Happy Homemaker 2024-09-09

Good morning 

A cool 12C (53F) here this morning) - I guess Mondays are the same ;) as it was what I wrote last week.  Cold wind to accompany these cool temperatures.

I registered for Tai-Chi classes on Mondays starting Sept 23rd ( I tried free tai-chi and Qi-Qong classes last Monday).

Friday was the 1st meeting with my new doctor.  She seems nice.  However she is in pre-retirement working only 2 days a week (sigh... which means I'll be out of a doctor soon I guess. she wouldn't say what her retirement horizon was).  She will see me once a year for routine (instead of every 6 months like my old doc), she renewed prescriptions for 24 months, every 3 years pap test (instead of every year), mammo will go with letter received from govt (instead of doc scheduling it).

Saturday we went for errands, getting a box of free covid tests (just in case), getting my sewing scissors sharpened, ikea (bought a bed for basement bedroom finally!) and a few other things and finally Costco.  Went to sil & bil's in the evening.

Sunday we picked up grandchildren around 9:00 to spend the day with us.  We went to restaurant for supper and their parents met us there so they left right afterwards.

Xavier's funny:

He wanted me to color with him but I was having lunch so told him I would go after eating so he said... you've eaten enough your tummy will burst! hahaha... so afterwards I went to color with him and told him... think I've eaten too much I'm tired.  So he replies:  'told you you ate too much!  you better sleep with me (for his sieste) it will do you good'   hahaha kids!

He asked for a hamburger at restaurant so told him be careful it's hot... and he said it was not hot at McDonald's last week... hahaha our McD is rotten with service but he doesn't seem to mind.

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

The weather

Mon

17°

8°

Tue

17°

7°

Wed

22°

12°

Thu

25°

15°

Fri

26°

13°

Looking around the house

Lots to do with grandkids here yesterday and most of the day out Saturday.

Thinking and pondering

Need to plan for Autumn, outings (if any) and Thanksgiving weekend

Tv this week

Big Brother season 26

The traitors (season 2)

Walking dead (last season)

6 degrés (saison 3)

Regular programs resume tonight so will have LOTS to watch

Listening to or interesting blog I saw this week

Relaxing Michael Bubblé music

On my reading pile

Plus jamais malade by Denis Fortier - cannot read it in one sitting.  

La mère au foyer by Nicole Trope

On my to-do list

Monday 

• Post here ✅
• Laundry
• Turnips and carrots to cut and freeze (carry over from last week)
• Work on Christmas ornament (carry over from last week)
• Vac main floor 
• Mop main floor
• Prep for in-town work tomorrow
• Wash main bathroom ✅

Decluttering 

• Sandals
• 1 old sink (dh took it to recycling center)

Upcoming this week

Tuesday in-town work and kinesio appointment (now that I have a prescription for doctor so insurance will pay $30 out of $95).

Thursday haircut.

To relax this week or In my crafting basket 

Work on Christmas ornament - STILL to do

From the camera:

Nothing

Funny of the week

 

Happy Homemaker 2024-09-02

 Welcome 'BER' months!!!  

A cool 12C (53F) here this morning).  Should be 16C today.

Saturday was spent with grandkids, they arrived for breakfast and then ddil arrived around 11:00. DS was at his golf tournament for his hockey team. It was raining so I took out Fall decor and had some helpers that decorated with me 😏 then we played some games, had them paint for awhile and watched a movie with them. I had spaghetti sauce in the crockpot (so spaghetti & lasagna for supper) and dh had made sheppard's pie for lunch with the leftover ground meat I had cooked. Around 6:30 dh left with ddil and grandkids so she could pick up ds's car (she was the designated driver). DH came back with grandkids and candy 😁 They slept over.
Sunday was Xavier's final baseball .. he had 2 games. They had popcorn, chips, gum some hot-dogs with European sausages (which no children ate duh...) and he got a medal and some baseball cards with his picture. They came back around 12:30. 

I stayed here with Anne-E and she played quietly (she did help a little with some dusting) while I did housechores. DDIL left with Anne-E when they got back. Xavier was catching Pokemons with his dad and they left at 2:30.
Neighbors came to chat in the afternoon and we ordered pizza and ate in the gazebo... we got LOTS of rain while we were in there. 

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

The weather

Mon

17°

8°

Tue

21°

13°

Wed

25°

13°

Thu

26°

14°

Fri

26°

16°

Looking around the house

Managed some housechores yesterday, so not so bad.  Autumn decor is up.  Might add

something else (an Autumn tree on the wall but not sure)

Thinking and pondering

Free tai-chi class in next town at 9:30, going or not?? I've looked online and there are some so not sure I want to go every week.. for now I don't know when they will be held.  Today is just a free try out of all classes offered.

Tv this week

Big Brother season 26

The traitors (season 2)

Walking dead (last season)

Listening to or interesting blog I saw this week

16 Smart IDEAS for your HOME I Scandinavian Simplicity (youtube.com)

On my reading pile

Plus jamais malade by Denis Fortier - cannot read it in one sitting.  

The Nightingale by Kirstin Hanna - finished it this morning... WWII and how some women had part in the war by saving people.  Good book.

On my to-do list

During the week

• I DID get passeport to the passeport office last week, we should get them for Sept 25
• Ikea bed... pfffff they finally got it in stock (worth $300) but charging $139 for delivery... so we will wait until we can go get it ourselves.
• Basement curtains are now at sewing lady as well as a pair of pants to hem
• Got the 5 lbs of beets pickled and put away.

Over the weekend

• Dust main floor
• Laundry
• Spaghetti sauce in crockpot (made 1 lasagna for this week, 1 to freeze and froze rest of sauce)
• Wash main bathroom
• 
  

Monday (or whenever this week)

• Post here ✅
• Fold towels ✅
• Turnips and carrots to cut and freeze
• Attend free tai-chi class?? ✅ and also did the free Qi-Qong class outside
• Work on Christmas ornament
• Vac main floor ✅
• 2 upper kitchen cabinets (wash all glassware)
• Prep for in-town work tomorrow

Decluttering 

• A children toy of colored rings 

Upcoming this week

Tuesday in-town work

To relax this week or In my crafting basket 

Work on Christmas ornament - prototype is done but not quite satisfied... need to make it smaller and have a hard time sewing all around thinking maybe some fabric glue.. not sure.  STILL to do

From the camera:

FALL Decor

Painting

His first Selfie hahaha

Funny of the week

Happy Homemaker 2024-08-26

 Good morning 

DH finished taking off, painting and putting back up shutters around the house and darkening the asphalt in the driveway.

Friday, after work, went to town hall - there was an event of outside movie (children's) with free hot-dogs and grilled cheese.  We stayed until the beginning of the movie chatting with people and then went to rodeo in next town to walk the streets with food trucks and some vendors.  Got a vegan oat icecream with real strawberries mixed in there - very good but $$.

Weekend was spent mostly at dd's (2 hours from here) with dh helping out with the under-top of the summer kitchen.  We also went to my brother's on Saturday night (2 hours from dd's) for corn-on-the-cob / hot-dog party for dad's 80th bday.  was really nice , saw some family I had not seen for years so very happy about that.  Went back on Sunday morning to dd's and sis and bil came with us to help out.  Got back home last night around 8:15

So today I have a mile-long to-do list

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

The weather

Well, looks like a summer week... again... sigh

Mon

27°

17°

Tue

27°

17°

Wed

21°

11°

Thu

22°

10°

Fri

25°

16°

Looking around the house

Oh my... where to start.... so, so, so much to do... but what will actually get done ;) especially as 

it is HOT out there

Thinking and pondering

Autumn chores are coming up... long Labor day weekend planning... planning a trip with sis and bil in the Fall?  New passeports need to be ordered...

Tv this week

Big Brother season 26

The traitors (season 2)

Walking dead (last season)

Listening to or interesting blog I saw this week

Mornings with Dr. Axe, I think I need to figure out what a 'perfect' day is for me and work towards that goal.

On my reading pile

Plus jamais malade by Denis Fortier - cannot read it in one sitting.  

Bird Box by John Malerman 

On my to-do list

Monday (or whenever this week)

• Post here ✅
• Laundry, laundry, laundry
• Cook a 5lb bag of beets and pickle them
• Grrrr wanted to order the ikea bed, it became available Friday but since we were out all weekend wanted to do it this morning... unavailable once again.
• Measure basement curtains to get them hemmed
• Have some turnips to cut and freeze
• Vac main floor
• wash main bathroom
• Get passeport picture taken
• Go get some $$ at the bank-teller
• Figure out where and when we will take our 4-day weekend with sis this Fall... thinking of Philadelphia
• DD gave me some clothes from Alysanne for Anne-E so have to go through that and see what fits
• .... lots, lots more
• DH will fix gutters that need fixing and mow the lawn

Decluttering 

• Sent a big plastic toy car (the ones where they get in and get it to advance with their feet) to thrift store
• A big wooden door sent to eco-center

Upcoming this week

Tuesday in-town work

To relax this week or In my crafting basket 

  Work on Christmas ornament - prototype is done but not quite satisfied... need to make it smaller and have a hard time sewing all around thinking maybe some fabric glue.. not sure.

From the camera:

Pictures from dad's 80th bday

Funny of the week

Happy Homemaker 2024-08-19

Good morning 

So last week ddil got her jaw broken at the hospital.  She had to be in early Tuesday morning so grandkids slept here Monday night.  She was operated Tuesday and ds spent evening with her at hospital so grandkids slept here Tuesday night.  She went home on Wednesday at noon but was still in much pain... so grandkids slept here Wednesday and Thursday too.  DH went with Xavier to his baseball game on Wednesday.

I worked in town on Thursday... new tasks were assigned... new people seem to be taking over lots... so it will be one day at a time.  I did a few errands on Thursday night.. local mall is getting emptier... they started closing the stores at 7:00!!  not much time to get around after work.  I managed to get myself a pair of Snoopy Christmas socks :), and a few other things.

Thursday ds picked up grandkids but we picked them up there after supper as ddil was having a hard time with her surgery effects and they slept here... in fact we drove them back home Saturday at noon. 

Friday we took them with us to a music festival, they had lots of fun, there was a silent disco (with headphones), a few games and friends.

Saturday we went to Xavier's baseball practice and then they each could choose something at the dollarstore (bubbles for Anne-E and dinosaur for Xavier).  We had hot-dogs at ds' for lunch when we dropped them off.  Did a whole lot of nothing Saturday afternoon.  Saturday night we went to music festival again, 2 good music groups.

Sunday was rainy, so I did housechores and dh continued his painting (wood band around the house just under the roof).  Had supper with sil & bil at a pizza joint.

Today is rainy and cooler 19C... perfect for me!  A slow at-home day. 

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

The weather

Love my gray days... dh not as much

Mon

19°

14°

Tue

16°

12°

Wed

16°

12°

Thu

18°

12°

Fri

23°

14°

Looking around the house

I picked up yesterday but of course would have lots to do but I don't intend on doing much 

housechores today... a slow relaxing day

Thinking and pondering

New tasks at work... 

Have to call parents this week to see how all is going.

Tv this week

Big Brother season 26

The traitors (season 2)

Walking dead (last season)

Listening to or interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing

On my reading pile

Plus jamais malade by Denis Fortier - cannot read it in one sitting.  

Amazonia by James Rollins

On my to-do list

Sunday

• Laundry
• Wash main bathroom
• Vac main floor
• Look up what is needed to renew passeports and start filling up forms
• DH got the curtain rod up in basement bedroom so I could test the curtains I want to buy, just need to order them now.

Monday

• Post here ✅
• Towels to fold
• Catch up on some emails
• Changed my parking from Friday to tomorrow (tomorrow was full but a place was released which is great as my days is supposed to be Tuesdays).
• Make a soup
• Cook some hard-boiled eggs
• Work on Christmas ornament

Decluttering 

• Nothing

Upcoming this week

Tuesday in-town work

Friday - outside cinema in our town with grandkids

Saturday - dd's? rodeo?

To relax this week or In my crafting basket 

  Work on Christmas ornament

From the camera:

Funny of the week