Our Little Bumpkin!

Well, I just couldn't wait until tomorrow to post these! Jay was watching the Flames game, so I took the opportunity to upload the pictures we took today. This ended up working really, really well! I bought some washable paint and and looked at some pictures online, and away I went! Everyone really seemed to enjoy it, so I'm glad that I did it. Jay's parents even thought it was a shirt! They had no idea that it was painted on. I love dressing up for Halloween, so since we didn't go out this year, I'm glad that Jay encouraged me to still "dress up". He said to me today, "even though we aren't going out, you could still dress up and we'll take some pictures!" I thought it was very sweet of him! Did you know that 5 years ago today we met on a pub crawl?! Who would have thought that 5 years later we would be married, with a baby on the way, sitting at home and watching Hockey Night in Canada, instead of out partying! ;)

So I hope you enjoy the pictures, there more (as always) on my Flickr page (link is on the right column of this page!)

Happy Halloween & Happy 4th Birthday Serena!

Just had a little fun using Picnik on a picture taken of us a couple of weeks ago at Brigitte and Brett's wedding! It is an absolutely gorgeous Halloween day, a Chinook wind is going through and it's currently +14°C so it should be a great night of trick or treating for the kids. I'm hoping we can break our record of only two trick or treaters from last year! Only Katie and Danika came visiting. We don't have any big plans this year, I love dressing up for Halloween and don't worry, I have something planned...you'll have to check back tomorrow for pictures!

It is also our oldest niece Serena's 4th birthday today! We are having a little celebration tomorrow for her birthday so you can check out my Flickr page for those pictures. Hope you all have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Hot Topic: H1N1 Vaccination

Well, after great debate I finally "took the plunge" (yes, pun intended) and got my H1N1 vaccination yesterday. Ouch!! I've heard differing things about what hurt more: the seasonal flu shot or the H1N1 flu shot? Well the initial puncture and injection of the flu shot hurt more...but I couldn't even sleep on my right side because my muscle hurt so much from the H1N1 vaccine! But, in my opinion, a small price to pay.

I was on the fence about getting this vaccine for a long time, mostly because I wasn't educated enough. There sure are a lot of myths about the vaccine and H1N1 out there. But after visiting http://www.fightflu.ca and talking to colleagues at work, I felt like I could make an informed decision - which ended up being a no-brainer. I had to work an evening shift in ER on Tuesday, and after wearing a mask and triaging every other patient with "flu-like symptoms" and hearing that there are pregnant women hospitalized in ICU on ventilators....oh the horror!! So I went out to the reserve yesterday because a wonderful little birdie told me that you could get in and out in 10 minutes vs. the up to 6 hour wait in the city. My mother-in-law waiting 3 hours to get her shot in town yesterday!

I still don't think there's any need to panic. It's just a fact that H1N1 is out there now. There are some patients that have to be hosipitalized because they're complications can get severe...but the important thing to realized is that not all people who contract H1N1 will end up in the hospital, the ICU, or dead. I find this is the biggest myth of all. More people will die of the seasonal flu this year than H1N1, but it's just scary that H1N1 can attack the healthy people more easily than the seasonal flu.

Do I recommend you to get the vaccine? Absolutely, but it's absolutely your own choice! My biggest recommendation is to STAY AT HOME IF YOU HAVE FLU SYMPTOMS!!! This includes, but is not limited to: fever, cough, fatigue, headache, muscle aches, sore throat. Good hand hygiene is essential, but there is no need to isolate yourselves in your home and live in a bubble!

Time to blog again!

It seems that we have a lot happening in our lives right now, so I figured it would be a great time to start another blog. I used to blog quite frequently, but gave it up as my life became very busy suddenly. Now that I live on the farm, I find myself on the computer quite often anyway! This is just a short post to start, stay tuned for more updates soon!