New Couches

We bought these blue couches 8 years ago when we first moved into this house.  They have served us well through many naps, movies and get togethers.

But time (and cats and the kid) have taken there toll, so we went searching for new ones.  These are what arrived today!

Bigger, browner and bolder, they change the whole look of the living room.  The verdict is still out with the cats, but all the people of the house love them.

Thinking out Loud #2

What it is…

A weekly celebration of quirks and randomness! An opportunity to take the pressure and stress out of writing by sharing whatever it is that happens to pop into your mind when you begin to type — all worries about sense and structure pushed aside. A collection of random and disjointed thoughts, just because.

You can check out other peoples entries at Running with Spoons.

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• I finally committed to running a 10k race

• Liam’s school is having a yard sale on May 31st which means that we may be able to reclaim our spare room by selling all of our crap treasures

• I would like the temperature to level out so I can decide what to wear each day.

• Once again this year I am hiring someone to mow the lawn.

Happy Mothers Day - 2014

Happy Mother's Day 2014

I was looking at some old pictures this morning and found this one.  Our very first picture as "Mums".

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My previous Mother's Day Posts:

2008
2009 & 2009
2010
2011
2012 - apparently I skipped blogging that year
2013

Thinking out Loud

What it is…

A weekly celebration of quirks and randomness! An opportunity to take the pressure and stress out of writing by sharing whatever it is that happens to pop into your mind when you begin to type — all worries about sense and structure pushed aside. A collection of random and disjointed thoughts, just because.

You can check out other peoples entries at Running with Spoons.

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• I love having my nails done up all pretty, but it takes such a toll on them so that they now look like this. 

• My TKD instructor is calling this “Move-Up May” to encourage us all to test at the end of the month. It’s been ONE YEAR since I lasted tested (normally people test every 3-4 months) so I really want to get my butt in gear so that I’m ready by May 28th. 

• I still can’t count to 10 in Korean.  

• Liam only has FIVE weeks of school left before summer vacation. I can’t believe how quickly this year has gone or the fact that he will be in grade SIX in September.

• One day I will accept that I am lactose intolerant and will stop eating ice cream, especially at work.

Bronze

I entered the Hiltz Tae Kwon Do Open Championship tournament again this year.  While I really enjoy TKD, I'm not really a competition kinda gal.  But it's good to step out of my comfort zone and give it a go.  I didn't place in patterns and got a bronze medal in sparring.  Something tells me I need to train with the adults more then with the little kids!

Scammin' it old school

The wonderful internet bankers got tired of us not answering their emails, so they've pulled out all the stops and sent us a letter by snail mail.  Sent all the way from Great Britain so that it couldn't be traced back to Hong Kong.

I'm sure Mr. Liang Hun Wang just can't wait to share the 22 million dollars with BOLTON.  We are gathering our information and getting ready to fax it off to him first thing in the morning.  I always knew that we would strike it rich one day!

An end of an era

For almost 20 years Hilary and I have hosted an annual Oscar party. We've had anywhere from 2 to 20 people come to enjoy a night of food and fun. There have been years where Hilary would start cooking weeks in advance. Some years there was a theme to the food - Mexican, Indian, potatoes, meat on a stick.  Last year we even did a full turkey dinner.

Being on the East coast has always made for a very late night, often meaning that we needed to taken the next day off work to recover and clean up. The actual Oscar's don't start until 9:30 for us and often don't end till nearly 2:00 am.  That is WAY past my bedtime.

This year we have decided that we are simply watching the Oscar's on our own, likely in our PJ's.  In fact, we may even just tape the end and go to bed at a decent time since we both have to get up early on Monday.  Instead of spending all of our time cooking and prepping, we are going to have chips and dip and buy a fancy dessert to share.

While we loved every year's party, and we'll miss celebrating with friends, it's time to scale things back and just enjoy a quiet night.