better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps

I have a flippy calendar that is permanently open to Aug. 7th. The quote on that page is promontly displayed in the kitchen to remind me that it doesn't matter where I live, it's where my heart is that matters. It's hard to keep that in mind as Andrew and I trip over each other in the garage and I can't find a place to put the mail.

Encouraged by Jenn...this is what home means to me.

My home is......
- an adjustment to living on my own, a place of self discovery
- a place where it is safe to be yourself and express yourself
- a place where chocolate is always on hand
- a place to curl up at the end of the day
- a place where small living quarters are just an excuse for more cuddle time
- a place where the cat is queen
- not such a bad place after all!

Kelly tagged me...

Ten Random Things About Me:
1. I live in a garage (but not for long!)
2. my bra and underwear do not always match (shocking, how can I call myself a member of this family?)
3. I love airports
4. my favourite thing to do in the evening is climb under a big pile of blankets and watch the Amazing Race.
5. I can't see my kitchen counter b/c I haven't done dishes in 5 days (or maybe more...)
6. Sometimes I can be a little too honest.
7. I once got suspended from school
8. I have a weakness for purses and bags
9. At this moment I am eating a chocolate brownie for breakfast :)
10. I have my father's sense of humour and my mother's stubborness

Nine Places I've Visited:
1. Costa Rica
2. Barkerville
3. Hawaii
4. Campbell, California
5. Sechelt
6. Winnipeg
7. Cannon Beach , Oregon
8. Houston, Texas (well, just the airport)
9. Calgary

Eight Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
1. Go to Africa
2. Go to Egypt
3. Go to Asia
4. take a train ride through the Rockies
5. learn to swim
6. open my own little shop
7. hmmm....that's all I can think of.
8.

Seven Ways To Win My Heart:
1. Accept me for who I am (with all my bad habits and dirty dishes)
2. respect me
3. listen to me
4. Put up with me when I'm grumpy
5. Encourage me
6. Be respectful to others
7. You can never go wrong with chocolate

Six Things I Believe In:
1. God
2. Forgiveness
3. The earth is round
4. I have the best kid ever!
5. True friends always stick around
6. Life begins at conception

Five Things I'm Afraid Of:
1. not being in control
2. Andrew getting hurt
3. snakes
4. heights
5. the unknown - although I'm also kindof intrigued by that as well.....

Four of My Favorite Things in the Bedroom:
1. my bed - so comfy!
2. the picture of Andrew on my wall
3. the headboard I made
4. (that's really all that's in my room)

Three Things I Do Everyday:
1. brush my teeth
2. eat breakfast
3. go to bed

Two Things I Hate:
1. dishonesty, disrespect
2. mushrooms

One person I want to see right now:
1. ANDREW!!

moving up...

Yeah!
It's offficial.
I'm moving from the garage to a trailer - or should I say mobile home?
Yes, if all goes well and the place doesn't go up in flames before the end of October, I will be living 3 houses down from Mom. (she just can't seem to get rid of us!)

I need to start packing......

Yeah!

Engler #3 will be entering the world soon!
Congratulations Alvin and Denise!

Snapshot.....

30 years ago the first digital camera was built.
It weighed 8 pounds and was the size of a toaster.
It took 28mins to capture an image.
Upon seeing the results, the woman who posed for the first portrait declared "I think it needs more work".
Can you imagine if the guy who who invented it got discouraged and quit? How often do we give up because our first attempt doesn't yield the results we were hoping.

Timmy time....

My friend Peter came over and installed Quicken on my computer. It's a great program where you can import your bank account information and then go through each transaction and catorgorize them. This enables you to find out where your money is going....
It would seem a large chunk of mine is going to Tim Hortons. We determined that if I was going to save money I should probably cut out some precious Timmy time.
This was confirmed on Saturday morning while working at the photo counter. Two men came up to drop off their film and exclaimed "It's the Tim Hortons Girl!"
I don't even work there!!

Yeah! First day of Kindergarten! 

maybe we all just have too much time on our hands...

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