Monday 26 November 2018

Happy Homemaker 2018-11-26

Linking up to Sandra at Diary of a Stay at home mom 

Ordered a google home mini this week and a hard drive (to have a copy of pictures in case the other one stops working).
Bought a few more gifts online.

The weather (in celsius)
Mon.
Cloudy
1°
-1°
Tue.
Rain and Snow
2°
1°
Wed.
Showers
2°
-2°
Thu.
Cloudy
2°
-6°
Fri.
Partly Cloudy
-2°
-6°
Sat.
Partly Cloudy
-2°
-6°
Sun.
Snow Showers
-1°
-2°
Mon.
Snow Showers
0°
-4°

This morning a light snow outside but balmy so might turn into rain


What I am reading
Le projet Bleiberg by David S.Khara

On my tv 
'O
OD
Unité 9
Le jeu
Demain des hommes
L'heure bleue
Les Simone
District 31
Christmas movies 
It's the last week of regular programs before the Christmas break

Menu - planning
Monday - Sausages and mashed potatoes
Tuesday - Ham quiche
Wednesday - Spaghetti
Thursday - Chicken voll aux vents

On my to-do list
Done during the weekend
Vaccumed and dusted main floor.  Laundry. Made fudge, a pound cake and skor squares.  A little bit of wrapping sprinkled in there. Paid bills. Worked on my class painting - almost finished.

Monday
- More laundry - STARTED
- Post here
- Overnight oats for my breakfasts
- Call mom
Prep gym clothes and lunch for tomorrow  - DONE
- Pack up the sunbeam warming blanket and mail it back to them if shipping isn't too prohibitive.
- Wash bathroom
- Call dr. for renewel on stomach pills
- Prep quiche for tomorrow night
- More wrapping
- Call cable company to see why the bill is higher 
- Send some ebooks to my friend
- Bake muffins
- One thing-a-room declutter
- Yoga and essentrics exercises (20 min total) - DONE

.... which is why I decided to get up at 6:15 instead of relaxing and getting up later today.

What I am knitting, crocheting and crafting
Work on knitted socks 
Paint class - candle

Something interesting I watched
Christmas movies

Looking forward to
Finishing paint class and painting.

A simple pleasure
Having a cup of warm tea (I don't like it hot)

From the camera

No more bathtub for awhile (we do have a shower in the basement ;) )


Quote of the week 



Monday 19 November 2018

Happy Homemaker 2018-11-19

Linking up to Sandra at Diary of a Stay at home mom 

We did get some snow last week but much less than the forecast.  There are a few inches on the ground.  This week should be cold, so less snow.
I took a day off Friday (was to be a snowday but... not much snow) and I woke up with a splitting headache so I stayed home anyways.
My to-do list for the weekend was a mile long, still lots to do today.

Sunday we went to a hockey game at the Videotron-Center, invited by Caisse pop.  They gave out $10 gift cards to the shopping center, I got 4! (well dh was there and got some of these too) and also a hat.  There was as a small buffet too (but didn't know so had lunch before going),  DH ate a little but I was having tummy problems (yet again, last week was not a good week), so I did not eat from the buffet.

DS also announced they had bought a dog (mix coollie / labrador) and will be getting him the weekend they move in their house mid-December) .  He is brown.

Let's get this post started:

The weather (in celsius)
Mon.
Snow Showers
-3°
-8°
Tue.
Cloudy
-6°
-8°
Wed.
Cloudy
-6°
-16°
Thu.
Mostly Cloudy
-9°
-17°
Fri.
Partly Cloudy
-9°
-13°
Sat.
Partly Cloudy
-3°
-7°
Sun.
Rain and Snow
1°
-2°
Mon.
Rain and Snow
1°
0°


What I am doing right now
Writing this post, having a Linden tisane (for upset stomach), listening to Christmas music and looking at the Christmas lights in the LR with the fireplace lit (a bit chilly this morning)
Will have breakfast afterwards

What I am reading
Sans parler du chien by Connie Willis (ongoing)

On my tv 
'O
OD
Unité 9
Le jeu
Demain des hommes
L'heure bleue
Les Simone
District 31
Christmas movies 

Menu - planning
Haven't menu-planned yet.

On my to-do list
Done during the weekend
Recalled cable company and spent HOURS on the phone with them - they will be calling me back can't download their anti-virus properly) - will have to call back at some point still not working, laundry, made a big pack of meatballs for freezer, cooked up ham and got it cut up for sandwiches during the Holidays, started decorating, orderd online at Walmart, got my Zen advent calendar pouches filled up, prepped Christmas cards, ...

Monday
- More laundry
- Post here
- Overnight oats for my breakfasts
- Call mom
Prep gym clothes and lunch for tomorrow  - DONE
- look up warranty for a sunbeam heating blanket - Have to call back for 4th time, hopefully I can reach SOMEONE this time.  Their voicemail is full and they hang up and don't take messages.  Found another number to call.
- Menu-plan
- Bake muffins
- Set up nativity set under tree
- Put up Christmas village in bay window
- Take Christmas boxes to the basement
- Clear out the office (everything got put in there during the decorating)
- Vaccum main floor
- Wash bathroom
- Check when prescription ends for stomach pills
- Make pizza muffins and freeze them

.... which is why I decided to get up at 6:15 instead of relaxing and getting up later today.

What I am knitting, crocheting and crafting
Working on a shawl with pockets - ONGOING - will try to get the pockets on and block it this week.
Work on a new pair of knitted socks 
Paint class - candle

Something interesting I watched
Household hacks and Christmas dollar-store hacks on youtube

Looking forward to
Going to acupuncture Tuesday night - decided to try it out for my frequent headaches these days... will also mention stomach problems.

A simple pleasure
Being home

From the camera

Not a great picture but to show the snow we received last week

Santa at the hockey game

Tree is up, still need to do the nativity set under it


Quote of the week 




Monday 12 November 2018

Happy Homemaker 2018-11-12

Linking up to Sandra at Diary of a Stay at home mom 

Today is a holiday because of veteran's day so my husband is outside working on strengthening the gazebo roof for winter and putting a large tarp on the grass in front of the house for when the snowblowers pass.

Let's start this right off.  Snow, snow, snow in the forecast


The weather (in celsius)
Mon.
Partly Cloudy
-3°
-4°
Tue.
Snow
1°
-10°
Wed.
Partly Cloudy
-7°
-13°
Thu.
Partly Cloudy
-5°
-11°
Fri.
Snow
-2°
-3°
Sat.
Snow Showers
-1°
-8°
Sun.
Mostly Sunny
-6°
-13°


What I am reading
Sans parler du chien by Connie Willis

On my tv 
'O
OD
Unité 9
Le jeu
Demain des hommes
L'heure bleue
Les Simone
District 31
Christmas movies (watched one on Saturday morning)

Menu - planning
Monday - Veggie soup for lunch with leftover pizza.  Supper will be eggrolls and General Tao chicken.
Tuesday - Chinese noodles
Wednesday - Smoked meat sandwiches (have been on the menu for a few weeks but not done)
Thursday - Spaghetti
Friday - ?


On my to-do list
Done during the weekend
Vaccum main floor and basement.  Wash both bathrooms (dh is still doing work in the main bathroom so lots of dust), called cable company and spent HOURS on the phone with them - they will be calling me back can't download their anti-virus properly), Menu plan, cook a big chicken (got my chicken cubed for Christmas sandwiches), make 2 rice-chicken casseroles (one for the freezer), cook sausage-bacon appetizers (frozen for Christmas), update gift closet and list, Laundry, ...

Monday
- Yoga exercises - DONE
- More laundry - DONE
- Post here
- Overnight oats for my breakfasts - DONE
- Call mom
Prep gym clothes and lunch for tomorrow  - DONE
Crochet
- look up warranty for a sunbeam heating blanket
- Make veggie soup (freeze a bag of mixed veggies for a crockpot soup later on) - DONE
- Catch up on paint class (missed most of the class last Tuesday as I had a meeting that finished way past lunch time)
- Cut up cantaloup - DONE
- Bake muffins - DONE
and lots more... but will see what really gets done

What I am knitting, crocheting and crafting
Working on a shawl with pockets - ONGOING - got more yarn so I'll pick up the pace
Work on a new pair of knitted socks 
Paint class - candle

Something interesting I watched
Nothing this week, too many nights coming in late because of after-work errands

Looking forward to
Paint class at lunch on Tuesday

A simple pleasure
Scratching items off my to-do list

From the camera
Christmas men shirts at the store

New tree we got for the basement - it is up!


Quote of the week 



Monday 5 November 2018

Happy Homemaker 2018-11-05

Linking up to Sandra at Diary of a Stay at home mom 

Morning!  It has been another week with errands every night after work and Halloween on Wednesday.  We had 335 kids pass!  Usually we get around 125-130 but the town closed down our street and had put animation, so....
DD came and spent the weekend with us as did ds and his girlfriend.  We watched a Christmas movie saturday night... bad moms. It is good but they could've made it a little more classy, quite vulgar at times .. was not necessary all that foul language.  It adds nothing to the movie.
Did the grocery shopping with dd and spent Saturday afternoon cooking.  She made 3 tourtières for her, a batch of meatballs and got a 5lb bag of beets cooked and pickled.  I made some spaghetti sauce and got some hamburger patties made to be frozen.
DH took dd's car to the garage to get her snow tires on.  He bought some sheetrock for the bathroom and some wood to strenghten the gazebo roof for winter.  He also raked up more leaves.
Sunday dd left around 10 to go back home.  DS and his girlfriend left at 11:30 with the cat (kitty had spent the week here).  After they left I vacummed basement and main floor and got the 2 bathrooms washed as well as did laundry, took down Halloween decorations, made muffins, cook some hard-boiled eggs and pay bills, so today should be a more relaxing day.


The weather (in celsius)
Mon.
Rain
6°
2°
Tue.
Rain
11°
8°
Wed.
Mostly Cloudy
9°
4°
Thu.
Mostly Cloudy
7°
0°
Fri.
Scattered Showers
3°
1°
Sat.
Rain and Snow
3°
-4°
Sun.
Partly Cloudy
-1°
-3°



What I am reading
Le rôle de la guêpe by Colin Winette

On my tv 
'O
OD
Unité 9
Le jeu
Demain des hommes
L'heure bleue
Les Simone
District 31
Got the W Channel so I have dvrd about a dozen Christmas movies.

Menu - planning
Monday - Beef kabobs and rice with veggies
Tuesday - egg salad on english muffins topped with melted grated cheese
Wednesday - Ham and potatoes
Thursday - smoked meat (not done last week)
Friday - ?


On my to-do list
- Yoga exercises - DONE
- Post here
- Overnight oats for my breakfasts
- Make a sheetpan of veggies
- Make some rice
- Order on walmart.ca
- Call mom
Wrap more stocking stuffers (not done last week)
- Prep gym clothes and lunch for tomorrow 
- Knit
- Continue gift closet 
- Call lady to see if she's interested in a wood couch we have


What I am knitting, crocheting and crafting
Working on a shawl with pockets - ONGOING - will run out of yarn :(
Start a new pair of knitted socks this week (yet to do)

Something interesting I watched
Nothing this week, too many nights coming in late because of after-work errands

Looking forward to
watching some Christmas movies :)

A simple pleasure
Chatting with my friends on MHH

From the camera

My son (Jesus) and his girlfriend

Me (Mrs. Snowman) and my friend at work Yé

DD (bubblegum machine) and her boyfriend (25 cents costume)

Quote of the week