AAAH THOSE TEENAGERS TODAY, THEY HAVE NO.....

I love Easter !
I know what you`re thinking, it must be the chocoholic in me that enjoys it so much right ?
No actually, well at least not just THAT.
You get 4 days off which it isn`t anything to neglect.
You get to stop time for a while and see family and friends.
It did me gooood.
I enjoy seeing my family.
They`re fun to be around and it`s always casual, stressfree and fun.
If I had to choose my family : brother and sisters and their respectful spouses, it would have been them.
I know NOT everybody can say that and when I hear their family horror stories, I have to agree with them.
Take Saturday for instance.
We celebrated Rose`s birthhday ( March 23= Easter ) on Saturday so she could get her own special day and had my family over.
We had 6 kids in the house and it didn`t even show, they were glad to be together and while the boys were playing hockey, the girls drew and decorated Easter cookies.
The grown ups chatted and ate .
Us sisters talked and laughed. And laughed. As usual.
What a treat to stop time for a little while and abandon the hectic schedule and routine.
And let`s not forget the chocolate !

I went to the fashion show again this year and have to be very honest, it was really good.
As you know and can observe, I am NO fashion adept.
I hate shopping and avoid malls as much as possible.
But I had the chance to be a judge for our show`s models again this year and had to go see the actual show.
Pierre did too, he was responsible of filming the evening , do the montage and make 40 copies of the DVD.
Yeah, I was kind of a widow this Easter weekend thanks to the DVD but what the hey, that `s life.
The 40 copies will be done for this week for sure.
The final montage is grreat and entertaining.
You guys should be very pleased with it.


This Good Friday afternoon was the annual selling of the Pain de l`amitié.
Pier-Luc and Ralph had asked me before March break if I could be their chauffeur and give them a hand.
I never have a problem giving time when it`s for a good cause, but VERY COLD weather was not in my contract as I told the boys while we were warming up in the truck.
But hey, I`m a tough cookie. I`ve seen much worse. Bring it on !
And it was worth it.
Despite the weather, we had a very good time and time just flew.
Next thing you know, it`s time to go back to headquarters and report back.
I would like to congratulate Marc Dion and the gang for the well organized affair.
MarkieD, you rock !
To my daughter Rose-Anne who came along to " help collect money for poor people who have no food and not nice house and need vitamins for their health " ( she may be 6 but knows what poverty is ! )
I want to tell her : " Mommy`s proud, you are a very determined little girl especially when it comes to help your fellow man! "
To Pier-Luc, my Knight in White: " Thanks for letting Rosie tag along, it was very important for her to help poor children ."
To Ralph : " Thanks for your warm smile, it helped and worked "

To all the old folks who keep complaining : oh these teenagers today ......you know the drill, you guys need a reality check and hang around teachers for a day, you`ll see most teenagers have more manners and heart than many adults!!
Enough with my ranting already!


On a different note:

There once was this woman so fed up with the snow,
Everyday she complained
Unfortunately it just wouldn`t go
One day she`d had it with complaining
And decided she`d go with the swing
She played and laughed with it everytime it snowed
And at night her bar-b-q and Mustang she`d woo.
So finally whining and complaining she is through
Amen.

Ever since I bought my son a basketball net and my daughter rollerblades, it has snowed ALOT.
It`s as if Mother Nature is laughing at me.
So I laugh back and accept the snow.
There`s nothing I can do anyway, you can get angry at Mother Nature, but she has the last word and the last laugh.

To my students, I say : Hope you got lots of rest because this is what I consider the last stretch before the end of the year.
This means one last bit of school work before the June review and exams.
Two months of intensive work.
So strap your hat on and get ready for the ride, it could get bumpy.
My job is to make it as smooth as possible for ya.
I`m not Mae West but I`ll do my best.
Tata,
Annie