Stressed

I miss my kids.....we went and saw the townhouse and it totally works for us, money is well lots but out here it's good for what we're getting.....money is tight, and will be tight to make this all work, I need a few things to fall into place...the other thing stressing me out is the fact that Bailey is supposed to go to a hockey tourney in Grand Forks in March, for him a last hurrah with his team he's been with for 4 years, we've gone to this tourney the last two years but with the move and everything else I don't know if I can do it and I don't wanna break his heart....fack and I'd like a last send off with some of the greatest hockey parents I've been a part of but a place to live comes first.....couple of other stresses as well but those I'll keep to myself....so ya that's the lastest update


see ya when I see ya....

Progress

Well, have a day and a half off.....did inventory today and FINALLY went for a haircut, I just couldn't hold out any longer. She did a good job for a first time, and will only get better the more I go, feel like a new person with short hair again.....Sam is off to work at the rink for a bit tomorrow, and then we are going to look at a place to live....it's awesome, it's a townhouse in Martensville which is roughly 10 mins outta the city....it's a 3 bedroom, 1 bath, unfinished basement, 2 years old with all appliances which is awesome, the rent is "ok" for Saskatchewan and we need a place before Bay gets here, we don't have enough money yet but we'll see what we can arrange....other than that not much new, missin the kids, can't wait to see them all again....the girls got their Valentine's gifts we sent, I"m still waiting for my letter from Brook that she said she sent....I'll update more once we see the townhouse...

see ya when I see ya....

place we're going to look at

Snow

Well we finally got winter this weekend, a storm passed through starting Friday and we went from virtually no snow to, well LOTS....buses weren't running, (city buses), cars getting stuck on the main roads and living in a city streets sure don't get cleared as fast as small town...they cleared our parking lot this morning and hoping to start on our street as well which is good cause for my Jeep it's ok but cars are getting stuck once they leave the ruts if they don't lose a bumper jumping out of those ruts...

Had to work a couple early mornings this weekend as we had the 26th annual teachers tourny...what a gong show that is...doesn't do much for my end of the business but the bar sure makes out well lol...took Monday off as I worked the weekend and with the weather we just stayed inside..today it's back to work...

Today Michael Jackson's This Is It comes out on DVD so moms gonna head up to Zellers and pick it up, she' gets it pretty cheap on release days and yes shut up I want it....saw it in the theatre and it's awesome, the man has so much, *had* talent and it's a great movie, not nearly as good as the one we saw on Saturday...Sam and I went to see The Blind Side and holy smokes, what a movie....so good, so awesome, I would love love love the opportunity to one day in my life make that kind of a difference in someones life..so awesome...

Talked to all of the kids yesterday, called the girls and had 20mins with Brooklyn and 10 with Cassidy lol.....such goofs....Bailey gave me the nightly call and talked to Jen on msn....she's getting ready for her first finals in high school and the weather delays is ticking her off but she'll do good, she's smart thank goodness.

OH and if you get the chance on Monday nights watch The Buried Life on MTV or check them out at www.theburiedlife.com it's so good and so inspiring....and pretty simple...what do you want to do before you die....these 4 guys are doing it and along they way are helping people accomplish those same things on their "bucket list"......awesome.....

well that's enough blather from me.....have a great, safe day, stay warm, and tell someone you love them....it's easy, free and makes them feel great....

Love ya!

see you when I see you.....

Been Awhile....

Yikes...2 weeks since I blogged and sooo much has happened.....well not really....working is a pain in the ass everyday...it's pretty messed up the way things work and I know it's "their" way but that doesn't always mean it's right.....like I'm the Manager....working Manager meaning 4 or 5 days of the week I'm pulling the 8 hr shift in the shop....leaves little time to Manage the shop...that being said, the GM never wants the shop closed so we "get " to eat in the shop....mmmmmm food and smelly, sweaty ass skates....what a combo....now then that's if you actually get to eat your food....you need to find a little window to go upstairs and order your food, come back down to the shop while it cooks and hope you can make it back up there to get it and then bring it to the shop and hope you can find time to eat it which rarely happens....then I constantly have to follow a "budget" that's based on last years numbers with a slight percentage of an increase yet the tournaments are smaller but I'm supposed to sell more.....now I've never had a problem selling BUT I inherit a store that's been ignored for over a year and has stock older than my son....now to get rid of it I have to blow it out and my sales numbers are down....WELL NO SHIT SHERLOCK!!!! I think it's almost time to finally say this is how we need to make things work.....in case you're wondering and those of you who's skates I've sharpened won't be surprised but my skate sharpening sales are already up 10%.....not surprised as I'm damn good at it and yes there's an art to it....

In other news...Bailey had a hockey tourney in Winkler this weekend and out of 4 games he had points in 3 of them a goal in the first two games and an assist in the third and played for the Gold Medal and won....he was pretty pumped and I again had to miss another great hockey moment in his life.....that's gonna end soon....real soon....

Still having a tough time paying bills and trying to save for a place to live as most rent out here is around $1200+ a month so it's taking some time, time I'm running out of.....the biggest blow lately is that Jennifer is saying she doesn't want to move here and that Altona is her home and I'm not....not sure what's going on with her but she's changing and not for the better....she's only 14 and doesn't have the smarts to make that kind of choice especially when she is blinded by 14 year old "love".....

Sam and I caught a Blades game the other day it had been YEARS since I had seen one and although they lost I like the level of hockey and Saskatoon has no idea how lucky they are to have a team of that caliber.....they should support a little more..especially since they are first overall....looking forward to when we can take Bailey and I guess not Jen to a game.....

Well I've yapped long enough and should head to bed....

see ya when I see ya!

Hello 2010

First blog of the new year.....New Years eve was good, pretty low key, we stayed home and watched Canada kick the U.S's butt, barely...then went to Sherlock Holmes....good movie....and that was it...was my first New Year's with Sam, which meant our first New Years kiss :D.....also marked the first New Years I hadn't been with the kids and that was the only down side....work has started back up and a new year means a new budget to work off of thank the lord, the budget I was working off of was a guesstimate and it was kicking my butt every week, this one is more accurate although still not made by me the numbers are much more realistic....the first couple days have been real busy so I'm hoping to keep that up as it will make a difference on a raise for me :D.....still not sure what's happening with the kids arrival or when we'll find a place to live.....Sam is still waiting to hear about the magazine job and the publisher is still on holidays and the poor girl is getting restless.....other than that things are good....haven't been able to make it to any world junior games but it's all about finding a place to start the next chapter in our lives, a healthy and happy, successful 2010.....

see ya when I see ya!