I had lunch with a phone under your bed because big bird said to and he's my leader!

I found this email to be so funny.... really hilarious in fact! Please play along and post your answers as comments!

Type out the sentence you end up with in the subject line and forward to your friends... Pick the month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March--------I karate chopped
April----------I licked
May----------I jumped on
June ----------I smelled
July-----------I did the Macarena With
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2-------a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7-------my mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbour
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19------ - a smurf
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an iPod
29-------a surfer
30-------a homeless guy
31-------a llama
What is the last number of the year you were born :
1 --------- In my car
2 --------- On your car
3 ----------- In a hole
4 ----------- Under your bed
5 ----------- Riding a Motercycle
6 --------- sliding down a hill
7 --------- in an elevator
8 ---------- at the dinner table
9 -------- In line at the bank
0 -------- in your bathroom

Pick the colour of shirt you are wearing:
White---------because I'm cool like that
Black---------because that's how I roll.
Pink-----------because I'm NOT crazy.
Red-----------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----------because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green---------because I think I need some serious help.
Purple---------because I'm AWESOME!
Gray----------because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow--------because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange --------because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown---------because I can.
Other----------because I'm a Ninja!
None----------because I can't control myself!

Now type out the sentence you made! Leave it in the comments!

Deep Thoughts

Whenever I mow the lawn deep thoughts swim around in my brain. It takes me a good hour to do it and after fifteen minutes or so i get bored... then my mind travels. Tonight it took me back to 1998, Stacey and I were living in Oshawa and she was working with Lorraine in Mississauga. She forced me to attend a christmas party at a place called Jonny O's in Brampton. We arrived and I was surprised to see the resturant was closed for everyone but us. The night was good and everyone was super nice but I felt kind of out classed. Staceys boss was telling me he had just pre ordered a porche boxter another lady was a flight attendant who had just flew in from somewhere and was heading back out shortly. They asked me about my job and I told them I drove truck which i was kind of embarassed about. They drank scotch and wine and I was drinking beer. They looked like money and Stacey and I barely had enough to put gas in the car to get there. After the meal and some drinks Stacey and I ended up a one of the reps house named Peter. He had a beautiful house and we were downstairs drinking with him and his cat. After a few whiskeys we talked and he told us a story about how things went down with his life. He had put ten or twelve years in at CP or CN and then they had a massive restucture and he was laid off. To make things better his wife had divorced him and he blew threw his severance to the point where he was'nt sure if he could feed both himself and the cat. His friend (Staceys boss) then offered him a job and he had built his way back out of the gutter. His story was amazing but he was not telling us because he was looking for sympathy, he told us because he saw our wide eyes and empty wallets and said just keep working hard and it will come to you. Tonight I was out front mowing away and I admired at our house, then the two fine automobiles dressed in black in the driveway. Then I saw the smokin hot redhead in window waving at me, my demon child growing in her belly, my best friend Jack laying on the steps watching my every move... How does life get any better than this? Then the lawn was cut end of story.

Anyone need a VISA?

P.S. VISA blitz on this week (again) . . . free gift for applying & your name will be entered into a draw for a prize . . . VISA anyone??

16 weeks & still tired!

Well I am now 16 weeks along & 12 lbs heavier! Last dr's app't went well. Was able to hear the heartbeat again & it was normal. Blood tests all came back good, had more taken. Next ultrasound is not until 20-22 weeks which of course seems way to far away.

I was up in Oshawa visiting Lisa the other weekend. We hit IKEA & another great store she discovered . . . it was like a more expensive Pier 1 if you can imagine that. Anyway she motivated me to finally clean up my 2 spare rooms. So I now have a larger, more organized scrapbook room. Lisa also gave me the Grey's season 1 & 2 . . . way too easy to get sucked into . . . very good.

Angela & family (minus Wade) were out last weekend & Alister is looking like a little Declan again . . . very cute little boys!

Our laptop finally died on us so we went to get a new one on the weekend. I am now back on MSN. We can burn music too. Any ideas on what program to use besides limewire? I caught up on facebook over the weekend . . . Jaclyn you seem to be writing some pretty disturbing stuff . . . you should post to the blog & let us know how you are doing & how we can reach you.

Another long weekend on the way . . . anyone have any exciting plans?

Just Checkin' In

Good Morning Family,
Just thought I would post a note to say hi.
It seems that some of our kids are getting tired of hearing "don't worry, it could be worse, it will get better".
Well, I do get it but fortunately it is true. We all seem to be having crappy days lately - days when we question "could it get any worse?"
I don't want to sound like a cheerleader but we really do need to count our blessings...
We are all in good health (relatively speaking) and we have this huge family for support and encouragement. You can call any of us, any time and you know we will listen and sympathize and try to help. We will even offer advice if you want that.
I know our daily dramas seem to be the worst thing that could possibly happen. Step back and look around and you will count your blessings.
No, I am not suddenly a follower of Benny Hinn or the Dali Lama LOL but just wanted to put in my 2 cents worth and remind you all how grateful I am for all of you!
Now could one of you PLEASE win the lottery!
Love ya lots,
Lorraine
xo

Howdy Ya'll!

I haven't wrote much on here - mostly because nothing is new!

I woke up this morning to see my drivers window smashed in and glass everywhere. Nothing was stolen (thank god, I couldn't bear to lose my black patent peep-toe pumps that were in the back seat!) but it sure got the day off to a crappy start!

Work is going ok, the pay still isn't quite where it should be though. Hopefully, God will look down on me soon and say, "Sarah...you've had a rough year - here's a big fat raise, a new window and this week's winning lottery numbers" ...... to which I'll reply "ITS ABOUT DAMN TIME!"

Anyways, not much else is new really - some friends and I are having a yard sale this weekend so hopefully it turns out to be a success! They're calling for rain though :(

Glad to hear everyone is doing well - I love you all bunches and I hope we really keep up with the blogging - and FYI, I dont use the email s_browning@rogers.com, I am just using sarahbrowning_21@hotmail.com

Love you all, talk to ya's soon!

xoxo

Sarah

My turn..

Hello my family..I haven't written on the blog in a bit so i figured i would before someone called me and yelled at me. It was wonderful to see you guys last weekend..especially you Jim..was the drive really that bad? lol.. when are you all coming back?? we would love to have you all again. the more the merrier. Well to start off I didn't get my old job back..They decided to go with new blood which really is fine with me..I still get the same pay without the bullshit..money is not everything! So I have been plugging along all week with my tail between my legs wondering what is next..Everything happens for a reason..I have yet to find that reason..but on a lighter note..I was up in Port Franks for a couple days this week on a house boat..the weather was great and I actually went swimming in Lake Huron..me swimming in a lake these days is not too likely but it was numbing and refreshing at the same time..Definately worked on my tan. The weather was great where i was but London had rain..and i was only an hour away..lol..I start my holidays this Thursday with a concert in the park...Ya the Hip...Sue and I are hoping to get close enough to get some pics..i will post them if i get close enough..a few drinks and i will be on stage..haha..not! then the rest of my vacation...well not too sure..hopefully spend some time with Garry and then during the week i might head Belleville way and make the rounds..I will have to see where the funds are at before i commit..but bingo if i am there..lol..Garry and I are heading to Fenolon Falls camping on the Aug. 1st long weekend with Sue and Scott..so that should be a good way to end the holidays..And that is about all that is happening in my neck of the woods..Miss my Jackie and Sierrah more then anything..but Skype is the best thing they have ever come out with..you all should download it even to talk to each other..lol..anyways my love to all of you...hope to see you soon..
Love Donna

Little Miss Lauryn!

Hello everyone!
Jackie... we are patiently (not so much!) waiting for any news. The last news we heard was that files have been reviewed through August 31, 2007, and babies are matched through March 21, 2006.... The CCAA (Chinese Centre for Adoption Affairs) seems to be reviewing 3 months worth of files every 30 days. Hopefully our file will be out of review by Christmas! This would be amazing. After our file is reviewed, we wait to be matched. Kyle thinks that we will hear something early next year and travel next year. I am not as optimistic! I think that we will bring her home in about 18 months! According to research, 18 months is even optimistic. We will just have to wait and see! The wait has been long. VERY long. Just like everything else, she will be worth the wait.
For a more in depth update why don't you go to www.waitingforlauryn.blogspot.com YOU SHOULD ALL become members... I just did an upgrade to our blog. It's pretty great if I do say so myself.
I am glad to hear you are settling in. I am sorry I missed your call on Saturday! Those pictures of Sierrah in Perth are beautiful... keep them coming!
Keep us posted on your journey! Any chance Sebi will move to Canada? Hope so!
Alright family, have a wonderful day.
Lots of love to you all. Wish Stacey and I luck at IKEA...we are going on Saturday. This has proven to be a pretty dangerous trip for us in the past. Great for the economy, bad for us!!
Love to you all.
xo

Little Miss Lauren

I am just wondering if there have been any updates on when we are getting our little addition? It seems like it has been forever and I am patiently waiting over here as i am sure you all are too. Wouldnt it be awesome if Stacey and Lisa had their babies close to eachother? That would be awesome. I know you are tired Stacey, but it will get better. I loved being pregnant. Just wait until you can see elbows and feet protruding out of your belly! Its amazing.

Well just a short note. We are fine over here in Perth. Saw Aunt Viv the other day and just got off the phone with her. SHe is tired...lol. She changed her hair...kind of like Aunt Norma but not as dark. Looks great! Its amazing how much i can see all of you in her (all of my aunts and uncles).

Well shower time. Love you all :)

Tired . . . Only all the Time!

I have been told by many that feeling tired is a symptom that will go away after the 1st trimester. Well the 1st trimester has come & gone & here I am feeling exhausted almost every day still! I know I should be thankful I am not feeling sick on top of it but I am getting really tired of it (& I think Tim is too!)

Mom & I went to Guelph to visit Michael on Saturday. He seems to be doing well. We had a good visit. Hopefully he will sign onto the blog in the near future & give you all his own update. He has signed up for email recently so while we were there I gave him the blog address & sent him an invite later that day. While we were there Michael wanted to go to Timmy's to get a coffee & I lucked out . . . there was a Little Ceasar's close by. I LOVE crazy bread & there has not been a Little Ceasar's in Belleville for years! Yum!

As Aunt Lorraine already mentioned we ended up staying the night in London. It was great to meet the "friends" while we were there. Thanks to Jaclyn for all the hand me downs & to Aunt Donna & Sarah for the trip involved to make it happen.

While we were @ Aunt Donna's we were talking to Jaclyn & Sierrah on Skype. It is a program you can download & you use a web cam to view one another. Anyway it feels like they are right there instead of way across the world. If you have a web cam I suggest you download it . . . pretty cool.

I am off to Oshawa this weekend for a sleepover @ Lisa's. We are taking a trip to IKEA.

Have a great week everyone. And to all the BB fans. Enjoy the show tonight!

Hi Everyone

Good morning, I thought I better add a little to let you all know that I am still kicking. I really don't have a lot of news for you. I was happy to hear that Jackie and Sierrah arrived safely and are starting their new adventure. Good luck to you, be happy!! Donna, I'm sure it must be difficult, hang in there girl. Have you booked your flight yet? lol
Well, my "Nanny pad" will be quiet for a few days, Angela and Wade and the boys have taken a vacation for a few days and I am babysitting Pete and Suzie. I hope they have a wonderful time and a load of fun.
I plan to take some vacation time in August, I was going to go to Florida for 2 weeks but have cancelled the trip. I will be taking the time off but not going anywhere special....maybe a few "day trips" but mostly just hanging around the house. Since I went back to work I don't have many Nanny days with Declan, so, maybe we can spend some time doing fun things while I am off. Alister is so adorable, he giggles and goooos and is so cute.....but still a little too young for a full Nanny day...I guess I will need 2 car seats next year for Nanny days.
My new job is stressful, takes up way too much of my time, and pays me way too little money. Initially I would work the day and come home and go to bed any time between 6 and 8....I am over that now and able to stay up to watch that reality TV crap....and yes, Big Brother is one of them. Speaking of work, I am there right now, so I guess I better get back to earning my salt!
Love to all of you. Hopefully see you soon.

Great weekend...

Good Morning all - Happy Monday!
Jim & I went to Windsor this weekend for the 80th birthday party of our old (no pun intended) friend Ken Brownlee. Just can't believe he is 80! Anyway, it was great to see them and their family. Their son Ken used to babysit Lisa and he is now 40! I know we're getting older but I really forget that everyone gets older too!
On the way to Windsor we stopped to see our darlin Lisa & Kyle in Oshawa and drop off Maxx. They kept him for the weekend for us. Then we went on to stay with Donna & Sarah in London Friday night. We went to Windsor Saturday and back to Donna's Saturday night.
We had a fantastic weekend although the mileage was getting to us. We did about 12oo kms and riding in the car that long is just not fun for me.
I think the drive from London to Windsor has to be the most boring strip of highway in existence - perfectly straight, perfectly flat and not one service centre open between the 2 cities.
Windsor is a beautiful city, especially along Riverside Drive, directly across from Detroit.
The bonus was we saw Barb & Stacey at Donna's in London.
Bonus # 2 was that we met Gary - Donna's friend and Jason - Sarah's friend.
Apparently neither of them are dating and both are "just friends" (so Hollywood!) - What the hell??? Regardless of their status they both seem to be really nice guys.
We all went to London's SunFest on Sunday - a beautiful sunny day in the park.
Thanks so much to Donna, Sarah & Sue for your hospitality and Lisa & Kyle for everything including having Maxx!
Hope you all had a great weekend and had a chance to get out and enjoy the amazing weather.
Love to you all,
Lorraine
xo

Well i know this is a little late, but better late then never. We have made it here...obviously...lol. Sierrah was amazing on the flight. She got a little stir crazy a few times but other then that she was just fine. I dont even think she felt the cabin pressurizing or anything like that. My ears hurt when we landed into Perth but other then that it was smooth sailing. Or flying..whatever.We did have a few problems along the way. The first thing was in Toronto. We checked out bags and tehn said our sobby goodbyes and i love yous and then we were off to the scanning of your shoes and everything that eould possibly be removed from your body. Once we were up, they sadi that we were in the wrong area and needed to get to the OTHER end of the terminal. And by then everyone had left so we made the walk with our teary eyes alone. We slept and ate snacks and slept some more on the way to Vancouver. We had to get off the plane in Vancouver but only for about 2 hours or so. Then we had the long flight from Vancouver to Sydney. You know how you fall asleep and then you wake up and you figure that you ahve about 2 or 3 hours to go? Well there were 8 more to go. That was a long flight. When i did it alone it wasnt too bad but with Sierrah it had to be on her schedule... but we made it to Sydney....finally. So we are there and i had called Air Canada like 5 times to make sure that there was fgoing to be someone available to help with our luggage because i had paid extra to have more then you are allowed and i couldnt push all like 300 pounds and Sierrah in the stroller at the same time. Well apparently, contrary to what Air Canada tells you, there is NO HELP there! I had a lady that went out of her area to help me a little. I literally had to push this f-ing cart, sweating like crazy while she pushed Sierrah who was freaking out. This 1st idiot hit the back of my heal with his cart and was very sorry. By now i am exhausted, sweating, hungry you name it. Then this 2nd idiot did it to me and i could barely stand! I turned around and yelled " The next person that hits me with their f-ing cart.... I swear to God !!!" So because of all of that crap we missed our connecting flight to Perth. So after pushing the cartt and then Sierrah OVER AND OVER.... we finally got a flight booked for about 2 hours later.At this point I had not had a smoke or a drink which I had totally forgot about on the plane....free drinks??? Who forgets about that?
So I got my smoke, had to buy "nappies" and then we were ready to board.
Wow this is long....sorry...lol.
So out of the 4 seats in the middle of the plane of course we have the middle 2. This big hairy guy behind me says " Oh thats my seat" I asked him if he would sit on the inside becaue of Sierrah and he said " i dont think so". So Sierrah sat beside him and was asking him all these questions and bugging him as i hoped she would. The stewartess (sp?) came up and offered him another seat further down the plane....asshole. Then i fell asleep and they woke me up because Sierrah had taken all her clothes off and was creating a little scene ...lol. I thought it was pretty funny. The guy on the other side was great. I guess he was talking to her and wiping her face.... good guy. Then when we landed they woke us both up and the staff said "was that guy not with you? We thought that you were a family!" He was really good to her. I had already thanked him a lot before we got off the plane.
Once we got off Sebi and Daniella were there with her baby waiting patiently for us. So all in all it was a pretty good flight.
I ave lost like 10 pounds in the last week, Sierrah keeps triping and falling off the toilet...we have now bought her this step thing with ahndles, but we are happy so far tso there is nothing to worry abo9ut. I cant wait for all of you to come and visit! We are moving a lot sooner then we thought apparently so we will have an extra room!
Well i think that is it for now. I will post some pics when i calm down a bit!
Take care everyone we love you all!

Attn: Big Brother Fans

Well July 9th has finally arrived. For those of you who just can't get enough reality TV enjoy the show! I have my snack planned . . . banana strawberry smoothie & popcorn.

Thank you

Just wanted to say Thank-You to Aunt Norma and Aunt Lorraine for making me feel much better the past few days and also for giving me lots of amazing advice . Its been really stressful!!! For those of you who don't know what I am talking about Ben and I went away this past weekend and left the kids with Ben's parents. On Saturday his mom took them to the Airshow and forgot to put sunscreen on Blake! What a mess that was. So I took him to the Dr. and he had a 2Nd degree burn on his left cheek. While I was there she let me know that she is supposed to be reporting this to CAS but couldn't do that to me because she knew it wasn't my fault. But also wanted to let me know that someone in the office that saw him still may. Thankfully nothing has happened yet. (crossing my fingers) Blake is doing really good and it doesnt seem to bother him one bit. So that's is my life up to date for all of you! Hope everyone has a great week/end.
Oh by the way Stacey, Erica doesn't have an email address and also never goes online. I have told Tyler to tell Dad and Brenda but guess I will have to tell them myself.

Love Ash

Missing McKown's (& Wade)

Well almost everyone I have invited to join our blog has accepted my invitation. But there seems to be several McKown's who have not accepted . . . Uncle Steve, Aunt Pat, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Brenda, Tyler & Erica . . . where are you??? I have sent the invites twice to these folks so if you are talking to them remind them we are all waiting to hear their family business!

Leaving on a jet plane...

Good luck Jackie and Sierrah! Have a safe trip!
Please let us know when you land safe and sound.
With lots of love and nothing but best wishes,
All your family xoxo

Hi everyone..
Well our visit was quick and somewhat short but I am glad that Jackie and Sierrah had the opportunity to get to see most of you before they leave..It was a pretty quiet ride home..both deep in thought..We always think that the situation that we are going through at the time is the hardest one that life can throw at us but to tell you the truth..the hardest for me is on the way! I know if most of us had this opportunity we wouldn't hesitate either. It is definately what everyone wants for their kids...to find someone that makes them happy and that loves them like no other..and I know that that is what Jackie has found in Sebi. We have all had the opportunity to meet him and I am sure you will agree that he adores Jackie and Sierrah. What more could a mom ask for!! Other then to live closer..lol
Time is getting close..4 days and counting..