Happy Homemaker 2025-05-19

Goodmorning (posted this on Sunday night), switched up a bit of the categories.

From the camera

Gilles Doucet avis de décès - Saint-Hubert, QC

Thought of the week

Jennifer Williamson

"No matter how old we are, we still need our dads, and wonder how we’ll get by without them."

Last week has been a whirlwind and couldn't post last week with all that was going on.

I was to go with Dad to his chimio on Wednesday May 7th.  We got there and his blood pressure was too high and he had some pain so they sent us to emergency room instead... we went into hospital for 8:30 and got out at 8:00 at night.  Dad was so thin and lacked so much energy.  They told us to come back next day for some exams.  

He never came back home, things went from bad to worse, he fell down 4 times while there (2 of these he hit his head) and had a mild concussion with some stitches.  Saturday they put him on comfort medication and he died Monday May 12th at 1:35 pm.  My brother was with him at the time as he slept there 2 nights.  I was with him the first 3 days and he kept going downhill.  Overt the weekend we 4 children were there and he had lots of visit too. It went soo fast!  but I know he would've wanted it that way.  Funeral parlor will be May 24, 25.

Meanwhile mom had a temporary placement the 10th and 11th (dad had said yes before his chimio), it went well when my brother left her there but when came time to go to bed she went looking for dad and was very angry ... they had to send her to emergency room at another hospital.  Finally we got her transfered on the 11th to same hospital at dad but she did not see him again as we were afraid we would not be able to get her out of the room if she saw him.  As of now she is still there waiting for an emergency placement.  She is doing well, we all take turns going to see her and some family are going too.  She asks were dad is and we tell her he is seeing clients for work and she accepts that.

Very, very rough week... 2 parents in the same week gone from the house.  Very sad

We did start on decluttering all their clothes (except for what mom will need when she gets a place in an Alzheimer facility) and also some papers (mom kept tons of things).  We will do more when I go back.

Let's join Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom . , 

The weather

Mon

10°

7°

Tue

11°

7°

Wed

12°

7°

Thu

14°

7°

Fri

12°

7°

Looking around the house

Looking fine 

Thinking and pondering

All arrangements that have to be made before next weekend.  Dad had some prearrangements but it didn't cover anything.  still haven't found a venue for after the funeral.

Mom - a placement  

I took 3 days off for dad's chemio and then 2 more days last week for hospital Dad, mom.  Next week I am taking off all week.  I need some rest ... was rough spending 5 whole days at hospital with all the emotions and then cleaning up some at the house.  

TV this week

• Veille sur moi (saison 1)
• 3 filles et un chalet
• Ma maison Rona
• Sortez-moi d'ici (saison 3)
• Les Traitres (saison 2)
• Survivor (local)

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing

On my reading pile

La fille du bus 88 - Freya Sampson.  Just finished this weekend - liked it a nice read.

On my to-do list

Last weekend

• Vac main floor
• Dust main floor
• Wash main bathroom
• Laundry

Monday

• 10:30 Tai-chi classes
• Figure out what to where to funeral parlor
• Write (or try) to write an eulogy
• Write down how it all went down

Decluttering

• 1 pair of earrings
• Tons of clothes and papers at mom's (I did bring back a few things)

Upcoming this week

We will be going back to parent's house Thursday and come back on the following Monday.

Funeral parlor Saturday night and whole day Sunday

Happy Homemaker 2025-05-05

Good morning and welcome May!

Grandkids came for supper on Thursday and we drove them home around 7:30.

Saturday we all went to my daughter's house - it was Ely's 4th bday.  was a nice day.  came back home around 9 pm (2 hour drive).

Sunday was house reset and since it was nice in the afternoon did some outside chores.

I have FINISHED deep-spring-cleaning all main floor!!! except for kitchen cabinets which get done in autumn so the dishes are ready for Christmas.  Basement also gets down in Autumn.  Used to do 2 deep cleanings per year both main floor and basement... not so anymore.

Let's join Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom . , 

The weather

Mon

16°

8°

Tue

20°

11°

Wed

19°

7°

Thu

9°

4°

Fri

9°

Today should be the nicest day... rain the rest of the week

Looking around the house

Looking fine 

Thinking and pondering

Waiting for dad's results today (he goes to the hospital at 11:00 for his vitals) and then if he is not too feeble (he is done to 108 lbs from 140), he will have chemio on Wednesday.  I'm thinking of driving down and staying with him through chemio (5 hours) and a few days too.  

TV this week

• Veille sur moi (saison 1)
• Doc (saison 3)
• 3 filles et un chalet
• Ma maison Rona
• La famille est dans le pré
• Sortez-moi d'ici (saison 3)
• Les Traitres (saison 2)
• Survivor (local)

Interesting blog I saw this week

Welcome back spring

On my reading pile

Les lotus d'or - Jane Yang.. just finished and it was quite interesting.  Historical in China with those tiny feet - young girls' feet are bandaged when they are young.

EVIE - by K.L. Slater

On my to-do list

Last weekend

• Vac main floor
• Dust main floor
• Wash main bathroom
• Laundry
• Wash 1/3 of patio railings
• Had bought a cable basket on TEMU handmade bamboo desktop cable organizer box lid ° - Temu Canada but it was a few cm not wide enough for the power bar I had... so changed it with the other one under the desk... so had to unplug and plug lots of things in the office to make the change and move the lamp and printer... anyhow now it's done and it looks quite nice.
• Sweep patio
• Air out office curtains
• 
  

Monday

• 10:30 Tai-chi classes
• Fold towels - DONE
• Prep for a few days at parents' house
• Post here - DONE
• Telework this afternoon probably

Decluttering

• Nothing
• 
  

Upcoming this week

Tuesday - my work evaluation

Leaving to to to parents' hous for the rest of the week

From the camera

Funny of the week

Happy Homemaker 2025-04-28

 Good morning and goodbye to April this week... has been a cool and rainy month with not much sun.

Have not seen grandkids this week (no daycare strikes!), nor during the weekend.  

Friday night we had a 60th bday party for a friend, was nice to see our friends again, been awhile.  supper was a pasta buffet (spaghetti, lasagna and chicken pasta), with caesar salad and a strawberry cake for dessert.  A sangria or beer was offered when we arrived.  2 shooters were also given during the evening (not for me thank you). we left around 11:00, was nice except the receptin room was very noisy.

Saturday we went in town to see my nephew's hockey game.  They lost so their hockey season is over.  The game was followed by the twin's hockey game (sons of nephew on other side of the family), they also lost but it was not a nice game... too much fighting on the ice and some not nice words between parents from both teams... I left the game for awhile and then came back to follow it down from the stairs.  Afterwards (it was almost 4:00 and we had not had lunch), we went with my brother, ex-sil (nephew's mom) and her niece to their hotel and had a nice early supper with them.  Had leftover pizza so left it with them for nephew and his cousin... (teens are always hungry).  They were staying one more night and going to see more games at the arena.  Got home at 7:00 pm.

Sunday was a house reset while dh made 2 chicken pot pies and a potato pie.

Let's join Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom . , 

The weather

Mon

19°

4°

Tue

23°

2°

Wed

7°

-2°

Thu

13°

6°

Fri

12°

6°

Looks like warmer temps and less rain this week... last weekend was cold and rainy.

Looking around the house

Mostly picked up on the main floor, yay!

Thinking and pondering

Mom, dad,... finally getting help from CLSC, 18 hours a week, hoping it will go well as mom has a hard time accepting help.

Dad has catheter put in on the 2nd... and maybe 1st chimio, not sure yet.

TV this week

• Veille sur moi (saison 1)
• Doc (saison 3)
• La Galère (saison 4)
• 3 filles et un chalet
• Ma maison Rona
• La famille est dans le pré

Interesting blog I saw this week

I like this blog with simple living

On my reading pile

A la croisée des chemins  T4 - Louise Tremblay-D'essiambre

On my to-do list

Last weekend

• Vac main floor
• Dust main floor
• Wash main bathroom
• Deep-clean big shower (check off my deep-spring cleaning list)
• Behind fridge (spring-list item)
• Under microwave - we have an old very heavy one (spring-list item)
• Laundry

Monday

• Prep for in-town work tomorrow -
• 10:30 Tai-chi classes
• Pay cell phone bill - DONE
• Wash bedding of the two basement beds and remake beds
• Wash kitchen chair cushions with my new little green machine
• Wash LR couches with the machine
• Bake chocolate muffins with the tofu dh bought (not the one I wanted which was a dessert tofu ;) )
• Since it is to be the 1st real nice day outside, I plan to spend the afternoon outside relaxing on the patio ;) will see how that turns out

Decluttering

• A barrete
• A bottle of shampoo which I don't like the smell, will be given in the community armoire
• 
  

Upcoming this week

Monday - tai-chi class for me and working the polls for DH

Tuesday - In-town work

Thursday - pick up grandkids at daycare and give them supper here

Friday - Dad goes to hospital to insert catheter for chemio

Saturday - going to dd's house for Ely's 4th birthday

From the camera

Friday's party

Funny of the week

Happy Homemaker 2025-04-21

Good morning 

We had grandkids last Monday (and sleepover), Tuesday and Wednesday as daycare was still on strike.  DS was in Toronto for 3 days for his job too.

Easter... egg hunt was to be at ds' house but ddil said she couldn't do it as they are in kitchen renovations . Instead her sis, bil and niece came here too... so out we went to buy the plastic eggs and fillers for 5 kids.  My family was invited too however it is 3 hours to come and 3 hours to go and dad is not feeling up to it.  the others had said they probably wouldn't be here, it's ok everyone has their own family and now they are starting to have grandkids too.

So just in case I had prepped some chili and some meat stew.

Good Friday we went to Costco's to buy a cake.  17th was Anne-E's 4th birthday and 18th was dd's 34th bday.

Saturday dd and family arrived at 11:00.  Thought ds' family would come to spend the day but ddil had other plans... was sad for grankids as they don't see each other alot and wanted to spend time together.  Finally we went to a local egg hunt with dd and family was nice.  Then ddil texted to ask us to go over for supper with her sis, bil and niece, so off we went.  Came back around 8:30.  was nice.

Sunday dh and I and dd's 2 stepkids had early breakfast, then ds texted asking if we were waiting for them for breakfast (thought they wouldn't come as they had ddil's family there), so told them to come over... they arrived at 9:00... same time electricity went off (until 11:45), so breakfast was eggs and toasts on the bbq.  Sausages were already cooked, so just some reheating on bbq.  Had a tourtiere in the oven (8 hours of cooking) when it went off, so that went on bbq too afterwards for awhile.  Neighbors were also cooking breakfasts on bbq as they had family over for brunch too :)

Then we did the egg hunt and invited neighbor's 2 granddaughters too... each child had 9 eggs to find with each his own design, was great and they had lots of fun.  A bit cold (the winds brrr....) but at least it wasn't raining (we wanted to do it Saturday but it rained all day).

Lunch was hotdogs on the bbq.  Ddil's family left at 2:00.  2 of the grandkids napped and afterwards ds and dh took them to the park for over an hour.  Ddil and dsil napped during that time.  I sat outside with dd for awhile.

Supper was tourtière with a cake for the 2 bday girls.  Sil and bil came for cake too.  They gave the bath to the 4 grandkids and got them in pj's ready for bed when they got home. ds left around 7:30, dd around 8:00 and bil around 8:30.

Was a nice weekend.

Let's join Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom . , 

The weather

Mon

11°

4°

Tue

11°

3°

Wed

9°

3°

Thu

13°

5°

Fri

16°

6°

Looking around the house

A mess this morning - have lots to do

Thinking and pondering

Mom, dad,... the whole thing

TV this week

• Indéfendable (saison 3)
• Stats (saison 3)
• Veille sur moi (saison 1)
• Doc (saison 3)
• La Galère (saison 4)
• 
  

Interesting blog I saw this week

I like this blog - it is interesting

On my reading pile

A la croisée des chemins - Louise Tremblay-D'essiambre

On my to-do list

Last weekend

• On Good Friday (day off), I had vac'd and duste main floor and did some laundry and basement picking up

Monday

• Prep for in-town work tomorrow - DONE
• 10:30 Tai-chi classes
• Voting
• Revac main floor
• Mop main floor
• Put away Easter decor
• Pick up everywhere
• Freeze leftovers
• Wash LR throws and air out cushions
• Wash and put away boot trays
• Get some entryway carpets put away until Fall
• Post here - DONE
• Sis texted and wants me to put up an add for help for my parents... need to looke that up and call dad to see what kind of help he needs... this doesn't include personal hygyien for mom.

Decluttering 

• 2 rubber ducks

Upcoming this week

Monday - Vote by anticipation, tai-chi class

Tuesday - In-town work

Friday - Friend's 60th bday party

Hockey games ... my nephew is having his finals in town so we will try to see a few games

From the camera

Funny of the week