Happy Homemaker 2026-03-02

Welcome March

Had a webinair on microsoft copilot (AI) at work very interesting, tried it out for a few things.

Tuesday dh decided to go to town to see kitchen cabinets at IKEA but didn't have an appointment so went to see cars instead, now he's found one he'd like to buy.  Had my mammography after work. So transfered my parking for the end of the month and drove intown with dh.

Saturday ds, ddil and grandkids spent the day here (they arrived at 9:00) as they had painter for stairwell ceiling at home.  In the afternoon we went to snow festival.  They left around 8:30 at night.

Sunday was Xavier's hockey game, mass for fil (would've been his 100th bday), and then a few housechores and some paperwork.  A day of feeling iffy... lots of little problems but with a few tylenols was doing much better.

This week is the spring break for grandkids.  I know ddil has Monday off but don't know what they have planned this week.

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

Weather this week

Mon

-12°

-26°

Tue

-1°

-12°

Wed

2°

-7°

Thu

-1°

-10°

Fri

-3°

-10°

today will be not so warm but should warm up.. not much sun in the forecast

Looking around the house

Changed pictures on mantel to put more green to go with St-Pat's decor but too early for spring decor here.. stil alot of snow.

Thinking and pondering

All the paperwork that needs to be done for different things, why is it always so complicated.  Going with dh at some point to try the new car he wants to buy.  I'm not very tall so have to make sure I can drive it. :)

TV this week

• Les petits tannants
• TLMEP
• Dumas
• Indéfendable
• Antigang
• Happy Face
• L'oeil du cyclone
• Emprises
• Les armes
• Stat
• Alertes
• Mea Culpa
• Indomptables
• L'amour est dans le pré
• La nuit devant nous
• Ça finit bien la semaine
• En direct de l'univers
• La Voix

Interesting blog I saw this week

Renovation of their summer house... so much work!!

On my reading pile

La neuvième heure - Alice McDermott... a suggestion I got from chat GPT

On my to-do list

Over the weekend 

• Wash main bathroom
• Laundry
• Vac all main floor 
• Got the income tax papers for me ready 

Monday

• Post here - DONE
• 10:00 Tai-chi Class -
• Prep for in-town work on Tuesday - 
• 
  
• ...

Decluttering

• 1 marker
• 1 roll of fabric given to dh's cousin's daughter - she has started a small business on the side.  From mom's.

Simple pleasure

Watching a good series

Tried out another simple watercolor from FB - rabbits.  Then I show it to Anne-E and we do it together when she comes, she's very happy about that.

Upcoming this week

Monday - Tai-Chi.. 

Tuesday - in-town work

Wednesday - Xavier and his team play before the big hockey game in town .  So we will be going to the game.  DH has an echography in the morning too.

Thursday  - dh gets car fixed

From the camera

Web picture of the week

Happy Homemaker 2025-02-22

Good morning

Winter Olympicas are over, congrats to all the athletes who worked hard to get there.

Work: 1 cw is coming back to work Thursday from spending a year in China to take care of her parents, no idea how all went as she is very discreet and did not give news during that time.  A new cw will be joining us beginning of March.

Grandkids did not come by this week but we saw them at Xavier's hockey game Sunday morning.

Wednesday took the afternoon off work to go see Titanic exhibition with neighbors followed by supper at restaurant.  Was a very nice afternoon.  

Saturday was some housechores.  Sunday was Xavier's hockey, Olympic hockey and whole lot of nothing.

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

Weather this week

Mon

-4°

-11°

Tue

-6°

-18°

Wed

-6°

-16°

Thu

-4°

-18°

Fri

-6°

-18°

Warmer days but cold nights

Looking around the house

Mostly picked up, still hesitating about doing the deep spring cleaning in case dh decides to start some renovations.

Thinking and pondering

Lots of things I want to do but will have to wait until I retire... like in my office... 2 large monitors, keyboard, mouse, portable need to be sent back to the office and then I want to get rid of the BIG old desk... hummm now what do I want this room to become after?

TV this week

• Les petits tannants
• TLMEP
• Dumas
• Indéfendable
• Antigang
• Happy Face
• L'oeil du cyclone
• Emprises
• Les armes
• Stat
• Alertes
• Mea Culpa
• Indomptables
• L'amour est dans le pré
• La nuit devant nous
• Ça finit bien la semaine
• En direct de l'univers
• La Voix
• Restarted Squid games on Netflix

Interesting blog I saw this week

Ambiance while I read quietly

On my reading pile

The testaments - Margaret Atwood

On my to-do list

Over the weekend 

• Wash main bathroom
• Dust all main floor
• Laundry
  
• Vac all main floor (dh did that)

Monday

• Post here - DONE
• 10:00 Tai-chi Class -
• Prep for in-town work on Tuesday - 
• More laundry
• ...

Decluttering

• Nothing this week

Simple pleasure

Sitting outside feeling the sun on my face

Tried out a simple watercolor from FB - frogs

Upcoming this week

Monday - Tai-Chi.. 5 more left and instructor said he will not give spring classes and not sure he'll be back in Fall either... would have to go to town, nope... will have to find something else. DH has some bloodwork in the afternoon

Having grandkids for supper

Tuesday - in-town work / mammography after work

From the camera

Titanic expposition at the Museum

Web picture of the week

Happy Homemaker 2026-02-16

Good morning, already mid-February!

Last week was a slow telework week, getting rid of some files which belong to another sector (and should've never been transfered to us).

With going back to work 2 days a week if you work 4 and 3 days a week if you work 5 (35 hours), 2 more of my cws opted for 4day weeks (32hrs), like me.  

Grandkids came for supper Thursday night.  They went skiing Friday night and Saturday.  We had a quiet Valentine supper of Fondue chinoise and choclate mousse cake (from costco's) and watched some olympics.

A few housechores were done on Saturday.  Sunday we picked up ds and Xavier for his hockey game in town at 9:00 followed by International Peewee tournament (21 countries) in town.  Got to see 4 games + part of the one when we got there (Philadelphia, Detroit, Thailand, Florida and New York).  2 of these games were girl teams.  We got home at 4:30 and that was it for me, stiff from sitting at the Videotron Center all day.

Govt. investigation report on our agency comes out today... will not be a good week at work.

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

Weather this week

Mon

-3°

-14°

Tue

0°

-8°

Wed

-3°

-14°

Thu

-2°

-13°

Fri

-6°

-16°

Warmer but Tuesday (the day I work in town) is supposed to be freezing rain and snow :(

Looking around the house

Bah, not so bad, thinking of things I'd like to do after I retire.  Still looking at kitchens of FB and figuring out what we want.

Valentine's decor is down and St-Pat's will go up later when Anne-E is here to 'help'.

Thinking and pondering

Lots to do :  plan kitchen renovation, buy a new car, paper have to be prepped (might wait until I retire to have time for this).. testament, etc...

TV this week

• Les petits tannants
• TLMEP
• Dumas
• Indéfendable
• Antigang
• Happy Face
• L'oeil du cyclone
• Emprises
• Les armes
• Stat
• Alertes
• Mea Culpa
• Indomptables
• L'amour est dans le pré
• La nuit devant nous
• Ça finit bien la semaine
• En direct de l'univers
• La Voix
• Restarted Squid games on Netflix

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing

On my reading pile

The Women by Kristin Hannah - Finished last night... was a very good book, got weepy a few times.

Un parfum de thé et d'argile - Élise Ader

On my to-do list

Over the weekend 

• Wash main bathroom
• Dust all main floor
• Laundry
  

Monday

• Post here - DONE
• 10:00 Tai-chi Class -
• Prep for in-town work on Tuesday - 
• Get Valentine's decor down - DONE
• ...

Decluttering

• Nothing this week

Simple pleasure

A nice supper and watching the Winter Olympics

Upcoming this week

Monday - Tai-Chi

Tuesday - in-town work

From the camera

My favorite mug