{"id":598,"date":"2009-11-04T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=598"},"modified":"2013-11-12T15:27:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T23:27:34","slug":"never-say-never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/never-say-never\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Say Never"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SvHXE-nPWfI\/AAAAAAAACcQ\/MzkFvF_XsvE\/s1600-h\/IMG_4345.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SvHXE-nPWfI\/AAAAAAAACcQ\/MzkFvF_XsvE\/s640\/IMG_4345.JPG\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SvHXTpfQl5I\/AAAAAAAACcY\/jmTJWmyy8Hs\/s1600-h\/IMG_4350.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/SvHXTpfQl5I\/AAAAAAAACcY\/jmTJWmyy8Hs\/s640\/IMG_4350.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>My darling Tabitha. She could hardly wait to get outside and rake the leaves&#8211;she&#8217;s such an organizer and incredibly self-motivated. I must say, when I saw her dressed as Queen Elizabeth I&#8211;her entire demeanor radiated someone who could indeed, successfully rule the world!<br \/>Just got back from the dentist&#8211;a cleaning. My teeth look fab. I couldn&#8217;t believe the dentist though, he tried to push a professional whitening on me&#8211;HELLO! If my teeth get any whiter they&#8217;ll glow in the dark! Couldn&#8217;t he tell I&#8217;ve been using Listerene whitening pre-rinse for months?<br \/>The twins were wonder girls. They sat quietly watching a movie on my computer&#8211;I&#8217;d brought a blanket for them to &#8220;snuggle when we get scared.&#8221; They are so cute, making pre-movie snuggle\/cuddle contracts before the movie starts to ensure they&#8217;ll be cared for during any forth coming scary &#8220;parts.&#8221;<br \/>Then a quick stop at<i> T<\/i><i>he <\/i><i>Bread CO.<\/i> for Vienna buns for the big girl&#8217;s school lunches.<br \/>Tonight Mist has dance, which takes up most of the evening. Thus my date night will be pushed to Thursday&#8211;supper out or a movie. Friday evening we attend a pot-luck for Mist&#8217;s Social Justice Club at school&#8211;raising money for a school in Africa. I will make a carrot cake to bring. I make great carrot cake with delicious cream-cheese icing. One of my signature dishes since I was a wee teen. <br \/>It is officially fall, so I \u00a0will start skating or indoor water park Friday nights with the girls. I will also try out a meditation group at<i> Kelowna Yoga House<\/i> on Monday nights. I like to plan ahead because I can get very bored in the fall and winter. The dark nights make one want to curl up in bed each night early. But if I do that, I&#8217;ll go out of my head with boredom after a week. SO, instead&#8211;to save my mind&#8211;I plan at least three evenings out a week throughout the dark\/cold seasons.<br \/>\u00a0I really try to get out snowboarding\/skiing on Sundays to keep my spirits high throughout the season. This year I want passes to Crystal so Mist, Tabs and I and even Pip can ski each Sunday. We&#8217;ll all ski this year&#8211;snowboarding on hold. I could send Tabs and Mist up to <i>Big White<\/i> at night with their school&#8211;but call me cautious&#8211;I know ski hills at night. I don&#8217;t want my kids up at <i>Big White<\/i> without Peter or I. It is a very busy, enormous place. \u00a0Not to mention a very high risk sport. No, they&#8217;ll ski with me until they&#8217;re older. I&#8217;d love to get into the skate type of cross-country skiing&#8211;I &#8216;d love it. However, there is only so much time in a season. I&#8217;ll be lucky to squeeze in any downhill.<br \/>Peter is going to be away nearly all next week. First he&#8217;ll be in Vancouver, then he&#8217;s flying to Saskatoon to visit his mom. He&#8217;ll miss a big party at Miranda&#8217;s house. I&#8217;ll tell you more about the party when Miranda decides which kind she&#8217;s going to have: gigantic open house or smaller mafia party. I&#8217;m game for either. Either way I believe there may be wine tasting involved. I have a very sensitive wine palate&#8211;I&#8217;m a super taster. I just love a good party.<br \/>I&#8217;m really starting to miss my fiction writing and painting. I&#8217;d start them up again, but I fear overload until this degree is done. But never say never.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My darling Tabitha. She could hardly wait to get outside and rake the leaves&#8211;she&#8217;s such an organizer and incredibly self-motivated. 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