Weekly Musings of the 30th

 

Good Morning family and friends.  Here we are at the near end of another month and the silly daylight savings time.  Oh, I know there are those that like it but standard time is what is more normal for our bodies and the less light during the winter.  It would work just fine for the summer too if those that decide those things would get their heads out of their butts and let it be.  Anyway,  that is just my rant as I have always hated daylight savings time.  

Birthday Sunday was pretty quiet but since hubby's 80th was so full of family, good food and lots of fun I was pretty good about quiet.  Next year both my sister and I will be hitting the milestone with her turning 60 and me turning 70 and we hope to do something special for it.  The date that is smack in the middle between her birthday and mine is in June so perhaps then.  Hubby bought me a huge collection of David's Tea which was wonderful.  When I am asked I always say you cannot go wrong getting anything from David's Tea for me.  That has lead to another project idea for hubby which is great too as he always loves a project to work on.  That is a project with a purpose and not just something for filling time.  If it works out I will take pictures so you can see what he created.  

I, also have decided to pull out non-screen projects once more.  I really began enjoying my plastic canvas projects again and have one on the go as well as another puzzle to work on in-between.  Books are always on the go as well and that kept me busy this week while hubby was recovering from an infection that really came to a head on Tuesday causing him to need to see our doctor.  She joked with him that she doesn't see him as often as most and he replied he was okay with that - LOL.  

The full moon was pretty gorgeous on my morning walk so I could not resist taking a photo that morning.  

So, not much going on but yet still busy, busy.  

Wishing you a fun All Hallows Eve and new month ahead.

Weekly Musings of the 23rd

Here we are at another Friday and leading up to my birthday on Sunday... wow, 69.  I see it in the mirror but I sure don't believe it most days.  You know what really ticks me off about this?  When I was young and I mean teens, twenties and even thirties and forties I thought those that were seniors figured it all out and no longer ate food that was bad for them, took care of themselves and wouldn't wake up in the night anymore with heartburn due to being silly when it came to overeating and such.  I thought they had it all together, that they knew what they were doing and that I would get that way eventually.  Well, I am here to say that was bullcrap one more year to 70 and I am still doing dumb stuff and still arguing with myself about eating something that I know I am going to suffer over later.  

Honestly, sure I have some stuff figured out and looking back those lessons were tough but it is those silly things that I figured would be behind me that still trips me up and even more so thinking now looking back at grandparents and even great-grandparents are figuring out that they really didn't have it together and were just guessing or tripping up too.  

So, yup this lady is right.  You are still going to do dumb stuff. 

Anywho, this week had me seeing my dentist for a quick check and x-rays as I see my hygienist at another place but this time I am insisting on seeing the dentist that I signed up to see in the first place not whichever one is handy.  I am getting more fussy about that stuff.  All went well which is nice.

We went off for a drive to check out a shop called Coyle's which has lots of Halloween, Christmas and everything in between.  They also have a wonderful selection of local jams too which I indulged in this time.  

 My arrangement of Halloween this year.  It is a lot simpler and much less too, I am not doing as much decorating as I use to.  I like one simple lay out and our ceramic pumpkin in the window, our seasonal flags top it off.  All in all about 30 minutes to do and I am really good with that.  

The vet called to pick up Tigger's remains so she was brought home and that felt much better just to have her urn here.  

They also do a paw print and piece of her fur in their card.  I put them in a frame with their picture (previous cats) I couldn't resist putting her favourite toy beside her urn.  

Anyway, now all things are done, I even remembered that the fencing at the bottom of the balcony was actually for our cats and was no longer needed, hubby took care of that and now the space looks pretty bare without all that stuff keeping them safe.  

So, that was our week, not too busy but getting out for a bit of exploring and giving Sparky (our car) a bit of a run.  

Wishing you all a lovely weekend and week ahead. 

 

Weekly Musings of the 16th

 

Another week has flown by, before we know it we will be saying good-bye to the year.  It is the 289th day of the year today, just wow to that.  

This week was our week to do some more carpet cleaning which became a result of our little kitty's illness.  It was a quiet week of getting use to a life without a cat.  I was trying to think of why it was so hard, after all when Minoux past we didn't get another cat (and were sure we would not get another either but Tigger had different plans) and although we missed her it wasn't as hard as Tigger.  Then, it was time to do a head slap when I realized that when Minoux past we were still working full time, planning our retirements and the big move down to Simcoe so our days were full.  We only really felt our loss when she was not there to sit on our laps in the evening or sleep with us in bed.  Tigger was different since we were retired we three were together most days with only an hour here or there each day that we were not with her.  We are feeling the lack of kitty in the house greater this time.  We both look for her when walking in the door as she use to walk down the hall to meet us.  There were so many parts of the day that were for feeding and spending time with her that are not there now.  The funny part is seeing either myself or hubby skirting something that isn't there anymore like the litterbox.  Our feet are use to walking around the cat condo, food dishes and litterbox that are no longer there that it just looks funny that weaving around.  

One morning walk had this beautiful pink and purple sky which gave me a smile to start the day.  

Another big smile this week was my one of my favourite authors came out with her new book and it was back to Sinful Louisiana to catch up with old friends.  

 

I really admire this author because we are up to book 31 in her Miss Fortune series and still the stories are fresh and not gotten the same story with different names.  I found that in a few series of cozy mysteries.  Once the author got to about book 15 or so the stories got pretty boring being the same thing happening in each one with just the names changing.  These books have had totally different cases and things going on and I actually am not sure where the story is going in much of the book.  Sure there are some standard things like Gertie is always going to Gertie (you gotta read these to know the chaos that this means and often with glitter) 

So, I had some good laughs and great fun reading the latest of Fortune's adventures.  This series is the only cozy mystery bunch that I still read after finding the new bible fiction that just has taken over my pile of TBR books.  

So, quiet week missing our girl but still good and we are doing okay with that.