January 17, 2013

  • Good Bye

    Dear Friends,

    Well after months of agonizing,

    I have decided i will say good bye to xanga for good.

    I have blogged with xanga since 1998 ( 2 different accounts), hubby and i used to write love letters to each other, so many special memories

    This is the past i announced my engagement, our wedding, our pregnancy, her first step, her first tooth, first day of school…

    and so many other memories,

    i have taken up a new home since September, and the time has come to say good bye.

    I love you all so very very much, i have made so many wonderful friends here and this isnt good bye to you, i will be reached at : terrigrothe@gmail.com

    My new home is here: http://ramblingmomma03.blogspot.ca

    I love my new blog and i am ready to make it home.

    To all of you, thanks for your friendship thru the years, the love, the prayers etc, you have all been so good to me, I will keep this one open to read about your lives, but i wont be posting here.

     

    Love you all

     

     

     

January 2, 2013

  • 2012 in review

    Scroll down for Christmas 2012 

     

    2012 ~ a year in review

    I didnt remember all the things but i got the most important things

     

     

    Januray 1- celebrated new years with Kristi and Bennett 

    January 7th- my sisters birthday and 11 years since hubby proposed. 

    Januray 18th – my moms birthday 

    January 19th- I got diagnosed with the incurable disease of Intersistial Cystisis ( IC) 

    Febuary 3rd- started the best job ever and i wish i was still there. 

     March- My father in laws bday  

    April – got the word hubby had a job transfer…but needed a for sure date 

     May- 10th anniversary- had a mini getaway with my honey, we had a wonderful anniversary 

     June- Brooke finished grade 3  

     July 2- Finally a moving date July was then spent preparing to move and pack etc. It was a busy month. 

    July 18th We left our home of 10 years for a trip to the unknown.. 

    Spent July 18th with my in laws 

    Spent July 19th with my parents 

    July 20- we were on the ferry with a u haul with very small amount of things with us, we pretty much just took our clothes and pictures and wanted to start fresh and new 

    July 21- arrived in Nova Scotia and spent the night with my cousin and her kids 

    July 22- visited my aunt who lives 2 hours from where we were going arrived at my brother in laws inlays and stayed there for the next 10 days. 

    July 28-29 celebrated my girl turning 9- took her to crystal palace, she nada wonderful time. 

    August 1- started moving into our home 

    16th- started looking for a church close to us

    September took Brooke on her first ever camping trip and had a ball

    Rambling Momma’s blog was born. =) I blog more over here http://ramblingmomma03.blogspot.ca

    Brooke started Grade 4- French Immersion.. first day was hard because she never knew anyone, i think i shed a few tears that day 

    October I turned 30 and celebrated with friends we had met here and my sister and her family.

    November First snow fall 

     December Back to Newfoundland for Christmas 

     

     It has been a year of many changes, some good, some bad and some ugly. But thru it all we survived and grew stronger as a couple and has a family. 

     

     Cheers to you 2012- here’s looking for another great year in 2013. 

     

  • Christmas 2012

    Christmas 2012

     
    Christmas 2012 in Newfoundland :D
    Christmas Eve we had our first annual Christmas Eve party with family on both my mom’s and dad’s side- not everyone showed up but it was a nice time. We made chilli, wings, salad’s, cookies, chocolate, soda, potato chips etc.. there was so much food and Santa came
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    We had a lot of fun.
     
    Was a late night for us because we had to get presents out and fill stockings. Brooke didnt believe in Santa this year so she helped us put the presents out. 
     
    We all got up at 8 am to open presents… 
     
    We all got spoiled
     
    Brooke:
    ipad
    Heart to Hear doll
    Newberry doll- Brooklyn
    barbies
    clothes
    hats
    wii games
    books
    pj’s
     
    Me
    Lamps
    Macbook
    Clothes
    shoes
    2 wallets
    bathrobe
    Boston Bruins Calendar
    pj’s
    slippers
    kitchen stuff
     
    Andrew:
    Android phone
    clothes
    chocolates
    socks
    ties
    money
     
    It was a great Christmas, mom cooked an amazing turkey dinner, we all enjoyed it so much. 
     
    Tonight we visited with our best man ( at our wedding) and his wife, was a lot of fun as usual. 
     
    Only 3 more days here with my parents before i go to my inlaws….
     
    Hope you all got spoiled as well. 
     

December 24, 2012

December 20, 2012

  •  

     

    Well the time has come 

    we leave in the morning for Newfoundland, Canada 

     

    Pray for us

    Pray we stay safe!! 

    I may do some blogging, just not sure how much 

    if you do need me for something
    email me
    terrigrothe@gmail.com
    emails come right to my cell, so ill get them  

     

December 17, 2012


  • Day of Silence

     
    I cannot dream what parents are going thru today
    after i heard about it friday
    i was so sick to  my stomach
    then realized my daughter should have been home from school
    she wasn’t…
    my heart stopped
    i ran out of the house and up the street to see her coming around the corner.
    I hugged her extra tight and told her i loved her
     
    Some parents don’t have this opportunity anymore
    they are grieving
    wishing they had one more hug
    to see their child come around the corner
    be able to kiss them good night
    wipe their tears when they were afraid yesterday
     
     It isn’t gun control we need
    we took God out of our schools and let in all this evil, so it isn’t gun control
    we need GOD control 


December 10, 2012

  • Spent the morning volunteering at Brooke’s school- i have been helping out in the library, and i am loving it.   Never know when a full time job is coming from volunteering. 

    Got home just after lunch and then did a general tidying up. 

    Packed our bags and packed Brooke’s bag because she was going to a sitters for the night while hubby and i went 2 hours away for his work Christmas party.

    I usually dislike his Christmas parties because his co workers are so smart and i never know what they are talking about, so i was hoping this year would be different. 

    We left town around 5 pm- dropped Brooke of at sitters and we left town for the drive to Moncton. Was a clear night and we made it in good time, got to hotel checked in, got our room, showered and got ready for the party.  

    We get down stairs and got our drink tickets and met some people from his team- his manager is the sweetest lady ever, then met another co workers wife- we hit it off so well.  They served a beautiful dinner and dessert, then we hung out with people and had fun. We laughed late into the night, 4:30 am before i slept at all, i love laughing with friends old and new.  Hubby won a Ipod Nano, i hope i get it for Christmas. :p The Co workers wife – Dale… her and i had a great chat about something that has been heavy on my heart for a while i will post about it soon i promise. 

     

     

     Beautiful Christmas Tree in Lobby 

     

     

     

     I love this man!! 

     

     

     because we didn’t get to bed til late Friday night/Saturday morning, we decided breakfast would be at 10:30 in the hotel restaurant, we were gonna meet my cousin but they couldn’t make it, so we ate with friends from the party.  Around lunch time we left for the mall and i needed to visit David’s tea for the giveaway i hosted.  So we managed to find David’s tea and walked around the mall, ended up buying a Christmas present for Brooke ( i wish i could post here but she reads my blog) and a movie for being such a good girl for the sitter {not like i doubted} We got home around 4 pm, then i went right to the hospital to see my friend Naomi- she ended up in there on Thursday night with a ruptured appendix and her bowel ruptured as well, doctors told her she is lucky to be alive right now because it was ruptured for a few days and if she was much longer it would have been too late, when i saw her yesterday she was in a lot of pain and was very sick, gave her a hug and told her we were praying. Please remember her in prayer as she has a long recovery ahead of her. 

    We went to bed early because of the late night before. 

     

     the normal Sunday morning stuff except alarm didn’t go off so Brooke woke us with 20 mins to be ready and out the door, we did it. 

    We had made plans with a lady from our church to go out for lunch so i didn’t prepare any lunch, but then she had to cancel so we just picked up a BBQ chicken with salads and ate at home. 

    I napped as usual, then got up at 4 pm to get Brooke ready for our Christmas Banquet – my girlie is so beautiful 

     Here she is, ready to go 

     

     it was at the New Maryland Center- it was decorated so beautifully, 2 ladies from our church did it and it was amazing. I took lots of pictures as you can see

    We had it catered and they did a super job with the food, so hot and all fresh and delicious. 

    Our Bible School students did an hilarious skit pretending to be some people from the church, they did it perfect. 

    Then the church gave us a present for all we do, i feel like we dont do much but it was appreciated.  

    The students then all came to our house to hang out etc, we had fun

     

    Enjoy the pictures and have a great week

     This guy pretended to be our Pastor 

     

     

     

     My self and Marissa, love this girl 

     

     here are the students doing their skit 

     

     Andrew taught her Sunday school years ago, its amazing how we move here and she is here going to Bible School, we love you Jardeine. 

     

     Brooke and Pastor’s daughter- Selah 

     

     Brooke and Chloe- sweet

     

     Marissa and her boyfriend Kyle 

     

     Brooke with Marissa and Jaredine, they are like her older sisters 

     

     

     

     

    we are supposed to get 10 cm (4 inches) of snow tomorrow ( monday)- please i hope not, i am not ready for the weather at all. 

     

    I cannot believe we leave for Newfoundland in just over 10 days, please keep the emails coming for guest posting, i do have several more spots opened.

     

    Love you all

     

November 23, 2012

  • Sorry everyone, i am lost my will to blog here for now…

    Hope all is well

November 13, 2012

  • Howdy friends and Family,
    This is a long weekend here in Canada( some provinces anyway)
    Brooke had no school on Friday so we were lazy for the day or the morning really
    She didn’t wake me up but i didn’t sleep long…was up by 11,, we did have to go to her school to pick up her saxophone that was left there, we also stopped by the book fair that was going on- her dad took her the night before but she didn’t get all she ‘wanted’ so we went again, she got a Taylor Swift Notebook for $11, that’s one expensive note book #spoiled
    When we got home, i got to work cleaning, felt like my house was cleaned for week
    i did floors, bathrooms, laundry, dusted, tidied Brooke’s drawers, counter tops and microwave. My house was so clean after, Brooke spent most of the day outside with the neighbors kids, they play well and she enjoys it. 
    We invited “Poppy and Nanny” over for dinner, been trying to get them over since we moved in, but because of our busy schedule, just now 3 mths later. They are the family we stayed with for the frist 10 days here, they are so good to us. 
    I made a Jig’s dinner ( some people may know it as Hodge podge
    (This is’nt my table btw)
    it is veggies cooked in Salt Beef ( corn beef in  the US) all cooked together and then served with lots of gravy and a pastry, for dessert i had apple pie/ice cream, and she brought a pumpkin roll, i was stuffed, we visited til almost 11 pm, sure was nice for us and them to be together, Brooke loves them and they love her, not officially Nanny and Poppy to Brooke but they adopted that name when we lived there and it stuck. 
     
    Saturday
    I may or may not have slept in til 11:30 #never
    Brooke needed Mommy time so her and i decided to go see a movie and go shopping, we watched
     
    such a funny movie, we both enjoyed it. Then we went to Chapters so i could buy a new book- been waiting for it to be released, so i told hubby it would be a late birthday present…
     
     
    did some window shopping, had to get Brooke some boots for Fall/Winter- have i mentioned how hard she is to buy for lately, so particular, can only imagine what the teen years will be like :p
    Got her some boots at Payless- they wont work for Winter in the Snow- but they are cute with Leggings and jean skirt for the Fall- and were only $17- so it was a deal.  We also went to Children’s Place and i found several things to get her for Christmas, i need to go on a day that she isn’t with me and get it.
    Had to go to Wal Mart to pick up some necessities as well- for once i didn’t buy anything that wasn’t on my list..thanks to Dave Ramsey- i no longer buy because i “want” to- its either I need it or don’t buy it.  (More to come on that later) needed some flat shoes to wear, so found an adorable pair, they are yellow and blue plaid- i didnt pay the price you see, im frugal so i got them for $3 .
     
    Came home made dinner which was so amazing- fish baked in salsa with a side of Basmati rice- so delish
    I had Brooke take a bath after that to wash her hair….normally Saturday night plans.
    Pastor text  me just before 8 pm and reminded me it was my week to clean the church ( we take turns here)- i couldn’t believe i forgot, so we were cleaning the church til 9 pm or so, glad i had my hubby with me to Vacuum   Ran into the corner store for milk and i also been craving Chocolate milk got that and all set for the night. Relaxed after with a good book:p that kept me up until 2:30 am reading, i love a good book especially Karen Kingsbury. 
     
    Sunday
    Sunday School at 10:30 am- i was asked to speak to the youth this morning, but they didn’t make it, so i was all prepared and very nervous for nothing, we had a guy from our church speak today, he is so good. I feel so blessed to be part of a church that is in Motion. Pastor has officially put me in charge of Hospitality at our church, he says i do an awesome job and we are going to sit down in a bit and discuss what all is in the job etc, I’m excited.  We have an amazing Pastor and wife and we love them
     
    Had a roast beef dinner with my huney hubby and baby girl. Then talked to my friend for a bit, then took the Sunday nap- am i the only person who takes a Sunday Nap? I love them, i feel so refreshed and ready for the evening service.
    Around 4 i started getting ready for service, did a new hair do and it was cute, it was all pulled to the side and had curls, i think it was cute.
    We have our evening services in a theater because we are starting a new church, been going so well.
    After Service we went to Wendy’s.  I had the Baja Salad and visited with Faith, Morgan, Calhouns, Lintons and had a good time. Such an awesome time with awesome people. 
     
    Monday- Holiday we get for Remembrance Day
     
    I am so thankful for the men and woman who died for us- they gave their lives for us. We need to be thankful every day. 
    We spent the day as a family: 
    ~raking leaves 
    ~gardening 
    ~hanging out in the beautiful weather
    ~ i did some laundry, little tidying up
    ~then felt like i was coming down with a cold so laid down for a bit- feel better now, made nachos for dinner
    now we relaxing and doing nothing. 
     
    Have a great week 
     

November 4, 2012

  • You know the feeling when your ringing phone wakes you up from a deep sleep

    thats what i got this morning

    I thought my grandpa

    instead it was a close female friend of the family

    killed instantly in a car crash last night

    19 years old

    how can death be so cruel

    she was a beautiful girl, a model, yet her life ended so quickly..

    I dont know how long ill be away,

    all i know is that right now

    i need time