Weekly Musings of the 15th

 

Here we are my friends and family although I have noticed that the blogger reading list has gone wonky and the latest posts from friends are not showing up and one has to dig.  But I am good with computer digging so I will find them.  

So this past Sunday was Mother's Day and I heard from my girls which was really lovely.  At Mass there were first communions, mother's day and our Lady of Fatima celebrations so there was a lot going on.  The procession was concluding at our church after beginning on Saturday evening.  This tradition began because there is a large Portuguese community in our parish and they wished to continue the celebration from their home country.  

In our Ottawa community they celebrated St. Anthony with a procession in June.  I just love these traditions and connections to community.  I do hope the generations that come after us continue them.  

Anyway, on Tuesday the call came that Sparky was already once more and the cost was less than was quoted which was really nice but this business has always treated us really well so it wasn't completely unexpected. 

So, errands were run once more and everything back to usual.  On Wednesday I had to go to my hearing aid place for what I thought was another test but it was just a regular cleaning and I actually got the date wrong but they could take me anyway.  After I got back home I did some checking and yes, I mixed up the dates and it wasn't the reception's mix up but mine.  Oh well, I carefully booked the next one and as I put it in my phone calendar I made sure to read it back to make sure I got it right.  After leaving I went across the hall to my eye doctor's offices and book that appointment too.  Again, making sure that I had the date and time confirmed in my phone.  Not sure how I made this week's mistake but I guess I need to pay more attention.

Great news when it came to the Women's Hockey.  The finals are between Montreal and Ottawa this year.  Not that Minnesota is not a great team but they have won the Walter Cup for the first two years and someone else needs to win it this year.  I am pulling for the Ottawa Charge but if Montreal takes it I won't be that sad either.  I am wondering about the PWHL's swift expansion whether it is a good idea to get bigger too fast adding Hamilton, Detroit and Las Vegas.   There might be another to move it to 12 teams.  Anyway, enough Sports (CFL is starting the pre-season next week too - LOL)  

Oh I read a really great book this week. One that I just couldn't put down.

Now, I have seen movies, read the old testament and books about Moses and the plagues and exodus but this one was different.  It was from the point of view of an ordinary Egyptian family and how they endured the plagues and exodus.  It was really very well done and I enjoyed every page and was kinda sad that I finished the book.  

Now I am onto another point of view in another extraordinary woman in the bible.

 
 This was from Bathsheba's point of view.  Pretty good so far.  Although I can put it down and get to sleep and not catch myself reading until after midnight like I did with Plagues and Papyrus.  

And so here we are at another long weekend which means that I don't go near stores for shopping because of the crush of people in this panic because the stores will be closed one single day.  Funny how times change people's view of things like a store closing for a day.

 

Wishing you a lovely weekend and week ahead.  

Weekly Musings of the 8th

 

Here we are again at the end of another week.  You ever think you have done really not much of anything but then as you look back you see that yup, you have gotten this or that done and that was perfect. 

Monday found us doing are usual shopping for groceries and the like even though on the weekend I was sure I really didn't feel like doing that on Monday.  

Tuesday was our sacramental anniversary and of 5 years so we went out to supper to celebrate.

I like having two anniversaries because if the weather is miserable on our January one we stay home and in May we can always go out.  It was a lovely dinner in spite of how expensive dining out has become.  Thank goodness having breakfast out is not too bad yet.  

Wednesday I was able to pick up my rings at the other jeweler and I was very pleased with his work and his price, since I felt so uncomfortable with all the security items at our old place I think I shall stick with the new place near our pet shop.  It sure is nice to have my rings back on my hand and not around my neck on a chain.

Well, we have been having locking problems with Sparky as the car locks and unlocks when you try to get in or out of the car.  It was weird and annoying to reach for the handle to open the door and have the lock go back on again.  We took the car in.  Of course Sparky being an older car they no longer have the parts for that problem but they do have a fix for it but of course they must wait for parts coming from Montreal.  We said that keeping the car was okay although the price for repairs is much higher than usual but that is what it is.  So we are without a car until Tuesday or Wednesday next week.  At least we can walk to most places to get anything we need.  

I also realized it was not too bad because it prevents us from going to brunch after Mass on Sunday and since it is Mother's Day the place we go too will be way too busy with people taking their mothers out to enjoy our time there.  It actually is good to skip it this week and I wouldn't have remembered that if the car was here.  

So this morning we shall be walking to the nearer grocery store to pick up a couple of things and probably do the same thing a few times over until Sparky is back home.  

I read this story this week and really enjoyed it as it was from another different perspective.   This time Elizabeth's life had not gone like she had thought it should, more so than just not having a child when she and her husband were young.  I found it really interesting for thought as it was so different and yet it could really have happened that way too.  

I picked up this one as a choice from my BookBub recommendations so it was only a dollar.  Those books I will sometimes take a chance on whether they are a good read or not.  Since they are either free or a dollar or two, it is worth taking a chance.  I was super surprised with this one.  There was a lot of depth and thought put into the story and I am really, really enjoying it.  

And so the week puttered along with lots of blessings both noticed and noticed after the fact.  

So whatever you are up to this weekend, I hope it is a lovely one and to all the Mother's, have a lovely Mother's Day. 

For all kinds of Mothers

 

Weekly Musings of the 1st

 

Well, here we are in May already.  Today is the 121st day of the year.  We have already lived another 121 days since we celebrated a new year.  When I think on stuff like that it just boggles my mind at how fast the year seems to slip on by.

This past week I had an appointment to see my regular doctor.  I thought since my last hearing test (which there was some blockage in one ear) might have made me miss some sounds I would have her check in my ears and clear out anything that shouldn't be there.  There was nothing, she said - clean as a whistle.  While there I spoke to the receptionist and asked for the number for the rheumatologist that the doctor referred me to as I could not seem to get the receptionist there to stop making appointments for me that I would just cancel since talking with that doctor made me realize that I (at least at this time) do not wish that kind of treatment and I am trying to make space for one who really needs it.  The doctor receptionist handed me the number and let me know if I still had trouble to let her know and she would make sure it got cancelled.  

With number in hand I called when I got home, funny thing how useless conversations in your head are because when you finally do get to handle things, most times it goes completely different than the way you thought.  This time I got the answering machine, left a message as instructed and got a confirmation email cancelling the appointment without ever having to speak to the person who treated me as if I was a two years old (because I am a senior, she spoke that way to all seniors who came to her desk).  All those conversations, useless.  

Next day I got my usual haircut and it is so much easier to get into place each morning with it being so short and it looks a lot fuller than when it is longer.  I was not a fan of the downtown area of our little town, it has changed.  According to my hairdresser the cities are moving their homeless to small towns away from them.  Sad.  The jeweler I usually go to for small repairs and the like, no longer has an unlocked door, you have to buzz to get in and the entire counter has bars all around it.  You can reach your hand in but nothing else.  They were going to be going on vacation today so I decided to take my resizing of my rings to the jeweler at the same place we get our kitty supplies.  Since my fingers have gotten a more regular size once more and have stayed that way for nearly a year I figure it is safe to get my rings fitted once more and be able to wear my wedding ring on my finger and not on a chain around my neck.  

This is the puzzle I did this week and I have to say, this one was really a lot of fun to do and I was sorry it was finished.  

I, also got working on the border of the blanket having finished off the top of it.  My hands didn't seem to mind it all that much either.  As well, I finished the book of my favourite author about another adventure in Sinful which was just as much fun as all the rest of them.  She really has made a huge variety of adventures and not stuck to a rote thing that most get into after a time.  

Headed back into my TBR pile for another biblical fiction by an author I hadn't read although it is part of a collection of stories by all different authors.  I like that because you get to discover new writers to enjoy.  

 I have read a couple of other authors who have written about Abigail and King David but each have done a different perspective and made me think about it from another view which is what I love.  I may know the story but different people's ideas make me think on it a different way.  So far it is a really good read.

Yup, I know I finished my cookbook but I know my pages are out of order with new recipes that I, of course found the moment I said I was finished.  I have an idea to fix that up with coming week.  

Did some exercises with the watercolours as well and enjoying the playoffs by the women's hockey teams of the PWHL.  The Frost (Minn.) have won the cup the first two years of the PWHL so I am really hoping that another team takes the cup with year.  The women's hockey is so much faster with hardly any fights, just some pushing when tempers flare.  It reminds me of how the men use to play hockey before it became the huge moneymaker it is now.  If you haven't check out the PWHL, truly give it a try, they are pretty amazing. 

Anyway, another playoff game tonight on Prime so we shall be watching.  So, a pretty productive week all around.  

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sounds like a great thing for a rainy day.