Still Running...

Since May I have run in a few races. A 10k in May for the Ottawa Hospital, a 10k on Canada Day for Canadian Olympic Athletes, and a 5k that was part of a triathlon/duathlon. So I guess it is now time for me to pick it up a little and set a new goal for me. I signed up a while ago for a half marathon (21km) race hoping that I would train hard and perform well. However I got busy, distracted, whatever you want to call it, so I am not ready for this race but I am still planning to run, very very slowly if I have to. I don't want to injure myself so I can't run later. This race is taking place on October 7, that's right Thanksgiving. It is being held at the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, a little town just east of Ottawa, and they are raising money for the Ottawa Food Bank. At this time of the year our leaves are all changing colours so it only fits that this race be called the Fall Colours Marathon.

Today I ran with a group from the running room, they wanted to run about 16km today but since they knew I was running in the race (they aren't) I ran a little less and met them back at the store after. they were a lot of fun to run with and it easier than running on my own. In a few weeks I am joining the running room half marathon clinic, so I will learn more about the right and wrong things to do while running this distance. I think I will still run with this other group when I see them though.

Anyway wish me luck with this new challenge. For this first race my goal time is anything under 3 hours. Not a big goal but that's all I can do right now. Oh and if you have any suggestions for good running music let me know. I already have a few dance cds with a good beat to them.

Hockey 2007/2008

So tomorrow is the day that the NHL will start their regular season, well kinda, there are two teams that will start their regular season tomorrow and the rest of the NHL will start on October 3 (which includes my Toronto Maple Leafs). The Anaheim Mighty Ducks, the Stanley Cup Champions of last year and the Los Angeles Kings are playing tomorrow and Sunday and they will be doing something special. They will be playing in London England as a new experience not only for the players but also for the city.

I have joined a few hockey pools this year, all for fun, but somewhat competitive too, mainly for bragging rights. I have just finished all my live drafts and I feel like I have a good chance this year as long as I can keep up with it all throughout the season.

Here in the picture is G Jean-Sebastien Giguere, D Francois Beauchemin, LW Chris Kunitz, and C Rob Niedermayer taken in front of Tower Bridge in London.

Kitties

I am living with my sister and I own one cat (Joey) and she and her boyfriend own 4 cats (Humphrey, Pumpkin, Little Guy and Humpy). Now Humpy is the daughter of Little Guy and is usually a very good cat. She sleeps well at night, doesn't get into too much trouble. One thing that she does and we are not sure why, but maybe she has a little thing for this dog here. It is usually down in my sister's bedroom on the window sill. Then all of a sudden we look down the hall upstairs and here it is. I am not sure why she does this but she does it at least once a day sometimes more. It is very cute but also very weird. Oh well at least she is not bringing mice or crickets home, like some of the other ones.

A New Adventure

I have recently started Nannying for a new family. We have decided to start slowly and gradually bring up my time spent with them as the mom is on maternity leave at the moment anyway. I started on Monday for a couple of hours and I got to hold the baby (we will call her Loo Loo). The first hour was great but then I tried to give her a bottle and she lost it. I think it was too much change at once for her. They haven't been giving her a bottle before but thought they would start the process. So the final hour was crying crying crying. She associated me as the bottle girl. So I left for the day thinking I was a baby hater. :(

The next day I stayed a little longer and mom and me took her for a walk (she loves going on walks), we walked down to a Timmie's since we were in need of some caffeine and then came back and relaxed in the house. She was a bit happier for the duration I was there.

Wednesday (aka today) I arrive and Loo Loo is all ready to see me. She and I go out for a walk on our own this time just around the area so she can see that I may take her away from mom and dad but I will always bring her back. She was ok to start our walk and got a little fussy finally after a little while she fell asleep. I kept telling her about all the things that were going on around her and observations that I made so that she can get used to my voice and know that I am safe.
Daddy was home for a bit today because he is on call tonight at one of the hospitals so he didn't have to be there until four. He missed seeing all the unpleasantness Loo Loo gave me the first two days and thought that maybe a life size cut out of myself would help Loo Loo get adjusted to me when I am not there. I didn't really agree.

This new family is so nice and relaxed and I think we will all get along great. I am looking forward to being with Loo Loo these next few years and baby #2 whenever it happens.

So I have just finished A Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult and I think it was the fastest I have read any book before, excluding Clifford's books. This one just really grabbed my attention and kept it for the duration, plus I also had a lot of free time to read this book during the week.

This is a story about a prosecutor who deals with a lot of molestation trials then finds out it has happened to her 5 year old son. She knows too well how the legal system works and what she doesn't want her son to go through. There are a few twists through out and even right to the end of the book. Definitely one of my favourite Picoult books.

Now I am going back to the fourth Harry Potter book.

Funny things

I have noticed how much these two little ones are not so little anymore. They are both in school now, so I am seeing less and less of them and as I start a new nanny job I will begin (slowly) to see even less. Hopefully, and I am sure I will, I will be able to maintain a relationship with them on weekends or holidays every now and then.

I was picking the kids up from school this week and Nugley's teacher came up to me to tell me something. My first thought was uh oh what did he get into. Her story goes like this: She was telling the class about her family, that when she was little she was called Julie. She has a brother who was called Jacob and she has a mom and a dad. After telling this to the class, Nugley put up his hand and said "I think my Dad used to be your brother", because they have the same name. Too cute.

Today when I was driving them to school we were discussing birthdays and that Choo Choo's is coming soon and she will be 4 and that Nugley's is in the winter near Christmas. Nugley said " I wonder why they chose that day for my birthday". Again too cute.

I am going to miss these moments which is one reason why I am glad I have this blog to refer to over and over again.

Harry is Back

I know I have been lacking in the blog writing but I am here and hopefully I can continue to Blog more. I have recently (as in today) finished reading the third Harry Potter Book. The Prisoner of Azkaban (aka Sirius Black). Now I will watch the movie to complete it. I have decided to take a bit of a break with the Harry series and I will be starting another Jodi Picoult book, Perfect Match.