A year ago today...

Andre and I were exploring the beautiful sandy beaches of Palm Beach, Aruba. Today I'm all lethargic and cranky because of the overcast rainy weather.
Sometimes I just wish I could turn back the hands of time just for a little while.

One year ago today...

this was Andre and I.

Where have all the blog posts gone?

In an effort to try and get everything professionally, and on the home front back on track, my blogging as fallen behind. It never fails, every New Years I make a promise to myself (never a resolution, I hate those ;o) that I will keep all my book keeping and paperwork related to my business caught up, and that I will stay organized at home. Then around summer time I realize that I've done a half assed job with both and I freak out.

This year I've been doing a somewhat better job with both, but I was still really behind entering all my income on the computer so my accountant/book keeper came over to my house to get me back on track. She's an angel, and I am now caught up. On the home front I have been feeling very overwhelmed with working later nights at work and having to come home and do more than half of the housework/meal prep. After me having a teary meltdown Andre has finally tried to take on more work around the house. This included a cooking lesson that ended up with a burning skin jalapeno incident. The fun never stops around here.

I have also been struggling for the last few weeks with daily fatigue which I cannot explain. (no I'm not pregnant) I do have an iron deficiency that I have to take supplements for, but it doesn't seem to be doing the trick. The 8+ hours of sleep I'm getting at night isn't helping so I've been trying to get to bed early to ward off the chance of me catching any of the colds that have been circulating around the office. God how I love the fall!

I also realized this week that it's been a month and a half since I've seen Pam, and over two weeks since I've actually talked to her, and by talk to her I mean listen to a message that she carefully left when she knew that I would be at work. I've temporarily given up on talking to her. With all that has been going on lately I just don't have the patience nor the energy to play telephone tag, or talk to her via messages on her answering machine. For a person that is apparently always at home, she never answers her phone.

I have instead decided to put what energy I do have into trying to get together or catch up with friends that I unfortunately put on the back burner when Pam needed me so much during her pregnancy. It has been great to get together and talk to my other friends, and get out there and enjoy their company. I have a friend who is going through the same thing with a friend of hers that had a baby a month before Pam, so we know what the other is going through. It's been a busy time, but rewarding all the same.

Next on the life to do list is decide what Andre and I are going to do for our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY next weekend! Unfortunately Andre will be working the day of our actual anniversary (Sunday) but we will have Saturday together. We have a few ideas, but we really haven't set anything in stone. How the time flies!

Labor Day Weekend 2008

It was a busy one! We each had one thing that we really wanted to do this summer.

Me- Visit the Metro Toronto Zoo. I have never been (or at least I can't remember ever being there), and they had a really cool Stingray exhibit this year that I wanted to visit.

Andre- Go to the beach. This is his goal every summer. It never changes.

Well this summer had not co-operated with us. We had more rain that I ever remember having in one summer, and when it was sunny, we were either working, or had other plans. This left everything to the last "unofficial" weekend of summer.

We were so happy, not only did Andre have both Saturday and Sunday off, but the weather was FABULOUS! It was like mother nature had finally decided to co-operate with us.

First off the list was The Zoo on Saturday. With the help of our new GPS we made the trip to Scarborough in just under an hour. This is basically unheard of. We were so happy!

We spent the entire day wandering around the Zoo taking in the different animals, and indoor exhibits. Andre was cranky about having to pay the extra $3 to see Stingray Bay (have I mentioned that he's cheap?!), but we had a great time there, and it was a welcome retreat from the hot sun in the mid afternoon.

Here's my first attempt at trying to post a video. If it works, here is Andre and I at Stingray Bay: (You will probably notice my usual response to Andre filming any video of me "okay, you can turn it off now" He loves video clips)

If our adventures at the Zoo on Saturday weren't enough for us, we had decided to head up to Long Point Provincial Park with friends of ours to spend a day relaxing along the beach before heading out and having a fish and chip dinner in Port Dover. It was a great day following all the walking at the Zoo.

We went with friends of ours and they brought along their 10 month old daughter Alexia. She was an angel all day! She loved being the centre of attention. It was so funny watching Andre with her, and trying to get her to laugh and smile (which wasn't hard). I've noticed over the last year that Andre doesn't shy around from children as much as he used to, and if there's a chance to play with a baby or child, he tries to.

Here's Andre, and his friend Daryl, with Alexia.

The entire day Andre was reminding me that it had been almost a year since we had been at the beach in Aruba. He loves the beach. You would think that he was part fish the way he goes on and on about spending time at the beach. At least I had a chance to wear the sun hat that I had bought for our trip to Aruba. There really aren't that many chances to wear a big floppy sun hat.

Andre and I at Long Point.