Happy Homemaker 2024-01-02

Happy New Year - Welcome 2024!

Last week was having grandbabies over,  taking Christmas down and just relaxing and getting things back to normal.

We left on the 30th to go to my parent's house for NY's Eve.  I had made a batch of spaghetti sauce to take (mom doesn't cook anymore) and brought desserts from the freezer (so much was left from Christmas!)  NY's Eve was at my sister's, low-key just us, them and my parents.  My brothers had parties with friends but we got to see most everyone.  

Dad took mom out of the house for a few hours on the 30th so we could go over their bedroom once again (she says things are disappearing in the house (true ;) ) so she stores everything in there.  We did not go over everything but did the most problematic spots.  We cleared out the equivalent of 5 big garbage bags (couldn't do more as garbage & recycling were full) ... of course a few things are now here.. sigh...  Mom is getting a little worse everytime... so sad to see.  I did manage to clean basement bathroom while she was busy elsewhere (she doesn't want us to help or do anything).

We came back here on the 1st around 1:30 pm.  Had supper at sil's with bil's sister and cousin.

Today we are picking up grandkids to spend the day & night.  If parents want to come for supper I will make a small buffet of finger foods... missing that as we usually have one but none this year.

My phrase for 2024:  

one little step per day... be it in health, exercise, friendship, relationships, creativity, personal developpement

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

The Weather

Tue

-1°

-8°

Wed

0°

-7°

Thu

-3°

-16°

Fri

-9°

-17°

Sat

-12°

-16°

Looking around the house

Calm before the little tornadoes get here ;)

Thinking and pondering

Mom and her health. Dad feeling discouraged.

Tv this week

Christmas movies and specials  

Listening to or interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing

Things on the menu this week

From the freezer.  

On my reading pile

Quatre clémentines éparpillées  - Élise A. Héroux

On my to-do list

This week

• Laundry
• Grandkids
• Groceries (dh will go)
• Maybe errands in town with dh?
• Vac
• lots of planning
• Debriefing NY's 2023
• Whatever else needs to be done

Decluttering 

• 1 pair of socks
• 2 sweaters
• 1 game (ds took it home with him)
• 1 pair of pants

Decided to wear what I don't usually wear in my wardrobe.. it fits but ah.. at the end of the day some stuff is not just comfortable or not nice anymore.

Posted my decluttered list of items 2023 today.

Upcoming this week

MIGHT tele-work on Thursday and/or Friday.

To relax this week or In my crafting basket 

More Christmas movies and planning for 2024

My simple pleasure

Playing games with grandkids

From the camera:

Pic of NY's Eve at my sis's house

Quote of the week: