Happy Homemaker 2023-02-20

Good morning 

We had grandkids one night for supper when parents worked in town.

Work was too much and boss keeps adding on... not a good week.

Another Friday of snowstorm so that kept dh busy.

Weekend grandkids, ds, ddil & the dog arrived for lunch.  snow festival in our little town with ice-skating (Xavier's 2nd time on skates this year - just trying to stay up), hot chocolate, marshmallows cookies and maple taffy.  snow-slide with tire tube, hockey tournament on the other rink, police-mascotte.  It was a cold day but we had a nice time in the afternoon.  Came back home for supper - we had hamburgers.  Got a dinosaur costume from the basement and a tulle skirt for the grandkids to play with.  they wouldn't take them off for supper, haha.  Lots of hide and seek games with grandma and grandpa.

When grandkids went to sleep we watched a movie.  They all slept over.  They left on Sunday after breakfast for swimming lessons.  

Sunday was housechores and a walk with dh in the afternoon as temperatures had warmed up alot.  He went for supper with sil & bil - I didn't go because I'm still on my fodmap protocol and it was easier to eat at home. 

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

The weather (in celsius)

Mon

4°

-17°

Tue

-5°

-11°

Wed

-7°

-17°

Thu

-13°

-16°

Fri

-12°

-23°

Looking around the house

The house has been picked up. Liking my St-Patrick's day decorations.

Thinking and pondering

Need to go shopping if I want some summer clothes for the trip.  I would like a bathing suit cover and maybe a few camis.  

Best tv show this week

Watched the movie Passengers with Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt.

Listening to or interesting blog I saw this week

Exercising and crafting ideas

Things on the menu this week

Following the fodmap protocol phase 1, so many things I need to omit this week or change to lactose-free and gluten-free

• Cooked an eggplant this weekend 
• One meal of baked potato (with bacon & cheese! and no-lactose sour cream and chives)
• Pasta with low-fodmap spaghetti sauce (I always make lowfodmap now - I have a very good recipe without onions & garlic - I love these but just can't digest them)
• Tomatoes on sourdough bread
• Need to bake some fish too

On my reading pile

Faux témoin  - Karine Slaughter

On my to-do list

Over the weekend

• Wash main bathroom
• Laundry
• Vac main floor - dh did that this week
• Dust kitchenette
• Deep spring-clean my bedroom (ceiling, light fixture, walls, floor, woodwork).  still have to do windows and air out curtains when it gets warmer outside.  closet will be done later too.
• Paid cable bill
• Sent massage therapist bill to insurance

Monday

• Post here - DONE
• Prep for in-town work on Tuesday
• Cut cantaloup
• Wash my bedding
• Clean oven
• A few webinairs to listen to.
• Reorganize fridge-freezer
• 9:30 massage therapist

Decluttering

• Last week dh took a work chair out of here

Upcoming this week

It'll be another busy work week.  In town work on Tuesday.  Had to log in this morning to be able to reserve my parking for the upcoming Tuesdays, it's starting to be a problem and we can't cancel, we can transfert to another day withing the same month but 24 hours before hand.

Snow, rain in the air so mostly will stay home as much as I can.

Have joined a few webinairs so that'll keep me busy.

To relax this week or In my crafting basket 

To relax:

• Bubble bath with a good book
• watching some programs with just the fairy lights on

Craft basket:

• Knit socks
• Crochet pillow cover

My simple pleasure

Hugging the grandkids.  Having Xavier sleep with us, feeling his warmth close to us.  Playing hide and seek with them, so funny.

Lesson learned in the past week or good to know

Onion and garlic are not good for me!

We all need:

- 30 min of exercise at least 5 days a week (ok, will try to work on this)

- 10 to 20 min of meditation (hummm... I need to add this at some point)

- Deep breathing (thinking cardiac coherence... put an app on my phone.. now to do it)

From the camera:

Saying of the week