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happy!

What have I been up to in the past few days!? Well... Carl had a few days off! :-D

Sunday, he went to Ottawa with the moving truck and he accumulated so many hours that he got the next 2 days off! Monday, we went out for lunch with the kids and bought many veggies and fruits at a great cheap produce store. It's an hour by walk away so we don't go there too often! We should 'cause the prices are always way cheap and the produce are at there freshest there. Tuesday, the kids went to daycare for the afternoon so dh and I went shopping for ME!!!!! :-D

I haven't bought clothes for myself in the longest time ever! OH! Saturday as we went grocery shopping, dh made me go to the hairdresser, I've been wanting to cut my hair! So it was a total surprise when instead of leaving the supermarket he steared me to the hairsalon (it's in the supermarket). Connie, Zoe's old hairdresser, had her twins 2,5 months ago. I was shocked since I never knew if she had given birth or not. Anyway this super nice lady cut my hair wayyy short but still feminine. Back to tuesday, went to Village Value, a 2nd hand store (I can't believe prices for new clothes and always shop at thrift stores instead, I LOVE finding great clothes at unbeatable prices!) ;-) As usual I follow Carl into the mens section, I always start by trying to find him some clothes, then he's more willing to wait as I look for myself! LOL! I found him 2 Tommy Hilfiger sweaters at great loooowww prices! He was on cloud nine! :-) Then he went right to the womens jeans section and started looking for me. He even knows my size! LOL! I tried and tried jeans and lil'tops and came back home with at least 5 pairs of jeans and 3 tops. I was beaming with happiness!!! :-) We usually don't find much for myself! AND I look like a girl in my new clothes for once! LOL!!!! Guess Tori has influenced me in getting a new look for myself too! ;)

Then we ran to catch the bus, left the clothes at home and went to get the kids at 4pm. Get back home, my mom had a friend (Loulou) come over for the day. 06:30pm Both kids were napping, Carl was making supper, Loulou, my mom and I were in the basement. WAAAAAAAAH!!!!! Something is leaking!!!!!!!!! The plumbing under the kitchen sink broke! :-( Quick, riding our bicycles dh and I go to the renovation store that is still open at this hour. We get home, supper will wait, Carl starts "building" the new plumbing and Sophie-Anne calls. he awaiting her 1st baby in January, we chat for way too long as we do each time she calls from Quebec City! ;-)

9:15pm, plumbing is done! Hooray Carl!!! Let's all go eat at Harvey's! LOL! Come back home, then I go with my mom and Loulou to the subway station. Come back home and settle down for the evening, woh! the day is over already. it's 11pm! Kids quickly fall asleep.

Today is a new day, Carl has helped me ALOT while he was home! He knows I need a break from the kids. He tries to do his best but in two months he barely slept more than 5 hours a night! I just ask too much from an exhausted father! Anyway he slept 3 nights in a row 10 hours and so did Zoe, so I guess both really needed the rest!

I'm still looking into going back to school or taking a correspondance course in the fall. We'll see! I feel the need of doing something, not just being a mom anymore! I need to get out, see people maybe as a bonus, make new friends! Jo just needs to be Jo again! (that would be me aka Jo!) LOL! It's fun being a mom, some days more than others! But I need to feel like I can be more than just a mom right now! I need a purpose to get up in the morning, more than just Lucas banging on my head! LOL!

hugs,

Jo :o)