Tuesday 10: Favourite Posts

Here are 10 of my favourite posts:

My bond with my kids

How I became a Canucks fan

I'm a first born

I {might} have a favourite child

What really happens with Dash

I'm not a drinker - this is probably my favourite written piece

Naming kids is hard

It's fun seeing Lynden then and now

My ways of knowing I'm a mom

The Music Truck

Tuesday 10 - I'm A Child Of The 90's

Today's Tuesday 10 is favourite things from the 90's.


1. Fresh Prince of Bel Air - I think this is on EVERYONE's list.  Who didn't love Will?

2. The VJ's at Much Music - they knew their stuff and actually played videos

3. Z95.3 - This was the radio station of choice for anyone on the West Coast in BC. 



4. Pogs - I remember them being banned from school because of the fighting going on with trading.

Tuesday 10: Books

My top 10 books - this was a hard one.

1. 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
   This is my all time favourite book.  I read this book in grade 12 and since then I've read it, at least, 6 times.  I don't know why I like so much but I do. 
2. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
   Easily my second favourite book, which I've read 4 or more times and every time I cry.  But it looks like I lent it out so I think I need to buy a new copy.  I love Odd and Stormy (characters).  I've read all the Odd Thomas books but the 1st is my favourite. 
3. Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
   One of the first Stephen King books I read and I've read it twice now, although a third reading is probably in order.  It's also the first book-movie combo I've enjoyed, even though they completely changed the ending. 
4. Head Hunter by Michael Slade
   If you live in Vancouver you should read this book!  I am really good at figuring out whodunits but this one had me guessing to the end (you won't guess the killer).  I've read it (and most of the Special X series) at least twice.  I tried to get Danny to read it (in exchange for reading the Dark Tower series) but he didn't make it far.  I recommend to anyone and eveyone, although it's a good idea to have a twisted curiosity into the mind of serial killers and a bit of a strong stomach (I haven't read past Swastika because I found it the hardest of the books to read, although I want to catch up to the series)

Tuesday 10: Easter

10 Easter Memories (in no particular order)

1. Easter on the Island. 
   I remember being about 10 and spending Easter with my mom and sister at a lifelong family friend's on the Island.  I remember we set up a trap to catch the Easter Bunny, which didn't work; we only found chocolate bunnies.  I also remember going outside in their front yard that was covered in Easter goodies, it was the second biggest Easter haul!
2. The year of chocolate.
   Oh.my.gosh!  This has been told many times over and it still flabbergasts us.  My mother went chocolate crazy one year and it was insanity!  I have a major sweet tooth and at Halloween I still had stuff left over, no word of a lie!  We took it to school and tried to pawn as much of it off as we could and still had mountains left.  It was nuts!
3. Our cousin
   I have tons of cousins, but 99% of them are a numbered cousin so many times removed (I don't really understand how to figure it all out, so everyone is a cousin).  Growing up it was my sister, our one and only full cousin (on my mom's side), and I.  We only saw our cousin a few times a year but Easter was usually one of our regular visits.
   
4. Colouring eggs
   Every year we coloured eggs at my grandparent's place. I can still picture the newspapers or sheets (depending on what year it was since they discovered newspaper print got everywhere when soaked in egg dyes) covering the table and floor. It was always a competition as to who could make the best looking egg, which usually ended up with them all different shades of brown from the mixing Every colour of dye. (It's kinda sad to think today's kids won't have those eggs with the new dye systems. There's rollers, which we used this year, bags, sponges, along with other ways to keep the mess contained).
   
   

   

   colouring eggs