Happy Homemaker 2026-02-16

Good morning, already mid-February!

Last week was a slow telework week, getting rid of some files which belong to another sector (and should've never been transfered to us).

With going back to work 2 days a week if you work 4 and 3 days a week if you work 5 (35 hours), 2 more of my cws opted for 4day weeks (32hrs), like me.  

Grandkids came for supper Thursday night.  They went skiing Friday night and Saturday.  We had a quiet Valentine supper of Fondue chinoise and choclate mousse cake (from costco's) and watched some olympics.

A few housechores were done on Saturday.  Sunday we picked up ds and Xavier for his hockey game in town at 9:00 followed by International Peewee tournament (21 countries) in town.  Got to see 4 games + part of the one when we got there (Philadelphia, Detroit, Thailand, Florida and New York).  2 of these games were girl teams.  We got home at 4:30 and that was it for me, stiff from sitting at the Videotron Center all day.

Govt. investigation report on our agency comes out today... will not be a good week at work.

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

Weather this week

Mon

-3°

-14°

Tue

0°

-8°

Wed

-3°

-14°

Thu

-2°

-13°

Fri

-6°

-16°

Warmer but Tuesday (the day I work in town) is supposed to be freezing rain and snow :(

Looking around the house

Bah, not so bad, thinking of things I'd like to do after I retire.  Still looking at kitchens of FB and figuring out what we want.

Valentine's decor is down and St-Pat's will go up later when Anne-E is here to 'help'.

Thinking and pondering

Lots to do :  plan kitchen renovation, buy a new car, paper have to be prepped (might wait until I retire to have time for this).. testament, etc...

TV this week

• Les petits tannants
• TLMEP
• Dumas
• Indéfendable
• Antigang
• Happy Face
• L'oeil du cyclone
• Emprises
• Les armes
• Stat
• Alertes
• Mea Culpa
• Indomptables
• L'amour est dans le pré
• La nuit devant nous
• Ça finit bien la semaine
• En direct de l'univers
• La Voix
• Restarted Squid games on Netflix

Interesting blog I saw this week

Nothing

On my reading pile

The Women by Kristin Hannah - Finished last night... was a very good book, got weepy a few times.

Un parfum de thé et d'argile - Élise Ader

On my to-do list

Over the weekend 

• Wash main bathroom
• Dust all main floor
• Laundry
  

Monday

• Post here - DONE
• 10:00 Tai-chi Class -
• Prep for in-town work on Tuesday - 
• Get Valentine's decor down - DONE
• ...

Decluttering

• Nothing this week

Simple pleasure

A nice supper and watching the Winter Olympics

Upcoming this week

Monday - Tai-Chi

Tuesday - in-town work

From the camera

My favorite mug