jimmy eat world the middle

In many ways this song really sums it up for me...

Hey,
Don't write yourself off yet.
It's only in your head you feel left out,
Or looked down on.
Just try your best,
Try everything you can.
And don't you worry what they tell themselves
When you're away.

[Chorus]
It just takes some time,
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride.
Everything, everything will be just fine,
Everything, everything will be alright. (alright)

Hey,
You know they're all the same.
You know you're doing better on your own, (on your own)
So don't buy in.
Live right now.
Yeah, just be yourself.
It doesn't matter if it's good enough (good enough)
For someone else.

[Chorus x2]

Hey, don't write yourself off yet.
It's only in your head you feel left out, (feel left out)
Or looked down on.
Just do your best, (just do your best)
Do everything you can. (do everything you can)
And don't you worry what their bitter hearts (bitter hearts)
Are gonna say.

The Cure - One Hundred Years (live, Glasgow 1984)

My favourite Cure song... Friday I'm in Love should be abolished.

Rosheen's Two!!

Rosheen had a busy birthday! She had her 2 yr checkup in the morning. Afterward, we went to McDonald's Playland (Kieran, Rosheen & Mum- Fiona was in school). She had a great time there, b/c the play structure was low and perfect for little toddlers! Once we were done at McD's, we had to pick up the infamous Elmo cake and get her a special balloon. Unfortunately, they had NO Elmo balloons (as she had been eyeing them for weeks leading up to her birthday), but willingly accepted a Dora ballon in it's stead! We spend the evening having cake and opening presents with Dad and Fiona!

Serena Ryder "Sweeping the Ashes" performing for Q on CBC

Wish you would've told me,
while I was young.
When I had space to fill,
and someone to become.

Oh, oh.

Cause darlin' I'm beside myself,
and I don't think that you
know which of me,
you are talkin' to.

I'm tired of tryin' to make it up to you,
sweeping the ashes and hidin' truth.
I'm tired of pretending everything's alright.
Let me feel, let me feel what I'm feeling tonight.

OooOoooOoooh oh.

Wish you would've warned me,
before today.
But you had fallen out;
your love had gone away.

Oh, oh.

Cause darlin' I'm beside myself,
and I don't think that you
know which of me,
you are talkin' to.

I'm tired of tryin' to make it up to you,
sweeping the ashes and hiding truth.
I'm tired of pretending everything's alright.
Let me feel, let me feel what I'm feeling tonight.

OooOoooOoooh oh.
Oooh ooh oooh oooh..
OooOoooOoooh oh.
Oooh ooh oooh oooh..

Wish I coulda stopped you, before you left.
Was a lesson that you left behind instead.

Oh, oh.

I guess I was beside myself,
and didn't know that you
knew which one of me
you were talkin' to.

I'm tired of tryin' to make it up to you,
sweeping the ashes and hidin' truth.
I'm tired of pretending everything's alright.
Takin' the easy way out every time.
I'm tired of tryin' to make it up to you,
sweeping the ashes and hiding truth.
I'm tired of pretending everything's alright.
Let me feel, let me feel,
let me feel, let me feel,
let me feel, let me feel,
what I'm feeling tonight.

OooOoooOoooh oh.
OooOoooOoooh oh.

For those of you who are NOT on Facebook......

I have no idea where the text is going to show up on here... which is part of why I've stopped using my blog!! Facebook is much quicker to upload pictures, and no formatting is required! However, I'm told that some of you (Aunt Cheryl) use this blog to see pictures of the kids etc! So, here you go!!

This winter, so far... Rosheen got her first haircut. Fiona was in her school's Christmas concert singing songs from the Nutcracker. Mummy worked lots of hours at the Winspear downtown and got to see all the beautiful lights in Winston Churchill Square.
Uncle Shaun and Uncle James came by for a few days one weekend for an early Christmas dinner and gathering. Santa visited and left some goodies for the kids. Grandma and Grandpa visited from Manitoba. The kids enjoyed a New Year's Eve party at home with Mum & Dad (on Eastern Time)!! Kieran got his own room. Rosheen is on the bottom bunk, sharing a room with Fiona. Mum got a new espresso machine for Christmas from Dad. You can decide for yourself which picture fits with which sentence!! lol I can't figure out how to make the pictures flow with the text!! Let's publish, and see how it all turns out, shall we?