now that winter is here and the concrete season is over), he's home most nights by dinner time. But being that, with travel, my days are also almost 10 hours long, we are both exhausted. By the time we get ...

This week has been crazy!! Trying to stuff 5 days of work into 4 days is a crazy thought, and errands don't run themselves either! I think I can actually feel the resentment my laundry feels towards me as it piles up...sorry clothes, I really do love you :( And my heart broke just a little when my favourite jeans weren't available to wear this morning. The struggle is real! Another glorious morning though! I woke up 5 minutes early, had time to straighten my hair, get ready and still made it out the door with 3 extra minutes, somehow! I had a smoothe ride in, and the jerk in my parking garage that always steals my spot wasn't there yet, so I got my favourite spot this morning :) I was feelin' good about it being Friday. Then I come face to face with the door that leads onto my floor. We need ID cards to get onto our floors at work, and as I swiped mine, and the beep went off, I tugged on the door. That little green light was staying red. What the heck?? Around the c...

I had the best morning. I had a glorious nights sleep. I got ready in record time. I had a full tank of gas, so didn't need to stop on the way to work. I beat the traffic and got to work early. I caught up on HR and Budget work that I was about a week behind on because of other priorities. Then...oh, then...I was going to go downstairs for some chocolate milk, pushed the button to the elevator, and as the doors opened, *EE-EE-EE-EE-EE* goes the fire alarm, and the elevator doors slam shut in my face. Ok--to the stair well to go down 7 flights of stairs, no big deal. Oh...then we have to go across the street, you say? Yes. I was standing huddled under a tree in the pouring rain, with no coat or umbrella (since I wasn't expecting to go outside). 20 minutes later, I was looking like a drowned rat, and we got the signal to go back in. So this afternoon should be fun in soaked blouse and dress pants with really soggy high heels. I'm going to eat chicken fingers for l...

I am linking up today with a blog I just started following this week: Emmy Mom . (And being that this is my first time ever linking up, I'm not sure if I even did it right!! haha) Her blog is so much fun to read--pop on over and link up yourself :) This time it is all about favorites. FAVORITE: 1.  Sit down restaurant: Tyler and I eat out quite a bit. Mostly for the convenience--and mostly on weekends. So normal day-to-day restaurants don't excite me anymore. We love to get dressed up, go out for a nice 3 hour, 5-course meal, and not worry about scarfing our food down because the little munchkin MIGHT get impatient (though he is usually pretty great *knock on wood*). So I have 3 favourites:   1: This is our go-to restaurant for nice dining (though we mostly love to try new places). It is a family-owned little Italian cafe called Trattoria Caffe Italia (on Preston in the heart of Little Italy). It is so dark and cozy in there at night, and the front window is d...

Hi all, The weekend that past was a big giant ball of excitement in our house. It was the BIG day. The store had its grand opening. While it had been soft-launched at the end of September, no one had seen it fully finished, or sat their bottoms in the chairs in the back room to watch movies, play games, etc. I had no idea how beautiful that back room would turn out. I couldn't picture it. It had been 4 walls, crummy half broken tile floors with ceiling tiles falling out everywhere. I was not taken aback by its beauty when I first saw the store, let's put it that way:) As the paint went up, new flooring went in, ceiling tiles replaced, bathroom and drywall everywhere redone..it started shaping up. But with the addition of the projector, the furniture, the artwork and all the stock...it is beautiful. A place G will have birthday parties in the future, that's for sure!! Here are a few pictures from the day: Ottawa City Counsellor and Mayor posing by the front...

There is nothing quite like the bond a mother and son have. It was something I never really fully understood until the first time that tiny little human reached up to me when he was sad. I grew this boy inside of me--I nourished his every need for 9 months. I went through the pain of birth, bringing this radiant soul into our world, and wouldn't take back a single agonizing second of it. I huddled over his vulnerable little body 24/7 for for first 3 months of his life, making sure he wasn't too hot, too cold, wet, hungry, tired, sad, lonely or bored. We went for car rides, we went on shopping trips where I would name the fruits and veggies, items on the shelves, etc in stupid voices without caring about the world around me. I watched that sparkle of curiosity in his eyes grow so bright, it has started to blind me. I held his tiny hands through his first cold, through his first bo-bo, and for his first steps. I snapped away with the camera for all of his toothless grins...