Don't worry - everyone is okay

But we had a fire this evening in our kitchen. Relax - it was in our oven and totally contained- but still. It smoked out our entire main floor. And I must say I was totally cool during the whole incident. Here's how it all went down.

I baked biscuits in the oven to go with our beef stew for dinner. Simply delish by the way. And afterwards I turned the oven up a bit and through in a few fries for Alex and Joey. (No yeller yeller, obviously) Then Aaron comes tearing down the stairs yelling what's burning? where's the fire? Uh, duh, I had absolutely no idea what the heck he was talking about until I noticed the flames in the oven. Yeppers, there were flames. So, we turned off the oven and it burned off whatever had spilled in the bottom of the oven.

Hmm...how could I have not noticed this you're wondering? Well, in my defense, I had a head cold and seem to have misplaced my sense of smell lately. Which was a gawdsend when it came to all the poopy issues Thing One and Thing Two were having the past week.

So, now I have to clean my oven and see if the element is salvageable....sigh...and the funny thing is (okay funny isn't the right word) that I have no idea what the heck spilled all over the bottom of my stove that could catch fire like that? Usually the only thing that I consistently spill over are pies, or cheesy pizzas.

But like I said, everyone is okay. That's what counts, right?

I obviously spoke too soon

Alex is still...hmm..what's the word I'm looking for....liquidy? Yeah, I think that sums it up. I've been assured by the doc that he's fine - just has a bug to work through his system.

We had a whirlwind weekend with my folks. Friday night we stayed up chatting and scrabbling. Saturday Papa took Joey to a Beaver tour/hands on experience at The Military Museum. It was really good - I totally recommend it to anyone interested in military history.

Saturday night Aaron and I took Mom and Dad to Bolero's for a belated anniversary dinner. It was fab-u-lous!!! Picture it: you sit at your table with a little totem, if you turn it to green, servers come by with tons of different meats on skewers that they carve off of right at your table. And when you need a break you flip it to the red. Simple, isn't it? I was there for the beef and had filet mignon, ribeye, sirloin, bacon wrapped filet mignon, and pineapple and veggies. They also had chicken, lamb, pork ribs, pork sausages.... And there was also a cold/hot buffet of side dishes.

Simply amazing!

Papa and Joey
Saturday night at the Beck household, isn't he saucy everyone?

A family portrait, guess I could have cropped it a bit first - but I've been having a shortage of spare time lately so it'll have to do.

So much to blog about I have no idea where to start

This is going to seem like a random post but here goes:

Yesterday was uneventful - Alex was no longer singing out "Yeller yeller" if you know what I mean.

Today was a super busy day!

I had the pleasure of Jonathan's company for part of the day. He's such a funny little guy - and his big cousins sure enjoy him. Joey even rescued him out of his playpen which is a whole other story for another time. We had a very outdoorsy day as well. The weather was beautiful and the kids had spring fever! Coincidentally so does my cat.

And tonight was my Christmas Card Workshop. And oh what a night! It was a good group of women, lots of chit chat, lots of stamping - in a word- FAB-U-LOUS!

One of the girls is a Beauti-Control consultant and she offered to bring her mini-pedicure set for us to try. Well, we were kind of overwhelmed with card stuff so the only one who had a chance to test it was myself after everyone else had gone home. And oh my gawd - I could almost hear the angels singing in the background Hallelujah - it is also FAB-U-LOUS. I had every intention of doing a before and after shot and totally forgot to do the before shot but I ordered a kit for myself and one for my Dad - that's how much I LOVED it! I have pretty rough feet from spending a summer barefoot in the backyard and now they're smooth and silky - except for one spot. I intentionally left my big toe naked from the miracle creams just to be able to do a true comparison on how it does on callouses and it's un-freaking-believable. My feet are smooth as silk. ( except for my big toe )

Maybe at my next Ladies Night we can do mini-pedicures?!?

Okay - here's a stumper for you ...

Where the heck is , , Canada ??? Seriously! I check my visitor map now and then and I always have , , Canada listed.

Toronto, ON, Canada
Malden, MA, United States
Omaha, NE, United States
Brampton, ON, Canada
Canaan Station, NB, Canada
Oromocto, NB, Canada
Orangeburg, SC, United States
Charlottetown, PE, Canada
Edmonton, AB, Canada
, , Canada
Frankford, ON, Canada
Calgary, AB, Canada
Halifax, NS, Canada
Bathurst, NB, Canada
Sackville, NB, Canada
Berwick, NS, Canada
Pretoria, South Africa
, , Canada
Calgary, AB, Canada
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
, , Canada
Blackfalds, AB, Canada
Notre Dame, NB, Canada
Burlington, ON, Canada

I had to refrain from posting yesterday for fear that it would be allllll about poop. Thing Two has had a wicked case of the runs. If there was an upside to it, it's forced me to evaluate his underoo situation and throw out any that look a little snug...and it was easier to rinse and toss then attempt to make his tighty whiteys actually, you know, white.

The review's are in everyone

And the movie was a hit with the Becks! Joey had to pee halfway thru but other than that everyone remained seated from beginning to end. It was almost magical!

The story line was pretty cute and Jerry Seinfeld did a great job of his character Barry. There wasn't as much adult humour like there was in Shrek 3 - which made it more age appropriate.

Chris Rock has a funny role in the movie as well, I'm not a huge Chris Rock fan but he was good in the Bee Movie.

Honestly I had huge doubts about this flick but I'm sure we'll be buying this movie.

Yeah it's the weekend

and my boys let me sleep in this morning. Well technically I was up with them at 6:30 but then Aaron let me go back to sleep once he got up. Either way it was after 10 when I was finally up for the day.
Thursday while I was cutting the pumpkins in half to bake them in the oven - you know, so I could use the insides for pie - I ended up jamming a sliver of pumpkin under the nail of my pointer finger of my dominant hand. It's not infected but it hurts like a mean sonofabitch! The pain literally kept me up until 1:30 last night. I have a feeling I'm going to lose the nail - I totally just shuddered while typing that.
Anyways, it was massive cleaning day at the Beck's. We put off taking the boys to see the Bee Movie until Sunday when it's supposed to be super cold. At least today the boys could play in the backyard while Aaron and I were working.
Hockey game was good - boy those Hitmen sure like to fight! I'm not sure if that surprised me more or if it was the two kids sitting in front of us that smuggled in a bottle of beer each. Aaron said they probably just taped it to their legs...hmm...how does he know this? Although I don't even think they enjoyed their smuggled goods - they looked way more concerned about getting caught. Ha ha, maybe that'll teach them.

Gah! How could I have lost before I even started?!?

This is how :

It's National Blog Posting Month. You're supposed to blog everyday for the month of November and I really really really wanted to do this. And guess what happened?

I forgot to post on the very first day!!!

Hmm, me thinks I may need a vacation!

Anyhoo, last night was Stampin class at Christine's and I was the hostess of the month. That must have been why I forgot about the whole NaBloPoMon thing. I've now got all of my supplies needed for my Christmas Card Workshop (insert super big smile here) for Thursday night. I still have room for 2 more ladies if anyone out there's interested - although I think most of my readers are out of towners so the odds of getting a positive response is slim to none, I know.

Now, I've just got to figure out some hot holiday beverages and get crackin on the homemade cookies.