How to Build a Snow Fort - wikiHow

How to Build a Snow Fort - wikiHow

Up Her Nose

Yesterday, we had an adventure with Danika again! (who else? lol :) ). Whilst eating her lunch, which consisted of vegetables (carrots, peas and corn). She ate 3/4 of her lunch when she got full. Instead of leaving it, or dropping it on the floor, as normal for her, she proceeded to stuff them up her nose. When I got to her, and proceeded to get them out, I got out six peas and one kernel of corn. (keep in mind Danika is only 22 months old!). How on Earth did a person so young/small shove that much food up ONE nostril, I'll never know! Anyway, I than looked up her nose with a flashlight and saw ANOTHER pea, jammed way way way up there! I went to the walk-in clinic and was told to go to emergency! It took 3/4's of an hour to get the last pea out! She fought the whole time, making it extremely difficult to get a hold of the blasted pea. I hope that experience will stop her from shoving anything else up there, but I'm not holding my breadth!

Has anyone of you had that (or similar) adventure with your children, or, as a child, did you do something like that? Let us know what you did to get the obstruction out. I'd like to know, just in case this happens again.

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OIMELC (IMBOLG)

I know it's over 100 days until our sacred festival of Spring, but since it's starting to get cold out there, and the snow has/is/is going to fly, let's warm your thoughts to Spring. How are you going to bring in the spring? Most of us do things like spring-cleaning; spring shopping, dusting off the sports equipment cetera. That is common stuff, but I am talking about the five areas of readiness:

• Physical
• Mental
• Psychological
• Spiritual
• Emotional

I will discuss each in separate blog entries, so you can comment on them individually. Each holy holiday the Celts celebrate requires preparation in these five areas. If any is left out, something will be missed in preparing, celebrating and/or winding down. When I mention Spiritual, I do not mean the religious meaning, but the excitement/the spirit of the respective celebration. For those who wish to make this a religious experience that can easily be incorporated into the Féis. (Féis, (pronounced Fesh) is the Irish word for festival.) I welcome comments on this topic, so please, if you have anything to say regarding Oimelc (Imbolg), please, do not hesitate. If you have any questions, please post them too. If I cannot answer them, I know people who can.

Interview

This afternoon (14:00), I had an interview with a third year, UofR School of Journalism student about my adventure with Tionna. (She is the girl who fell through the ice). You can view the article, only at the UofR School of Journalism. Therefore, if you wish to see the entire piece, including the interview with Tionna and her mum, you can see it on the 10th. I am not sure what time yet, but when I find out, I will reply (only on this blog – not on Facebook, Twitter et cetera) and let everyone know.

Interview

This afternoon (14:00), I had an interview with a third year, UofR School of Journalism student about my adventure with Tionna. (She is the girl who fell through the ice). You can view the article, only at the UofR School of Journalism. Therefore, if you wish to see the entire piece, including the interview with Tionna and her mum, you can see it on the 10th. I am not sure what time yet, but when I find out, I will reply (only on this blog – not on Facebook, Twitter et cetera) and let everyone know.

Let it snow

This morning, at 05:00, when Danika awoke, there was 5-cm of snow on the ground! (It is about time too). After procrastinating getting up, at 05:30, I finally got up, fed Danika then went out to shovel the snow. It was heavy and wet but the shoveling felt good. We had such a wet, cold summer, and the very late snow this season, was somewhat depressing. After Aislyn comes home from school, I think the kids and I will make snow men/women/kids and maybe the start of a snow fort too. From the weather-woman, this is here to stay until spring! I have snowshoes from my mum from last winter, which I will make good use of this winter. I am so excited now there is a good amount of snow on the ground! What is more is, there is more to come tonight! More shoveling on the morrow morn, but hey, that is snow for ya. My next-door-neighbor moved and is selling his snow blower thus; we are very seriously considering buying it. It will help us collect enough snow in the park to make a good-sized snow fort for the neighborhood kids to play in. I have many childish plans for this winter. I am finally feeling like my old self and have not felt that way for years. I am also on an exorcise program, keeping up with my best friend Allan. This season (and year) is going to be the best for me in a very long time. I love life and life loves me!

Like the title says:

LET IT SNOW!

In cold deep water

This morning, Janice and I took the girls to swimming lessons. When backing into the parking stall, I noticed three girls on the very thin ice on the lake a little was of the building. just as we reached the doors to the building, I heard a girl yelling for help. I told Janice to go with the girls and get them ready for their lessons whilst I check out the call for help. One of the girl's cousins came and told me her cousin fell into the watter. I made a quick scan of the lake but didn't see anyone (where is she I thought). Then I looked at the two girls walking a bit a way behind the one calling for help and one was dripping wet! I dropped under the safety wires, barring the upper level parking lot to the lower level playground and ran towards the wet girl. Seeing she was almost out of energy, and her leg muscles were ready to give, I picked her up and carried her into the building and left her in the care of the lifeguards. I made a written statement for the pool people, which was given to the police. After that, I watched my two girls during their swimming lessons. A journalism student wants to interview me sometime this week. I'm going to request the girl's mom and the girl be included in the interview, since it is after all, about them more so than myself.

This evening, the girl and her mother came over and gave me a beautiful gift basket of fruit and a Rider's West Division Champs T-Shirt. I will treasure the basket and the T-shirt always. I am just glad everything turned out for the best and no one was seriously hurt.

Cold HotWater

I was doing dishes and we had no hot water. The water was still cold during the girls baths. Thus we thought we needed to replace our hot water tank. Nope! When I went down to get the numbers on the tank, I noticed the heating dile was dialed down to "vacation"! Our little rascal - Danika had been playing with it, thus we had no heat for the day.

Danika and the Bath

Good day all,

This evening, we gave Danika a bath, but instead of us putting her in it, she climbed in herself! That was cool, but not as funny as after she was dried and into her PJ's. Aislyn was having a bath after Danika's. I was doing dishes when Janice was calling Danika. We then heard Aislyn in the bath laughing and saying Danika's name. Jance went in the bathroom and started laughing and told me to "check this out". There was Aislyn in her bath playing with a fully PJ'd Danika, in the bath with her! That was the third exciting thing today.

How we met - Janice's version

Aislyn is 5 years old today!

Today my eldest daughter turns the big 05! I can not believe she is FIVE already! It seams only a few short while's ago she was just a baby! Now my baby's in Kindergarten and has passed her third straight Scottish Highland Dance test a week and a half ago. On the other hand, has it only been 5 years? It seams I have known her for ever in this lifetime! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BIG 5 YEAR OLD GIRL! I love you!

How we met – Marty’s version

Well, it was during hockey season! (The best season of the year no?) Lol. I went to my best friend’s house – (Allan) with a flat (or a case, depending on who you talk to) of beer. The Calgary Flames (the best team in the NHL) was playing the Edmonton Whiners (Oiler’s) in Cow town. Al was on the computer emailing some chick he had classes with at University.
I did not think much of it at the time. I just wanted to get drunk and watch the blood bath aka the battle of Alberta Lol. I do not remember who won, but it was a good game nonetheless. After all, it was the Alberta War after all!

The next day was the same thing, I came over, and this time Al had the beer. (When there is no beer there is no hockey!) Al was emailing the same chick, turned to me, and said, out of nowhere - I think you two would make a cute couple! He told me a bit about her, and forced me to email her. We corresponded a few times via Al’s computer (since I had none), and a month after our first emails, we met at a very romantic place – DQ! Lol ;-)!  The next day (September 22, the day before her birthday), I asked her out and she said yes. That is how I remember it anyway. I will get Janice to tell her side of it and Allan’s side too.

First Post

Hi everyone, Marty here. This is only a test post, to see how everything works here. I'll start out, tomorrow, on how Janice and I met. It's a good one. Till then, have a nice morning/afternoon/evening/night.