Monday 27 January 2020

Happy Homemaker 2020-01-27

Happy Monday!

Was a quiet weeknd (tummy problems on Friday and Saturday).  Picking up here and there and ordinary household chores.  Sunday night was supper at ds's house.  Monday I will babysit most of the day as my daughter-in-law has some things she wants to do at the house - I was happy to offer :)  I'll make it my Rudolph day too... so me and baby will be watching some Christmas movies.

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






The weather (in celsius)
Mon.
Cloudy
1°
-7°
Tue.
Partly Cloudy
-4°
-17°
Wed.
Sunny
-7°
-20°
Thu.
Sunny
-8°
-17°
Fri.
Mostly Sunny
-6°
-16°



Woke up to at least 6 inches of fresh snow - beautiful!

How I am feeling this morning
A bit tired - will be a good day for relaxing

On my mind
Missing out on Monday meeting at work - big reorganisation announcement.. wondering how it'll affect our team.

On the breakfast plate
Green tea with 2 peanut-butter toasts (oat bread)
 
On my reading pile

La Santé repensée de Dr. Gaétan Brouillard
The handsmaid tale by Margaret Atwood

On my tv

Les Américains (Season 6)
Cerebrum (Saison 1)
Bull (Saison 1)
Walking Dead (Season 7)
L'Échappée
La fugeuse (Saison 2)
L'heure Bleue (Saison 4)
Épidémie (Saison 1)
Léo (Saison 1)
Le Bon Docteur (Saison 2)
District 31
Lacher Prise (Saison 4)
Une autre histoire
Les Pays d'en haut (saison 5)
Toute la vie (saison 2)
5e rang (saison 2)
L'Amour est dans le pré (saison 8)

On the menu this week
Monday - Beef bourguignon with mashed potatoes
Tuesday - pork tenderloin (did not do it last week)
Wednesday - Tourtière
Thursday - grilled cheese sandwich and soup in the crockpot
Friday - ?

From the camera



3-tired valentine tray ..1st time trying to decorate it.. missing a few plants

New snow this morning




Looking around the house

Everything has been picked up over the weekend.  Have decorated my 3-tier tray for Valentine, so it's cute.  I'd like to make a Valentine gnome to add to it.

On my to-do list (chores) 


Saturday was laundry, vaccumed basement and main floor.  On Sunday I washed main bathroom, baked muffins, cut a pineapple, made beef bourguignon and menu-planned. I also finally did my blogposts about Halloween and Christmas 2019.  
    Monday  
    • Post here - DONE
    • Laundry - ongoing
    • Prep gym clothes for tomorrow - DONE
    • Prep work clothes - DONE
    • Yoga
    • Craft
    • Rudy day - watch Christmas movies
    • Babysit grandson 
    To relax this week, I will
    Craft and watch Christmas movies.  Not sure about this category...  my ways of relaxing are mostly always the same

    Sending positive vibes to
    All in need

    Quote of the week 
    This quote goes with my word for the year - BE NICE



    Sunday 26 January 2020

    Halloween 2019

    Late posting about Halloween 2019.







    Christmas 2019 - Pictures

    Some pictures of our 2019 Christmas

















    Christmas 2019 - Crafts

    Some crafts I made for Christmas 2019:


    Guinea pig for Anthony and seahorses for Naomie and Océanne

    40 crochet angel wing ornaments for friends and family

    I also knitted some socks for my daughter and an infinity scarf for Naomie (didn't take pictures).

    Monday 20 January 2020

    Happy Homemaker 2020-01-20

    Morning!
    Last week was regular 4-day work week.  
    The weekend was super cold - brrrr

    We went back to Cap-de-la-Madeleine to help assemble more IKEA furniture for my daughter and put up her new shower rod and curtains.  Left at 7:00 and back by 3:15.  Daughter-in-law and grandbaby Xavier got here 15 minutes after us (with Zach the dog).  My son had an activity with his coworkers at his boss's cabin.  He came home around midnight and they decided to sleep here.

    Sunday the kids spent the day as my son had a hockey game at 2:30 and daughter-in-law had yoga at 4:00.  They left after supper around 7:30.

    So I had lots of baby hugging over the weeknd.


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






    The weather (in celsius)
    Mon.
    Mostly Sunny
    -12°
    -21°
    Tue.
    Partly Cloudy
    -12°
    -15°
    Wed.
    Cloudy
    -4°
    -6°
    Thu.
    Mostly Cloudy
    -1°
    -8°
    Fri.
    Partly Cloudy
    -2°
    -9°




    How I am feeling this morning
    I am achy and sleepy but will do some yoga stretches and eat breakfast afterwards then I'll start my day.  Lots to do as almost nothing got done during the weeknd.

    On my mind
    My to-do lists... chores, crafts, happiness journal to work on.

    On the breakfast plate
    Green tea with toasts and cooked pork slices with mustard
     
    On my reading pile

    La Santé repensée de Dr. Gaétan Brouillard
    Yamaska - Réjanne de Anne Boyer

    On my tv

    Les Américains (Season 6)
    Cerebrum (Saison 1)
    Bull (Saison 1)
    Walking Dead (Season 7)
    L'Échappée
    La fugeuse (Saison 2)
    L'Académie (Saison 2)  Decided I have enough to watch and am not crazy about this one.
    L'heure Bleue (Saison 4)
    Épidémie (Saison 1)
    Léo (Saison 1)
    Le Bon Docteur (Saison 2)
    District 31
    Lacher Prise (Saison 4)
    Une autre histoire
    Les Pays d'en haut (saison 5)
    Toute la vie (saison 2)
    5e rang (saison 2)
    L'Amour est dans le pré (saison 8)
    More Christmas movies on dvr

    On the menu this week
    Monday - egg rolls / rice / spare-ribs
    Tuesday - Spaghetti
    Wednesday - Pork tenderloin
    Thursday - grilled cheese sandwich and soup in the crockpot
    Friday - ?

    From the camera






    Looking around the house

    chaos!  Need to finish ordinary chores.  At least it's warm and feels lived-in haha!

    On my to-do list (chores) 


    On Sunday I washed main bathroom.  Also did a little laundry and repaired one my husband's shirt pocket.  Filed papers in my bedside table.  Reorganized and decluttered 2 drawers in office desk and 1 drawer in corner armoire of the office.  Baked muffins
      Monday  
      • Post here - DONE
      • Menu-plan - DONE
      • Laundry - ongoing
      • Prep gym clothes for tomorrow - DONE
      • Prep work clothes - DONE
      • Prep ziploc bags of crafts I want to do this year (not done last week)
      • Prep a Rudy day basket (books I want to look at that day, a Christmas cup, ... my Rudy day notebook ....) - not done last week
      • Yoga
      • Print my 'deep cleaning' list for the year
      • Vaccum 1st floor
      • Dust 1st floor
      • Declutter
      • Make a recipe with frozen bananas
      • Decorate 3-tiered tray
      • Craft
      To relax this week, I will
      Knit and crochet

      Sending positive vibes to
      All in need.
      Hoping medical research will find a way to get rid of Alzheimer's disease and inflammatory bowel disease.

      Quote of the week 

      Monday 13 January 2020

      Happy Homemaker 2019-01-13

      Good morning friends!

      Last week was back to work (3 days), sure had alot of work to do ... would have taken 4 days at least, ah well, ...
      Had lunch with Mrs. President at work (won a prize) with 4 co-workers of my choice.  We had a good time, wasn't too intimidating and the food was very good (Le Charbon Steakhouse in the same building as the office).
      Saturday we went to Cap-de-la-Madeleine with sister-in-law and brother-in-law to help my daughter move.  Lots of IKEA furniture to set up, ugg!  She is now settled in her new appartment... some things will have to come here as she has less space (she had a 5,5 room appartment and now it's a 3,5 room).  She seems to be happy with her choice.  It rained ALOT all day.
      Sunday was a snowstorm... a foot of snow and VERY windy.  My brother and sister-in-law were in the area so they went to see the baby and we met them at my son's house.  Me and my husband had supper there with them (my brother left around 4:00).


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

      Here are the new categories:
      The weather
      How I am feeling this morning
      On my mind
      On the breakfast plate
      On my reading pile
      On my tv
      On the menu this week
      From the camera
      Looking around the house
      Chore I'm not looking forward to today or this week  (I will put my to-do list here instead)
      To relax this week, I will
      On my prayer list (postive vibes list)
      Devotional/Bible Verse  - will put a quote here instead






      The weather (in celsius)
      Mon.
      Snow Showers
      -9°
      -14°
      Tue.
      Mostly Cloudy
      -9°
      -10°
      Wed.
      Snow Showers
      -3°
      -9°
      Thu.
      Snow Showers
      -8°
      -21°
      Fri.
      Sunny
      -15°
      -24°




      How I am feeling this morning
      Was feeling tired and achy when I woke up, but did some yoga stretches (easy ones), had my breakfast and have started laundry and rice is cooking so feeling ready for the day to begin!
      On my mind
      I chose my word for 2020 - it's BE NICE... to myself, to others, to the planet, in my words.
      Do good things and good things will come back your way.


      On the breakfast plate
      Green tea with a toasted english muffin, butter and peanut butter.
      On my reading pile

      La Santé repensée de Dr. Gaétan Brouillard
      Erreur 403: accès refusé de Cristina Rodriguez

      On my tv

      Les Américains (Season 6)
      Cerebrum (Saison 1)
      Bull (Saison 1)
      Walking Dead (Season 7)
      L'Échappée
      La fugeuse (Saison 2)
      L'Académie (Saison 2)
      L'heure Bleue (Saison 4)
      Épidémie (Saison 1)
      Léo (Saison 1)
      Le Bon Docteur (Saison 2)
      District 31
      Lacher Prise (Saison 4)
      Une autre histoire
      Les Pays d'en haut (saison 5)
      Toute la vie (saison 2)
      5e rang (saison 2)
      L'Amour est dans le pré (saison 8)
      More Christmas movies on dvr

      On the menu this week
      Monday - rice / chicken / mushroom casserole
      Tuesday - pasta with homemade meat-veggie spaghetti sauce
      Wednesday - Tourtière (leftover in the freezer from NY's eve)
      Thursday - grilled cheese sandwich and soup in the crockpot
      Friday - ?

      From the camera

      (hoping I haven't posted these before)
      Me at work Christmas lunch

      My son and his family

      Me, my sister and my brothers

      Looking around the house

      Feels spacious after the business of Holiday decor.
      A puzzle on the kitchen table.
      LR - yoga mat on the floor, chocolate and salted peanuts on the table, my notepad and pencil,
      books (yoga for the face, Harry Potter unofficial cookbook, my goals notebook, a Gooseberry Patch cookbook, my sketchbook, a sketchbook how-to), a heated rice bag (dh had a sore neck last night), controller for propane foyer.  Lighted fairy lights on the mantel.
      Kitchenette - cans of mushroom soup, mushrooms, pasta, spaghetti sauce (defrosting), on the counter with my 3-tiered stand holding Hot-chocolate bar (received the stand at Christmas, now I need to decorate it a little).

      On my to-do list (chores) 


      On Sunday I vaccumed main floor and washed main bathroom.  Also did a little laundry.
        Monday  
        • Post here - DONE
        • Menu-plan - DONE
        • Laundry - ongoing
        • Go to my son's house to hold the baby while daughter-in-law takes care of some other things.
        • Prep gym clothes for tomorrow - DONE
        • Prep work clothes - DONE
        • Prep ziploc bags of crafts I want to do this year
        • Paperwork to file
        • Prep a Rudy day basket (books I want to look at that day, a Christmas cup, ... my Rudy day notebook ....)
        • Prep the chicken-rice casserole
        • Prep the pasta casserole
        • Do dishes
        • Yoga - DONE


        To relax this week, I will

        I received a book on face yoga so I'm trying this out while watching tv at night.

        Sending positive vibes to
        Mom - so that she remembers more
        A friend at work who is waiting to know if she has a 4th cancer
        The son of our friends who is having kidney problems

        Quote of the week