Life in Aylmer Quebec

This is Emma riding the little pony, Cricket. She loves her riding lessons!! She comes by it honestly. Meg wants lessons now too! Mom better get a job, just to pay for them, eh? It’s a cute little place, but when they’re older I’ll have to find a place that teaches English riding. For now, it’s just the introduction to ponies and horses that’s important. (ie, brainwashing!!) I’m just glad we can do this, thanks to Grandma Monica.

I took Meg and her friend Jacob to the Museum of Nature on Thursday, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s been under renovation for quite a while now, but I think when it’s done, it will be fantastic. The exhibits are really well done, and I love the bird section. Definitely another visit is in order soon.

Enjoy your weekend everyone! I know I will!!

You know those days when the sun doesn’t show up, and hasn’t shown up for a while?  Your kids are just too loud, so you yell at them, and then feel like shit because you hurt their feelings?  You keep tripping over the damn dog who keeps lying right in your path, even though two seconds ago she was lying in the way, and moved two feet cause you tripped over her over there and woke her up so she moved?  The house doesn’t magically clean itself, in fact it seems to magically get messier, even though you swear you spent all of twenty minutes doing a bit of work?  You realize that if you wanted to go out for a drink or a coffee with a friend, a real friend, the nearest person is about a five hour drive away, or a 6 hour flight, depending on which friend you wanted?  You realize that your husband doesn’t really get you, and never will, because he is a man, and he cannot read your mind, and men are not women, and never will be, therefore they will never truly get you?  Only another woman would ever truly understand, and that is not being sexist, it is being a realist!  And that’s why Mom’s rock.  Who else would you call when that’s the kind of week your having??  Maybe I’m just really lucky, but the first person I think of telling when anything good or bad happens is my Mom.  And when I am having a sucky week, or feeling down, I know she is there for me.  It’s weird, but as an adult with kids of my own now, I’ve never felt closer to my mother.  And I totally didn’t appreciate her enough when I was growing up.  I’m so glad now that I have such a good and close relationship with my mom.  And that she knows.  Moms always know.

This a refrain that Meg’s friend Jacob loves. It’s so funny, he just loves to talk and I bet his mom gets very little peace. But now it’s my turn.

Did you know it’s possible to overfill your vehicle when you are adding engine oil??? Did you know??

Then why didn’t you tell me?? I swear, I am such a dummy when it comes to cars! I just bought oil because the light came on, and I assumed it needed oil. Yes, ASSumed. So I just filled her up! You know those manuals that come with the car? Read them. They can actually give you some helpful pointers. Like how the light that came on meant time for an oil change, not feed me more oil! It also tells you specifically not to overfill, and shows you exactly where the line on the dipstick should be. That’s me. Dipstick. So now I’m off to Crappy Tire to get an engine oil change. Wish me luck.