Domesticating Ari

I'm a working girl..

And let me be the first to say "WHEW". So much to learn, so much to get used to and so many different things that have to be done. As most of you know, my aunt was to provide daycare for me and at the last minute she pulled out. Unless your poor enough to go on Subsidy for daycare, it's IMPOSSIBLE to find and afford daycare out there. Day care for 2 children is about $1200 per month. And even if you can afford that, you still have to make sure they can take your child to and from school. Let me tell you finding the daycare I got, was purely a miracle. It's such a long story and I find that there are many things that are going on, or have gone on that are just better left unsaid. Sometimes typing it out makes me relive it and either I want to keep it close to me, or I just don't wish to re-visit it.

So my days used to be quite boring and now that's the last thing on my mind. The kids and I are off at 7am and I come home from work at 5pm. Long days but they are good days.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) I am writing my provincial exam for English. Please pray for me (thanks for the prior prayers Amy, they worked), I want to do really well and I also have do go to work right after it. Mondays are going to consist of work until 4:30 and then race to get some food and be at school by 5:15-7:00pm. Thursdays we have our Marriage course. I really love it as they are only for the couples and they serve us a really nice dinner before the class starts. Also the fact it is giving James and I some much needed mingling with other married couples and tools to strengthen our unmistakable bond we have.

So the wind brings us new change and we are blowing happily in the new breeze.

The Power of God

If you don't believe, you should. It could be the difference of life or death. Actually eternal life... But let me tell you how God saved us last night.

James and I were coming home late last night after our Marriage course we had signed up had it's first meeting. We picked the kids up from Daycare and were on our way home. It was so foggy outside and we live in the flats of the country so it tends to get quite thick as well. On our street there was an oncoming car up ahead and James sped up a little to turn into our driveway before this person came in front of us. Our driveway is a thin driveway surrounded by 2 huge canals full of water. The day before these canals were overflowing full with all the rain we had. So as James was going a little too fast he misjudged our driveway and pulled in after it. He went right for the canal.I screamed STOP.. the canal... and for the second time in his life he STOPPED immediately by slamming on the brakes and turning his wheels away from the it. That wheel turn hung us in the air. If the wheel had been the way he started, we'd have smashed into the ditch at full force, sending the airbags off and smashing our car. I am sure the kids would have been even more terrified than they already were.

So we stopped. Hanging. I could feel there was only one tire touching the ground and all he and I could think about was getting the kids out before the car fell into this canal. We weren't sure if it would fall in nose first, or driver side down. Emma sits behind James. James is sitting petrified at what just happened, he's yelling at me to get the kids out and I open my door, jump down a little to the ground and as soon as I get out, the car lifts even higher. I was so nervous that I would cause it to slide by getting out. I go to open Josh's door as he's behind me. Emma was already getting out of her car seat climbing over to my side as soon as we told her to. The doors are locked. i have to go back to my door, and I can't find the unlock button. I was so scared it just wasn't being seen. I think James unlocked from his side as I heard it unlock. I opened Josh's door and pulled Emma out over him by her jacket. I was amazed at my strength. I unbuckled Josh's 5 point harness in about .5 seconds flat. Funny how adrenaline makes you move so fast. I got the kids out and away from the car and there was just James sitting in it quietly.

2 people came down our street almost immediately. One a young man on his way home from work. He pulled beside me on the road and asked if I needed help and I obviously said yes, my husband is still in the car. So he helped get James out and then another man in a pick up truck came by. He asked if we needed to be pulled back up. Yes again we answered.

Both Emma and Josh were with me and they were so scared they were shivering. It was quite cute to have them like that. I knew now that if the car was to fall, we were all out if so it was ok. I kept trying to tell them that but they were so nervous. The man in the truck was also on his way home from work and he happened to have a chain in the back of his truck from something he had just done. He managed to hook us up and with a few tries, pull us out.

I tried to take a picture with my cell phone camera but it was so dark and foggy, it did not work out.

So the bottom line is we were saved. Our car stopped immediately, which was due to the new tires we just got. Somehow the car hung there for us to get out. The canal had drained during the day so it was no longer overflowing with water and the first 2 people who drove by, came to help.

I had a miserable sleep last night thinking about it. But thank god it happened the way it did.

Today was my last day.

At school that is. And even that is not completly correct. Today was my last day of daytime school. I still have one more class to finish and that class starts in February. It's night classes. I will miss my English class. My teacher was amazing and the few girls that remained in that class, were really amazing. It made going back to high school 11 years or so later, much better.

Please

Pray for me right now. I need some serious miraculous help. So put them hands together and pray that whatever is God's will, let it be done. Give me strength to deal with this outcome.

Please.

The Good News Is...

I got a job!! I applied for an administrative position in the Best Buy/Future Shop Distribution Center and I got the job today. This distribution center is for all of Canada so it is a HUGE job. It has great pay, benefits and full time hours. It is a contract position for 3 months but after that If I do well, they might put me in the position that is available for a permanent time. My job is many things so the more I learn about it, the more I will let you all know. I know right now I am dealing with everyone from technicians to customers with warranty issues.

Please pray this is a smooth transition for me and my family. My aunt has agreed to come back to provide childcare for my kids even though she is now much farther away from here. James will be taking on a lot of responsibility being the first one home and the dinner starter, please pray he doesn't get overwhelmed.

So from a one time homemaker, I'm spreading my wings and venturing out into the unknown. Being apart from the family business is really big for me as I get to sell me, not them.

Ooooh

Things are going to change around here. I'll post back when I get confirmation. And if you know me, you'll know I am NOT pregnant.

I am so freaking excited.

What a day

It's snowing again and let me be the first to say Summer can come at any time. I love Winter and I do love snow but I HATE being wet. We don't own snow pants, snow boots or snow mittens here as they are rarely used. Next year, I am buying gear for the whole family. Next year we'll play and not get wet.

I had my final exam today in English. It was a mock provincial exam and for the last composition I think I did really good. Depending on what I got, I might post the story I wrote. I think it should be a children's story. It made me smile and I saw my teacher reading it as I handed it in and she was smiling to. I am really trying hard to write at a certain level and I hope I have finally achieved that with that composition.

Yesterday I hustled my ass on my treadmill and I felt great after. I did have a crappy sleep and I want to blame it on that but I am not sure that was the reason. Tomorrow I am meeting another mother from and on line group I have been a part of for years. I hope she likes me and vise versa.

Wish me luck :)

Life is good..

Of course if I had loads of money it would be great but I'll take good for now. My laptop had some severe issues and many times I saw that blue screen of death. If you know anything about computers, that blue screen means serious trouble. So I called my Dad and he talked me calm again and gave me some more ideas on what to try. I spent about 3 hours in total on that computer going back and forth doing my research on this on, then goign and trying to see if it would work on the other. Finally I did it. I fixed it. I hope :)

The other day I took some pictures of Emma and I was mesmerized at what I saw. When did my baby get to be such a big girl? She's almost 6 and she is just stunning. I think as I was trying to take these pictures it just made me think of what a good chance in life she will get. Her Dad is as handsome as pie and I guess with a little touch of me, she's got the looks. Not saying I have the looks, but she does. It sucks that life is about looks. Looks are what people base their first impression on and without good ones, your never given a fighting chance. I pray my kids just get that fighting chance.

Now as for today, today is a new day and with a new day come new things. It's snowing yet again and i am not sure if there is even school today. I did not see any kids this morning and even though the website says it's open, I am thinking it's not. I hope not. But tomorrow Emma has her very first play date here. Of course it's with the playdate whore lol but we'll take what we can get. I'll pretend I am the best mom ever. Maybe I'll even bake something lol.

Do you ever wonder if the people in your life were meant to be there or if they were just passing through? Everytime I meet people I am always left questioning them. Why are they here in my life? Are they good for me, for my family, for my life? Do they want what I want? Can they fill my needs of friendship. Girlfriends are golden and all I want in life is that special girl than knows me in and out. That is great for all of the above and really values my friendship. It's amazing how hard it is to find real people out there.

I want to have a big girl sleepover scrapathon... is that so hard to ask for?

Welcome Back God

This morning I went back to church and I finally welcomed God back into my heart. Those of you who know me know how far I have drifted from the person I needed to be but reast assure, I went back. My heart has been prepared for a few days now and we even had such a blessing and found a new church right up the street. Not just any church, but the exact type we were looking for.

I am so ready to show the world what Christ can do but I am even more ready to open up my heart and my life to see what Christ can do for me.

Tonight

Was the first step James. I am so proud of you.