LOVE IT!! (WFMW)

Big shout out to The Apron Queen! I followed a link from Works for Me Wednesdays and it led me to her site. I was awed by the pictures in her post. She was gracious enough to share with me the info I requested (what camera she used, editing program) which I think she has been asked for a hundred times! Through her, I found Picnik! It is amazing! Here are some before and after pics to give you an idea what you can do with this program:


Before:

After:

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Before: (not sure why blogger turned this picture!)

After:

This was actually quite fun. You can get your pictures from the computer, facebook, photobucket and many more places! These three pictures are my first attempts, so not the best but it was quick and easy and they look much better and that works for me! Check out Rocks in my Dryer for lots more Works for Me Wednesdays!

Great Safety Idea

Here is a great idea!  Are planning a trip where there will be a lot of people like an amusement park? Check out SafetyTats.  These are temporary tattoos that contain your cell phone number incase you and your child get separated.   Check out this post by Dawn at Because I Said So.  If you comment on her post, you could win a free pack of SafetyTats. If you want to order some, she has a code you can use while ordering and you'll receive free shipping until the end of July.  I'm all for anything that makes outings with my children easier and safer!  While you are there, check out more of Dawn's writing, she is so funny! 

I got a call from our good friends in PEI over the weekend and they are taking all three boys (aren't they brave) tomorrow until Sunday.  The house will be so quiet!  I have some things around the house and yard I need to get done while they are gone but I'm sure Jim and I will find time to get out!  We never go anywhere without the boys! It will be nice to go out and not have to watch where they are, what they are doing and get after them for fighting or touching breakables!  Of course, one can only take so much quiet, by the end of the week, we'll be looking forward to picking them up!  They took them for 5 days last year but I spent the whole time re-doing the bathroom, this time I intend to enjoy it!

                                                   Happy Monday!

                                                               *picture taken at Fort Louisburg, NS

Calling all Veggie Tales fans!

I love Veggie Tales! I love the videos as much as the kids do. I love that they are clean, funny and that they teach them important lessons and about God! If you love them as much as my family does, check out this giveaway! You could win a copy of the new Veggie Tales video!

Who Knew?

I saw this when I checked out Sara's blog today so I tried it (totally expecting my blog's reading level to be kindergarten or something) and look what came up?

There must be a glitch or something! I've never been mistaken for a genius before (now I realize they aren't saying I'm a genius but I'm going to take this and run with it)! When I get home, I'll have to make sure everyone refers to me by my new title of Genius......um ya, that's gonna happen.

Thursday 13

13 Things about me:

1. I have been married for 11 yrs. next month

2. I got married at 18, was a mother by 19.

3. Each of my boys were born in a different province (British Columbia, Yukon and Nova Scotia)

4. I live several thousands of kilometres from all my family and closest friends (sniff)

5. I moved a lot as a child, 5 different schools in kindergarten alone!

6. I was painfully shy, probably from all the moving!

7. I gave my heart to the Lord at 14ys. old and have never looked back. (Thank you God for saving me so young!)

8. My mother suffers from schizophrenia and is bi-polar (and raised us as a single mom)

9. Needless to say I had a very "interesting" upbringing!

10. I am very much in love with my minister husband

11. I am also in love with my 3 wonderful sons

12. I talk to my mother-in-law almost everyday online (we are close)!

13. I am not much of a writer, but I am addicted to the mommy blogging community!

Thanks to all the moms out there who blog! I benefit from your advice, tips and tricks! Yes, I am not alone! There are many other moms, moms to boys, pastors wives and working mothers!

To check out more Thursday 13, click here.

Time wasting fun!

Here is something neat I found on Jenny's blog. It is called a Wordle and you can make your own here. Here is a few I made today:

This one I made just by using a bunch of words to describe me and my family


This is one I made for my friend Peanut, using her blog

This one I made using my husband's blog


This one I used words that spiritually speak to me


Same thing again but with colour


Pretty fun to do if you have some time to kill, or if you have a lot of time to waste try this!
Oh, and while you are busy wasting time, have a listen to this, really funny!

P.S. I noticed that if you click on the pictures, they will take you to the full size ones, I didn't know how to make them bigger!

A Taste of Summer

Say What???

84 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Superior Take the test!

Okay, I noticed that a few bloggers had taken this test and I thought I'd give it a whirl. I really thought I'd score very low! Some of the questions are... well ... different! I guess that's the 1930's for you! I definitely wouldn't call myself superior! I aint no 1930's wife, I can tell you that! If you decided to take the test, did you score higher or lower than you thought you would? (eek, can you tell I couldn't think of anything to post today?)

My Growing Boys!

Two of my boys have finished another year of school. Andrew finished kindergarten (or primary as it is called here) and Nathanael has finished grade 4. Grade 4! I can't believe it. In their honour I have created these acronyms to give you a snapshot of what they are like:

N - Nice and always friendly

A - Already too big!

T - Truthful

H - Helpful

A - Awesome

N - Never lacking good friends

A - Always reading

E - Eats a lot!!

L - Loves his family

A - Always makes me (and others) laugh

N - Never short on hugs and kisses

D - Drummer boy

R - Really the life of the party

E - English and french speaking

W - Will be caring to anyone and everyone!

Congratulations boys! It is amazing for me to see you growing up and maturing (and a little sad!). Nathanael, I love you! Andrew, Je t'aime!

Happy Birthday Canada!

 

 

Well, Canada day turned out to be absolutely beautiful!  It was very warm as you can see but I'm sure it must have been at least 10 degrees warmer when you take into account the humidity!  The air was so moist and sticky!  I'm sure it was a lot hotter in most other places but for us, this was hot.  It has been so cool and rainy lately!

 

 

 

We  ate a lot of watermelon!

 

 

 

We had fun playing with the camera (I have tons of pictures now with funny faces!)

 

 

                                       And watched some amazing fireworks!  We had to drive about 40mins to get to them so we had some pretty sleepy boys when we got home!

 

All in all, it was a wonderful day!  I really enjoyed it!  I hope all you Canadians out there had a great time too (paid holiday, yah !).