25 Things I Will Never Forget

25 THINGS I WILL NEVER FORGET...

If you are reading this, you must start a note , adding 25 random memories, good or bad,that you will NEVER forget.Things that happened that may play a part in why you are who you are...Add details if needed...

1. Giving birth to my first daughter Christal.....I was so excited and scared.

2. Giving birth to my first son Russel...the power went out, and I had to walk up many stairs in the dark and give birth by candlelight.

3. Giving birth to my second son Erick...he was born while we lived in a homeless shelter.

4. Giving birth to my second daughter Skyla...she was the only natural child birth and weighed over 10 lbs!

5.Getting assaulted by a man who was stalking me at WalMart where I worked and seeing him go to jail for it.

6. Watching my (adopted) dad die in my arms

7. Watching my (adopted) mom die from cancer and hearing her cry for me to help her at night when she was in pain.

8. Hiking with a long lost friend Karin S. across New York State at age 16 and living on PB sandwhiches, crashing proms, and attending a Woodstock like event where I jumped fully clothed in a pool while a Janis Joplin Cover band was playing..

9. Crossing the border illegally at age 16 (we walked across) and getting caught by the State troopers who returned us to the Border Patrol who interrogated us for hours, before releasing us to the Q.P.P.

10. Treking deep into the woods every year as a child to go berry picking and to cut our own Christmas Tree.

11.All the big family Christmases with all the cousins when I was a kid.

12. Moving in to a homeless shelter with 2 babies and one on the way and living there for over a year!

13. All the fun and crazy times at Molly Maguires in Ottawa!

14. Being banned from the Talisman Hotel for life for skinny dipping in their public pool and then refusing to leave and then finally leaving through the hotel...naked!

15. My wonderfully fun Medeivel Wedding!

16. My honey moon up North, sleeping in a tent and the bears coming and me scaring the crap out of Dave by banging on a pot!

17. Painting my very first wall mural the Swan Song on my high school wall....I was addicted to the feel of the paint brush in my hand after that and never stopped painting!

18. Opening my store Bee's Knee's Etc. in Northern Ontario...I miss it so much!

19. My first day of Full time college after being out of school for so many years, going back as a mature student with all the young folks!...and actually succeeding!

20. My very first job in the SSW field(Ottawa Council's Low Income Support Services)...and knowing I had found where I belong!

21. Riding the mechanical bull at the Bar Gilleys in Texas and riding it successfully in front of all those cowboys!

22. My experience with the exploding glass shelves and crystal glassware when I let a really evil person into my house.

23. My first horse! I was 7 and I got on her bare back and she took off like wild fire with me hanging on to her mane!

24. My 2 week long road trip with Wendy from London Ontario to New Orleans Louisiana!

25. A road trip to Montreal with Dana who had never been there...we took a train and she stole the peanuts from the cart, we got plastered in the Stanley pub and stayed in a motel where we ordered pizza and harassed the pizza delivery guy, and Dana falling off the toilette laughing, we were both laughing so hard and have never been able to remember why, and finally we called someone and got a wrong number and were invited to a party! Oh the good ol' days!

Patti Needs....

This is fun....I used my real name Patti to try this....give it a shot!


Type in YOUR name and the word "NEEDS" in quotes Ie: (" Patti needs”) INTO YOUR FAVORITE SEARCH ENGINE and see what comes up. List the first 10 and then tag 10 or more of your friends!
This was too funny...I couldn't stop at just ten so I did the first ten pages!''

PATTI NEEDS......

1. A cause.
2. You!
3. A home!
4. Help with new glasses.
5. Her sales staff to pick up the pace in recruiting new millionaires!
6. To keep up.
7. To understand there are three main objectives that she needs to stick to or else her planning will fail.
8. To know that God's judgement is not based on popularity.
9. Some men to help her sing!
10. No title.
11. A major break!
12. To do and type it.
13. To be arrested in a Sopranos type sweatsuit like her husband!
14. Jenny Craig weighing in at 2254 lbs.
15. To meet this young man!
16. To show the black community which church she prays in for us to come together.
17. To turn 3 more or gain 73 more slayer points to reach the next level.
18. Her daily ration of hugs but she refrains from hugging Bubba because he tends to get carried away!
19.To get over herself quickly as her 15 minutes was up a long time ago!
20.A truck!
21. To worry less about the neighbors on her street and worry more about the millions of people in Illinois.
22. All those commission note books returned.
23. A distraction!
24. To free herself!
25. New matrial.
26. A boyfriend...anyone interested?
27.A little help as it's her first time and the baby is big.
28. A photo to post.
29. A puppy of her own.
30. To have a mike to keep from shouting.
31. To fly to a destination.
32. To calm down.
33.The key to the community room.
34. To leave the 70's behind!
35.Us ladies!
36. A cleaning and I will leave that up to you!
37. To be arrested.
38. To get professional help for her budding mental illness!
39. To shut up so hard!
40. To photocopy certain documents and needs to get a letter opener and a key to do so.
41. To be checked.
42. To constantly be interviewed.
43. To follow in order to develop balance, greater awareness and wholeness.
44. No introduction to the people of New Orleans.
45. An appointment with a Dr. (Plastic Surgeon).
46. Better P.R. and a new record label.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Yeah Valentine's Day!

My hubby and I had a nice day together!

First we delivered our handmade Valentine's day Cards and treats to our kids and family! Then we went to the Market for a spinach and cheese Burek and a Gourmet Cupcake from Sweet Cakes! Then...we went to see the movie...TAKEN! Very Suspenseful!

We ended the day by shopping for a pic nic dinner....a little Vino....

and some hummas and pita, laughing cow cheese, sushi, and cubed fruit with chocolate fondue!

Can't wait for next year!

Reanna's Birthday

It was my neice Reanna's 7th birthday and my hubby and I took her out for a special evening. First stop.....Covent Garden Market where we ordered special cupcakes. Reanna had a snowman cupcake, My hubby had an Oreo cupcake and I had ......A Red Velvet Cupcake! Check out where we got them! A place called SWEET CAKES... We then went on to The Dollarama! Where Reanna spent $20 on her hearts desire!

After the Dollarama we went to The London Regional Children's Museum for a whole lot of imagination fun!

Here is what we did there! We made dinosaur etchings!

We drew Funny Faces!

Reanna's Funny Face!

Uncle Dave's funny face!

We ice fished in the Arctic!

We played school in the Pioneer school room!

We dressed up in an apron and served a meal in the pioneer kitchen!

Made some coffee too!

and some chili!

We were swallowed by a Great White Shark in sharkland...

and drove in a fire engine with Uncle Dave!

We pretended to run a grocery store....

and we sat with Ronald Mcdonald...

and then made some burgers and fries at Mcdonalds!

We dressed like a fire fighter!

We dressed like a butterfly!

We grew turnips and beets!

We wore our guts on the outside!

We attached all the bones together!

and we even took a trip to the moon!

We ended our evening at the REAL Mcdonalds for a Happy meal pickle burger! What an awesome evening!

9 Red Roses

I swear my youngest daughter has found the most romantic boy around.

Yesterday was their 9 Month anniversary of "going out". Why the significance of 9 months I am not sure!

She was disappointed because they would not be able to get together that evening to celebrate as he had to work. But, low and behold....after her last class of the day, there he was waiting for her outside of the classroom with 9 red roses, before he went on his way to work!

ahhh! Chivalry isn't dead!

An Apple A Day Keeps The Dr. Away!

This old apple bank was my husbands when he was just a wee lad. The bank stayed at his Nan and Pa's house all these years, but just the other day he brought it home as his Pa has passed on and his Nan has moved in to a nursing home. My husband was so excited to show us his treasure!

First you wind it up....

Then you place a coin on the button....

and finally, the worm comes out and eats the coin!

It was great fun until the next day when we left our puppy alone in the house for the first time while we all went to work and school....she found the the apple and she ate it...box and all :(

Have you ever seen a grown man cry?

My heart breaks for him......does anyone know where I can find another one like it?

A Man's Meal!

Sometimes when you love a man you feed him his favorite foods in front of the TV while watching a movie like "Death Race"....and you don't worry about the outcome because you love him!

January Date Night!

My hubby got a wonderful idea for us to go to the annual London Food and Wine show for our January Date Night. It was good in theory but not in practice as the only time we could arrange to get away was on a Sunday afternoon. We were just not feeling in the mood for wine sampling and exotic food tasting at that time so we opted for something a little less ambitious.

We went here for lunch......

and we ate these.....
and these.....

and we shared a big one of these....romantic eh?

We then went to one of my favorite hot spots.....

where we purchased these for him....

and these for me...and we shared them.....

at this place.....

while we snuggled together and watched this funny guy in Mall Cop!

On the way home we stopped here....

and had a cup of this....






It wasn't glamorous but we enjoyed our time together!

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Skyla's Jolie Dress Shoppe!

My daughter came home with a new project for her Fashion Class this week.....Create a dress shop out of a shoe box! How exciting is that? I think I may be a wee bit more enthusiastic than Skyla! These are some pics of the beginning of her dress shop.....it kind of has a Betsey Johnson thing going on dontcha think!