Weekend of Oct 27th

It was stake conference weekend. On Saturday my Aunt Leah and Uncle David (with cousin Richard) came down to visit. Uncle David, Eden and Richard took apart our furnace and cleaned every inch of it. They couldn't seem to find the problem with why it shuts off spontaneously, often in the middle of the night, but at least it was clean! Aunt Leah and I took Ephraim to the park and when we got back the boys were sitting in the livingroom chatting, so we joined them. We asked about the furnace, and then suddenly Uncle David wanted to know if the fan ran all the time, the way it was right then. Back they went to the furnace...magic fingers tightened wires and now our furnace works great! :) No shut-off's since, and the fan doesn't always run....it's SO quiet!

Conference was good. After the sunday session, Elder Jones held a short Spanish session, which we also attended. I think I understood maybe 10%. The Stake President had an interpreter, and he said he took 3 pages of notes as many of the Spanish members took the opportunity to fill in their leaders on the challenges they faced. I don't know what may come of it, but the president did say that maybe a quarterly Spanish fireside or activity might be organized. That would be fun, and we'd certainly be there!

Sunday evening we were all asleep by 8:30pm! Lovely! Eden got up at 3:20am for work, I didn't get up until 7am, Ephraim woke up 1/2 hour later, and he stayed up for only an hour before going back to sleep for a bit of a nap! He must have been too short on sleep, poor guy. Hope he's caught up now!

The sale of our condo in London is having its ups and downs. The current tenants will be moving out and we hope that will increase its sale-ability. We've also called animal control as there are too many pets for one residence! :) I don't know what it is about people and pets. We continue to keep our fingers crossed. A sale before Christmas would be ideal...but if not, then we will hope for the New Year.

October 16th...Crazy week!

After 2 weeks, I have finally gotten my schedule for the school arranged. It certainly took long enough! Eden has been working on our little white car since last Wednesday and today was the day that all the repairs came together (new spark plugs, wires, and distributor cap) and it works like a charm once again. Our repairs ended up costing a 10th of what we paid for the car...which isn't much when you consider how cheap our little car was to begin with. :) We are grateful that we have it. Big E has a new job with Purolator Courier. He works from 4 am to 9:30 am. We are proud of the way he goes to bed early and gets up so early so that he can work a job that doesn't interfere with his school classes or my school schedule.

I came home from work today and realized that we were on our LAST diaper. Thank goodness it wasn't Sunday! Whew. Off we went to buy diapers. Just before we left, I changed Little Dude. As I was pulling the last tab to finish putting his diaper around him and it RIPPED! So...we had to use packing tape to keep his diaper on so we could go shopping for more diapers! Life is so much fun sometimes! :)

Big E has been working hard on his classes. He was talking with a dentist at church and has found out how he might be able to shorten the time he spends in school by 2 years. He is excited about that possibility. We have a cute little black and white stray kitten that comes to visit us occasionally. Don't worry, we don't feed it. (We have enough trouble budgeting our own meals...without budgeting in cat food!) We do pet it though. Well, at least Big E and I pet it. Here's a picture of what Little Dude does to it:


He picks up our neighbour's kitten by the tail...poor thing...it has learned to stay out of arms reach from Ephraim. This little stray kitten hasn't figured that out yet!

I had another Doctor appointment. I don't know what it is about facing professionals that makes you feel like an incompetent...but that's how I end up feeling. I was determined to firmly inform the doctor that unless there was a good reason why I needed to have gestational diabetes testing, I wasn't doing it. Instead I get there and quietly ask, "Is it really necessary to have the testing done?" Eeeek! What happened to my firm, confident, take-charge me? I can tell you what happened...it began feeling incompetent in the face of someone with such a lofty degree, and it FLED! Oh well, fortunately I don't have to have the testing done (thank heavens) unless there is a need. Last time I took the
test it made me feel absolutely awful. Here I am at the park, not looking too terribly pregnant yet...but there is a bump there..mostly I think I look chubby!


Little Dude is almost 2 and totally turning into a model 2 year old! He is getting BUSY, into everything. He loves most to empty my pot cupboard and my tea towel drawer. I keep busy keeping him out of both! We have all been enjoying the beautiful fall weather, but Little Dude loves it most of all, especially when he has someone to play with in the leaves!