Weekly Musings of th 5th

 

Here we are in hubby's birthday month.  Another busy week of stuff including hubby working on his model train setup.

He thinks of ideas to create hedges, lamps and scenery.  I think much of it is really clever.   

I never would have thought of this way to create hedges, using sticks and tiny green fluff stuff.  I think they look great.  The houses were actually found at the dollar store which need no painting, at least that is what we both think.  

He also moved mom's old stereo system into his room where he hooked it up to his laptop and phone so he could play whatever music he wanted through those great speakers.  I was looking at it all and there is no way I could have figured that out so I know that his mind is doing great.  Few forgetful things but most of those are not really important, what he is working and figuring now... well those things are real challenges.  

 On the 3rd I got a facebook reminder that it was 12 years ago that day that Tigger jumped into Robert's arms and came home with us. 

The vet put her age at about 3 weeks at the most.  We had to get her kitten milk although at first we had no idea and hubby crushed up kitten food with milk to give her something until we could take her to the vet.  

Grandson started school this week too on the 2nd.  Got a new picture of the boys to put in our collection of grandsons pictures.  

 Also hubby and I went out to lunch together at the same place that my girlfriend and I went to.  I wanted hubby to try it out as the food was so good and the prices really good too.  Since it wasn't far from our doctor we stopped there in order for hubby to get an appointment for a minor thing he has.  Great thing was as we were chatting with the office admin. she said the doctor could see him right away and he went right in and got a prescription for the trouble.  All in all it took about 15 minutes and problem solved.  

This is the lunch group at the doctor's offices.  After hubby and I enjoyed a great lunch at Swazzee's 

Once home we got the prescription sorted and we decided to unlink hubby from my account and let him handle his own stuff.  For a time I was taking over many things for hubby and actually that wasn't doing him any good.  I mean you don't think often of one being on their own but it could happen either way and nothing is worse than grieving and having to figure out the simple day to day things.  Doing stuff to make things easier for one's partner is a loving, caring thing to do but it doesn't help them if they have to handle stuff later in life for whatever reason.  

And so here we are at the end of another week.  We also got the cart delivered that would make life a lot easier when it came to taking the air conditioner out of the window and putting it away for the season.  At younger ages it is no big deal to put the AC in the window or pull it back out and carry it away and place it in a storage closet but as birthdays get more and more it becomes less easy and this cart has really made a world of difference and it rolls into the storage area without any trouble at all.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone

  
 

Weekly Musings of the 29th

I started writing this blog early this morning but got called away as we cleaned and rearranged the livingroom.  It kind of snowballed as we went along and now it is late afternoon and I am just now getting back to my writing.  

Hubby and I had decided that this year's birthdays and Christmas presents were going to be a loveseat recliner and rocker recliner to replace the most uncomfortable full size couch and chair we had ever owned.  We lasted a bit over five years with them but our backs and hips could no longer stand it and so we went shopping.  We always do our bigger shopping as our gifts and we really don't need anything so it makes it really hard to shop for each other, a house gift such as couches, etc. makes a great gift to each other.  Most years there is nothing we need for the house but as the old couch and chair got harder to sit in the more it became clear that we needed to do something about it.  

The Brick had a really good sale on the items that were not part of a set although they look very similar, they aren't.  Since we couldn't pass up the great price of them.  Both were less than the cost of one couch.  So, Christmas will be stockings and a nod to our livingroom changes.  Of course that meant we had to rearrange the livingroom because... well.... we just had to - LOL.  

The first rocker recliner that came on Tuesday with the loveseat was actually broken and would not recline.  The Brick was very good about it, arranging that we would get a new one on Friday, so we kept the rocker that would not recline until they came with a new one, took the broken away and put the new one in place.  The one delivery guy noticed that we had switched things around since they had been here on Tuesday and commented it looked good.  

Well, it did expose a new hitch that the cable plug that we used to have the internet attached to was not working.  A quick call put in a check and he saw it was no longer connected so a work ticket is set up for after the long weekend.  Until then we plugged it back in across the floor and put tape down so we would not trip until the other plug is fixed and we can have it back against the wall once more.   There is always little hiccups in life so no big deal.  

I did work on another puzzle this week while hubby had fun working on his train set.  I think it is perfect that both of us are rediscovering our hobbies besides reading. 

I also started one of the on-line courses I wanted to take.  As I expected it went on sale in the month of August from $34 to $15 so being 21 lessons I thought it was very much worth the cost.  

 What an eye-opener this course is.  A lot I knew was society shoveling it deep but actually discovering the facts over the fiction has been refreshing.  The great part is there is a great deal of information that if you wish you can go look at the sources yourself and see where it comes from.  It isn't debunked because we said so but here are the sources of why it the lie is a lie. 

Nice thing of the courses is that you can keep the transcript by downloading a PDF so that if in the future you need to refer to it, it is yours to keep.  

One of the many courses offered by Good Catholic I have never been disappointed by any of the series that they offer and always learn something new. 

So, that was the week that was!

Have a wonderful Labour Day Weekend!

 

Weekly Musings of the 22nd

 

Another week behind us.  I started off this week visiting an old friend of my father's.  She had a carving that my father made and wanted to return it to me.  I was very pleased with the thought as none of the figures that he carved had survived over the years.  Given, forgotten or lost.  My sister may have one but I hadn't so getting the first one he ever made was pretty nice.  I went over in the morning and we had a lovely visit and when the time came for me to head home again I did promise I would come again in September because it was so nice to chat with someone who remembers the things I remember about our home town when it was busy and full of businesses and activities.  

It is a cute, quirky little figure and I was happy to put her in a place she could be seen.  Dad used to carve them while he watched his hockey games.  I think it was to keep him awake as he would fall asleep so quickly watching TV.  Over time he got pretty good at it but this first one has become my favourite.  

Hubby spent most of the week working on his bedroom.  He wanted to raise the bed frame and sand it down as well.  

He arranged the pictures and items he liked and chose and worked hard to make the bed frame more the height he needed it to be.  

 I had wondered if he wanted a bigger bed but he said no, that he was really happy with his bed and it was just the way he wanted it and it made room for his model train work too.  That was the promise we had made to each other.  Our rooms could be and have whatever we wanted no questions asked.  

Me, I wanted my queen size bed and I wanted some changes in the pictures plus some things that were just me.  

One was a bedspread that was more me and bringing my Nancy Drew collection into my space too.  We are both really happy with our own rooms and hubby really is enjoying working on his favourite hobby once more. 

As hubby worked on his room I worked on another puzzle. 

One thing I have found is that I prefer 500 piece puzzles.  The days of enjoying 2,000 or 1,000 are past.  They were okay but working on the smaller ones gives me more pleasure.  I tucked a few on my wish lists for future projects - LOL.

This brand of puzzle had one huge challenge.  The complete picture is not on the lid of the box.  They have a few very tiny images on the side but the detail that you want to see is missing.  I found it on the internet and printed the picture in order to work on it.  These are the DiXit collection so if you ever see these ones, you may find yourself needing to find a bigger picture to work with.

Anyway, that was our week of visits and hobbies and making our rooms our own.

  

Have a great weekend.