Here’s to everyone that had a good May-long weekend…

Of course everyone’s weekend started with the royal wedding, and I was kicked up out of bed to make tea, and get scones… all the kids piled in to watch the ceremony. Alex was only able to watch for about 15 mins until he was unable to sit still, and turned into a walking tornado of destruction. Sophie was almost able to make to to the end, but then she starts to fiddle with things… noisy things, and not listening to the word stop… good times.

After all of the wedding stuff was out of the way, we all piled into the car to head to Burlington, because Jen had an appointment to take her iPhone back to the MAC store to have a problem looked at… lucky they have iPads for the kids to play with. Most amusing thing about it was Alex trying to figure out how to sit on the ball chairs, it was awesome to watch… and I mean AWESOME… I’m a bad person… 🙁 😉
Jen also had her phone replaced… good stuff. 😀

To kill time, we stopped at the RGB (we have season passes), to have a walk around and see the wonders of life in the world of plants.

Kids like it, and made a new friend too.

Love my family.

Rest of the weekend was relaxing.
I was able to get the oil changed on bike, along with cleaning the chain, two things I put off for too long. Sophie helped in between running talking to neighbors and friends, but everything went smoothly, and I enjoy that sort of thing. Plus, Jen had a good friend over, and gave them some time to talk.

-Ian out-

And that wagon has left the coral…
Slacker, that’s me in a nutshell, and it probably will never improve. That being said I’m trying, and this post has been days in the making. As stated in the last post that had any value, we have been super busy all over. Personal and work, so down time I have is vegging out in front of the idiot box.

So what’s happening… mothers day, and found a big cock that screams Jen… she likes chickens… get you head out of the gutter, only room for one down there. 😉

We had the Charnish clan come over for a BBQ, to celebrate the day, and the upcoming birthday of my beloved wife.
Which is TODAY!!! 😀
Happy Birthday love, sorry that your day isn’t going to well, hopefully we can turn that around tonight with the concert.

My bike was down for some maintenance for the last few weeks. I manage to get my bike ripped apart, and drop the forks off to be rebuilt, and got them back last Wednesday-Thursday?! Finished putting them on Saturday, and popped out for a ride. Good to be on the bike again, can collect my thoughts… so ya, blank. 😉

Jen also brought something home for me to build, I had fun… I named it “Pinchy”.

-Ian out-

Sometimes you just need to start the GoPro…

I’m not going to lie to you…
I had things I was going to talk about, there was an ice storm, I worked from home, Alex’s birthday (4), Sophie was sick 🤮 when Alex was opening presents on his birthday… and then Alex was sick again, this time tonsillitis… I got tonsillitis, and put on meds that made the tonsillitis feel like the better choice. 🤪

This picture explains the last five weeks in a nutshell.

Fuck the world, curled up on a mat sound asleep…
(I did not leave him there, and not sure why he does this in random areas?!? )

We have had something going on at our house 5 weeks in a row, and really need a break from the weekends. Speaking of work, there have been some projects that are keeping me on my toes.

This week is also messed up, so the kids will never be on schedule for the rest of the school year, Sophie is a bear to get up in the mornings.  🙁

-Ian out-

Not going to lie… I have watched this a few times…

Yes working on an update… short weeks, and few other excuses.
Sue me.

-Ian out-

Hmmm…last week was short, and busy.. will be getting back to the regular schedule soon, but I did start… So I will go from that. 😉

Happy Anniversary today to the best wife ever!!!

Good Day to all, an hope everyone had a great Easter weekend, and the bunny was generous dispensing the orbs of tooth decay… 😀

Our monsters got there fair share of loot… Alex was up first, I think… because Sophie was fully dressed in her Easter dress when she came in our room, asking to be buttoned up… very fancy. This was all before the egg hunt. 😶
All things went smoothly, good company, and way there was way to much ham… no, wait… the right amount of ham, and it was delicious. Hacked off about a cinder block size to share with everyone.

This weekend, we had Ted’s birthday, he turned 70 years young… and looking back through the pictures he has had a few operations… he has been on crutches a lot, even with all that, he probably moves around more than I do.
Best wishes, and hope there are many more.

Oh… guess who got on mom’s phone.

-Ian out-

It’s starts simply, but can escalate quickly, but it was still worth it, and looks great.

We bought a hutch this weekend… and the fact we don’t have any big vehicles in the family anymore, which means we needed to rent something to carry the load. All things considered it wasn’t too bad, just another expense to and already expensive month (rant is going to start). For some reason all the kids activities were due this month, that really hurt the bank, and it was a Costco month, along with the cat food, and a few other things… regardless, it was a heavy month, and we need to tighten the belts a bit. We are planning the deck this summer, and Jen wants to paint the interior of the house, and put posts in for a fence… just posts, wait on the fence, we like our neighbors. Hope I don’t need anything for the bike this summer, or I may need to shelf it this summer.
DONE. Sorry…

NEXT!

So Alex ran into our room on Thursday like nothing was wrong… and it’s been awhile since he was that happy in the morning, had some snuggles, I got up to get ready, and when I walked out of the bathroom I saw the rash… then Jen saw it and, I quote… “Holy Shit Balls!!!” right in his face.
Off to ER again…. all is good, either a issue with the penicillin, or 5th disease (fun fact: it has that name because it is the 5th most common in the world)

Uncle Martin stopped by with some friends.

-Ian out-

🤤

The break is done, let get back to a routine again…

Lets go over the break first. Things started with Sophie getting sick on the first weekend, and then loosing a tooth on Tuesday… Jen didn’t take that to well, especially after writing the last cheques for Alex’s daycare. Babies are growing up!!!
Jen was also taken off guard with tooth, she thought there was still time to prepare for the Tooth Fairy to make a grand entrance… there were certificates, receipts, and payment. Sophie was excited, so that made things fun to see, and the aftermath of her bedroom looking for the money… pillows were everywhere.

And my birthday happened too… I am on my way tumbling down that hill of life, about to pick up speed to the end. Just hope its a gentle slope, with wide sweeping turns, and some quick back and forth twists, so I can enjoy the ride. 😀 So far it has been pretty good, and I know it will get better with the people I have around me.

Now let’s talk about this last weekend. The boy appeared to get the same bug as Sophie, notsomuch, or it hitting him way different… had a very low grade fever since Friday, and we have never seen this boy sleep so much. Over the last 2-3 days there have been multiple naps, and been going to bed at 5, and out sleeping his mom in the the mornings. Jen is a bit jealous about the sleep he’s getting, and to be honest, I am too. It is heartbreaking to hear the breathing at night. Oh, I didn’t mention he’s been our room for the last few nights, making it sound like Vader is stalking me in my sleep. To say it hasn’t affected my sleep would be a lie.
Been to the walk-in so a doctor would check him out, and came back as viral, so we need to let his body work it out, just hope he starts perking up soon, I’m sleepy.

-Ian out-

Update: 7pm
Mommy radar kicked it, Alex gone to Mac pediatric, and within minutes of seeing the doctor, strep was declared… 😞

Another year has gone by, with lots of memories to hold on too…
I love these three with all my heart 💓.
I missed the day at the trampoline park today, and I believe fun was had by all… but me, well I can’t really say that, I did figure out the issue with the OS X server… will write something up about that, since Google was no help… 🤨

Had a great time out with the wife last night, for the “romantic” dinner. We went to Juniper in Paris, which had a “two can dine” for a set price, amazing food, and good atmosphere. Love you Jennifer Charnish-Currie.

Very odd thing, was the parking…
Not sure if I was allowed to park there?!! Oh, there was an other white SUV on the other side, that is not in the picture. 🤔

Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone, hope to be around for many many more.
-Ian out-