Happy Homemaker 2025-01-06

Welcome 2025!

NY's festivities - 30th we went to my parent's house for supper (I brought chicken pot pie and cabbage soup).  Sis, bil, brother and family came for supper with us.

31st we were invited to sil's sister's house where we stayed for lunch.  Supper was at my sis's house and evening (My other brother and sil came by for a few minutes too).  We got to meet grand-niece Romy for the 1st time - she is 3 weeks old, so cute!  All left after supper except us.  We stayed until 11:00 when bil fell asleep so we went back to parent's house where dad was waiting for us so we watched bye-bye 2024 together and waited until midnight to wish each other a Happy New Year.

1st - sil, bil, brother and children came by.  I had brought cabbage rolls and dessert.  We left at 1:00 pm.  There was snow most of the way back home so took us 3:45 to go back home instead of 3 hours.  Supper was at sil's house - pizza.  Bil's sister, cousin and husband were there too.  We left at 10:00.

I have taken notes for 2025, what worked and what didn't.  Figured out my phrase for 2025.  I DO MY BEST

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

The weather

Mon

-12°

-13°

Tue

-2°

-8°

Wed

-9°

-12°

Thu

1°

-1°

Fri

0°

-9°

Looking around the house

All Christmas has been taken down.

Have taken out fluffy / furry cushions and put them in LR.  Have left fairy lights everywhere - warm white.  

I did leave wood Christmas tree on the wall, not sure if it'll stay up or down.

Changed mantel frames from Christmas paintings to snowy ones.

Thinking and pondering

I had bought a doll for mom since she loves children and with her Alzheimer thought it would help.  At first she said it's a doll and didn't seem to care too much except to say she was beautiful.  Afterwards she forgot it was a doll and would talk to it and hug it.  It was the only time she seemed happy during the days we were there, otherwise she is always angry.  However it is very hard for all of us see her react to a doll as if it were a real baby.  Dad finds it very hard, not sure if he'll keep the doll or not.  Mom kept asking who's baby it was, that it wasn't one of her children.

DDIL has decided Xavier will go to French kindergarden instead of English. I understand because English is far, however it is sooooo important to learn English (our mother tongue here is French).  She said next year she'll send him to English school at the same time as Anne-E.

Thinking all that needs to be done in 2025, goals, habits, ...

Upcoming vacation in Florida Jan 28 to Feb 3rd - prep for this

TV this week

Regular programs will resume

• Indéfendable (saison 3)
• Stats (saison 3)
• L'oeil du cyclone (saison 4)
• Dumas (season 1)
• Cerebrum (saison 3)
• Alertes (saison 5)
• Mea Culpa (saison 1)
• Sorcières (saison 2)
• Veille sur moi (saison 1)
• Portrait robot (saison 3)
• Détective surprenant (saison 1)
• Passez au salon (saison 1)
• In Memoriam (saison 1)
• Vestiaires (saison 1)
• Le bon docteur (saison 7)
• L'amour est dans le pré (saison 13)
• Doc (saison 3)
• CSI: NY (season 1)
• Les petits tannants (saison 4)
• Épique: Massif de Charlevoix
• La Galère (saison 3)
• En direct de l'univers (saison 16)
• Big brother (saison 5)

Oh my, can't possibly watch all that, will have to choose

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing

On my reading pile

Marie-Tempête (intégrale - 3 tomes) - Dominique Demers - finished this morning need to find a new book to read

On my to-do list

Last weekend

• Dust all main floor
• Wash main bathroom
• Print list for deep-cleaning of all the house during the year
• Print a January calendar (now I need to fill it with exercises, self-development, goals, etc...)
• Finish putting away Christmas
• Taking out winter decor
• Planning for 2025
• Did my 1st Temu return - they will reimburse on my card but told me to keep the article which worked just fine (a bird lamp) but I thought it was a bit bright.
• Worked for the office 1 hour on Friday

Monday

• Post here
• Plan for in-town work on Tuesday
• Do more paperwork and planning for 2025

Decluttering - I did a special post for all that was decluttered in 2024 (see older posts)

• 2 pens
• 3 paint brushes
• PJ top
• 1 marker
• 2 reindeers
• 1 baby mirror for car
• From mom's: 1 bag of wool (did not keep as it smelled of humidity), 5 Christmas cups (will be given to dd), 1 bag of clothes of niece and nephew givent back to them, 2 mini-muffin pans (given to ds)

Upcoming this week

Tuesday - in town work

Xavier's funny

For some time, Xavier has been asking me to get a full table of food so did a mini-buffet on the 4th for supper (deviled eggs, ham and chicken salad sandwiches, chicken wings, nachos, sausages wrapped in bacon, cheese plate, fruit plate, veggies and dip.  When he saw the set up he said 'wow' and his eyes lighted up.  I asked if it was what he wanted and he said yes. haha, so funny.

From the camera

Nothing

Picture / quote of the week