In which I prove Andy wrong by blogging again

Haha! There you have it! For once I have followed through... but I'm sure that it won't last. So don't start to get your hopes up. I've always been bad at journalling and this will be no different, I'm almost positive.

I'm thinking that I might use my blog as a place to write down the adventures I have with my girls. And by adventures I don't necessarily mean exciting trips (as I've had in my past... alone), I'll probably write more to vent out my frustrations but I'm sure there will be funny stories to share as well.

This morning, for example, we were at the table getting ready to say grace and we always hold hands to pray. Abby has been trying to assert her independence lately so she often chooses not to hold my hand or Joseph's or both. When she does this she often starts to eat while we are praying and this is becoming annoying to me so this morning I decided that it was going to end. If she doesn't want to hold hands, fine but she may not eat while her father and I pray and hold hands. When I suggested this she shoved her plate forward and it hit the butter dish. This would have been a non issue if her plate was plastic (as most of them are) but this morning I thought it would be nice if her plate matches ours and was glass. The only difference being was that ours were not form the dollar store... thankfully. Her plate cracked in half and was replaced... with another (glass) one from the dollar store. Not sure why I did that instead of just giving her a plastic plate, maybe I wanted to give her a chance to redeem herself.

Well, a little while later she found herself under the kitchen sink exploring its contents and found a ceramic cat that you stuff a scouring pad into its behind. Now she loves cats and proceeded to take it out and show it around the house. Kitty must have loved the place because it was kissing everything and as Abby brought it over to kiss me (or the office chair) it must have jumped and down, down, down to the hardwood floor and smash... another dollar store item meets it's end at the hands of my oh-so gentle daughter.

She should have been a boy...

Absolutely no one will read this!

So I'm the biggest loser... and I'm not talking about weight loss!

I somehow found my blog again (after 4 years) when I posted a comment on a friend's blog, and I just spent a good chunk of the morning re-reading all my old posts... it didn't take that long since I wasn't a very faithful blogger after my return from Switzerland. Man, I had a great life! Not that I don't now, it's just different and all the great things happen around home instead of around the world. This life is much cheaper and more precious... sorry friends but my children are more precious than you!

I've had a ton of adventures and am continuing to have them... maybe I should start blogging again... wouldn't that be a hoot!

New Blogger

So I took Jon's advice and updated my blog... not really sure how it has change things because the 'edit me' links are still on my sidebar... maybe they'll go away after a while... or maybe I'll figure out how to edit them!!! I'm such a dodo when it comes to doing 'extra' things! I always hate change so that's why I put it off for so long, but it's done now so there's no going back.
No one blogs anymore anyways!

My new face... and name

Okay, so Dan complained that I'm totally unoriginal in my blogging so I changed the look of my blog and gave myself a new name! I've noticed that most people have already changed my name on their blogs so it's about time that I get it done too! It's just a bit hard letting go of such a great name like Clarke! Dan's brother Derek wrote me an email about how I should change from being called Bev to Beverly because it flows better than Bev Bondt. And I have to agree with him... Bev Bondt is just too adrupt. So from now on I'll probably introduce myself as Beverly which I have usually done in the past because every time I introduce myself as Bev everyone thinks I'm saying Beth. I just don't like friends calling me Beverly all the time... there are a select few that get away with it and they know who they are because I have given them permission to do so on a regular basis but for the majority of people I prefer for them to call me Bev. So for all of you out there feel free to keep calling me Bev but I may from time to time refer to myself as Beverly Bondt.

Facebook is the new Blog

So, yes, I have discovered Facebook and I have to say that I'm super popular, much to Dan Frew's chagrin! It's pretty cool, but I find there's a few things that I would change if I could. First when you post on people's walls it doesn't let you see what they posted on your wall... I have a memory like a fish so by the time I go from my wall to theirs I've forgotten what they wrote me! I like it cause you can keep in touch easier without writing long emails all the time but the conversations are kinda superficial... and you can't post things and give people detailed updates... or maybe you can and I just haven't figured it out. But I think it's a cool way to keep in touch with a ton of people. And I like posting pictures there better. Another thing that's annoying... I had forgotten earlier what my other point was, memory like a fish remember!... is that it's only usable for North Americans so I'll have to keep blogging for all my international friends, that probably don't check this anymore because I never post!
Anyways, that' my rant... gotta go make supper...

Pics

So everyone's been complaining so I guess I should post some pics of the happy couple!

Going to the Chapel...

...or more specifically Grace Baptist Church! Wow... cna't believe the big day is going to be here tomorrow!!!
I'm on the verge of losing my mind! I can't remember a single thing anyone tells me, I'm only usually half listening to conversations. Someone is always asking me question, if one phone rings the other one usually goes off shortly after, and there is always someone trying to tell me something while I'm on the phone... and it's not the person on the other line!!!
I've already taken one bridesmaid to the clinic for query strept throat, another one wasn't able to show up today to help decorate the church because she needed to go to emerg because she hasn't been feeling faint and she's 6 months pregnant, half the wedding party has a cold... things are going so well!!!
Anyways, that's my ranting for the moment... jsut some funnny things!
Gotta get the dress!
Next time i post I'll be a Missus!