Blog Title Explanation

"Oh I Know" is a phrase used by Sybil Fawlty on one of my favorite shows - Fawlty Towers. I find I say it alot too!



Monday, March 18, 2024

Two Decades Down!

This is the Atwood's year of Big Birthdays!  Sunday, March 17th was Ashton's 20th birthday.  The years, for me, have gone by so quickly.  We started the birthday celebrations on Saturday.  

 


Ashton decided he would like some lego for his birthday so we headed to the Lego store at the mall.  After careful deliberations he came away with a couple of new sets.  We also bought him a couple other little gifts, and his sister gave him a big birthday bag full of chocolate and treats.



After the mall we headed to Wendy's for burgers, fries and frostys!  It was also great that Grandma was able to join us.

Later that night Ashton, Bowen and Jason went to the cheap theatre to see Robocop (the original).  It is fun that the theatre shows old movies and the last two years they've played favorites of Ashton's on the weekend of his birthday.

On Sunday, his actual birthday, we had breakfast for supper (one of Ashton's favorites).  Pancakes, with whipped cream, berries, and syrup; with bacon, sausages and eggs.

No celebration is complete without a DQ birthday cake!


Happy Birthday Ashton!  We are so proud of you.  You are an amazing young man.  We hope you have a fantastic year, and we look forward to seeing all the things you will accomplish in the future.


Wednesday, February 28, 2024

A Big Birthday for Bowen

This past weekend was Bowen's 18th!!! birthday!  I can't believe he is 18.  The years are going by so quickly.  Bowen is an amazing young man.  He's smart, kind, funny, sensitive, loving, and a loyal friend.  I can't wait to see all the things he will accomplish.  

 


He started his birthday celebrations with a gaming and pizza party hosted by one of his friends.  We went for dinner to Red Lobster with Grandma, opened presents and had chocolate dessert. Then on his actual birthday the day started with eggs benedict and ended with his favorite meal - butter chicken.  


 

I hope you had a fantastic birthday and that this year will be one of the best!

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Sign Dilemma

 So for Jason's birthday on January 18th I hung a little Happy Birthday sign in our family room.


It is now February 10th and it is still hanging there.

So now my question is - Bowen's birthday is on February 26th - do I take the sign down now and then hang it again in 16 days?

So if I decide to just keep it there until Bowen's birthday, do I take it down after that or leave it up for Ashton's birthday 27 days later?

If I keep it up until Ashton's birthday, then do I take it down, or leave it up until Cadence's birthday 14 days later?

Then lastly if I keep it up until Cadence's birthday do I take it down, or leave it up until Kenny's birth anniversary and Daisy's birthday 25 days later?

I think I'll just leave it up until birthday season is over in May.

Haha! What do you think?

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Milestone Birthday

January 18th Jason turned 50!!

I wanted to plan something big but with time and budget constraints those plans will need to wait a bit.  The day of his birthday we had dinner together as a family and opened presents.  

He got a 1974 T-shirt, new ear buds and tickets to a National Geographic Live about the Wild Cats of India.

After I finished teaching for the evening we had birthday cake and then Jason and I went to the movie The Abyss at the cheap theatre.

This past Monday I took Jason to the show on Wild Cats at the Jack Singer Concert Hall.  It was actually really good.  Informational and the speaker was very engaging and entertaining.  The presenter Sandesh Kadur is a photographer for National Geographic. The pictures and videos he showed were amazing.

 
Happy Birthday Jason! I'm so lucky you are mine and hope this year is your best one yet.

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Dinner and a Show

Well, I'm in just under the wire to do a blog post this week.

I had a great girl's afternoon with my cousin Sheri today.  As a Christmas gift I said I would treat her to dinner and theatre tickets.  So today we went for brunch and then to the show "Meteor Shower" at Theatre Calgary.

Brunch was good. I had eggs benedict. I love eggs benedict. It is definitely my go to breakfast out selection. Then we headed to the matinee showing.  It was fun to have time together to catch up and chat.  Doesn't really matter what we are doing Sheri and I always seem to have a good time. Every time we get together I always think why don't we do this more often, but then life is busy and we have a tough time finding time.  Definitely should make it more of a priority!



It was an insane and zany show written by the Wild and Crazy guy Steve Martin.  Not quite what I was expecting but I had a good time and enjoyed it.

Sheri had grabbed Crumbl cookies on the way so we enjoyed that treat afterwards.  I hadn't tried out the new store in Quarry Park yet.  Delicious!


Thanks Sheri for our fun afternoon. Til our next adventure.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

The One Time I Caught Something

Saturday morning I was getting ready to attend a baptism and was curling my hair.  I had my hand above my head and some how lost grip on the curling iron and dropped it.  

I was worried about it landing in my lap and instinct kicked in.  For one of the first times in my life I caught it - unfortunately it was the hot barrel end.  I screamed and jumped up off the chair I was sitting on and dropped the curling iron, it briefly hit my left hand and as I jumped to the side it fell to the floor.

I ran to my bathroom and started running cool water onto my hand.  Burns are the worst.  It was so painful. I can't imagine the pain people who have severe burns experience.  I thought of Stephanie Nielsen, blogger and author who was burned in a plane crash with her husband.  Over 80% of her body was burned. The pain must have been excruciating.

I unfortunately had to skip the baptism as I kept water running on my hand while my family headed for the church.  After about 30 minutes it was still hurting so I kept it in a pitcher of water for another hour of so and then switched to my water bottle full of ice water which I held for the rest of the day.  Switching out the water and ice frequently.

This was how my hand looked before I finally wrapped it before heading to bed.  


I think the first aid efforts paid off as it has been feeling a lot better.  Big improvements just a couple days later.



Next time I drop something I'll just let it fall.


Thursday, January 11, 2024

Graduation 2022

Time goes by so quickly.  Ashton graduated from JCS High School in May of 2022.  We are proud of Ashton for reaching this milestone.  High School was no easy feat with typical teenager struggles, and Covid and additional challenges that came along with it. 

Almost 700 graduates, school teachers, administrators and family and friends congregated for the ceremony at the University of Calgary Campus on May 24th, 2022.  It was exciting to be among such a large group.



It was so nice of family to come and join us for the celebrations.

Ashton with Grandma and Cousin Emry

Ashton with Grandma and Uncle Mitch

We ordered Ashton's favorite food and got an ice cream cake from Marble Slab.


Congratulations Graduate!  We think you are amazing and we look forward to seeing what things you will be able to accomplish and achieve in the future.