Interesting

As you get older in life you realize life has taught me lessons along the way.  Some you learn from, some you don't, some apparently life feels you didn't really learn the lesson and need to learn it again.

There is a reason I am the way I am.  Years of being laughed at and made fun of.  Years of putting my neck out there, turn the other cheek kinda thing. My boss said to me "Oh Tenille you are such a private person, I hardly know anything about you."


I've learned over the years the only person you can count on is yourself and more times then not your husband.  My husband and I are helpful people, someone asks us for help or invites us places; if we can help or go we go.  If we can't we let the people know.
There has been times when we've asked for help, and get nothing, or they say yes and then don't show up at all; or don't respond.  There has been times where I've planned parties and everyone says oh yes I'll be there and nothing. When I'm invited somewheres, more often then not I go whether I want to or not.  I was invited, I want to go to spend time with the person who invited me.


Now I know you're thinking awe poor Tenille, she's feeling sorry for herself.  Well you're damn right I am.  Maybe my expectations are too high??  Maybe I should change my helpfulness??  I don't know? 
Apparently I haven't learned this lesson, or maybe life is trying to push me??  Cause I keep doing it expecting different results.  What is the definition of insanity?  Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.  Yeah that's me in a nut shell.

I Love Pinterest

 So I'm always trying to come up with crafts for the kids to do.  Payton LOVES crafts.  She's *bored* if she doesn't have a craft to do.  So  of course I went to pinterest to see what's there.  We made the water balloons with food coloring.  All the kids loved it and were so excited to take the balloons off and see what they looked like.  Our first attempt was with regular balloons.  Then a couple of days later I bought the funny balloons the ones with all different shapes and sizes.  We ended up with some that had ears.  Here is the link from Pinterest.
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This one is too funny

 These next two are of the first ones we did.  We basically didn't add enough food coloring and we didn't shake the balloons so it mixed with the water.  But still a neat effect.

It all depends on how much you want them to be colored and mixed.  But it was so much fun.  More Pinterest creations to come, later.

New Years Resolutions

Every year I say this is the year, I'm going to loose weight.  Every year I'm disappointed.  I think back 2 years ago if I had stuck to it I would look the way I do in my head.  Last September after my mom died, I got on the fitness bandwagon and was starting on my way.  I had actually lost quite a bit of weight.  Then I fell off.  Now I'm slowly getting my ass in gear.  Hopefully this time it will stick.  Once I start seeing results it should help to motivate me.

Getting to know you- Christmas Edition.

Saw this on Pam's blog and thought I would play along.

 

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper. But I hate all the mess with the wrapping paper afterwards/
 
2. Real tree or artificial?   I would prefer a real tree. But they are super messy.  We have an artificial tree, that gets decorated with tons of stuff the kids make.
 
3. When do you put up the tree? Anytime after Dec 1st.

 
4. When do you take the tree down?  Usually boxing day or sometime that week.
 

5. Do you like eggnog?  NO!!  hate it, don't like milk mixed in drinks... Just plain milk
 
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I can remember barbies, the barbie van and a gameboy
 

7. Do you have a nativity scene?  No.

 

8. Hardest person to buy for?  Nathan my son he only like computer games.  He's 6.
 
9. Easiest person to buy for?   Faith, she's getting into all the girly stuff 
 
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?  dollar store stuff, it was before there really was a "dollar store"
 
11. Mail or email Christmas cards?   Mail cards, I like to put them around the house.  Can't really hang up an e-mail
 

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?  How the Grinch stole Christmas.
 
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?   Early December although we started end of November this year.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?   Yes, I believe in re gifting.  Just make sure you remove any gift tags

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?  Anything chocolate

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree?  Colored!!!   it's not christmas without colored lights..
 

17. Favorite Christmas song? not sure?  we wish you a merry christmas, jingle bells
 

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?  Not really, we visit Dustin's family in Brandon, but that's not really on Christmas.
 

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?  Yes!  I just have to sing the song lol
 

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel.
 

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?  Kids get to open one present christmas eve
 

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year?  That everything is thrown in your face.  If you don't get the "right" gift then christmas is ruined.
 

23. What I love most about Christmas?  All the colors and being with the family.  It's a great time to remember why you love them.

December 12-12-12

 Nathan turned 6 in November.  He didn't want a kids party, he wanted to go too the movies.  We saw wreck-it Ralph.  Good movie by the way!  He loves skylanders.  So I made him skylanders cupcakes for school and a portal of power.  He loved it and was so excited to eat it.

 I've been obsessed with pinterest for a while now.  I found something similar on there and thought I could make one for my family.  So I painted the wood white.  Then let the kids paint their own snowmen.  I gave them some direct as I didn't want the whole thing covered in paint.  It still "had" to look like a snowman.  This is what we came up with.

Lego is always a big thing in our house.  Faith made this, the lego people are sitting in their living room around their christmas tree.  Super cute!

Wordless Wednesday

Fun Weekend

So we went to the Penner Scarecrow Forest on Saturday.  It's near Steinbach.  I thought it was fun.  I had some doubts that my kids would enjoy it.  But really there are few things my kids don't enjoy.  My camera battery didn't charge properly, so I barely got any pictures.  They have a pumpkin farm there and ziplines.  I think the zipline was the BIGGEST hit.  Payton LOVED it.  She kept wanting to go again and again.  Nathan doesn't like heights, but he went up as well.  The look on his face was priceless.  I wish I had gotten a picture of it.

I would recommend taking your children.  http://www.pennerpumpkins.com/

Check out their link.  There is alittle bit of everything for everyone.