Monday, 21 March 2022

Happy Homemaker 2022-03-21

Hello!

Loads and loads of changes at work.  This week will be the 1st time (Wednesday the 23rd) that I will work at the office in 2 years and we no longer have OUR desk, we share in another area.  Parking will be 1st come basis, so I will be going in quite early unless DH spends the day in town - he does have an appointment for his ears but a whole day is long.  Next week I did not say I would go in but we are on strike 1 day - March 30th.. sigh.  We will start 2 days a week on the week of April 4th mandatory.

I took last Friday afternoon off before they pay me up all my sick days I had accumulated in 20 years.  We cannot accumulate anymore so they will be paid off... sigh... I had 60 days... wanted to used them up for retirement but rules have changed.

So Friday afternoon I did more spring cleaning, followed by groceries and McD's for supper.

Saturday we had our little Xavier with us.  Anne-E was at her other grandma's house.  Kids went to an afternoon show with a humorist.  Saturday night we had supper at sil's with Xavier and he slept over (he joined us in the big bed around 2:00 am.. - I think he is dreaming as he would cry out but fall back asleep when he saw he was snuggled next to me).  DH drove him back home around 9:00 Sunday as they had friends with kids coming over.

Sunday was housechores in the morning and made 3 watercolor cards for Easter in the afternoon.  Dh went to a hockey game with neighbor.

Good news, dh says ddil told him they would be coming with us for Easter at my parent's house. :)


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



The weather (in celsius)
Mon
Mostly cloudy
2°
-6°
Tue
Partly cloudy
1°
-7°
Wed
Mostly sunny
3°
-2°
Thu
Snow
2°
2°
Fri
Rain and snow
3°
1°

On my mind
Stressing about going back to work (covid - haven't had it yet, gas prices, parking, desk)
Stressing about 1-day strikes (total of 10 days can be used for strikes)
On the bright side: Spring-cleaning is going great!  I'll be able to go outside as soon as we do have springlike temperatures.

On the breakfast plate
Doing the sugar detox... so 2 eggs, ham and some beets with a glass of sugar-free oat milk

On my reading pile

Pas si loin des tombes

99 façons de prévenir les effets du vieillissement: Conseils d'un physio


On my tv
Absentia (2e saison)
Big Brother (local edition - saison 2)
La confrerie (saison 1)
Le bonheur (saison 1) 
Les mecs (saison 2)
Les moments parfaits (saison 2)
Léo (saison 2)
L'homme qui aimait trop (saison 1)
Les bracelets rouges (saison 1)
New Amsterdam
Portrait robot (saison 1)
Sans rendez-vous (saison 1)
Survivre a ces enfants (saison 1)
Doc (saison 1)
Le bon docteur
L'échappée
Une autre histoire
Star académie


Interesting youtube vlog I saw this week

Nothing much but next week I will be joing 2 groups.. one is a less-sugar group (7 day challenge)  and the other is Sketchbook revival art class (2 weeks challenge).  Looking forward to all of this.


On the menu this week
Monday - Sausages and potatoes

Eating from the freezer

From the camera:


2 watercolor cards I made


Looking around the house
Easter decor is up and colorful

On my to-do list

Done over the weekend (including Friday afternoon)
  • Groceries
  • Laundry
  • Wash bedding in one of basement bedrooms
  • Deep-spring-clean hallway (woodwork, walls, frames, floor, light fixture)
  • Deep-spring-clean kitchen (woodwork, windows, blinds, frames, light fixture).  Still need to wash furniture and air out curtains when temperatures will permit.
  • Pay bills
  • Clean-swipe fridge and reorganize
  • Take down st-Pat's decor and put up Easter
  • Vac main floor
  • Wash main bathroom
  • Cook a bag of beets
  • Make 3 watercolor cards
Monday
  • Post here - DONE
  • Print out some papers for sugar-detox week
  • Find financial papers that dh's advisor asked
  • Dust office, bedroom and kitchenette
  • Maybe more deep-cleaning in kitchenette
  • Send strike info to 2 cw's - DONE
  • Cook hard-boiled eggs for my breakfast this week - DONE
Decluttering
  • Nothing but I need to work on that soon... I do have some picture decluttering to do on the iphone at some point. 
To relax this week or In my crafting basket 
Crafting basket - knit socks
Sketchbook revival sessions to watch and decide which ones I want to do.
Watch some tv, read, go for walks if not too cold and windy


Funny of the week


5 comments:

  1. Sorry about all the work stressors, hope things get better soon in that area. Oh, I need to do a sugar free challenge again. Glad to hear the good news about your Easter plans. Hope you have a wonderful week!

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  2. Hi Lucie!
    I'm so sorry about the back to work stuff. And the sick days - no fair! I pray it will all go well in the days ahead. So happy your DIL came around about Easter!! 😊 Good for your trying less sugar diet. I'm trying to be better too. With my arthritis I can tell it gives inflammation.
    Love your pics and your funny! ;) The cards you made are beautiful. 😍

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  3. Love the funny! Sorry to hear that work is so stressful with all the changes and new rules - what a pain. I hope it works out better than you expect. Glad your spring cleaning is going so well. Have a great rest of the week.

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  4. Hope your first day back at work went well. Isn't it just incredible how much life has changed from two years ago to now? Crazy!!!

    As for your comment on my blog, I've mentioned before that we are in the process of selling my mother in law's house. She left it to my husband and his brother, and they're selling it. I'm not selling my house, I've moved so much that I refuse to move again hahaha

    Have a wonderful week.

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  5. I empathize with your work situation. I can tell it's frustrating for you. Glad the family will all be together for Easter. Great funny at the end of your post!

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