Happy Homemaker 2026-09-28

Good morning, a cool 12C here this morning

Last Wednesday ds dropped off grandkids at 7:00 pm as he was leaving early with ddil next morning (she was going out of town for work and to pick up their new-to-them car) and he was working in town.  

Grandkids slept here and grandpa took them to bus stop on Thursday.  After school dh picked them up and they had supper here.  I went with Anne-E to her dance class where ds met us to pick up grandkids but Xavier wanted to spend another night here so he stayed.  

Friday they had a pedagogical day and I had taken a day off (had some sick days to take).  Xavier spent most of the day here; he did go home for 2 hours with dh who went to mow the lawn, so he played with his sister - ds was in telework.  Anne-E wanted to stay home to see her mom when she got back but Xavier came back here.  He loves the ipad but I'm don't agree with him spending lots of time on it so have to keep him busy which means I did nothing on the homefront but we played cards, colored, painted, took a walk, looked for bugs.  He said he wanted to stay another night but it was Hockey pool night with his dad (at one of our neighbor's house), so off he went with his dad.  He came twice in the evening and told him no later than 9:30 to come back and go to bed because he had hockey practice Saturday.  He finally decided to go back home with his dad.

Saturday we all went to his hockey practice and then we all headed to dd's (2 hour away).  Had lunch there and in the afternoon we all went to local Fête with carrousel and rides for a few hours.  DS and family stayed for supper but we left around 6:00 pm and had supper on our way home.  Was nice to have all family together.

Sunday dh worked at the polls - anticipation vote from 8:30 and got back home 8:45 pm.  I spent whole day in housechores.

Today dh is working at polls again so more housechores for me (yay! ;) ) and I do have some paperwork to do.

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

Weather this week

Mon

13°

11°

Tue

15°

10°

Wed

16°

10°

Thu

18°

13°

Fri

18°

7°

Sat

17°

7°

Sun

13°

7°

Looking around the house

Warm and cozy, just fine.  I need to make it guest-ready for our Thanksgiving in 2 weeks (Oct. 12).

Thinking and pondering

Need to work on my procrastination list, starting with retirement date and meeting financial cousellor - still to do ;) still procrastinating... told dh to get me an appointment for asap - still waiting for appointment but will prep the papers this afternoon (hopefully)

Photographer confirmed date of Oct 12 for the family but time and place to be confirmed the day before.

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

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing.

On my reading pile

L'été des aurevoirs - Les demoiselles d'Oxford T3 - Rosie Clarke

On my to-do list

Sunday

• Vac main floor
• Wash main bathroom
• Wash oven
• Deep-clean 1 basement bedroom (walls, ceiling, woodwork, window, curtains, light fixture, furniture, floor) - only closet left to do at a later time
• Mop high-traffic areas
• 
  

Monday

• Post here - DONE
• Prep for in-town work tomorrow 
• Deep-clean 2nd basement bedroom
• Prep papers to meet financial advisor
• 
  

Decluttering

• 3 bracelets
• 3 sets of earrings
• 8 necklaces
• 3 sweaters
• 5 pairs of pants
• 1 sports bra
• 1 bag of mixed pieces of earrings and beads

Simple pleasure

Cool nights.  Getting house ready for winter.

Upcoming this week

Tuesday - in-town work 

Helping out with grandkids as they only have 1 car this week and ds has to work in town a few days.  DDIL will be going out of town Thursday and Friday for work and to pick up new car.

From the camera

I can't download the little videos, not working

Web picture of the week

Happy Homemaker 2026-09-21

Good afternoon,

Work:  last week was busy, they changed a system and instead of taking me 1/2 day for a file it now takes 3 days for the same thing, have to do everything manually.  Had fun with cw at Joe's smoked meat on Tuesday for lunch.  They changed parking from midnight to 8:00 pm on the 20th, with a waiting list on the system... pfffff.  I finally got mine but never made the waiting list at 7:30.. 2 cws never got their parkings ... system is NOT working well.

DH picked up grandkids Thursday and they stayed for supper.  Helped Xavier with his homework then picked up ddil and dropped her off with Anne-E to her dance class. (they sold their car and will pick up new one at the end of this week.  DS was at work with other car)

Thursday went back to dentist she says it isn't my crown that is hurting when I eat it's the other back tooth.  so for now just let it be for a while and use sensodyne.  If it hurts too much she will change the filling, but she says it should be ok for awhile.

Saturday was houschores in the morning then we went to an outside corn on the cob (and hot-dog) party for the local snowmobile association.  There were some blowup games so grandkids, ds and ddil spent part of the afternoon there too with some friends.  It was free but voluntary contribution.  DH also bought tickets for the prizes.  I left around 5:00 and dh stayed with sil and bil until 8:00.  It was cold in the evening outside!

Gastro called for a phone appointment on oct. 3rd... but no time scheduled in the day - when she has time ... I do have an osteo appointment at 9:00 am that day.. Hoping she won't call while I'm there.

Sunday was Xavier's 2nd hockey practice at local arena at 8:00 am so we went there and then stopped to get gaz and pick up some groceries.  DH still working on the paint in his garage (he managed 2nd coat on ceiling but was nauseous again with head bent - he says last time he paints a ceiling).  I made a tomato (with neighbor's tomatoes), bell pepper, leek creme (soup) and dh made american stir fry in the afternoon.  Bought tickets for supper and retro show at our local white geese festival Oct 10 for us, sis, bil, uncle and aunt.

Got some plastic thingies to put inside my armoire door to hang some necklaces and earrings, instead of all mixed up in the big (but nice) box on my bedroom dresser.

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

Weather this week

Mon

16°

4°

Tue

16°

5°

Wed

18°

5°

Thu

21°

6°

Fri

21°

8°

Looking around the house

Loving the Fall decor.  Got some plants on bay window.  Usually they all die, now I've got 4 there that seem to be surviving.

Thinking and pondering

Need to work on my procrastination list, starting with retirement date and meeting financial cousellor - still to do ;) still procrastinating... told dh to get me an appointment for asap

Trying to get an appointment with photographer for our Thanksgiving weekend in October as dd will be here with kids.. but it seems complicated.. of course the session is already paid for (gift I received last year), so I guess she is less interested with us as it is her big Fall weekend with families.  Had 2 leave 2 messages at 1 week interval before she answered.  told her have a hard time having all family here as dd lives farther away.  

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

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing as I watched ALOT of Get Organized HQ webinairs last week as it was a free week.

On my reading pile

L'année des fiancailles - Les demoiselles d'Oxford T2 - Rosie Clarke

On my to-do list

Over the weekend

• Laundry
• Vac main floor
• Dust main floor
• Wash main bathroom
• Make soup
• Organized some jewelry
• Put aways some shorts (summer clothes)

Monday

• Post here - DONE
• Prep for in-town work tomorrow 
• Try on and put away some more clothes from my armoire and dresser in basement.
• Sphaghetti sauce if dh goes to buy meat , if not will do later in the week.
• 
  

Decluttering

• 3 pens
• 12 printed recipes

Simple pleasure

Cool nights.  Getting house ready for winter.

Upcoming this week

Tuesday - in-town work 

Helping out with grandkids as they only have 1 car this week and ds has to work in town a few days.  DDIL will be going out of town Thursday and Friday for work and to pick up new car.

From the camera

Nothing

Funny quote of the week

Happy Homemaker 2026-09-14

Good afternoon,

Doc called for some RadioX  (hands and feet) to take so got that done this week but I'm pretty sure just inflammation.

DH picked up grandkids Thursday and they stayed for supper.  Helped Xavier with his homework then went with Anne-E to her dance class.

Ordered a few things on Temu (starting to think of stocking stuffers for grandkids).

Saturday went to town with sis, bil, cousin and his wife, they were going to a musical at 8:00 (didn't want to go), so we met for supper at a nice restaurant and when they left for their show we walked a little around town but did not come home late.  Dh had helped a friend move stuff all morning and was tired.

Sunday was a very slow day as we both had headaches and felt blah (no alcohol at the supper so nope not that), last week we both had a few days with sore throats too.  In the afternoon dropped of some stuff at 'frigo-partage' and went to see ds' new-to-them camping trailer (bunk beds for grandkids), much better than a tent.  DH went to restaurant with bil and sil (didn't go as stomach was still so-so from Saturday night).  We then took a walk and wouldn't you know it... I fell AGAIN... gotta stop this.  Luckily dh was in front of me and I fell on his leg so didn't hit my head but left side is all sore this morning.  Darn got ti start being more careful and maybe do some stabilisation exercises.

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

Weather this week

Mon

17°

6°

Tue

17°

6°

Wed

23°

11°

Thu

18°

11°

Fri

19°

6°

Sat

16°

6°

Nights are getting much cooler!

Looking around the house

Gray and dark outside and inside, so got some fairy lights lighted and Fall decor is all up so looking quite cozy.  Over the weekend did some housechores but mostly maintenance, need to get in deeper.

Thinking and pondering

Need to work on my procrastination list, starting with retirement date and meeting financial cousellor - still to do ;) still procrastinating... told dh to get me an appointment for asap

TV this week

• Big brother
• Rewatching the old Dexter series
• MasterChef saison 4
• Les armes
• Belle-fleur
• Stats
• Indéfendable
• Anti-gang
• Dumas
• Big brother - le piège
• .... and lots more

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing

On my reading pile

L'ouverture du grand magasin - Rosie Clarke

On my to-do list

Over the weekend

• Laundry
• Vac main floor
• Wash main bathroom
• Fall decor

Monday

• Post here - DONE
• Prep for in-town work tomorrow - DONE
• Get Organized HQ Virtual 2026 webinairs, will not be able to watch them all but that's ok.

Decluttering

• 1 children's pj
• Plastic containers given to 'frigo-partage)
• DH got some boxes out of garage

Simple pleasure

Fall decor and fairy lights 

Upcoming this week

Tuesday - in-town work with restaurant (smoked meat) for lunch with cw's.

Thursday - pick up grandkids at school bus stop, have supper with them, homework with Xavier and probably Anne-E's dance class but will see as ddil wants to go (their car is not going well and is for sale), so she might take our car to go.

From the camera

School pictures and grandpa got popcorn while in town (Mary's popcon - he chose caramel with sea salt and almonds)

Funny quote of the week