Happy Homemaker 2026-11-02

Good morning and Welcome November

Last week was another short work week as I worked only in the mornings, pneumonia is hard to get through.  Finished antibiotics Sunday night but doc said I might continue coughing and feeling tired for a month... hope not!  I'd say I'm 70% better than when I had my diagnostic, but was a dull week to forget.

Saturday was Halloween, got 180 Halloweeners.  DH was doing volunteer work at town square for Halloween.

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

Weather this week

Mon

12°

7°

Tue

8°

6°

Wed

15°

8°

Thu

13°

9°

Fri

12°

4°

Sat

6°

3°

Sun

5°

3°

Looks like a gray week... had sun all last week but had to stay inside because of the coughing.

Looking around the house

Halloween is put away.  Next week will start taking out Christmas.

Thinking and pondering

Upcoming events and birthdays, will try not to pack too many as I need to rest if I want that pneumonia to go away quickly

Retirement date is put on hold right now.. new govt wants to cut in public employees and might offer departure packets... will wait just in case ;)

TV this week

• Big brother
• Rewatching the old Dexter series (season 7)
• MasterChef saison 4
• Les armes
• Belle-fleur (saison 2)
• Stats (saison 5)
• Indéfendable
• Anti-gang
• Dumas

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing.

On my reading pile

Rouge - Mona Awad - not really liking it that much

On my to-do list

Over the weekend

• Wash main bathroom
• Laundry
• DH finished washing 2 outside windows that were left and put away the screens.
• Halloween decor inside and outside is put away
• Dust all main floor
• Vac all main floor
• Wrapped all stocking stuffers (only need to add chocolates and candies) for the 4 grandkids
• Adressed Christmas cards for my MHH friends 
• 
  

Monday

• Post here - DONE
• Prep for in-town work tomorrow
• 
  

Decluttering

• 1 pj
• 1 double bed sheet

Simple pleasure

Being able to sleep without coughing or blowing my nose

Upcoming this week

Tuesday - in-town work 

From the camera

Fall picture of the week

Happy Homemaker 2026-10-26

Good morning!

Last week was a short work week (only worked on Tuesday and Wednesday).  Thursday was colonscopy (they took out a polype) but says all is fine, however she will schedule a radiography for small intestine at some point.

Friday was breakfast with some cw's (2 of them retired) and then 3 of us went shopping a little.  Then I went for a few things at costco's.

Xavier seems fine (dh went to his hockey practice Sunday morning) but I, on the other hand, have been coughing and coughing.  Have started up my vitamins and trying to take care of myself.  Had a dinner (already paid for on Tuesday at work) but will depend if I am still coughing alot.  It was for donations for Centraide, well it'll still be a donation but will my dinner to a cw.  

Update: went to hospital this morning have beginning of pneumonia so antibiotics for 7 days.  Ribs are hurting, very tired, lots of coughing and low energy.  For the dinner seems my cw was able to cancel my box.

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

Weather this week

Mon

12°

1°

Tue

7°

-2°

Wed

7°

-3°

Thu

12°

3°

Fri

12°

4°

Sat

9°

2°

Sun

10°

2°

Had a beautiful sunny weekend and did what was needed outside (mostly)

Looking around the house

Basement is looking better but still need some work down there.  At least it's clean now.

Thinking and pondering

This coughing, want it to stop NOW.  Have been working on a few things on my procrastination list.

Upcoming birthdays, Christmas outings, etc...

TV this week

• Big brother
• Rewatching the old Dexter series (season 6)
• MasterChef saison 4
• Les armes
• Belle-fleur (saison 2)
• Stats (saison 5)
• Indéfendable
• Anti-gang
• Dumas

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing.

On my reading pile

Ta deuxième vie commence quand tu comprends que tu n'en as qu'une - Raphaëlle Giordano

On my to-do list

Over the weekend

• Wash main bathroom
• Laundry
• Deep-clean basement corner where entryway is (walls, ceiling, floor, woodwork, furniture)
• Wash outside windows (only office and bathroom to do but they can be done from inside when I take off screen windows)
• Halloween outside decor is done
• Choose photos so I can tell photograph which ones we want
• Check out vacations, sick days vs calendar to help determine retirement date

Monday

• Post here - DONE
• Prep for in-town work tomorrow -TBD,... depends on coughing
• Went to hospital, radio of lungs, have pneumonia, will need a 7-day antibio treatment
• Transfer tomorrow's parking reservation.
• Will rest and maybe work on Christmas wrapping.

Decluttering

• 1 false birch tree (about 5ft) given to town hall for Christmas decor (lights were not working anymore)
• 1 notebook
• 1 child bathing suit
• 1 child stroller sold on marketplace
• 1 mitten
• 2 hangers

Simple pleasure

NOT coughing

Upcoming this week

Monday - DH has someone coming over to plug his hearing aids on tv - UPDATE: didn't work.

Tuesday - in-town work with lunch with CW's... maybe UPDATE: Not happening.

From the camera

Nothing

Fall picture of the week

Happy Halloween!

Happy Homemaker 2026-10-19

Good morning!

Last week was a more routine week and a busy work week.  

Friday worked half day and went to town for errands and dh had a medical exam (routine) at 9:00 pm.  (we got there early and were out by 8:15).

Saturday and Sunday lots of housechores.  Saw grandkids a little on Sunday as we took them with us when I dropped off donations at the free center (you take you give, all is free).  Anne-E took a book on cats and Xavier some cards about dinosaurs and a snake and ladder game.

Xavier has not been feeling well since Saturday morning and skipped Sunday hockey practice and he had an earache and sore throat.  They will be taking him to have a strep test at pharmacy this morning. Edited to add:  I went with him this morning and he does have strep so is on antibiotics for 10 days and it is contagious.. so lots of hand washing as he will spend the day here with us.

I've been coughing some but mostly in the mornings and evenings - nights are fine for now.

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

Weather this week

Mon

17°

4°

Tue

13°

1°

Wed

12°

1°

Thu

13°

1°

Fri

10°

-1°

Sat

12°

-1°

A nice sunny week - perfect to finish outside work.  Last week we had sleet one day and snowflakes on Saturday.

Looking around the house

Need to decorate for Halloween a little inside and outside but have done alot of housechores this weekend.

Thinking and pondering

Bought myself a Santa holding some Gingerbread cookies for the kitchen and got most of my basics for Christmas desserts as well as the chocolate I add to my homemade ornaments.  Also got myself a pair of lighted Christmas earrings :)... Christmas is in the air!

TV this week

• Big brother
• Rewatching the old Dexter series (season 6)
• MasterChef saison 4
• Les armes
• Belle-fleur (saison 2)
• Stats (saison 5)
• Indéfendable
• Anti-gang
• Dumas
• Big brother - le piège
• .... and lots more
• Médecin malgré lui - stopped watching after a few episodes.

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing.

On my reading pile

Menaces - Danielle Steele

On my to-do list

Over the weekend

• Vac main floor 
• Dust main floor
• Mop high-traffic areas
• Wash main bathroom
• Laundry
• Wash my bedding and put flannel bottom sheet on bed (for dh not me ;) )
• Deep-clean basement LRoom (walls, ceiling, floor, woodwork, furniture)
• Put away a few screen windows (waiting for it to get colder for the others)
• Put the boot trays by the front door
• DH had propane refilled last weekend for the fireplace this winter
• DH put an inside structure in gazebo (so the snow on the roof doesn't break it this winter)
• Drop off donations at 2 different places 

Monday

• Post here - DONE
• Prep for in-town work tomorrow - only working 2 days this week so no going into town
• Fold towels
• Halloween decor to put up
• Wash outside windows last time before winter
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Decluttering

• 1 outside solar lamp
• Fake small tree plant
• 1 bathing suit
• 1 pen
• Fall flowers outside seperated and some given to a cw
• 1 sleevless top
• 1 sweater
• 1 4-place swing sold on Marketplace

Simple pleasure

Having a clean house and being all ready to bundle up for winter.

Upcoming this week

Thursday - colonoscopy

Friday - breakfast with retired cw's in town 

From the camera

Nothing

Fall picture of the week