So as you all know we were headed to my husband’s father’s wedding on Saturday.  Well the wedding went off without a hitch and now his father and his new bride are happily married.  The couple looked very good and happy and the best man was especially handsome.   lol  Matter of fact our 10 year old daughter called him “dashing”.

Now that they are married I suppose the family is just going to have to accept it.  I just hope that she keeps him happy in his final years.  He is almost 70 so whatever time he has left should be happy times.  The kids were quite impressed that they got a new grandmother so she got there seal of approval.  Only time will tell if the other’s end up feeling this way as well.

On Saturday my father in law is getting married.  This is a very happy day for him for obvious reasons, but it is still kind of sad as well.

For 47 years my in-laws were happily married.  Then in September of last year my husband’s mother passed away from stomach cancer.  Yes, my father in law did morn her, but has now decided to move on.  So eight months after her death he met a new woman and asked her to marry him.  She said yes and the event will be taking place this weekend.

Now on to the sad part…

Neither one of his daughters will be attending this event.  They both have valid excuses why they will not be attending, but it still is quite upsetting to their father that they won’t be there.  Plus any of his friends from the town he used to live in are refusing to attend.  Their reasons for not attending is because they don’t agree with this wedding and they refuse to be a part of it.  This makes him very sad.

But he is going to do what he is going to do and they will as well.  My husband and I and the kids will be attending so hopefully this will cheer him up a bit.

About three months ago my father in law put his home up for sale.  But before he actually sold the home he bought a two bedroom mini home.  He did have six months of grace before he would have to pay a mortgage on the new home.  But if he didn’t sell his old home he could have ended up paying two mortgages.  Living on a fixed income at his age, this wouldn’t be a good thing.  But he stopped by this morning and informed my husband and I that he has now sold his old home.  So in a couple of months he will only own the one home and he won’t have to worry about finding the money to pay for two homes. Yay!

On Tuesday of this past week we Canadians went to the polls.  There was no big surprise on who would end up being our prime minister for the next four years, the only surprise that was in store for us was if this particular government would end up becoming a majority government or a minority government.

Well the results are in and Stephen Harper is back in for another four year term.  I guess the Canadians have spoken in regards to the carbon tax one party wanted to implement and against the all French  speaking language that the other party wanted to invoke.

As for my personal opinion on the whole thing, I really don’t have one.  For the past four years Stephen Harper hasn’t done a seriously bad job, so I guess he is as good as anyone else to have this position.  I guess we will just have to wait and see what the next four years brings.

First of all I would like to wish all my fellow Canadian bloggers a very happy Thanksgiving.  Because I had to work the entire weekend our family is having our big dinner tonight.  We are having chicken (not really fond of turkey), potatoes, corn, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce.  Yum Yum!

The only downfall is that I have to make the supper and then clean up all the mess.  But at least I get to eat the dinner.  Even with having to cook this supper for the entire family it has still been a really great day to relax.  So happy  Thanksgiving to you all and I hope you all have enjoyed spending the extra time with your family.  Hopefully you all have found the time to relax as well.

All you mothers who have little girls know exactly where I’m going with in this post now don’t you??

Well most of you know that I am a mother of three children. Two boys and a girl. Well it’s my daughter and what lies ahead for her that has gotten me to thinking these days. Although she is only 10, I can see the signs of puberty hitting her so I am fully aware of what is next. Next will come her first period and because I am the mother, it’s my job to prepare her for this. I can tell you this is one job that I’m not looking forward to and I can also admit that I have been putting it off. I really was unsure how I was going to broach this discussion with her so until I could find a way that I would be comfortable with and knew she would be comfortable with it I wasn’t prepared to tell her about.

Well I have found a perfect way to have this little talk that absolutely needs to take place. I have found a brand new innovative product that is going to help me to broach the subject with her, explain every detail to her, and enable me to answer any and all questions that she may have. This product can be found over at Her Changes. And the product is called Changes. Two mother’s that have five teen aged daughters between them came up with this very innovative and valuable product to help mother and child discuss all the changes that are occurring in their lives due to puberty.

This product contains a guide to help you discuss all aspects of puberty and their first period in detail, mood pens, journal, calendar and perfume. The mood pens and journal are for the child to keep track of her moods during this traumatic period of her life, a calendar so she can keep track of her monthly cycles and the perfumes so she can wear them with whatever mood she is experiencing that day.

I think this product is such a great idea because it will not only help the child discover why they are feeling they way they are feeling, but it was also help mother and child get ready for the day when her first period arises. Although my daughter is only 10, I can see the signs of her entering puberty already. She is quite moody, I have seen a change in the way her clothing fits and she is starting to get acne. So I know the time is coming shortly. And with this product I feel that my daughter and I both will have a better handle on what’s going to take place in the near future.

So if you have a daughter who is entering puberty and you were looking for a way to help you have “the talk” then I highly encourage you to check out Her Changes. You will be amazed at how well this product will help you and your daughter get through a very difficult time.

After a couple of years of blogging, setting up blogs and  maintaining them, I can honestly say that I’m as comfortable in the blogging world as I can be.  I have managed to achieve all this with the help of a lot of blogging friends that I have met along the way.  Without their knowledge and patience there is no way that I would be where I am today with so many blogs on the go.

So when a friend of mine asked if I could give her a hand setting up her very first blog, of course I said no problem.  So yesterday we spent the day IM’ing back and forth and now she has a brand new blog to call her own.  I was so pleased that I was able to help her with this.  It was nice to be the one helping out instead of the one asking for help.

It is now October so it is once again time to acknowledge and thank all my top droppers from Entrecard. Honestly guys I don’t know where this blog would be without you all. So if your on my list then I would love to say a great big thank you to each and everyone of you. And if your not on the list but would like to be, all you need to do is drop. Then maybe your name will be on the list for next month.

Thanks again guys! I really do appreciate all your visits.

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