Christmas presents anyone

Last week we went a Christmas craft sale and I knew that there would be lots of breakable things that Benjamin would love to touch. Because I remember touching everything when I was little and getting in so much trouble I warned Benjamin not to touch anything. If he touched something and broke it I told him that we would have to buy it and that would be his Christmas gift. Bahahaha. It totally worked to. He did try to touch things but everytime he did I asked if he wanted that particular thing for Christmas. Each time he stopped touching it and backed away. One time he was touching a ceramic dish and I asked him if that was his gift he got kinda scared and backed quickly away. I wonder how long this will work for.

The Pumpkin Bum

This year Benjamin wanted ears on his pumpkin so I carved out so holes and called them ears. Well I decided I wanted a pumpkin bum so I carved out a bum. William didn't realize how carved out it was until after he patted the pumpkin bum.

We made it!!!

So after pretty much 2 weeks of being at home with intermittant car use and Joe in Vegreville we made it here. You really do not know how dirty your house is until you move everything out of it. We like our new place and are adjusting to the quirks that a new home includes. I still have boxes that are not unpacked cause I don't know where to put it yet. I love having our rooms on the same level that we live on. And we splurged and bought a front loader washer and dryer and I am amazed at the pile of laundry that I start with and actually end up having clean at the end of the day.

It is crazy how many people from church know other people that we know. We have the Fishers are related to people in Drumheller. The Gillies who are related to people in Drumheller. Our bishop graduated with Joe's sister Michelle. I taught in Red Deer the Grand Daughter of a couple here. Someone from Veg (apparently this is how you abbreviate it) used to babysit one of my nieces from Taber.

The Egg is pretty big. At least it is an Egg and not the World's largest sausage like Mundare.

Night Everyone.

Vegreville here we come. Are you ready?

Joe got a job in Vegreville and we found a place. There is no carpeting to ruin but I am kinda worried about the laminate wood floor. The kitchen is small but new and nice. There are so many drawers I have no idea what to fill them with. We have 4 here which is the most we have ever had. There are 9 drawers I think in our new place. Kaleb will have fun. We move on the 13 out of here and into the new place on the 14th. We went today to get Joe set up for next week and Ben was mad we weren't staying at the New House. He wanted to sleep on the air mattress. I think he got over it. Wish me luck with the packing and the cleaning. Both of which are not fun. Expecially since Joe has untaped a few boxes and I packed 1 of my flip flops that I always wear. Not both of them just one.

Kaleb is getting way to Smart!!!!

This evening while downstairs Kaleb stole the bathroom stool. He took it into Joe's and my room and proceeded to try and reach some stuff up on the ledge which was still to high. So he picked up the stool took it to my dresser and grabbed stuff off of there. He has never done that before. At first I thought that Ben had moved the stool and he was just seizing the opportunity but than I remembered Ben had just used it in the bathroom. Kaleb is going to be the sneaky get into everything kid but yet still innocent.

Changes are happening

If you all haven't heard Joe lost his job about 2 weeks ago. I like living in Red Deer and really dread the idea of having to move. But he is searching for a job and luckily I am able to pick up extra hours at Wholesale which will help. I also get medical and dental benefits and 10% off at Loblaw stores which is wonderful. He also will be able to go on Employment Insurance which will help alot as well.
Kaleb got his 1 year shots a little late but that is ok and felt the effects of it. He had a fever this weekend and then got measle like spots all over his body. Poor boy!
Benjamin is running up a storm. I am beginning to think he will wear out the carpeting in this place.
Today was a really nice day here. I am almost dreading summer because I don't know if I can take any hotter temps and it wasn't that hot about 22C(71F) now I really feel silly once I converted it into Farenheit it seriously is not even remotely hot. On the flipside we did just have snow here last week so can I blame it on the quick change?
The house warmed up enough to melt the icing on my cupcakes does that give me any more excuses?
Funny story I remembered at work about Lethbridge Wholesale garden centre
Customer: Do you bring in all of your plants at night?
Cashier: No
Cust: Don't people steal them
Cashier: Well we put in little cameras in all of the plants and if someone steals one then it turns on and we come and find them.
Cust: Oh I see.
I remembered this story cause the GM Manager brought out a big thing of plants and I was told that Red Deer doesn't have a garden centre. So I started freaking out a bit but was reassured that we were only getting a few Hostas and they would stay inside. I hated the garden centre cause half of the codes didn't work and noone knew how to read the price signs so as a cashier we were running in and out to find the codes or double check prices.

One year in Red Deer coming up so soon

I can't believe it. I will have been living in Red Deer for a year in like 10 days. Crazy! It doesn't feel that long. I still feel new here but I don't think I can claim to be new. I really like Red Deer. I enjoy how close to Edmonton and Calgary we are. Red Deer is pretty much smack dab in the middle. The playgrounds here are everywhere. The weather is a bit colder than wanted but hey I don't deal with nearly as much wind as I did in Lethbridge. I especially am looking forward to the light come summer time. I love it being light until about 10:30 at night.
The boys are doing great. Ben is three now. Kaleb is walking up a storm and loves not having clothes on.

Joe's brother comes home from Peru tomorrow!!! I can't believe it has been two years already. He ate cat. Just thought I would through that one out there.

Work is going well for me. People are the same everywhere. Some are nice and others well......
Well gotta run and make sure Kaleb isn't on my table again. Sigh! that kid can climb anything. Just not out of his crib. Knock on wood.

Good deals!

A few weeks ago there was a coupon in the Superstore flyer that said spend 250 get a $25 gift card so I decided to do just that. Here is the wonderful catch I also get 10% off there because I work for Wholesale Club which is a sister company to Superstore which means I have to buy close to $275 worth of groceries. I also had $70 worth of PC points (for those who don't know PC points come from banking with PC financial and a person can redeem these points for free groceries) so I thought how about I cash them in too. Then I realized I also had 2 $25 gift cards in my wallet from a few months ago when they had the same coupon in their flyer and used them. I also had about $20 worth of coupons just waiting to be used so I used those to. This all added up to me walking out of the grocery store with over $300 worth of groceries and paid about$130 oh and I also receieved a $25 gift card to use on another visit!!! I still am happy thinking about this.

Well today guess what I found in the Superstore flyer another spend $250 get $25 free. I also had about $20 worth of coupons to use again. This time I had to pay more but I walked out of Superstore with over $300 worth of groceries and clothes again and paid about $250 plus I have a $25 gift card to use another time too. I like getting great deals.
Kara