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Dad is home from the hospital. He came home yesterday afternoon. Dan and I went there with Anthony for our daily visit, and he had his belongings with him already and was getting dressed. Talk about timing!

Things around home are starting to get back to normal... or at least as normal as they've ever been. The kids are here till Sunday, but Dan and I are taking off to Falcon Lake on Saturday, first thing in the morning. Dan's mom is going to be coming to get us around 10ish... She's driving us since Dan's dad, sister and brother are all going together in Dan's sister's car... soooo dan's mom is taking us so she'll have company for the ride, and this way we don't have to take three vehicles.

I'm really looking forward to going. I need to go upstairs and make sure I've plugged in my camera batteries to charge. Last thing I need is to get there and realize I have no battery juice in my camera... but as long as I charge my main one and bring my spare battery and the charger along with, I'll be fine.

It's going to be interesting this year, that's for sure. Anthony is so much more active and curious than ever before, and he's only growing moreso by the day. We're bringing along a lifejacket and swim diapers for him so we can put him in the lake for a swim. He took to my parent's pool OK, so we'll see how he reacts to a lake.

There's nothing really new going on around here. I'm still stressed out and getting more grey hairs as every day passes, but that's normal for me. I'm a basket case, always have been. Just with my Dad back at home, it's at least a little less stress for me to deal with right now.

I've put Anthony to bed, Dan and Kyle are finishing up the dishes, then Daniel and I are going to head out on our evening walk. Believe it or not, it's actually starting to make a bit of a difference. My butt is most definitely tighter, and my shorts and jeans are starting to feel a little looser. Walking is amazing exercise... when done properly and long enough, it provides ideal activity and doesn't cause too much strain and stress on the body.

I'm thinking of taking up Yoga. There's a studio just next door and they have Yoga classes there. They also have something called 'Laughter Yoga', but I have no idea what that is. But before I can even think of joining any classes or workshops, I need to either get to work or get into school... but before I can even think of that, I have to wait until Daniel has all his loose ends taken care of.

Life is one big waiting game lately. Hm.


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I'm soon going to be commencing a series of photomanips with a "7 Heavenly Virtues" theme in the same style as the "All Angels Have Wings" deviation I posted recently.
I need hi-resolution photos of people from a back or side angle, preferrably women.
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Prudence -
Temperance - available


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Kezzi-Rose

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Just when things start to look up for you, something comes along and bites you in the ass.

Aside from collectors calling and threatening to sue me every other day, aside from an illness I once had (and was subsequently supposed to be cured of) making what appears to be a repeat performance, aside from Dan fighting with unemployment to go back to school for retraining since he lost the work he was supposed to go back to, aside from me being stuck in between a rock and a hard place as far as work/school is concerned... now my Dad's in the hospital. Again.

He had an angioscope this morning, then I find out he had to have two more springs surgically inserted into his heart. Now, not only so I have to deal with everything else, plus my dad being ill and bedfallen in a hospital... I get to look after my kid, and my brother and sister who are also worried/upset about Dad, AND are having to deal with the divorce between said father and his bitch of an ex-wife.

Dan's birthday is today. He's 24. We had a little get together at his parent's last night... I couldn't even speak to or look at anyone. I sat alone in the porch all night. I completely fell apart, and after all the tears had dried up, I couldn't feel anything about anything. I was just... blah. I didn't want anything to do with anyone, I didn't want to talk, I didn't want to socialize, I didn't want to do anything. It was by far one of the worst days I've had in a long time.

I'm beyond stressed... but if I hadn't had that meltdown yesterday, it would have been much worse when it eventually did happen. At least now I'm a bit more at ease having taken the pressure off, so to speak.

Anyway, Dad's gonna be fine. They're keeping him in for another 24 hours, maybe more. So I'm just playing happy housemaker until everything is back to normal.


..| P r o j e c t s |..

I'm soon going to be commencing a series of photomanips with a "7 Heavenly Virtues" theme in the same style as the "All Angels Have Wings" deviation I posted recently.
I need hi-resolution photos of people from a back or side angle, preferrably women.
If you're interested in participating, please comment here or send me a note so we can exchange ideas!
Faith - available
Hope - available
Charity -
Fortitude -
Justice - available
Prudence -
Temperance - available


I've made a bunch of new stamps on my stamp account if anyone wants to go take a look.


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Kezzi-Rose

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Dan's sick... again. Whoopee. Now not only do I get to look after Anthony by myself all day, I gotta look after Dan, too. Know who made me soup and got me some ginger ale last time I was sick? Me.
It's not that I really mind taking care of people, it's just that it would be nice for the action to be reciprocated when I'm in need. There's nothing worse than being underappreciated.

Aaaannnnyway, I bought new colored pencils the other day. Made from old recycled chinese newspapers. Tres eco-friendly, yes? Also picked up a book.
OMG... know what I just love right now? Secondhand/consignment/vintage stores. Hello, Versace jeans for six bucks? I mean, they weren't my size, and i don't wear white pants...but still. As soon as I get paid and I've got Daniel a birthday present (he turns 24 on the 22nd... wow!) I'm gonna swing back down there, donate a bunch of things that I never wear anymore and pick up some new stuff. I bought a blue tank top to replace my other one that's falling apart, and a t-shirt that says "Nerds Me" on it. All for %7.33. Yay!

Oh, get this. I found out from my father that I might be able to go back to school right away. He told me what he and Kim (his now ex wife) did when they needed to go back to school... It requires a bit of effort, and lots of telephone tag with the government, and lots of paperwork... and a teensy but of underhandedness, but I think it's worth it.
Dan's looking at talking with unemployment about going back to school, since he was just cleared to go back to work and his workplace burned down... he's going to be needing retraining, and there are ways to get it through them... ah, loopholes.

So, the annual trip to Falcon Lake is coming up soon... the 26th and 27th. Yay! It's such a gorgeous area... really trendy and expensive, though. A tiny plot of land, not waterfront, with no cottage or anything on it can run you around $450,000 to start. Last year, we went with Dan's uncle on a long boat ride to see the area, and he was pointing out cottages on the water that cost about 2 million dollars.... wow.
I love going out there. Dan's family is amazing, they really are. They've liked me right from the beginning, too... Dan and I have been together for 4 years (in October) and his family feels as close to me now as my own does. It's awesome! My family adores Dan, too. Couldn't ask for a better scenario!

Anyhoo, judging by the coos and thumps from upstairs, I would be led to believe that Anthony is awake from his nap. So on that note, I will take my leave of you all and gather my son and make his lunch.



..| P r o j e c t s |..

I'm soon going to be commencing a series of photomanips with a "7 Heavenly Virtues" theme in the same style as the "All Angels Have Wings" deviation I posted recently.
I need hi-resolution photos of people from a back or side angle, preferrably women.
If you're interested in participating, please comment here or send me a note so we can exchange ideas!
Faith - available
Hope - available
Charity -
Fortitude -
Justice - available
Prudence - available
Temperance - available


I've made a bunch of new stamps on my stamp account if anyone wants to go take a look.


Currently working on:

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Kezzi-Rose

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Just a'chillin out at home... waiting for the wee one to drift off to sleepyland so Dan and I can head out for our nightly strut. My dad gave us 10 bucks to stop and pick up a little munch for everyone on our way back, so that's kinda nice. Might use some of the money to pick up a drink for the walk. Some protein water sounds nice.

Had a really fun time in LdB over the weekend. My parents are going to be heading off to BC right away to Jamie's wedding... I still can't believe he's getting hitched. He beat me to getting married, but I beat him to procreating! LOL
My mom said she would take fucktons of pictures for me, and my little sister Chantal has her own camera, too, and she's almost more of a shutterbug than I am... so there will be plenty of pictures from her as well for me to look at.
Speaking of family and photos and whatnot, I got some nice shots of Anthony in the pool at my parent's place. I need to retouch and edit a few of them, but once I'm finished, I'll post them for everyone to see!
He was pretty aprehensive at first, but once he got used to the water he really enjoyed being in the pool. We'll see how he does in the lake when we head up to Falcon Lake on the 26th. Apparently Dan's sister is taking her own vehicle and Dan's brother and father are going with her, so Dan's mom asked if we wouldn't mind going with her. We said sure! Saves us the travel, she'll have company on the road, and she's got her own carseat for Anthony already there, so why not?
I'm still gonna bring my iPod. Maybe a gameboy... if Kendra lets me borrow her DS, that'll be wicked.

Life has been pretty decent over here. Been making lots of stamps for my other account (I featured a few below), getting plenty of comments, faves and pageviews on this one, too. I know pageviews/faves aren't terribly important, but it's nice to know you're appreciated... and the more that number climbs, the more I know people like the work that I do. Validation... gotta love it LOL!
I did end up dying my hair, by the way. Red, again... and since bought 2 bottles, we had leftovers and I dyed Kendra's hair, too! It actually looks really nice.

I haven't got a whole lot else to say other than that. I'm still working on a few photomanips for a few friends, I'll have those done as soon as I can. I haven't worked on them a lot lately, my inspiration and creativity have been aimed elsewhere... my creativity comes in bursts, and it's quite random.
Right now, I'm really into stamps.



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Kezzi-Rose

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The boys have gone out to LdB to go fishing today, leaving just me and kendra at home... well, Anthony too, of course It's nice to just be left alone from time to time.

I had to take Anthony to the hospital the other night. He was running a really high fever, and then his lips turned blue and he started shaking... the doctor said (after waiting 6 hours in the waiting room with a sick, fevered, very tired little boy) that he had a viral infection, and what looked like the beginning of a minor ear infection. The shaking was because his temperature spiked too suddenly... basically the same kind of thing as a fever hallucination.
Anyway, he's fine, so you can all relax ^_^ the doctor gave us a prescription but advised us not to get it filled unless he gets worse. Pumping antibiotics into kids isn't the best thing to do. Nothing like teaching an immune system to rely on drugs right from the get-go. I try to avoid meds anyways, if at all possible.
Also on the subject of Anthony, he's cut all 4 bicuspids, bringing his toothy total up to 12. Holy wow. Next will probably be his molars. Eek.

So... the barn Dan used to work at is now a pile of ash on the ground. They called here the other day to tell him that there would be no job waiting for him when his disability leave was done (not like he was going back anyway), because sooooooomehow it burned down.
Like I believe that. The border closes and the pork market crashes and suddenly barns are burning down? I think not. In the 3 years I lived in Steinbach, I never heard of a single o