Happy as can be

Things have been going very well lately =)

Mike has been a lot of help too!Ive been cooking great meals,and we both do our part on chores and caring for Layla!

Today me,Layla, and my sister went to our grandparents for lunch. Always love my grandma's cooking! It was so nice to see them! My grandpa goes for surgery this friday, I hope it goes smoothly and he recovers well. They may be staying in Canada this winter, which the family is all quite excited about, as they go to Florida like every winter! So it'd be nice to have them here over christmas time too! But I know my grandparents enjoy going travelling together, enjoying their lives to the fullest. I would do the same!We also got a few pictures taken,with them and Layla.That too made me very happy!As I would like Layla to have pictures to look back on,of family and when she was little!

I have been so busy recently, just having a social life I guess, meaning less time put in on house chores and school... ah well, so what, I let go a little bit, having some fun!But I needed to just relax and not worry about things all the time.

This weekend is thanksgiving!It should be fun! =)

I like how Mike has found a hobby or activity of his own. He plays hockey once a week,Sunday afternoons, and I go riding on Sunday mornings, and sometimes on Saturdays too.. But we try and have Saturdays to spend together mostly. And Sundays do our own thing.

Well,I really must get to chores now.. I have to prepare dinner,vaccum,do laundry,and take the dogs out..

Apartment Life!!

There is quite the drama on our floor in our apartment!At times it can be very irritating,if it's late at night,or too early in the morning!

There are 3 seperate couples who are having some serious relationship issues!They all so happen to be surrounding our unit...

They all tend to have arguments in the hallway, and a lot of times, they are right near our door, since we are closest to the elevators.

The people who are closest to us, are so weird!They roam the hall a lot, and yell at eachother. This morning, we heard them in the hall, and the guy said ''EXCUSE ME!!!YOU THINK YOU"RE LEAVING ME,WITHOUT A KISS GOODBYE!!?'' ... and then there was arguing, and then he said he hates her and she said she hates him more. After that, he said he is going to jerk off tonight! Like, what the hell!? Don't they realize, we can hear them!?haha!

Then, Friday night, another couple down the hall from us, had a huge lash out, loud fight! The girl was telling the guy to leave, and that she's done. And then he yelled fine,that he will leave then.. and she said shes sick of his insecurity, and he's not her fucking choice!.. then,he went to leave,and she then says... wait,don't go!i dont want you to go!!... Like,WOW!DRAMA!haha!

Then earlier in the week,late at night,another neighbour beside us, is on his balcony.. he was yelling,swearing over the phone!He was so loud, that I could hear what he was saying perfectly clear. Was saying things like ''that's my son too!You cant fucking take him!He's old enough to decide!...Vanessa, you're my wife!.. Would you let me fucking say something.. I don't have $2,000.. '' All this was just being repeated and ongoing for at least 3 hours.. I heard other people yelling out of their windows for him to shut up.. So I did the same. Then I had enough, I went to his door.. But he didnt answer.. So I just had to fall asleep to it. Was like 2am!

Another thing that is driving me crazy,is how most of the people on this floor are smokers!They even smoke in the hallway and leave butts on the floor!Like, how rude! And some are too lazy to put their garbage down the garbage shoot..and they bring grocery carts up, where there is carts filling the hallway.

One day I noticed someone had put up a sign on the garbage room door, saying to toss your garbage down the shoot, because the hall is smelling bad. I made a new post, but not hand written one, a typed out one. I do from time to time have the awful cigarette smoke seeping into our unit. It gives me such a headache! I am thinking I will take it to the supervisor here... as legally, they have to do something about it, as every tenant has the right to ''reasonable enjoyment''.

There is more funny stories of things that has happened here, and I am sure there will be more, as we have been here for only 3 weeks!

Well, I have a lot to get done today!

Because I like to Prank Others!

OKAY, I COULDN'T RESIST!

Anyone who knows me well, they know I enjoy to cause some mischief here and there! Sometimes regardless of the consequences!

The other night, I had decided to play a prank on Mike!.. C'mon, it was a Friday night, and I hadn't got out of my apartment for a week!A little stiry crazy!So I decided to entertain myself!

... Mike had fallen asleep to the TV... AGAIN!!!... I was on the phone with a good friend of mine, and then the topic had come up about pranks. Then we joked on pranks to do on Mike. I decided I wanted to do one! So we came up with drawing something on his face... I had no suitable marker... Then we decided I should use paint! So, I had grabbed some black paint, and painted a dick on his forehead!!... When he woke up bit later, he had no idea. Then, I thought it would be more entertaining if I sent him out in public. I asked him to go grab some timmies. So he did... and was none the wiser ;) I waited at home.. and I heard someone in our hallway,laughing hard saying someone drew a dick on a guys face!HAHAHA! ... I totally thought Mike would have noticed by the time he got into his car! Then, I get a phone call from Mike.. he was very mad!! He was humiliated in front of a lot of people he said, as he was even talking to people normally. HAHA. Yeah, I still think it's funny!!! He is over it now, and I know in time he will laugh at it too.

The paint wasn't perminant either, so it wipped off no problem!! It was a harmless joke!!

I may do some more pranks in time!!! ;) Stay tuned!! haha!

PS. If he tries to get me back, I will just get him back worse! I always get the last laugh!ALWAYS!haha! ;)

How Things are With Me Right Now

My life has become more busy recently, since I have begun school... I am doing online courses, as this is much more convenient for me, but doesn't mean it is an easier route! I am currently taking 'Health for Life',and so far it is going well. It is for one semester only. Then I am taking two courses next semester. They are Business Management Fundementals and Enviornmental Geography. I am trying my best, and have found I have always got better grades in an online course rather than the traditional way, in class..

Balancing all my responsibilities and priorities can become a tad overwhelming some days.With Layla,chores,pets,school,and social life.So far I am handling it quite well.Layla makes things 'easy' going most of the time.Although, the past week, I had an awful cold, so it was quite stressful... Luckily, Layla is still perfectly healthy, and didnt catch my cold!I tried my best to prevent her getting sick.

This evening,as I folded and organized Layla's laundry, I had to put all of her newborn clothes into a seperate drawer. As she no longer fits them! It just made me sad in a way, looking at how tiny she was, and just how fast she is growing and changing. When people ask me how old she is, I say 3 months!But next week she will be 4 months!At the same time, it is amazing seeing her grow and the new abilities and skills she gains each week. One of my favourite things to do with Layla is giving her a bath!I also love to sing to her, read her stories and take her out and about!

Today, Mike and I just had a very laid back day. Stayed in our PJ's all day!We just watched TV,played video games,and I started a wrestling,play fight match with him!I dont remember the last time we had done that.For some reason, I felt young again.. HA,yeah,I know,I am only 20 years old,and here I am saying stuff like that.. Well, with the way my life has been, I had to grow up fast, and have felt like an adult for quite a few years. Responsibilities do that to you I guess.

I hope tomorrow I will finally see Cinnamon and Laudie.It has been quite a while the last I had seen them, since I was too sick. .. :(

There is quite the drama on our floor in the apartment!But I will leave details of that for next blog post for later! ;)

Another update on whats up with me!

our little family!

Things are going really well at our new place!We really like it!

Mike has been playing the guitar more too.I set out his guitars as display,and he now plays finally!Been a long while since he had,and enjoyed doing so.

Layla is growing ever so fast.She is really enjoying me reading books to her, and she's starting to learn how to hold onto her toys and almost play with them.She can roll on her side and back again.She prefers sleeping on her side too.It is just the cutest thing seeing her sleep so peacefully in her crib.She now sleeps in her own room,and sleeps a full night!We almost miss how she would sleep beside us the occasional night, but we have to get her used to sleeping on her own,and she is already doing well on it.Dont seem to phase her actually!

Barley and Nikki and Kittie all seem to be fitting in right at home here too.They are all very content.At first had some issues with Barley wanting to mark his territory!But seems to be fine now!Was very gross,and I had to clean the carpet many times with variety of cleaners!The smell is out now finally!

I am now close enough to get groceries on my own time, while Mike is at work. So that is a plus.

Been feeling really good with life in general. I see my horses more often now, and they are doing much better. I love going out to see them, spend time grooming and chatting with friends there!

Riding just takes all stress out of me. Always puts me in a good mood, and makes my day.

Hopefully I will see the horses again tomorrow :)

Just a little note on what's up!

Yesterday was so hot outside!So me and my sisters went swimming!Sure was refreshing!The pool was warm too.I decided to let Layla try going in the pool!!It was so exciting having her do something for the very first time :) She did great.I didnt dunk her head under the water,as shes still a bit young for that.

Mikes been working hard at work lately, laying bricks and whatnot.Which sucks a lot,as it's one of the hottest weeks of the summer!And we have a busy night to pack the rest of our things,as we are moving tomorrow!!AHH!!..

Im very excited to move!Although,we will partially miss this house... lots of memories. And Mike grew up here!! But it's nice to start out fresh, have our very own place. Decorate it the way we'd like,paint the walls colours we like.Make it OUR home. :) I actually will enjoy not having stairs!Everything on the same floor!Yup,I am lazy,mostly in the summer time,as I cant handle hot weather very well!

I should probably get back to packing now... have to try and get as much as I can done during the day.

Just a day out and about...

I took the bus to the mall today,and printed out some pictures, as I was going to do some scrapbooking.Something I had never done before! As I was at the check out,I seen my mom walk by,really fast,and down an aisle,and then my sister said hi to me quickly and said that my mom dont want to keep stuff from dad,so shes not talking to me at all.Well,that hurt and I found to be quite rediculous!The least she could do is wave at her daughter... Never thought my own mother could just turn her back on me,and not even care she has a grand daughter.But whatever, that's her choice, I just won't be going up to say hello to her anymore if I ever see her out in public. A good mother,always loves and cares for her children,regardless of a minor mistake they've made!!I think it just bothers me more,because I had a good relationship with my mom... my sisters never had too strong of one with her,so it don't upset them as much as it does to me. So,after I left the mall,I cried a bit on my walk to my friend's house... she comforted me..and then,I looked at Layla,and she was smiling a lot,so that just cheered me up instantly.
Then we started to scrapbook!So I have just become a fan of scrapbooking!It's fun!So far I'm making one of Layla,and then of our wedding. I also put some pictures into frames!FINALLY!I had been wanting to do that for so long already.haha.
Not much else happened today other than that...