We are all a bunch of sickos

....and I mean it!!!

Well...  I mean we are all sick. hehehe

You couldn't possibly think for a minute that I was talking about our sanity (or lack of) could you??

Don't mind me, I think my brain is infected and parts of it is not fully fonctionning. If you don't mind, i'll still take  a few moments to update y'all with our news.

Nicholas is very sick.  We found out today that he's got mononucleosis.  NO fun.  Its one of the worse virus any of us could wish for, not that we ever wish to get sick.   Its very similar to Influenza, but with Mono, it does not matter how much sleep you get, you are totally pooped, weak, loose appetite, and its actually dangerous to do any type of physical activity such as sport and heaving cleaning.  (isnt it the same??) 

Thank God he is homeschooled... because I will be able to adjust our schedule.  Mono is so severe that a child is actually excused  from school for as much as one month.    I doubt that we will be done school by May like planned.... but hopefully by July...

What do you know.... isn't it having always more work added to my list my speciality?  

That reminds me... yesterday, this guy ask me "so do you work?"  i say :"well i dont work outside the house no."   His response:" Oh, you don't work at all??"  i say "i work enough, in fact, i usually sit down around 10pm"    "he said "you sound like a "old fashion muslim woman".

WHAT???? first, im not muslim, second, are you racist?? Arent you aware that there IS American women that stay at home to raise their children??    I have nothing against working mothers. Weither they work at home to care for their kids (and the house) all day long (because having kids at home mean a house being messed up all day long as well) OR having a actual job with the kids in daycare, mom come home, STILL "work" until the kids are in bed.  So weither they are home, or at work, women work.    It just pissed me off that some people can be so ignorant.  What are they thinking?? that kids just take care of themselves all day?   They wouldnt need to pay thousands of dollar in daycare if it was the case!!   We dont tell daycare provider that they "dont work".  "Oh, you chase kids, listen to fights, whine all the while keeping your patience and you sanity all day; you DONT work" 

I think all this come from the "few" stay at home moms that some people know that are actually the type of sitting in front of the tv all day, never clean their house and let the husband cook dinner when he gets home.   Well i got some news for you;

I am old fashion.  I am the old fashion housewife that actually ENJOY keeping a house semi-clean (meaning: presentable) , cooking dinner for the husband and kids, never expect any help with housework because she CHOSE to have this as her JOB.  Why should i expect my husband to clean the house when he gets home.. isnt that my job in the day time?    Now, dont get me wrong, i admire men that actually take over once in a while and do  the dishes. As for me, i dont care, unless im sick and need a booster.   I never expect any help, never feel miserable from not getting any, and WHEN i do get some help, I am forever grateful. After all, i never help my husband fix a computer, or answer a page at 3am.   If i did, i'd mess it up big time... a bit like when he DOES touch something in the kitchen.

Moohahhaha 

I shouldnt care about people telling me I am not working.  For some reason, it bugs me more when it comes from a man.   When a working mother tell me i am lucky to be home all day, I ask "do you rest when you get home from work" their answer ? "hell no, sometimes i want to go back to work! " hahaha ok, enough said then!!!     

Now, if you are the soap opera, clutter love type, stick child infront of tv all day, type of stay at home mom,  im not going to say what i think about ya, because you wont like it :) Plus the title should simply be "stay at home" hehe  Fortunetly, i think there are few like that and sadly enough they are the reason why some people  view stay at home moms with the few lazy ones they've met instead of most that actually will sacrifice a great carreer just to grow old prematurely raising children. hehehe

Did you ever made the math.... that in a family of 6 people (hey , like mine!)   there is 42 pairs of socks to "match" weekly, that is 84 socks to sort out?  Do you want to KNOW the amount of time?!    Now, if you want to do that job, i'll pay ya 25 cents per day, that's 25 cents more than i get!

Moooohahahha

Man.... i do think that my brain IS infected, because i usually dont talk to people this way.    See, being called a old fashion muslim really got to me... it's one of the most insulting thing someone have ever told me.  Its not the muslim part, its the ignorance about muslim women and women  in general as well.  Its just sad.  

Whatever,  maybe being called a  "old fashion judgental christian brainwashed  woman" would of been worse; just because i use to be one. hehe and I ain't  never going back there.    

OBEY.........OBEY................OBEY.............

Well what!! I am obeying my crave for coffee. Especially with hazelnut cream. Mmmmm

Here, get one if you want!

Well other than me feeling like a rebellious housewife and Nick being sick....  there is not much going on.  I totally lost my voice.  You wouldnt be able to tell by the way i talk today. hahaha but seriously, i have NO voice... my throat is killing me. I have to wisper to my kids and the dogs.. can you imagine?!    That's one tough job.  Well oops i forgot... i dont work!

We dont have any snow....  that's tough when you got kids that actually remember having 20 feet of it.  They miss it!!   Here is a reminder:

That is my parents house... where i grew up.  My mom was telling me how they had more than this this year and you actually can't see the house from the street.    When we were kids, we would build humongus caves, build snow furniture, bring candles in there and spend hours!!  My dad would make it solid as rock by spraying water with the hose on it.  There is no way that thing could collapse.  It was soooo cool.     I wish i could make my kids experience that! 

Here is one of my favorite family picture with my parents, sister , me , Sebastien and Zachary.  See, we dont look too bad.  And by the way, it was -45, so its not THAT bad.  We played outside like little kids. That "thing" Sebastien (red coat) is siting in, is a shovel. Yup, and using this thing, you still need an average of 3 hours to do a tiny path in your driveway to get out... until you have to do it all over again. haha 

Schools never close on snow days. Ever. Unless its ice and -50, litteraly.   I so didnt understand when i first moved here and the schools were close for 2 cm of snow. I found it totally ridiculous, but i didnt realise that the cities here are not equiped for that type of weather, and our -50 / 2 meters of snow weather are safer than the  -10/2 cm snow here.  Why? because of this:

 This is actually an "old fashion" (my new favorite word) one.    We cant see really good, but it actually blows the snow on the other side, leaving  huge hills of snow on the sides of the road, but leaving the roads completely clean and safe, like this:

This is actually not that bad, the walls usually get to be as high as the stop signs around christmas time.

Now, apparently these are the new ones; I have yet to see them in action!

Looks nice!  Much smaller.   

I should go.  I'll leave you by sharing a few pictures of how cute our dogs have gotten to be :)   If you can watch without saying "awww" (you dont have to actually say it outloud, im not THAT demanding)  well i guess that means im not alone with a infected brain tonight hehe

Let's say it together:

AWWWWWW

Now say it again........

AWWWWWW

All this said, you guys have a good night, and remember....

SMILE

This is me as a Old fashion housewife.  I look pretty happy what da ya think?

07:09 - Thursday, January 10, 2008 - post comment