Weekly Musings of the 7th

 

Okay it is Saturday instead of Friday and I could say some really great sounding reasons why I postponed my blog a day but that would not be honest.  The honest reason, I just was too lazy on Friday to even try - LOL. 

So the 1st of February was good and cold and since we hadn't really gone out for a few days the car decided it wasn't going too and it wouldn't start.  So, since we were bundled we headed off to walk to church but a neighbour in our building stopped and asked if we wanted a ride, I accepted, hubby would have walked but I was just fine getting a ride there.  

So the next day being Groundhog day (which I only glance at since it works out the same), turns out the Groundhogs in eastern Canada say Spring is around the corner.  In the west he says 6 more weeks and in the States, 6 more weeks.  So I guess 

we are good here and the west and the States can have their winter.  Good to know - LOL. 

We did our errands that day once we got the car boosted and went for a bit of a drive.  All through the drive we promised Sparky we would take him for a drive in the winter more often (yeah, we say that every winter - LOL)  

I did do some on-line shopping and all three were a surprise that I went there.  First off was Avon Canada.  I saw a video about how Avon was fading and I wanted to see if that was true, turned out it had a really great on-line shopping site that delivered by Canada Post (which I like because the post office has a locker in our lobby to leave parcels)  They still had a favourite product that hubby liked and of course, the Skin-So-Soft so, that was here by Tuesday after ordering last Saturday.  Then I went to the Little Blue House which has my favourite nightshirts and writing pads.  I couldn't find the pads any place that I use to except for a 45 minute drive away, which I didn't want to do.  By Thursday a new shirt and pads arrived by Canada Post too.  The last thing was a complete surprise of hubby, after many cuddle times in my Queen size bed decided he did want a twin size for his room of the same kind.  I asked if he was truly sure since that was how I got this great mattress in the first place, he wasn't happy at first with it but the more time he spent with it the more he ended up liking it and so the reason for the order.   When you order any mattress from Endy you can get all the bedding, including pillows ($375 worth) for free.  Which is a great deal and that the company is Canadian too as well, will be here, apparently, next week.  So, three completely different places that I hadn't even thought about in years.  Who knew?  

Wednesday we did go for a drive to Courtland and the bakery there in keeping our promise to Sparky (and ourselves) to drive a little more often.  I got some bread there and a dessert, although looking at all the amazing baked goods I decided this should be a weekly drive so we don't try to get all things at once.  So, with reading about bakery stuff and the like you might wonder am I doing the things that the Naturopathic doctor said... short answer... No.  Not because I didn't try it all out but as I tried each thing I realized that it wasn't improving things or making me feel better.  As I went back to the way hubby and I always had eaten there was an improved feeling and things went back to normal.  The only thing that did make a positive change was reducing sugar as much as possible and keeping the almond milk instead of regular both easy peasy so am good with that.  

Purging slowed down a bit in one of the storage closets but I am sure it will pick up once more after I get through my least favourite bins.  So all in all a more productive week even got out more that I thought I would.  

  I liked the above one because many times I think that it is for the best - LOL.

Have a wonderful weekend and keep warm. 

     

Weekly Musings of the 30th

 

Because it is too darn cold to go out there so curling up with a good book and warm blankets and that is good enough.  

Although early in the week we did go out for errands and that included the trip for hubby's smokes.  We topped up the car although it didn't need a full tank because who is driving far when you don't have to.  

Kinda the point of retiring from having to be someplace.  I do love heading out and doing stuff but probably from spring to the end of fall is when you can get me out there.  Winter is my hibernation time and if I do get up to stuff it is going through things and purging what is not needed and I feel that urge coming on.  I see things in cupboards and know that we are not going to use them anymore so what is the point of them taking up space.  If it is too good to toss then they will be donated as always.  Someone else could use them more than them sitting in my cupboards. 

I have never been one to hang onto stuff just for the sake of keeping them but that point really got driven home when I had to go through mom's stuff, so much junk that could have been tossed or given away no longer used.  Closets filled with papers and decorations that were no good anymore to be tossed.  I was happy that there was help to donate the furniture and clothes but just the rest of the stuff, nearly 2 tons of it tossed.  Every time I think of the work I want to go through my cupboards to make sure there is nothing kept for no reason.  Anyway, enough of that - LOL, I just know a full cupboard tidy is coming soon.  

So keep warm my friends and have a lovely weekend. 

 

Weekly Musings of the 23rd

 

Isn't that the truth?  Just like that Friday is here again and we are galloping to the end of the first month of the year.   This week was our 37th anniversary of our life together.  We stayed home this day as it was cold and snowy as it actually was our first night together.  I made the same meal this day as I did back then of lasagna and then coconut cream pie, both of hubby's favourite.  Yes, he fell in love with me but I think my cooking kinda sealed the deal - LOL.  

He arrived the night of the 20th with all he had in the back seat of his car and quietly asked me, "Can I stay with you?"  And I threw open the door and helped him bring in what little he had and we have been together ever since.  We have lived in four apartments together.  That first night was on Riverside Drive at the corner of Bank Street.  Our second was the Island Park Towers at the corner of Island Park and the Parkway.  Our last one in Ottawa was in the upstairs apartment at his mother's on Rochester Street and now we are in Simcoe on Cedar Street.  So many things have come and gone as hubby and I have gotten older together.  Sometimes we might miss those days when we were younger and perhaps would appreciate them all the more now knowing that age does take over the body.  You can help it by taking good care of it but still it will age and there are things that happen that no matter how good the care is, there is change.  

This picture was taken the summer of our first year together.  We went to Quebec City together.  

Lots of reminiscing this week as I kept telling myself that it has been 37 years.  I couldn't believe that so many years have past so fast.  

Today the sun is shining but it is cold out there and this week has been quiet as we only went out as we really needed with the snow squalls that had been happening day after day it was just an good idea to stay and putter at home. 

Before this was on Pinterest my hubby said it to me, really and truly.

 

 Have a wonderful weekend!