I'm Your Biggest Fan!

That is what Lucas said to a police officer yesterday:
The cop was there for us. Some lady turned left directly in front of us (less that 6 feet) and we had no choice but to T-Bone her. If you want a car that is safe and can withstand such an accident, get an Odyssey! The side of her car was a crumpled mess and we have a small scratch on our bumper.

When we pulled into the parking lot after the accident, I said to the lady "What were you thinking?" and she said "WHAT DO YOU MEAN!!!!???". That was where our conversation ended and I called the police.

Thankfully, a witness also followed us into the parking lot and gave me all of her information and the police arrived within 3 minutes. He questioned the witness first, then came to us to confirm, then went to talk with the lady who had called all of her friends to the scene for some reason. As it turns out, she had NO driver's license. Not that she wasn't carrying it, she doesn't have one. Never took the test, never has had a license to drive.

That resulted in a big fat $800.00 ticket for her, on top of a ticket for Failure to Yield because she was 100% at fault. The car belongs to her brother and it is insured so we are good.

We are all fine, the kids are fine and Lucas was treated to a tour of the police car, including the chance to read his name up on the computer screen in the car as the police showed him the report.

Just Chatting

We had a great trip up to the homeland last week. I was very happy to be able to lend a hand to Mum, who had surgery not too long ago and is dealing with a sick, 120 pound bull mastiff who is now a full time job!

We got in some fun stuff, including swimming, Granville Island and Science World. Lucas is just amazing me with his swimming. He can now go down the big slide into the deep end (over MY head even), he comes up for air and then swims to the side and hauls himself out. This is without me even being in the water to help him at all. He can also do something that looks like front crawl for a few metres. He could go longer if he could breathe to the side.

I have a lot of fun stuff coming up. I have signed up for a digital photography class on SLR camera operation and photo composition. It is 3 full days long and I am very much looking forward to that and to being able to take better pictures. I have also registered for a 5k run at the end of April so I need to keep up with the running I have been doing.

Hope all is well with each of you!

The New Do

Thank you for all the compliments!

I decided to do this a while ago when my friend came to visit and had a cute bob. It planted a seed that a shorter do might be in order for me. I love long hair but I needed something new. I ended up with my asymmetrical bob and I like it. Even better, when I woke up and had to wash it and do it the first day, I managed to do it well!

Hi! It's Me!

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Dama updated his blog.

Miracles happen!

Happy Love Day!

Hope you all are spoiled with tons of love today.

Ellie has her Valentine's party today at school. She was all decked out in pink this morning (overloaded is more like it!) . But she picked it all out.

Check out her new glitterfied shoes!

Lucas had his party yesterday. Here he is with his friend, a girl he seems to like quite a bit:


Even the cats were feeling a little love this morning, this is about as loving as they get!
Have a wonderful day!

A neat recipe

I made a Buffalo Chicken Dip for Superbowl Sunday and it was so delicious! It is a great appetizer idea.

12 oz cream cheese
2 cooked chicken breasts, cut into small pieces
Hot Sauce (I used Frank's)
1/2 bottle ranch dressing
Handful of grated mozzarella cheese

Place cut up cooked chicken into a saucepan and cover with hot sauce until it is just covered. Simmer for about 10 mins.
Spread cream cheese into a square glass pan.
Top with chicken mixture.
Pour ranch dressing on top and sprinkle cheese on the top layer. Just eyeball the quantities and add more of what you like.

Bake at 350 until warm and bubbly. Serve with crackers or tortilla chips.