Happy Homemaker 2019-08-26

Wednesday my son had a problem with a wheel on his car so we followed him home - it was all crooked and the tire blew up about 5 km from home - so called a towing to bring it to a local repairman.  Finally seems the frame is broken so the car will have to be sold for parts (it was a 2007 toyota Yaris)

Took a sick day on Thursday (having problems with my Crohn's disease) and I have tons of sick days in bank which I have to go through and director is wanting to pay our sick /overtime banks so I prefer to use them up.  Did some catching up on happyhomaker blogs that I had not yet read.  I did my yoga stretching while listening to Christmas music.
Here are 2 yoga 20-min workouts I like Seated hip opener and Yoga for opening the shoulders.

Friday night we went to a local festival 'Rythmes et Papilles' for a few hours , 2 violinists and a guitar player around a fireplace, was nice.

Saturday we went to my parent's campground to have supper with them (2,5 hours to and fro).  My dad was 75 on the 23rd and we went for his birthday.  My niece and nephew were there with them for the weekend and my cousin and his girlfriend had come to have lunch with them. (left at 10:30 am and back at 10:30 pm)

Sunday we left at 9:00 to pick up my son and his girlfriend and came back here at 3:00 pm after going shopping with them.  They wanted to buy a freezer (my husband will pick it up with the truck on Monday night), and pick up the changing table that her dad had bought them for the baby.  We told them we'd buy them the rocking chair so we shopped around for that - they will go back to buy the one they want.  We also went to costco's as we had LOTS of staples to buy.

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

Right now
I am writing this post - while finishing my breakfast (toasts with cheese spread and rice milk) and have a Christmas movie going (Switched for Christmas with Candid Cameron-Bure)

The weather (in celsius)

Mon.

26°

12°

Tue.

27°

14°

Wed.

26°

18°

Thu.

25°

14°

Fri.

24°

14°

Sat.

22°

11°

What I am reading
Feed 2 by Mira Grant

On my tv 

Rewatching the watching dead - tv marathon on local channel
The Good witch - series
Esprits criminels
Big Brother 
Mary kills people
I recorded lots of Christmas movies during the CIJ marathon on the W Channel, so I have that to look forward to.

Menu - planning

No idea yet - we didn't pick up any groceries over the weekend so it'll come from the freezer

Monday - 
Tuesday - 
Wednesday -
Thursday -  Grilled cheese sandwiches
Friday - ?

On my to-do list 
During the weekend - didn't do much as we were gone most of the time:

• Laundry
• Ironing
• Bake muffins
• Deep-clean guest-office wardrobe (it's a cachall for gifts, crafts, .... )

Monday: 

• Post here - DONE
• Make up bed  - DONE
• Make a zuccini potage 
• Prep work and gym clothes for tomorrow - DONE
• Menu plan 
• Wash main bathroom
• Vaccum? (If I run out of time I might skip this week)
• Cut outside flowers on one side of the house
• Post on internet my son's car for sale
• 
  

Thinking of taking Friday off as it's a 3-day weekend and I could make it a 4-day weekend.  My husband wants to start painting the baby room at my son's house next weekend.  

What I am knitting, crocheting and crafting

Knitted wool socks - one pair I'm at the heel and other pair cuffs are started

Crochet baby boots

A simple pleasure
Being able to take days off easily (of course I have a sick bank, an overtime bank and a vacation bank I have to respect).

Looking forward to
Having lunch with some coworkers as another one of our group is changing jobs.. many have left in the last year :(

From the camera

At my dad's 75th bday

Quote of the week