Sunday, 30 March 2025

Happy Homemaker Monday 2025-03-31

Good morning


Still coughing some but at least throat doesn't hurt anymore.  Voice is still squeaky after 3 weeks.

Dad met with surgeon to see if his pancreatic cancer is operable or not.  Since the tumor is next to some important vessels they are thinking chimio first and then will see if they will operate... in the meantime since he wasn't sure he was waiting for weekly surgeon meeting to discuss if it's the way they will go or if they won't operate at all.  He says it's a big 5-6 hours operation.. they have to take off pancreas head, unplug duodenum and bile passage , take out tumor and put everything back together, and dad is 80 - even though he has never been sick in his life and was doing well until now.  So next Tuesday is another meeting with oncologist and waiting for the call if operable or not.  And if he does chemio it would probably be 3 months and then another scan to see if tumor has decreased.

Finally social worker met with my dad and 1 brother and they will give 8 hours a week of respite to dad and probably a few house for personal care for mom but it all has to be approved first so no idea when all of that will start.

Friday dad cut his thumb on electric saw, fortunately it wasn't bad.  He got 6 suture points, tetanos shot and they will check to see if bone was touched but doc doesn't think so.  Bro would've spent at least 15 hours waiting at urgent care but he called dad's doctor and she stopped by the house after work (doctors do NOT make house calls here!) and they went to the hospital where she works to make the suture points and shot.

My cousin is spending the weekend with them so she will take care of things and mom mostly and dad can get some rest.

Did not see grandkids this week or this weekend but daycare is on strike 3 days next week, so I'm guessing they will be here.

DH spent most of his days at ds' working on kitchen renovations.  I had telework and nothing else.  Did me good to have back some routine.

Weekend was spent on housechores for me and dh was at ds's so I got alot done.  Saturday night we went to restaurant and had enough leftovers for lunch Sundays.  I had the shrimp Tao with lots of sautééd veggies.  Dh had the spaghetti & pizza.  And  I ate my dessert at home - 3 chocolate mousse. 

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




The weather
Mon
Rain and snow
5°
-2°
Tue
Sunny
1°
-11°
Wed
Cloudy
0°
-3°
Thu
Rain and snow
1°
1°
Fri
Light snow
2°
-6°


Looking around the house
Looks ok but waaay too much stuff in basement.  I need to go through that soon


Thinking and pondering
Again the dad, mom situation

TV this week
  • Indéfendable (saison 3)
  • Stats (saison 3)
  • L'oeil du cyclone (saison 4)
  • Dumas (season 1)
  • Cerebrum (saison 3)
  • Alertes (saison 5)
  • Mea Culpa (saison 1)
  • Sorcières (saison 2)
  • Veille sur moi (saison 1)
  • Passez au salon (saison 1)
  • L'amour est dans le pré (saison 13)
  • Doc (saison 3)
  • La Galère (saison 4)
  • En direct de l'univers (saison 16)
  • Big brother (saison 5)
A few regular programs have ended ... a good thing too.  too much tv to watch

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing


On my reading pile

Vous parlez de mon fils  - Phillip Besson... I started it without looking what it was about, not sure I'll read it all... about a son's suicide

On my to-do list

Last weekend
  • Laundry
  • Vac main floor
  • Dust main floor
  • Mop high-passage ares
  • Bedroom: air out curtains, wash blinds and windows inside / out
  • Patio & kitchen window inside / out
  • Pay cell phone
  • Go through some files and shred paper
  • Wash Jennair
  • Wash fridge / freezer
  • Wash oven
  • Wash main bathroom
  • Sweep patio
Monday
  • Prep for in-town work tomorrow


Decluttering 
  • Papers
  • 2 small broken Easter decorations

Upcoming this week
Dad's oncologist - chemio how it will work
Tuesday - in-town work
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - grandkids

From the camera

Xavier



Funny of the week




Sunday, 23 March 2025

Happy Homemaker 2025-03-24

 Good morning


Post going out on Sunday night.

Another full week around here.  Still coughing some... this cold just doesn't want to quit.

Dad is meeting surgeon Tuesday morning to see if his pancreatic cancer is operable or not.  Oncologist said 3 choices, operation (and a big one at that), chimio or nothing.  Seems for now the cancer has not spread but dad has not been feeling well the last few days.

We had grandkids 2 days as daycare was on strike (again), then for the weekend as parents were taking a weekend off (so we had them from Friday after daycare until Monday when dh drives them to daycare).

We went to my uncle's sugar shack with grandkids.  dd and dsil met us there with the other grandkids as well as 1 brother and niece and nephew.  We were lucky it was sunny and quite comfortable.  We all had a great day - sugar taffy, horse ride, cote-à-cote ride, getting the maple water, ...

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




The weather
Mon
Snow showers
-3°
-10°
Tue
Light snow
3°
-1°
Wed
Snow showers
2°
-6°
Thu
Partly cloudy
1°
-2°
Fri
Snow showers
-1°
-10°

Looking around the house
Easter decor is up
The house is a mess with grandkids last weekend... lots to do but it is a working week so not much will get done.

Thinking and pondering
Dad, mom.... waiting for results, seeing all the paperwork that needs to be done quickly - same thing again this week

TV this week
  • Indéfendable (saison 3)
  • Stats (saison 3)
  • L'oeil du cyclone (saison 4)
  • Dumas (season 1)
  • Cerebrum (saison 3)
  • Alertes (saison 5)
  • Mea Culpa (saison 1)
  • Sorcières (saison 2)
  • Veille sur moi (saison 1)
  • Passez au salon (saison 1)
  • Vestiaires (saison 1)
  • L'amour est dans le pré (saison 13)
  • Doc (saison 3)
  • La Galère (saison 4)
  • En direct de l'univers (saison 16)
  • Big brother (saison 5)
A few regular programs have ended ... a good thing too.  too much tv to watch

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing


On my reading pile
Dans les eaux troubles - Sarah Bailey, first book I'm reading by this author.  It is the 1st one in a series of 3, will see if I like it.

On my to-do list

Last weekend
  • Laundry
  • Nothing else got done

Monday
  • Tai-chi class 
  • Prep for in-town work tomorrow
  • Vac main floor - DONE
  • Laundry... lots of laundry
  • Wash my bed
  • Wash basement bed
  • Wash main bathroom

Decluttering 
  • Nothing


Upcoming this week
Dad's results?
Tuesday - in-town work
Hoping for a very quiet week - I am tired physically and emotionally

From the camera

Sugar Shack on Saturday









Funny of the week



Monday, 17 March 2025

Happy Homemaker 2025-03-17

 Happy St-Patrick's day!


My 3rd week with the cold but it is going away slowly.  Just coughing once in awhile (mostly during the night)

Last Monday & Tuesday went to town to take care of mom with one brother while other brother was with dad for more hospital tests.  Mom is getting much worse but at times she's not too bad. Dad doesn't want to send her in residence for now.

Dad has more bloodwork this morning and is meeting doctor at 10:45, don't know if it's for his biopsy results or not.  He has gone back to a normal color (was yellow before they did an operation so his bile can go through).

DH picked up Xavier from daycare on Monday as he was not feeling well.  When he saw me (on Thursday they stayed here all day as he has another otite -earache) he said 'I'm glad you're back grandma' .  I asked him if grandpa had been nice... he said well he slept and I watched tv hahaha.

Weekend dh worked at ds' to continue kitchen renovations and I did housework here.

UPDATE:  We got the biopsy results for dad - pancreatic cancer.  It is localised but we do not have the prognostic yet.  He meets oncologist on Thursday and another hospital will view his results to see if operable or not

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




The weather
Mon
Light snow
4°
-9°
Tue
Cloudy
1°
-4°
Wed
Mostly cloudy
3°
0°
Thu
Mostly cloudy
12°
3°
Fri
Rain and snow
3°
-9°


Looking around the house
St-Patrick's is up for the last day today.  Easter decor will go up this week.

Thinking and pondering
Dad, mom.... waiting for results, seeing all the paperwork that needs to be done quickly

TV this week
  • Indéfendable (saison 3)
  • Stats (saison 3)
  • L'oeil du cyclone (saison 4)
  • Dumas (season 1)
  • Cerebrum (saison 3)
  • Alertes (saison 5)
  • Mea Culpa (saison 1)
  • Sorcières (saison 2)
  • Veille sur moi (saison 1)
  • Passez au salon (saison 1)
  • Vestiaires (saison 1)
  • L'amour est dans le pré (saison 13)
  • Doc (saison 3)
  • La Galère (saison 4)
  • En direct de l'univers (saison 16)
  • Big brother (saison 5)
A few regular programs have ended ... a good thing too.  too much tv to watch

Interesting blog I saw this week
Decluttering


On my reading pile
Dans les eaux troubles - Sarah Bailey, first book I'm reading by this author.  It is the 1st one in a series of 3, will see if I like it.

On my to-do list

Last weekend
  • Laundry
  • Wash main bathroom
  • Vac main floor
  • Dust main floor
  • Air out LR, kitchen and kitchenette curtains and hang them back up
  • Top of kitchen cabinets washed and put back some wax paper up there to make cleaning easier twice a year

Monday
  • Tai-chi class 
  • Prep for in-town work tomorrow

Decluttering 
  • Not here, but 2 big trash bags at mom's in laundry room were thrown out and 1 big one was for giving away.  Another small bag was given away from things here and there in their house


Upcoming this week
Dad's results?
Tuesday - in-town work
Tuesday and Wednesday - grandkids will be here as ther is daycare strike
Next Weekend - having grandkids for the weekend as parents are taking a mini-vacation


From the camera

Nothing



Funny of the week



Sunday, 9 March 2025

Happy Homemaker 2025-03-10

Good morning - what a week :(  Posting Sunday night

DH is still sick with the cold but getting better.  I too came down with it and it hit me hard.  Have not seen the grandchildren this week

Then on Monday my brother texted to say my parents had dropped by to see them Sunday afternoon and sil (nurse) thought my dad looked yellow and had lost alot of weight...so dad tried to get an appointment with his doc (march 20th)... which was way too far. 

Tuesday brother was at emergency room with dad from 11:15 am to 2:00 am... dad was very tired of it all.  He had some bloodwork done and urine test.  They told him to go back Wednesday morning for more tests.  They spent the day there again as they decided to admit him and have exams on Friday (biopsy and passing a tube so the bile can go through - the bile is giving him the yellow color), he has something on pancreas.  Thursday they let him out in the afternoon saying tests will be Monday and Tuesday.  They added a 3rd test (lung RX) to be done on Monday too.  

Let's just say this has been a very hard week.  They told him it is probably cancer... and we all know pancreas cancer is quick.  So while my 1st brother spent part of the week in the hospital with dad my other brother was back home taking care of mom, she kept asking for dad but we didn't tell her he was in hospital... she wouldn't realize anyway, so he kept saying he was at work.  He stayed with her night and day.  

Since I,ve been sick with the flu I do not want to give it to them so we did not go there over the weekend (nothing to be done for now anyways).  If I feel better on Monday ddil is going there for her job and coming back Tuesday afternoon, I just might go with her.

Saturday was housechores and DH spent weekend at ds' house as they are redoing the whole kitchen with the help of ds' bil and DH.

Sunday was a day of mostly nothing.  Will post this on Sunday night as I will probably leave tomorrow at 6:00 am to go to parent's house, will depend on the night.  I cancelled my parking for Tuesday because no matter what I am not going to town on Tuesday for work.  Gave my place to another cw who had not been able to get one for Tuesday.

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




The weather
We had a very windy week, cold, rain, yucky all around - wow Tuesday should be warm!
Mon
Light snow
-3°
-10°
Tue
Scattered showers
8°
-17°
Wed
Partly cloudy
-7°
-16°
Thu
Partly cloudy
-1°
-11°
Fri
Mostly cloudy
6°
-1°

Looking around the house
Since I was alone most of the weekend I managed to do some housechores while resting once in awhile.  So the house is fine.

Thinking and pondering
Dad, mom.... 

TV this week
  • Indéfendable (saison 3)
  • Stats (saison 3)
  • L'oeil du cyclone (saison 4)
  • Dumas (season 1)
  • Cerebrum (saison 3)
  • Alertes (saison 5)
  • Mea Culpa (saison 1)
  • Sorcières (saison 2)
  • Veille sur moi (saison 1)
  • Passez au salon (saison 1)
  • Vestiaires (saison 1)
  • Le bon docteur (saison 7)
  • L'amour est dans le pré (saison 13)
  • Doc (saison 3)
  • Les petits tannants (saison 4)
  • La Galère (saison 4)
  • En direct de l'univers (saison 16)
  • Big brother (saison 5)
A few regular programs have ended ... a good thing too.  too much tv to watch

Interesting blog I saw this week
Nothing interesting and worth putting the link for.

On my reading pile
L'inciseur  - Fitzek Tsokos

On my to-do list

Last weekend
  • Laundry
  • Deep clean pantry
  • Potage (recipe from FB.. was NOT good)
  • Wash main bathroom
  • Vac main floor
Monday
  • Tai-chi class - will go if not going to Montreal, but...
  • Prep for in-town work Tuesday  will not go in town on Tuesday
  • Go see parents

Decluttering 



Upcoming this week
will see as it goes


From the camera

Nothing



Funny of the week




Monday, 3 March 2025

Happy Homemaker 2025-03-03

Good morning 

DH spent the week sick with a cold - he went to clinic and they gave him a cortisol spray but nothing else saying it has to do its time... so this morning I am starting to feel sick... hope it passes quickly.

DS was away for work a few days and ddil kept grandkids at home and teleworked as Anne-E had fever a few days too.  Normally we would've kept them here but ddil did not ask because she new grandpa was sick too.

Saturday Xavier arrived for lunch (Anne-E wanted to stay with her mom).  DS, ddil and Anne-E went to town and bought their flooring for kitchen renovations.  All came here for supper.  Xavier sleptover and dh took him back home Sunday before lunch.

I managed to do quite a bit during the weekend too... not dh he has a man-cold.

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




The weather
Cold this morning!  Looks like a little snow everyday... we had snow almost everyday last week too.
Mon
Sunny
-12°
-21°
Tue
Snow showers
-1°
-3°
Wed
Rain and snow
1°
1°
Thu
Rain showers
5°
-4°
Fri
Snow showers
-4°
-11°

Looking around the house
Spring cleaning is coming along.  yay!  some things to finish then back to more decluttering.  St-Pat's decor is up.

Thinking and pondering
Paperwork to be done and have to think about what we will do for Easter.

TV this week
  • Indéfendable (saison 3)
  • Stats (saison 3)
  • L'oeil du cyclone (saison 4)
  • Dumas (season 1)
  • Cerebrum (saison 3)
  • Alertes (saison 5)
  • Mea Culpa (saison 1)
  • Sorcières (saison 2)
  • Veille sur moi (saison 1)
  • Passez au salon (saison 1)
  • Vestiaires (saison 1)
  • Le bon docteur (saison 7)
  • L'amour est dans le pré (saison 13)
  • Doc (saison 3)
  • Les petits tannants (saison 4)
  • La Galère (saison 4)
  • En direct de l'univers (saison 16)
  • Big brother (saison 5)
A few regular programs have ended ... a good thing too.  too much tv to watch

Interesting blog I saw this week
Nothing - but I have subscribed to a few free webinairs for upcoming weeks.  This week is The Art of Your Life Workshop .  Next week is Organized Living Summit and it April it's the Gutivate workshop

On my reading pile
Oeil pour Oeil  - MJ Aldridge

On my to-do list

Last weekend
  • Laundry
  • Vac main floor
  • Deep clean Kitchen, Kitchenette, basement staircase, main bathroom (walls, woodwork,  furniture, ) - Curtains will be aired out when it is warmer outside.  Still need to wash chair covers.  Kitchen cabinets will be done in Autumn (and above cabinets).  Still have the big shower to do too.
  • Ragoût de boulettes... tought I would have some to freeze but nope, served that on Saturday for supper and sent some to ds and family and we have leftovers for this week.  Might go buy more of the beef/porc ground meat to do a 2nd batch for freezing.
  • Chocolate/pumpkin cookies (gave some to ds' family and froze a dozen).
Monday
  • Tai-chi class
  • Prep for in-town work Tuesday
  • Work on knit socks
  • Do paperwork
  • Watch today's webinair
  • More laundry
  • Make some soup
  • ... MAYBE do a few more spring-cleaning tasks but not sure... in fact not sure at all.
Decluttering 
  • Some kids drawing in recycling..... we do have ALOT, they make at least a dozen everytime they come here.


Upcoming this week
Tuesday - In-town work
Next weekend renovations start at ds' house.  dh will go.  I might go with Xavier to his ice skating class and keep him here, but we'll see as one of his cousins will be at their house.  So might not accomplish much here next weekend.


From the camera

Xavier wanted grandma to color with him, we played games and baked cookies too.


Quote of the week