Tickles My Fancy

Well I was browsing through some random blogs and I came across this one: http://blogniako.blogspot.com/ with this adorable cupcake bouquet idea, isn't it so cute? Maybe I'll make it for Amaris's first birthday! When else would you have such a good excuse for such an elaborate dessert?

So David was gone all week, which was extremely not fun. It was just Amaris and I all morning, afternoon, evening, night, etc. I called my mom alot. Amaris can't talk yet so it gets pretty lonely. To keep myself busy I made two loaves of banana bread, a double batch of banana chocolate chip muffins, lemons squares, cake brownies, and chocolate chip cookies. I'm I crazy? Maybe. But at least my freezer is full now. I'm going to make revel bars today, and maybe even go to the zoo. We'll see. David did drive home for Saturday though, and then left again Sunday morning. What a great husband, that's a lot of driving for not very much face time. He drove home from Regina in the dark and apparently the roads were very, very bad. So bad in fact, he demanded that we go get extra life insurance yesterday! I guess it freaked him out a bit. And for David, who drives in horrible conditions quite easily and frequently, to be that serious about it, it must have been bad!
Check out this article: http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091127/CGY_crashes_rcmp_091126/20091128/?hub=CalgaryHome

People had to abandon their vehicles on the sides of the road, and whole roads were shut down! There were over 130 accidents on friday night, the night he was driving home! Thank you God for keeping him safe!
Well, I'm out!
xoxo Meredith

A Hop and a Skip

So David arrived home early from work today. He was told by his boss that there's men needed in Regina, for tomorrow. Why does this always happen? So he got home at 2pm and left at 2:30 for Saskatchewan. Talk about lots of prep time! (Sarcasm dosn't work too well via type but you'll have to use your imagination). Geeze!
I have come to realize that life, well at least our life, is never, ever predictable. It seems like nothing happens, everythings normal, and then WHAM! Never get too comfortable!
Anyways he'll be there for the next three weeks for sure and then I'll be leaving for Victoria on Dec. 15th and he'll be driving out for Christmas.
I am so insanely lonely and he only left 7 hours ago. I don't function well alone. It's so hard being away from all your family, and then when your husband isn't there too you feel so out of place! Well, it's just me and Amaris! Hopefully my good friend Carla will be able to stay with me for awhile, I have to have someone to cook for other than me or I won't do it!! Haha.
Well, here's to following the work, wherever it may go!

November Happenings

So November has been a good month ! No snow, mild weather, perfect! Last weekend we went to an 'International' Christmas Fair at Spruce Meadows with Josh and Katherine, it was crazy huge, over 200 vendors, Ukrainian dancing, guitar plucking, and food frying. What else could you want in a christmas fair? Oh yes, and ice sculpture making. The guy sculpting was wearing chainsaw pants, my dad would be proud.

It took up three different buildings! I loved the giant christmas balls.

Ah yes, my super cutey! She is getting so big and so 'grown up'. Well for a baby anyways. She is always been my super sleeper too but she is on strike! A no sleep diet. And I am not having fun. C'est la vie.

xoxo
Meredith

My Knight in Shining Armor♥

Oh knight of my heart

shall I buy you a flower?

Shall I lower my hair

down from up in my tower?

Shall I lie here asleep

until you come on by,

Shall I bite on an apple

and tragically die?

Shall I wait for your appearance

wait for your kiss

wait to be married in matrimonial bliss?

Will you wear your shiny armor

like in all of my dreams

or humbly come,

shirt frayed at the seams?

With a heart full of love,

you'll sweept me off my feet,

My heart will then flutter

perhaps jump and miss a beat?

And off we'll go riding,

away into the sunset

our eyes reflecting love and laughter,

and add our names into the books,

off happily ever after.

Written by Meredith Latimer in 2003. I WAS 14 WHEN I WROTE THIS.
Thought I'd share the ramblings of a hopeless romantic who found her knight in shining armor.♥

Black Eyes and Adventures

To my recollection, I have never had a black eye. So how is it that my 9month old daughter is on her second?? Amaris was standing up in the bathtub and slipped, I grabbed her out of the water to see blood start pouring down the side of her face. Complete panic moment, I can't see where it's coming from (other than the eye region, which isn't comforting) or how bad it is because it's bleeding too much. I started yelling at David to get his rear into gear and come help me. Luckly she calmed down pretty fast which made me think it wasn't too serious, and it wasn't. But still. Oh that girl. Too ambitious for her own good. I literally never let her out of my sight and she still has a record to revel MMA fighters!

So this sunday was spent with our lovely friends, the Clarks (that feels weird to say instead of Duits). We drove out of the city and into the...not city. Elbow Falls, it's beautiful, remote, and freezing cold. We walked around for a bit, enjoyed the scenery and then headed to Kath's house to make oven s'mores and let the kiddies play!

The yummy mommy's that we are. And my adorable, amazing husband and child.
Canada - one of the most beautiful, untouched places on earth. How lucky are we!!

The 3 Sickies

I should probably change the title of this blog to, "The Three Sickies" instead of "The Three Marks". It's getting kind of ridiculous. And extremely frustrating. I can't imagine in large families that everyone is healthy at the same time, ever. But enough venting, Amaris and I are feeling better and we're justing waiting on David to get up to par. I am so sick of hearing about H1N1 though, people are losing their sanity with a sniffle and rushing to Urgent Care, meanwhile people who actually have something wrong with them have to sit and wait for 10 hours while the Doctor's deal with the overly concerned masses. If you have swine flu they are just going to tell you to go home and stay home anyways!!! Enless you get so sick that you need to be hospitalized!

I wish it was a requirement for people to google things before going to ER or the walk in clinic. Odds are pretty, really good that you'll be just fine even if it is swine flu.

Well, more later when I feel like it! Don't worry I won't give this lecture again!

Meredith :)

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