READY SET GO!!!!!

I am still asking myself is this really happening? I have been up early and have butterflies! See you all in 10 days! Pics will follow!!!   Adios!!!

WOW<> less than 24 hours

I have not even started packing!!! Its been a gong show around here with all these contractors... So I am patiently waiting to get packing.. I am jitter with excitement,, I only have texted Carrie 20 x!! LOL.. Se eyou tomorrow my friend!!! e

Well less than 48 hours, and we are off!!

So hair and nails are done... feet tomorrow,,,, I am starting to pack tonight.. getting butterflies.....  

Leaving IN 3 Days!!!

Woo hoo!!!! Just all the beautifying left!!! Just three days and we are off!!!!! 

The last minute things....

This week is the last minute list week. It is coming down to the crunch, and boy do I have butterlies! So excited to go on a trip with my best friend, and a nervous about leaving all my kids! I know it will all be fine, but as a Mom, I feel a tinge of guilt. I guess because of anything goes wrong, I am not a drive away. This will be a good experience for myself. my husband and all my kids. Maybe I will evenj be appreciated when I get back.... At this moment, my bathrooms are being redone, the house is turned upside down. There is dust everywhere, what will it be like when I get home?
I checked the weather, and after months of drought, St Lucia is getting much needed rain. Great for them. not for us. But what are you going to do? It all comes with the adventure!!
  Now today I have worked out, and am off to a tan. I don't tan well, so I will take what I can get. Then off to pick up a few things,,,, like a rain shell!!!

PICKED UP TICKETS!

We started the booking September 19, 2009, and today I picked up our tickets! 9 days.. It seems like yesterday when we booked this trip, time flies by!! Cant wait til next Saturday!!!!

Hello 10 days!

Just off to the gym, only 10 days til bikini time!

Less than 2 weeks!

I can almost feel the sunshine on my face!!! 13 days and we are in heaven!!!!!!!

Seriously 18 DAYS!

This weekend we celebrated Carries 40th birthday party! A fun filled day, limo ride, spa day, interesting Mexican restaurant, chop shop nails.. lol.. Dom,, YUMMY!! It was just a great way to spend a day with a best friend,, SO if that was fun can you even imagine 10 days away in the sun?????? I am having a hard time believing it is 2 weeks and 4 days away... eek I still havn't lost that 5 pounds,, Guess I better start,,, well you know,,,,, puking!!! LOL..... YE|E HAW!!!!!!

WHAT>>>>

24  DAYS!! U EXCITED YET???????

WELL>>

I couldn't help myself and just bought 2 new tops for the trip!!!!!I think we should by something every day for 28 days!! LOL... Am getting so stoked,,,,,,,,

30 DAYS!!!!!!

Well I finally got on this Blog it has been doing crazy things lately! I can not believe we have only 30 days!! It is going to be so much fun! I did read a bad review today and got a little nervous but there about 100 really good ones,,thank goodness! But really we will have a super time no matter what... right? 30 days seems really close now, too bad i cant get rid of the last 5 pounds!!!!!!!!     YIPPY 30 days is all i can say!!!!!!!

ITS MY PARTY!

Well it is not really a party, but it is my birthday! I am 41 today and feeling fine! Glad to have my health, family and friends. I hope my year is filled with new challenges, experiences and of course  fun!
My fun will begin in 44 days! I can not even believe how the time is flying by. Soon we will be in the sunshine not wanting it to end! It is 31 today, in St.Lucia. I can not wait!

Next birthday is yours, Carrie, the BIG 40!!!!!!!! 
That is a lot of birthdays we have shared I am sure it is 26 this year....

 Cheers to us and the 40s!   

FEEL VERY EXCITED TODAY!!

What can I say I am so excited today!I just read a great review about our hotel, it was so good! So far  the reviews have been very good, and it just makes me antsy! I just cant wait to be there and just relax! I can not wait to be at the adult pool, with Carrie, and toast to our friendship! No kids, no housework, no men! Sounds lovely doesnt it!!!!!!  51 days!!!

Where did that week go?

Wow a week since I have been on here. I guess being away , in Vegas, for 4 days, is a good excuse. It was a fun time, but really made me think about the 2 days, we will spend there , on our way back from St. Lucia. I kinda wish we had three nights. There is so much to do and it is so much fun! we are going to have so much fun, in Vegas, I dont care if we are exhausted! We are going to have to stay awake and enjoy all 48 hours!!! I am getting super excited about the entire trip. I do think it will be a trip of a lifetime, and who knows when we will do it again! Only 54 days more!! YAHOO!!!!!!!!!! VIVA LAS VEGAS!!!

Let The Games Begin!

I watched the opening ceremonies, last night, and it was emotional to see a country as one. You can see the pride and feel the enthusiasm, of Canadian people! I thought the choices, for carrying the flag, was very appropriate. The torch was lit, by Wayne Gretzky, an easy choice, but not really a hero? I was hoping for someone, who really has been a pillar in Canadian history. But it was still great to see him light the cauldron. I hope we do well, as we do have the second largest amount of athletes, at the game, so we have good odds. It was very sad, to have lost an athlete, on opening day, that country's, athletes, have a tough next few weeks, to get through.

Go Canada and lets get our first gold medal on Canadian Soil!!!!!!

My thought today is on WRINKLES!

Ya wrinkles,,,, why do we have to get them.. I know if you look at your family, then you will probably have a pretty good idea what you will look like in the future. For me, my mom has really good skin, and will be 70 , in a week. My Dad, though, was the sun worshipper, and has had some precancerous scares, and is what I would say, wrinkly. I have had deep wrinkles, since I can remember, so I am pretty sure, I will look like a sharpei by the time I am 70. I am much better about not staying in the sun, as long, and every day I use an spf 15 or 30 in my moisterizer. I have never had any luck with my skin, always something on it, so I think I am doomed in many ways. I think I must have been dreaming about skin last night, cuz its 7:30 AM and I am writing about wrinkles. I did read something once though, that I am trying to live by but its hard. It said something like, wrinkles are beautiful, they are the map to your life, grow old gracefully, and when you look at your face remember how you got there, by tracing your wrinkles.. Something like that....... So I do think about the circle of life, and that wrinkles, are a part of growing old, and maybe they are beautiful. That is not to say I am not afraid to erase a few, because there were a few years I would like to forget!!!! LOL

This is cute!

Under 70 days!!!

Yay!! Today is day 69! Now it doesn't seem that long away. Today , once again, it is freezing! The wind is blowing making it bitter cold, and its damp too. I really can not wait until I can wear shorts and sandals all day! Sometimes, I think 10 days will be too long to be away, then other times, I think it will go so fast, I will wish it was longer. I am going to savor every minute, it will be my motto!!!

A few interesting facts..

This is their flag....  Blue represents the sky and water. Black and white are the two cultures and the yellow is the sun. The two triangles are the Pitons.

This is their coat of arms.....

weather and info...

Up To Date St. Lucia

Up early and its FREEZING here!

Where is the sun? I have been up early today and really wanted to see the sun. Its dark gloomy and making me feel depressed! Winter can be so long, here in Alberta, and it just makes you antsy! I am off to a boot camp class today, and I am sure I will be so sore I cant walk.. But I need these glutes to be in shape, because 74 days goes fast!!!! Actually I can not believe how time is flying, now only if I had some sunshine maybe it would seem even better!!!!!

 Today in gloomy Red Deer.

St, Lucia Sunrise!

This just keeps me going!!!!

"I have to get out of this place....

if its's the last thing I ever do!" Of course Rolling Stones , made that line famous. Today that is exactly how I feel. I have been cleaning for hours, and am still only half done. I am just taking a quick break, to refuel this body and then I am back at it.  I can not even imagine not doing laundry or washing a floor , for 10 days! It really does seem like a dream... However, I am sure when I get back, I will have to pay for me being away.... with more housework. Oh well I must take the good with the bad!!!!!!!      77 days.. YIPPY!!! Then Carrie you and I will share a glass and make a toast to us!!!!!!

Perfect quote for a day of moving forward

You know, things start to change almost before your eyes, if you stopped long enough to take notice that is.

This year I will be forty.  I remember thinking way back when, how old that sounded, and how old I thought I'd feel.  Well here I am on the doorstep of that age, and I feel good, really good, probably better than I have ever.  I have new aches and pains, I get more worn out with my toddler than I did in my twenties with my other two, but one thing I have begun to notice is the stillness and sincerity that I am entering into this coming decade of life with.

I am more truthful with myself, and what I honestly want and cherish in my life.  Things change, there are seasons to everything (as someone recently told me, lol).  I am so happy to finally feel like I can move forward with this knowledge and strength.

Today is today, I can't do anything to undo yesterday, and tomorrow will be what it is.  I awoke to this quote and thought it perfect for the way I've finally started to see things.

Concentrate all your attention on the work at hand.  Live this day well.  Yesterday has joined the hoary past, a finished product, on which you need bestow no more attention.  Tomorrow is yet a long way off; and it will bring with it tme enough for its work.  Forget the past; ignore the future.  Live in the present.  The future will take care of itself.

-- Sri Swami Sivananda




Have a wonderful day!!

Sooo cold

Am I with you?  Well if sitting down and inhaling a blizzard at 9pm counts as with you, then ye haw!!  LOL  I'm so cold and tired right now I just want to lay face down in chocolate cake and sleep.

Will we ever actually get out of here?  In the midst of the chaos that is my life, I really wonder whether I'll just keel over before we get the chance to high-tail it outta here.  If I never have to force-feed another three-year-old it will be too soon!!  Life is so busy, too busy.  I'm old and tired.  What a ray-of-sunshine!!!!

DAY 80.......

I have been waiting for DAY 80, because this is the day, I will be trying to lose 5 more pounds before we venture off. It takes me forever to lose a pound, so hopefully in 80 days I can have 5 more gone. I am also going to keep up with my new regime of, 2x a week at the gym, and 5 days of walking , and running ( running I will do only 1-2 times). I have found myself, not wanting to be at the gym, as much this past 6months, and have enjoyed other means of exercise. Ultimately my goal is to feel really great, and if the scale doesnt move, so be it! Like I said to Carrie, "what are we not going to go if we dont lose the weight?" Of course not... But I will give this an honest go!!! YOu with me Sista?

I am hating this weather!!!!!!

THIS WEATHER IS AWFUL!!!!!!!!!! TAKE ME AWAY NOW!!!!!!

My two cents

Since Ede is always the one to get right on things and start something the moment it pops into her head, I thought I should probably catch up and try to post something, anything.  So here goes.

The weather has been crap, and it seems like we'll never get out of here, but alas I look at the timer and low-and-behold, there's just a mere 80 odd days before we abandon our homes and our families to finally venture abroad together.

Years ago I had the great opportunity to move to another continent and was desperate to have Ede come to visit.  Unfortunately life didn't allow us the opportunity at the time for that dream to be realized, and it's taken us only a couple of decades (give or take) to finally be able to do something like this together.  All at once I am mildly terrified (thinking back to our younger days and the trouble we got into), yet heart-pounding excited to venture so far from home together.  It is going to be the trip of a lifetime, and I couldn't be happier to be doing something like this with my best friend.

To us Ede, and all of the years we slogged through the tough times, peed our pants laughing through the good times, to finally find ourselves setting out into the great blue yonder together is truly a dream come true!!  I love you!!

Wow where did today go?

It was a busy day! Best part Carrie and I got to have a quick visit.. I didnt want her to go back to Calgary! I was at a beginner photography course today, trying to learn my camera, before this trip. It was pretty technical and now I need to reread what I learnt, maybe I will actually take some really good photos, we will see.

Carrie and I talked about what we will pack, yes I know kinda premature,,lol,, But when you are excited you tend to preplan. I am trying not be talk about the trip too much, around Mike ( my husband) he might get jealous! Actually he gets to go away at least 4x a year, so now it is my turn. Just looking through some more pics,,,,, so nice!

This is Marigot Bay.

Here is a closer look at the Petit Piton we will hike!

Alberta Winter Day! Day 84 ,,,,,

Today I worked at a school, teaching a French classes. It was an experience , which oddly I enjoyed. I have not taught French, for 13 years, and have lost most of the language. It felt good to challenge my mind, and try to figure out the language again. I was thinking, maybe in St.Lucia I will use some French.. who knows..
Today, our Alberta weather, was cool and damp, with hoar frost on every tree. It looks so beautiful and peaceful. Our world has so many beautiful wonders, and I can not wait to wake up with the warm sun shining in my room!

Here is the hoar frost from today outside my window....

A Thursday Afternoon and just thinking....

The first post, 85days!!!!!  Yes 85 days, that is when Carrie and I will be flying to St.Lucia. I am so excited about this trip, for so many reasons. I get to be with my best friend, for 10 days alone! No kids no hubbies, no distractions. This never happens, so it will be nice to have some sense of peace and quiet, if only for 10 days. I am super excited about learning about a new place. St Lucia is not very big so we will be able to discover the whole island!

This looks inviting!

 We are going to hike the Pitons!

Then after 8 days there, we are staying in Vegas for 2 nights! I have never been to Vegas with a friend, so I am sure that will be a blast too!!!!