WELCOME!!! To Annie's Little Filly

Don't have a lot of time to blog... just running out the door for work, but I thought I'd share with you all the beautiful new addition to the family!

Going to play on the island!!!

Caileigh and Effie at the Family Reunion

Joel walking the plank in Summerside

Nicholas milking the "Cows" Cow

Well there you have it! Tickets are booked! Jan 25th I will be in PEI! I can't stop smiling! As you can tell with the excessive exclamation marks I am very excited!!!!!!!!

I have to work every day before hand to get the time off, but I'll manage! Just to get there. Have you ever had a place... where you know you should be... that is home. Well PEI is that for me. Don't get me wrong... my home is in Ontario, with my immediate family, but if i could transplant them there... Until that day, I will have to make due with my yearly trips. But this year, I just couldn't wait that long. It's been a rough year. Too much going on, a lot of extenuating circumstances causing stress. It seems to have all come to a head and now it's time to start again. Back to school, back to the gym, time management, jobs, teaching, and most important my kids.

For most of my life I had my Nannie to talk to, to vent to, to just be there when I needed to her. She passed away in 1992, and I hadn't been back since until 2004. 12 years!!! Well since I've been back, I can't stay away. The reasons I stayed away before, are the reasons that keep pulling me back. Everywhere I looked before I could see my Nannie... hear her voice. Now, when I go, I have her sister, my Aunt Ethel, not to take my Nannie's place, but the connections the same. It's hard being so far away.

This summer was my best visit yet. My cousin Tracey and I reconnected after way too many years, and again... the connection is INSANE! ha ha ha I had been compiling information on our family tree... and My cousin Edwena took me all over showing me places that were important to all different members of our family. So much in fact that it was information overload... and I forget half of it! ha ha But I am looking forward to doing more research and providing my own children a sense of belonging... knowing where they came from!

Wow... what a babbling fool tonight! Feast or famine i guess! Minds just a racing, and I am typing as the thoughts fly.

Lets wait and see........

So... looks like i might be going it alone to PEI! My cousin can't make it... and I already took the time off work... and I really want to go... SO I'm going alone!



Should be a great time... I do have to take my school work with me... blah! But all in all, I can't wait! I get to see Mei Lin, and spend time with my Aunt, and cousins... especially Tracey! Look out PEI... here I come! You know it's going to be fun when she had to give hubby 3 weeks notice... haha... Lets just hope the ghost dog stays at bay this time!



School started for me the same day as the kids... Anatomy and Physiology, Biology, ASL, and my personal training... what was I thinking???? Oh well next year at this time I'll be nice and buff!

I should take some before and after photos... NOT!

Below is a picture taken at Cousins' Shore this past summer. It is my Auntie Ethel. Can't wait to see her!

Happy New Year!!

Well as you can see... I wasn't wrong in thinking I would be a horrible blogger! It has been exactly one month since I started. The new year is starting out great though! Wonderful family! Great friends! Nose Pierced!!! Oh yeah... OUCH! and finally back to school tomorrow for the kids and myself as well.

There is the potential of a road trip to PEI... my cousin Laurie and I might make the trip at the end of the month. Why PEI in January??? Well honestly... it doesn't matter the time of year, when you have the greatest family around! I can hardly wait, and even the possibility of the trip has made my week better!

Kids are away in Ottawa with Dave visiting his sister and family. Should be some fun stories when they get back. I'm off to work now, but I thought I should make the effort, seeing as it had been a whole month! The picture above is of my friend and coworker Allison, and me at our Christmas dinner. You won't see too many pictures of me... I am not photogenic, but this one is a fluke!

Here's a start...

Nicholas, Joel holding my nephew Matthew, and Caileigh on Auntie Ethel's porch in PEI

Well this is my first post... it will be short and sweet. It seems that I never have time (or make time) for the ones I love most, and miss most. With so many family members living so far away, it is hard to find the time to keep in contact individually. Some I see pop up on msn, and just seeing them online makes you smile, knowing that they are there.

I was inspired by my cousin, who faithfully blogged the adoption process of her beautiful daughter. Together as a family we checked religiously and shared the ups and downs, and shed tears of sadness and shared in the joy and excitement along with them even though we are miles away.

The kids wanted to share their daily lives with the rest of our family, in some small way keeping in touch, making the distance seem smaller between the friends and family we miss so much.

So... I will attempt to try...