Happy Homemaker 2025-11-03

Welcome November

Recap of last week 

Tuesday was in-town work.  Rest of the week teleworking.  Thursday afternoon I took off to go see eye-specialist at hospital.  All is ok with my eye it will just have floaters in it, can't be fixed, it is what it is.  Then dh went for his cell phone AGAIN, this time we had a young man, 15 minutes and now it works!  Stopped by sewing lady to get jeans hemmed for me.

DH did volunteer work for town to get the Halloween activity ready for the youngsters (Thursday morning and Friday afternoon and evening).  

We had 138 Halloweeners even though it rained.  Less than last year but temperature was not very nice.

Saturday was housechores and putting away Halloween.

Sunday dh worked at the municipal elections. Drove dh to the election site at town hall, then went to arena for Xavier's hockey practice and to take care of Anne-E during the skating. Brought Anne-E back with me.

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

Weather this week

Looking around the house

Halloween decor is put away.  will keep Fall up a few weeks yet.  All house is picked up and feeling cozy... ready to get some Christmas decor in a few weeks ... will wait until mid-November.

Thinking and pondering

TV this week

• Chanteurs masqués Season 5 
• Masterchef Quebec (season 3)
• Indéfendable (season 4)
• Antigang (season 1)
• Dumas (season 2) - local program - really liking it AND they filmed inside my parent's house for 1 episode
• Les Armes (season 2), some locations are filmed outside my parent's house
• Bellefleur (season 1)
• Avant le crash (season 3)
• Le retour d'Anna Brodeur (season 1)
• Stat (season 4)
• Vie de rêve (season 1)
• Temps de chien (season 3)
• Doctor Odyssey (season 1)
• Chantier rescapé (season 1)

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing

On my reading pile

Et j'ai dit non, Tome 1 - Louise Tremblay d'Essiambre

On my to-do list

Over the weekend

• Dust main floor
• Vac main floor
• Laundry
• Wash inside windows - office, bathroom, side door, patio door, kitchen window
• Washed and put away some summer sandals
• Washed bedding and put the winter bedding on my bed
• Wrap Alysanne's gifts whiel Anne-E made her a card in which she told me to write that she loved her.
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Monday

• Post here - DONE
• Prep for in-town work tomorrow 
• 10:00 Tai-chi 
• 9:00 Vaccination for influenza and covid
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Decluttering

• 1 sudoku book - finished
• 1 pen
• 3 Halloween pencils
• DD's graduation dress - given to an organism for youngsters with less $$ who want to attend their graduation
• 1 pair of shoes (dh's)
• 7 Halloween window decals (didn't stick properly anymore)
• 1 bird window decal
• 1 curtain rod
• 1 nightgown

• Got dd's Barbie stuff out of the attic and went through it all with Anne-E today. 3 boxes and 3 Barbie suitcases.  Kept 4 barbies and a few dresses for grandkids here.  the rest is GONE.  Anne-E chose herself what she wanted.

  • 3 face clothes
  • Table / chairs / BBQ / glasses for Barbie camping thrown away (just too old and yucky)
  • 5 Barbies in the garbage (barbie hair was reduced to dust, ugg)
  • 2 Barbies given to Anne-E
  • 13 Barbies going to dd's
  • Living room Barbie ensemble - garbage
  • Small monkey - thrift store
  • Barbie kitchen (was my sis's when we were young), given to dd
  • Barbie bathtub (was mine when we were young), given to dd
  • 1 bag barbie clothes - thrift store
  • 1 Barbie suitcase given to Anne-E with the 2 barbies and some clothes
  • 1 Barbie suitcase to dd's full of clothes
  • 1 small bag of accessories - thrift store
  • 1 bag of shoes given to dd
  • 1 bag of small dishes and cutlery given to dd's
  • Barbie cat and dog + accessories given to Anne-E.

Christmas prep

• Pick out the pictures I need to get printed for the Christmas ornaments - still to do
• Address Christmas cards for my Magical Holiday Home friends from the internet
• Address Christmas cards to family
• Cut an orange to dry the slices for Christmas decor - DONE
• Set up hot cocoa bar - DONE

Upcoming this week

Tuesday - In-town work 

Next weekend going to my daughter's house for Alysanne's 6th birthday (got her a Stitch nightgown and a diamond painting of an elephant).

From the camera

Quote of the week