Weekly Musings of the 30th

 

Wow, what a busy week we have had.  Sure kept us on our toes.  First off after DD got settled back in London we started a Spring Cleaning and making the DD's room back into our guest room once more.  As you can see once we put Tigger's litter box and her stuff in the guest room she claimed it back as her own.  

This week we managed four areas in the cleaning area although today we decided to take a break and catch up on other things.  

We finished the guest room. 

We did some rearranging too.  We then moved onto our Bathroom which needed a good wall wash.  

And didn't have windows that needed washing - LOL.  Hubby does such a great job washing the windows inside and out on the 3rd floor that other people want him to do theirs.  He use to say yes but doing ours now is enough for him.  

Onto our room and after hubby moved back his end table and traded the dressers he moved for DD to use it was time to spread things out like winter coats back to the guest room for the season. 

Once these three areas were complete with the carpets washed as well it was time to straighten out and add to the storage closets.  These ones didn't need any kind of purging this time but they sure needed putting things back as they should be.  

Livingroom, diningroom and kitchen will be be the next challenge but next week.  We sure have gotten enough done this week in the cleaning department.  

I, then on Thursday got to head over to Waterford to have lunch with my oldest and dearest friend.  She and I have been friends since high school and it was certainly time for catching up together.  

We meet in Waterford because it is nearly halfway for each of us and the Gibbled Goose is such a great place to eat.  

After we parted ways I did make a quick stop at Waterford Girl for my favourite soaps and candles.  I can't resist stopping there whenever I am in Waterford. 

When I got back I found hubby had another crap thing from Facebook and as I, too, looked it over it seemed for some reason Facebook had locked his account for suspicious activity.  After recovering from a hack before it didn't take much for him to say enough.  Facebook wanted him to jump through all kinds of hoops and appeal to them about locking him out.  He said at that moment he was done with it all and if anyone wants him they can text him.  

After a lot of thinking about it (I have been on Facebook since 2008) I have decided I am sick of the hacking, the friend suggestions and all the ads and group suggestions.  So after taking the time to remove my pictures and such I am going to leave Facebook too.  I have Discord that has a family group that I can keep up with my Florida family, this wonderful blog that I can reach out with as well as people can text or email me too.  Discord and texting can replace Messenger and if I really think about it not too much is on Facebook anymore.  Friends really don't post there much and most of those is just a share from something else.  There is no news feeds anymore for our country so why am I there.  There certainly are other platforms if I feel the need to reach out more but enough is enough.  

So, with all the back and forth on the computer and cleaning I thought I would get to blogging and take a rest.  My head spins with all what I want to do and should do.  Going to take the time to video chat with my sister about it all this afternoon.  With all the mess that had to be cleaned and repaired at her home I feel a little humbled with complaining about work here.  She has huge stuff to get done.

Yeah, I don't have to deal with the damage and cost of repairs after a hurricane so we are really good here with just Facebook drama and Spring Cleaning.  

In books I read one of those books that just stick with you long after you close the last page and are really tempted to read it again right away.

This author is so good and how she expands the story is nothing short of amazing. 

"The first time she opens her eyes, Eve gazes on One whose beauty nearly blinds her, whose breath is in her lungs. Her Creator takes her hand and gives her to one like her and yet different. Together, she and Adam experience pure joy as they explore Eden. But her favorite moments are when the Creator comes to walk with them, day after day.

Until everything changes. With one act of disobedience, Eve finds that her world is no longer a friendly place. With remorse in her heart, she must face the unknown future--the births, the deaths, the sacrifices, the loss of the one home she has ever known. Perhaps worst of all is the loss of trust, not only with her Creator but with the man who shares her life. How will they ever survive out of Eden?

Bestselling biblical fiction author Jill Eileen Smith imagines the life of the first woman to ever live, unspooling a story of love, loss, and the promise of redemption."

This was a complete 5 star book in my opinion and I have really fallen in love with this author and the amazing way she tells a story.  Highly recommended. 

Anyway, that was our week and I wish you all a great weekend. 

Another one that struck me as funny -

Maybe for my front door - ROTFL 

Weekly Musings of the 24th

 

This is the same stream that I took a picture of a few weeks back.  As you can see it is pretty filled in and green once more.  I was pretty busy yesterday with DD the 1st as she moved her stuff back into the storage unit only keeping what she will need always including, of course, her kitty.  All the extras such as pictures and bedding that made her room her home for the past 8 months were taken back to storage until her and her friend can come down from London with a U-Haul and take it all away in June sometime.

It was nice that it took only 3 trips to clear her room of those things and since the rain finally stopped it wasn't too bad a job.  

Today was the day that her friend picked her up and she and Licorice were on their way to their permanent home in London.  Transfer for the job has been completed and the only thing forgotten here was a mug and her aprons from her job here.  It is okay though as the aprons will be issued to her when she starts at the other store anyway.  They keep lots.  They are great aprons and I think I will be using them in the future. 

Tigger will be back in her room after we do our spring cleaning now.  She is watching her bird friends from her perch here.  

It has been nice spending time with DD and catching up and chatting about life in general.  I think we are both happy to be back to our separate lives though.  Hard to live back with your parents once you are an adult no matter how well you get along.  

My girlfriend and I will be getting together for lunch this coming week and it has been a long time since we have had a chance to do this and we are both looking forward to it.  

Other than preparing for DD's move we were pretty quiet this week.  I think it was after all the busyness of last week.  

Anyway, that was the week that was and the funny below made me wonder what had happened that made the cemetery feel they needed this sign put up.  

Have a wonderful weekend and great week ahead.

  

Weekly Musings of the 17th

 

I just love the sight of spring flowers on my morning walks.  No blog yesterday as it was pretty crazy, busy.  Today I have a chance to sit down and visit a bit.  

Mother's Day was really nice this year.  I got a couple of cards from a friend and DD the 1st.  I, also, got some perfect gifts from both DDs.  DD the 1st took me out to lunch on the Monday as part of her Mother's Day treating me special.  Neither of us care for the crowds on the actual Mother's Day so it was lovely to go to the Beach House for a wonderful perch lunch. 

After having a great time there we stopped by Len's Mill for a bit of looking around.  This is the place where I end up really wishing I had mastered sewing.  The material now is just amazing. 

We have a niece that can do amazing things with materials.  Sure would love to take her here.  Maybe one day she will come up for a visit from Florida. 

I think I would have a list on hand for things I would love her to make.  Of course, I would buy the material but what fun it would be.  

DD worked the next three days at the Superstore.  We went for a drive to fill up the car at the Res. and do a bit of shopping there.  DD only has one more week at her store and then her transfer puts her at the other store in London.  She now has a place to live for her and her kitty.  She has a job to go to and she can be with her friends once more.  

After her three shifts this coming week her friend will pick her and her necessary stuff plus kitty and that will be it for her time here.  They will come down sometime in June to clear out the storage locker and move her things to London.  Between now and then anything left at the apartment hubby and I will place in her locker so they only need to make one stop for everything and we can put our stuff back in the soon-to-be guest room.  It sure has been fun having her here even with all the driving.  We have had lots of time to chat and enjoy the time together but I think that she is ready to really settle in the city she has called home for so long.  

Friday I finally got to see my hairdresser, she is super great and therefore super busy and booked up fast.  I got all the hair cut off to make it easier with my hearing aids. 

Yeah, I know I got caught off guard with this picture but you can see my hair is short.  

I walked to and from the hairdresser, listening to my music through my hearing aids.  After a brief rest at home it was time for another walk to my hearing specialist at Amplifon as a check in with how things were going.  Just a couple of questions and then a review of a couple of cleaning questions and we were good.  

Another walk home and then lunch and a rest and then it was off to Coyle's to meet DD's friend and she was off for her weekend there.  Kitty stays with us on these weekends and we don't mind looking after her.  She is a pretty sweet girl even though she and Tigger stay apart.  She stays in their room and Tigger rules the rest of our home.  Both of them are truly only-kitties.  

By the time I was back from driving I was completely tuckered out and very happy to stay put.  Not usually a person who does early morning appointments nor two in one day.  I found Friday a little too full for me but I did it and kinda proud of myself for doing so.  

I felt like this after settling down after supper.  Tigger has the right idea.  

So that was the full week of stuff and now time to catch up on some cleaning and laundry today.

Enjoy your weekend.

Whatever you get up to - LOL

Weekly Musings of the 9th

 

Hi Ho, my family and friends.  Busy week of getting use to the hearing aids and a few other things so here goes.  The picture is from the parking lot at our family doctor (although my BIL, when I put the pictures on Facebook, told me to stop going to the vet - hubby and I both laughed so hard)  The deer park backs onto the doctor's office.  

Monday was our 4th anniversary of our sacramental marriage.  We are so happy we could do that, that we celebrate this second anniversary.  Not with gifts, of course, because we honestly don't need gifts but we do have cake - LOL.  DD was back to work after her time spent in London.  Nothing firm yet on that front but we know it will happen when it should.  

I got a hold of my doctor to make an appointment to clear out the ears as the specialist said there was some but that was something she could not do for me but suggested I see my doctor.  I got the appointment really quick and that was when I saw all the deer on Wednesday.

It took no time at all to both see the doctor and get everything all cleared up.  That made getting use to the hearing aids much easier.  

The hearing aids are really the best!  Honest.  They are so small that people actually cannot see them when they are talking with me.  There is an app. on my phone that I can control volume and settings if I am listening to music while walking.  It is great that I no longer need any headphones to listen to music while walking.  The only thing that I have to change is my hair length.  I have my hair to my shoulders and it is not all that great rubbing from time to time on the aids.  I was thinking of getting back to short hair and this just made it a good reason to do so.  My appointment for that is next week.  

Things that I wondered about when it came to setting and things that I was hearing worked out and made sense as time went on and I am really use to them now and of course, wonder why I didn't do it earlier.  

Yesterday, drove DD to meet up with her boyfriend in London.  They will be apartment hunting this weekend and I do hope they find something that is just perfect for them.  DD's work here is actually really trying to help her find a transfer job there so she can be working right away.  I am hoping that works out well too.  

Back to enjoying my cozy mysteries once more.  I took a break during Lent reading non-fiction during that time, which I do enjoy too but now it is getting near time to be able to sit on the balcony and enjoy a good cozy mystery.  Heavy reading just isn't summer reading to my mind.  

Since a lot of my focus has been limiting my sweets and getting use to my hearing aids this funny really tickled my funny bone. 

Have a wonderful weekend all.

May the 4th

 

Now I am not a Star Wars super fan.  I don't trash any of the movies.  I like them all each for their own reason.  I read those that just go on and on about this mistake and that mistake, why this movie should never have been made.  Why this character s*cks and on and on.  I like them.  I don't watch all of them in order because you have to.  I just watch whatever way I feel like.  That all being said - I will be watching Star Wars movies and shows today just because it is May 4th.  

So, enjoy Star Wars Day and hug a Wookie.  I am sure we have a Wookie or two in our lives.  

And on we go.....

Weekly Musings of the 2nd

 

Wow, here we are in May already.  My Bible in a Year study says this is Day 122, so already gone through 122 days of the year.  Mind you, I had a brain stall when someone mentioned that 1975 is 50 years ago!  Wasn't that just yesterday?  

So most of this week was without a car.  Poor Sparky had to stay at the garage until someone could get to it.  Busy time of year with everyone switching from snow tires to regular ones.  Monday, we walked over to vote, we and many others tried but the PC party has had a strong foothold here for so very long it isn't moving anytime soon but there was a bit of a push.  Maybe, just maybe a few years down the road they might lose their seat here.  That would be something.  

Tuesday was such a windy, rainy day that hubby and I stuck to home.  We just had no desire to head out and pick up my coat from the alterations place.  It was beautiful when I was out for my morning walk but you could see the storm clouds coming in.  

Wednesday we walked to the main shopping area downtown and picked up my winter coat.  I had the buttons sewn on tighter.  My hands are not strong enough to do it anymore.  My spring coat will go in when we don't need coats anymore.  I was really glad to see this place open up through last year because I know I am going to need them from time to time.  

Heard from DD who will be coming back from London Saturday morning before she has to go to work that day.  Lots and lots of jobs applied for but nothing yet.  Lots of ups and downs during her visit and I think she is looking forward to being back here to take a breath.  Anyway, as I understand it 4 shifts are waiting for her return so that should help keep things busy.  

I love seeing the spring flowers on my morning walk.  These Grape Hyacinths always remind me of my grandfather as their home was surrounded by these flowers in the spring.  Papa would tell me the more you picked the flowers the more they would spread and get thicker and stronger.  It must have been so because their's were the most full flower bed of these plants I had ever seen.  Once they were bloomed out the leaves would look like regular grass and get mowed just the same.

The shy little violets in the grass reminds me of the Disney's Alice in Wonderland.  

Thursday we heard from our car place and turns out that Sparky is all good to go.  Ended up with yet another battery but it was still covered so we were not charged for it.  All checked out and good to go.  We went right over to the Res. to get hubby's smokes and fill up Sparky.  He ran out of his Res. smokes and had to buy a regular pack at the corner store.  Would you believe - $23.45 for one single pack, for the same amount at the Res.  he can get two cartons.  Plus, 20 cents less for a litre of gas too.  It is only a 20 minute drive really and we go there once a month.  Their smokes has less garbage chemicals in them too.  Hubby doesn't smoke that many anymore but we sure don't want to pay full price either.  Got our needed groceries and I was glad of that.  When I took Sparky in I forgot to take our grocery cart and bags out of it and bring home so it would have been harder to haul all those things home.  

Today will be fun, besides doing our usual cleaning of the home, I have my appointment to get my hearing aids.  They set them up based on the tests taken and there will be an app. on my phone to control them.  I won't need headphones anymore because my hearing aids will do that job.  I am sure there will be a getting use to stage but I am looking forward to hearing better.  Apparently it will tone down the shushing in my ears too.  That will sure be a blessing.  

Anyway, will let you know how that all goes.  

We sure do!  Have a wonderful weekend.