To the beat of a different drum

I have felt the occasoinal rare flutter in my chest. Friday it was anything but rare or occasional. I began to take my pulse and could feel a definate disturbance when the flutter occourd. To make a long story short after 12 hours in an emergency room (9 of wich I spent waiting room) and a couple blood tests they sent me home and told me not to worry about it. Unless it happens with dizzyness or fainting or chest pains. Woo Hoo. I guess it is not abnormal to have palpitations during pregnancy. They just want to rule out other complications first.

So right not I feel like I have had the hiccoughs for 3 days. Mild mind you and in a different place they do they stop for a time and then they are back. It feels like my heart goes:

lub dub..lub dub..lub dub..lub dub.............LUUUUB dub..lub dub..lub dub..lub dub..lub dub..lub dub.........LUUUUB dub.

so im supossed to be trying to sleep right now but laying down not doing anything else they have become obvious to me. You know when something becomes annoying and if something distracts you it dosent bother you anymore? So you try to ignore it. It is like trying not to think about pink elephants. (dont think about pink elephants, dont think about pink elephants) you know what you are doing? Thinking about not thinking about pink elephants so in effect you are doing what?.......

Thats Right!!!! Thinking about pink elephants.

So as I left I asked the doctor: "if this keeps happening should I do anything?"

Yeah no only if I feel dizyness or chest pain blah blah blah.

I dont take my heart for granted right now. It is something you never pay attention too. Maybe it is just saying to me "Hello im here dont forget about me!" Im glad it is still working but it is like it is on a work to rule campagain rather then a full fleged strike.

So here it is. I LOVE YOU HEART! thanx for all the great work you have done all my life. You are the wind beneath my wings and I love you!!!


So everyone say thank you to your heart today.

A phone conversation

Heather: You should come to Edmonton for your birthday this year. That way you might be here when the baby gets here!

Tara: Yay!

Tara: Hey Mike (her husband) guess what Heather is getting me for my birthday

Mike: (in the background) what?

Tara: A BABY!

Mike: Could you keep that one over at her house?

Revisiting my childhood

I like to colour, it is relaxing. Having children one tends to have crayons and colouring books handy. Breanna got a Caillou colouring book from her grandma. Today I was colring a picture of Caillou looking at a fish bowl. As I was colouring the fish a decidedly orange colour I looked at the top of the page and read the caption.

"Caillou likes to watch the red fish"

5 Weeks down 35 to go

Night 2

Much better. Ryan woke up but it was before we went to bed and was back asleep not long after.
He is turning into tempertantrum boy. It started when he was sick last week and it keeps hanging on. He hest mad and screams. ACK ACK. It is loud and screachy. Lets hope he gets used to the change and calms down soon. Anyway life is starting to settle. Im looking forward to after an appointment tomorow and I can have some chill time at home and nowhere to be for a while.

Still loving my new place.

Got a set of new phones. So now I can get rid of my one that does not ring and the one that does not dial properly. WOO HOO!!!!

THANK YOU

A big humongus thank you too all who have assisted in my move through watching my kids, watching kids of people who helped me, moving boxes, helping us get the truck and cleaning. We could not have done it without you!

Night 1

Kids down 7:30ish
Breanna up at 9:30
Breanna back down at 12:00 or so
Ryan up at 2:00
Ryan back down at 5:00
Kids up at 7:00

Long night. Kids grumpy today. After tomorow move is officaly over other place will be cleaned out completley.

Whew

House moved. New house partialy unpacked. Old house needs cleaning, but that is a job for monday. Kids in bed. Phone transferred. Cable and internet set up. Chill time now.

Things I like.

7 drawers in my kitchen
lots of closets in my bedroom
3 bathrooms including one in my bedroom
fireplace (even though I have to wait to use it)
back yardish area
driveway
one door key
3 floors
anticipation of a full size washer and dryer of my own

4 days and counting

4 days left till we move. Still a lot of work to do, but we are not doing too bad. Except today was almost complete write off. Suprise we have sickness again. It seems this year has been a parade of ilness the kids always seem to be catching something. Colds, fevers, ear infections, coughs. Today we have the stomach flu. So far it is me and Ryan. Im pretty much over with it and I did not get too bad but poor Ryan has been afflicted with it on both sides, If you know what I mean.

I dont want Jon to get it, but if he is going to get it I want it to be now so he will be better by the time we move.

Here is hoping we are happy, healthy and packed on moving day!

Worst thing I did yesterday, and the dumbest.

I accidently went to work with Monkey in the car. Breannas bestest most faviorite stuffed animal. A matted and well loved gorilla. She always says she cant sleep without him but It has never been a problem because he is always there. Well last night it took her a very long time to get to sleep.

Breanna: Daddy can I make a wish.

Daddy: Yes you can.

Breanna: I wish that monkey was here with me.

Then she made another wish.

Breanna: I wish that Abby was here so I could play with her.

When I heard this story from Jon it just made my heart break for her. I wish I could bring Abby back.

Our cable was out for a significant portion of the day yesterday. It was for everyone betwenn 10th ave and 34th ave and between calgary trail and 111st. Anyway I am at work and I called home to check up and Jon said the cable was still gone. After I get off Im like oh no L O S T is on tonight I cant miss an episode of L O S T. So I call my friend to she if she can record it for me. Well she is busy and I get her husband, I leave a message about what I wanted and reminds me that today is in fact tuesday. L O S T is on wednesday. Great not only do I look stupid but it is in front of the friends husband..Yeah real genius here. Our cable came back on sometime in thie middle of the night yesterday,

At work, again

Two guys come through my till, very nice. They chat with me and the lady behind them. Moments after they leave the lady realizes that one of them has left behind his cell phone. We call out to them at the door and he comes back and picks it up. At wich point he drops a five dolar bill for the lady and tries to leave. The lady tries to say no to the small reward and chases the man out the door. He of course fends off the five dollar bill being shoved back at him. The lady wins and manages to get it back in his hand and tells him to donate it to an animal shelter or something. This all happend amid laughter and the best of intentions of course.

Hey if you are going to fight over it I will take the five dollars!

Later a guy comes through my till i have never seen before in my life. He is buying a DVD player,

Guy: Do I get a staff discount?

(yes I give everyoine I have never met a staff discount)

Me: Uh do you work here?

Guy: Yeah I work at the north store

Me: I gotta call Bobbi for that.

Guy: Dont worry about It im in a hurry it is so cheap anyway.

Me: are you sure?

Guy: yeah I gotta go.

I begin to ring through the purchase.

Me: did you just start?

Guy: Yeah what is our discount like 10 percent or something?

I start to tell him what it is but decide not to tell him exactly, the whole thing just seememd weird. I finish the purchace and he starts out the door without his reciept or change.

Guy: Dont worry about that.

Im not sure if he is talking abou the reciept or the two dollars change.

Me: Dont you want your reciept? (if you work there you should know you cant exchange without your reciept)

guy: Uh yes I guess I do.

He leaves. Ok it all just seememed not quite right, I dunno maybe he does work at the north side store but why wouldnt he buy the stuff there and why would he not ask his boss there about his discount instead of someone who dosent even know him at the other store?

20 days

20 days to go till our anticipated moving date! Yay Im so excited. We are moving up from an apartment to a town house. So these are the things I love about the new place!

• 3 floors
• 3 bathrooms
• fire place
• back yard
• eating area with linoleum in it (no more kids meal messes on the carpet!)
• My own little driveway. (not just a parking stall we get a little driveway)
• a door bell (ok that is what breanna is excited about)
• a real size washer and dryer of my own! (once I buy them of course)
• a really big bedroom with a bathroom in it
• wall to wall closets in our bedroom. (I need new clothes to fill them all)
• a park across the street
• a place to plant some flowers
• stairs!

We are planning to move on saturday the 25th I cant wait.

Shane

When I was single and attending the singles ward me and my brother and I used to drive someone to church all the time. At first we started driving him because the people who used to drive him were no longer able too. It stayed that way for a long time I think because he became comfortable with us. He was a little out of the way but my father when we were young would always drive people who didnt have a car to church so we did aswell. Sometimes it was annoying but really i didnt mind being a car pool. We drove Shane to church for a few years until I got married and I believe my siblings continued to drive him after that.

Shane had names for everyone. He would take your name and make some sort of play on words with it. When Jon and I were dating he became "Jon the toilet" another girl was "Jen the pen". For a long time I was "Hey Heather how's the weather". Well one day at work someone I worked with joked about how Heather and Leather rymed and called me "Black Leather Heather". Shane heard this sometime later. He thought it was hilarious and embraced it. Black Leather Heather was immortalized. That is what he called me from then on.

I remember when I was going through a tough time Shane could tell if I was having a bad day. He would write me a note telling me how wonderful I was and how he appreciated me. When he would do that I always knew that he meant it. They were so sweet and touching. Honestly I would be lying if i said he never drove me crazy because he did sometimes. When I think about it I cant remember many of the things that frustrated me but more of the things that made me laugh.

He would talk to anyone and try to cheer them up. He would laugh and joke with anyone. He would create a name for everyone. I kind of wish I rememberd more of the names he used.

I just learned that Shane passed away last night. He had epilepsy and had a seisure that stopped his heart. I have only seen him a handful of times since I got married. Im sad that I wont see him again for a long time. I explained to my daughter today that I was sad because one of my friends went to live with Heavenly Father and I wouldnt see him for a long time. Im happy as well because I know that is where he is.

WANTED

Ryan Hill: aka: Ry, aka: Fry Guy, aka: Giggles
wanted for unlawful cutness betwen the hours of 1 and 3 am the morning of January 25th 2006. Beware subject is armed and dangerous. Subject will lick you or crawl all over you with out provocation. Subject will also steal all cookies. Keep all cookies under lock and key while this threat exists.

Happenings at work.

Ring Ring

Me: Good afternoon XYZ Store

Lady: I heard about your store from a friend what do you sell?

Me: We sell a whole variety of items mam.

Lady: Well, what do you sell?!

(what does she want a list of EVERYTHING?)

Me:Well we sell electronics like tvs and stereos, kitchen wares, telephones vacuum cleaners...

Lady: You sell vaccum cleaners?

(Whew I think I have distracted her from the list)

At the prospect of vaccum cleaners I think this was the point she decided it was worth it to come and see for herself.

Fast forward to the next phone call

Me: Helo XYZ store

Lady: Hi I just bought a phone from your store and there is a light flasing and it wont stop.

(um ok a light flashing hmm)

Me: Do you have an awnsering service that is telling you that you have messages.

Lady: no we dont have one of those. Do you know why the light would be flashing?

(we sell like 20 gazillion different phones)

Me: No mam if there is something wrong with the phone you can bring it back to the store with the receipt.

(flashing lights hmmm sorry I cant help you! Actually I got the impression it was something probably coverd in the manual)


Fast forward to last call of the night. at 6:01 pm

Me: Hello XYZ store?

Guy: Hi what time do you close?

Me: About 60 seconds ago

Guy: oh darn do you think you could hold it open for me?

Me: no sorry the tills are all closed.

(the last guy is cashing out as we speak)

Guy: Oh well good night.

yeah by the time he drives over does his shopping and we leave it woud be 7:00

Apparently today I am tech support. Information and Can hold the store open for anyone after closing. Actually everyone that called was nice about it but sometimes we just cant do everything.

THE MOST PERPLEXING THING THAT HAPPEND TO ME YESTERDAY.

I was eating my lunch from Arbys yesterday. I looked at the wrapper of my roast beef sandwich and I saw there was some cheese on it. Now there is nothing strange about that the strange part of it was there was no cheese on my sandwich or any other part of my lunch for that matter. Now where did the cheese come from? I dont think I want to know.

Size 3 and Growing

I noticed something today. Ryans diaper seems to be fitting a little small. This may not seem to significant to most but I have been thinking that he would never need anything bigger then a size 3 diaper. It might just be the brand we bought (it is one we dont get often) or it could be that he is finaly starting to grow some hips! Size 4 watch out!!

Oh on a similar note I had Ryan weighed the other day, 22 pounds. He weigs one pound for every month of his life.

Thoughts At 12:42 AM

• What happens when you watch "West Wing" just before going to bed? Well when your 22 month old wakes up at midnight your half awake mind considders how this fits into his politcal agenda.
• Once you realize that it is a toddler not a politican you begin to think about how toddlerish politics is.
• You can always trust a bannana. As long as the color is right a bannana is always good. If it is over or under ripe or has bruises you can tell from the color of its skin. Not so easy to find a perfect peach or strawberry.
• To bad politicans arent more like bannanas.
• Hmm I cant wait for peach season. Mmmm peach cobbler.
• Planing on going on a little trip in may as a belated 5th anniversiary celebration. Daydreamed of going to Mexico but that will probably wait a couple of more years.
• Jon's Dad suggested a nice Bed and Breakfast in Canmore.
• I always thought Canmore was in BC but I guess it is just before Banff when traveling from Calgary.
• Time for my little "politican" to go back to bed.

Today Im working for my camera.

Lessons in Toddlerese

Anyone who has a child who has not quite learned to talk yet knows that they have other methods of communication. It does not take full scentences to get one's point across.

For example if you find yourself in bed being woken up by a 22 month old hitting you in the head with a plastic plate. You can assume he means:

"Get out of bed lazy mom and get me something to eat already!!!"

Ryans Words

• Mom: mom
• Ha: hat
• Waa: wall
• Da Dee: Daddy
• Bo: Book
• Naa Naa: Banna or Breanna
• Pa Pee: Puppet or Puppy
• No: no
• Miee: mine
• Wa Wa: water
• How: help
• Gooeee: Hungry or cookie which is pretty much the same thing to him anyway
• Mmm Hmm: Yes
• Baa: Ball
• Geigo: Deigo
• Boo: Boots
• Ma: Map
• Ba pa: Back Pack
• Gucky: Ducky