A fun getting to know you/me quiz!!

I stole this from a friends blog. A little quiz to get to know more about me, maybe something you didn't know before. If you don't have a blog, copy and paste this and send me an email makeffer1234@hotmail.com

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars-->does sleeping in a tent count?
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked->not me, but it is how my parents met!!! ;)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle –it was a quad (same thing to me)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper-->wrote an article and had my name in the paper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life --> see #64 (I'm assuming I have saved someones life, that's what they tell you to get you to donate)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Wow, what a carzy weekend (10/19)

Well, we finally did it, we upgraded our vehicle. After talking, looking, driving, and more talking, we finally bought a 2004 Expedition. Crazy, I know. We talked about getting a F-150 truck, but I just didn't think it had enough 'cabin' room for all of us to be comfy on long trips, we'd always have a child between us too. We talked about a suburban, but never did test drive one, and my hubby is a Ford guy...so that was mostly out of the question. Definitely not something we planned to do this weekend, but we love it. We now have three vehicles. We plan on selling the car, and using the van as our 'second' vehicle. *I wrote this on Monday, and the car sold on Monday!!!* So now we have two vehicles, the van and the truck!! We love it!! When we got the van, we had a picture take, and this is what we looked like, 7 1/2 years ago (sorry for the bad pic, I took a picture of the picture) -->

<--So, here is us with another child and a bigger vehicle. In the picture on the right, Alexa was 2 weeks old, I had a c-section, and I was in alot of pain. It was a long day, and I remember it well, nursing in the bathroom of the dealership (which is in Moose Jaw), having a 3 yr old, a 1 yr old and a 2 week old to watch while we were working on the details. This new purchase was alot easier!! It's amazing how times change, scary too!! We will enjoy this vehicle as much as we enjoyed the van, we still have the van, but the truck is now our primary family/towing vehicle.

I am so excited...

I just bought my self something so fun!! It's called a Bind it All!! (<--if you click on the link it takes you to the website) Take a look at their blog http://www.binditall.blogspot.com/ and watch some of the videos if you are interested in knowing what this item is.

I can't wait to start making projects and gifts and having some fun in my craft area downstairs! I have been stamping again too, I love it, I missed it!! I am almost done my Christmas cards too!! I am in a club again this year, we get together every 6 weeks or so and our stampin up demo has some fun things for us to make, and new things to learn, then we order, each taking a turn being a hostess, and reaping the benefits!! This is a card I made for my nieces 3rd birthday.

We also got a new camera aswell, our other one was giving us grief. It is in getting fixed at the moment, we'll see if it comes back fixed or if they have to return us our money. I hope we get money back.

We had our first snow fall here, yesterday. We got alot of snow!! Alot of it has already melted today, but there is still quite a bit out there.

Here are a few more pictures, one of the table at thanksgiving dinner at my mom and dads and my new moccasins, I just love them!!

My Week at a Glance

I was inspired by a friends recent blog post to go through my week at a glance. We are definitely busier than we have ever been in the past, but definitely not as busy as some of my friends are, that's for sure!

Sunday

• We have Church in the am, then Alexa has horse riding lessons 20 mins out of town after lunch

Monday

• Starting Oct 19th, Noah has Power Skating and Hockey skills in the evening

Tuesday

• Emmalee has guitar lessons in the afternoon

Wednesday

• All the kids have FaithBuilders in the evening

Thursday

• Is free for now, but starting the end of November ish, or whenever it is cold enough to flood the outdoor rink, Noah will have outdoor hockey at our local rink in the evenings

Friday

• The kids and I go to a local church to have afternoon activities

Saturday

• Breanna has soccer on Saturday mornings, starting in November (I'm hoping mornings, it has been in the past)

Throw in school everyday, the kids nights to stay up, a party or two a month that I attend, a date or two for the hubby and I, a ladies night out once a month, hubby playing a pick-up game of hockey every Saturday evening (I hope)...I'd say it's a full schedule for the Keffers. And of course trying to do housework and meals in the mix of it all...It sometimes makes it hard for me to think, with all that is going on. I'm thankful for our calendar on the wall! I need to fit in time to scrapbook and stamp!!! I haven't done it in a very very long time!

Rider Game

My hubby and I attended the recent home game of the local CFL team. We were shocked to witness the awful display of stupidity from a handful or two 'rider' fans sitting behind the opposing teams bench. If your not aware what happened, I don't want to really bring it up again, but here is a link to what happened: http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/sports/roughriders/story.html?id=0ba81ee2-b4da-4d11-b06c-51a4be9ae73e

Later the next day I was reading that article and the comments from the some of the players on the opposing team and them being embarrassed to be from this city. I got a little fired up, and even wrote a letter to the editor who wrote the article. He promptly replied and told me it was well said, and asked if I wanted to be published....I didn't know what to think, so, I thought about it for a bit! And replied, hmmm, sure!! Well, after a few emails back and forth, to verify some things, here is my comment in regards to the incident published in today's Leader Post, September 23rd, 2008 http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/letters/story.html?id=16cea8fc-1aff-4ac9-9559-133ce604e312&p=5

Kind of fun for me, I've never done anything like this before! We are going to the next home game, hopefully there won't be an incident like that again!

Hubby back to work....

I am having mixed feelings about the title. I enjoyed having him home, to help absorb the noises that go on here regularly, and help to manage the chaos! The kids are sad, of course. Daddy is the nicer parent (most of the time), he has a hard time saying no. I can say it very liberally, No, Nope, i don't think so, not right now, see, it's so easy for me. But daddy has a harder time saying no. Which cause alot of issues, especially if he says yes for something that doesn't work in our schedule, or if he says yes to something and there are only 2, instead of 4....see, it can be hard.



I'm glad he's back to work, then it kind of feels like we are back to 'normal' with life and finances, even though he was getting strike pay, it just wasn't guaranteed, and there was uncertainty there. We can get back to our day to day.....



Which just got exciting, Noah was doing his math, and bent over to get something on the floor and stuck a pencil into his forehead....it is a never ending barrel of excitement around here, and now I have a headache.....