Weekly Musings of the 26th

 

Another week and another expansion of the train village.  Hubby finished the two kits he got for his birthday and I think I will have to take kits off his wish list as there just isn't anymore room for them.  Most of the buildings have lights in them and now he is working on grounds, trees, sidewalks and the like.  

Before turning in hubby was checking out his work and Tigger joined him on her favourite chair for watching the train go around.

Had to use the flash as his room was only lit by the street lights in the village.  

This week was filled with just little busy things, errands and stopping at the doctor's for a follow up on hubby's prescription but nothing huge which was pretty fine by me.  

For me, my book was another by Jill Eileen Smith called Star of Persia (Ester's story).

I knew her story from childhood and all the years since.  It was a favourite bible story but this author really fills it out and it is a full rich story of a real woman.

"In an effort to complete a war his father had planned to win, King Xerxes calls every governor, satrap, and official in his vast kingdom to his palace in Susa to strategize and feast. When they finally leave, he decides on one more week of frivolity, which ends in the banishment of his favorite wife, something he never intended to do. But when he discovers Esther, Xerxes is sure he has a second chance at happiness.

In her wildest dreams, Esther could never have imagined that she would end up as queen of Persia. Yet she knows better than to become complacent. Another of Xerxes's wives is vying for position, and his closest advisor has a deep and dangerous grudge against Esther's adoptive father. Caught in the middle of palace politics, Esther will find herself in an impossible position: risk her life or consign her people to annihilation.

With her impeccable research and her imaginative flair, Jill Eileen Smith brings to life the romantic, suspenseful, and beloved story of Esther, queen of Persia."

This was one of those books that you keep reading in bed when you know you should turn out the lights and get some sleep but it is just too good to do that.  

As well, got busy on another puzzle between all the things we were getting done this week. 

Well, not much more than that this week but I am not sure where it went because between going here and there, Friday has come quickly once more.

So have a wonderful weekend friends and family.

LOL

Weekly Musings of the 19th

 

Not sure how time got sped up but whew, here is another week done.  Ran errands first thing this week and then hubby and I went fun shopping and lunch at a favourite restaurant on Tuesday.  However, it went a bit downhill after we got home.  First was a call from a doctor's office in a nearby city about the arthritis in my hands.  That called ended with an appointment in a city I hate driving in and seeing someone I do not trust nor believe.  I told them flat out I do not want any prescriptions nor  injections, that I have no pain nor bother beyond not being as strong in my hands as I was.  They said they want a baseline and my hubby being a worrier wants me to go.  Since I have turned 60 I have found that the medical world treats all seniors like we all have dementia or are too dumb to know what is going on.  So the whole call which still proved to me that the person talking to me is not listening at all put me in a bit of a grumpy mood.  After that fun time I happened to be not wearing my slippers and not looking where I was going.

Yup, I smashed my baby toe against a piece of furniture.  Hard enough that I couldn't even swear.  After a time I could tell (from past experiences) that I had just badly bruised it and probably didn't break any of the little bones.  

 Hubby besides waiting on me hand and foot as I nursed my poor left baby toe (it is the one I seem to break the most) worked on his favourite project and put lights in the little houses.  

Thursday was hubby's birthday too, he has turned 79.  We both wonder how that happened so fast.  Weren't we just in our 30s yesterday?  

Foot or no foot I was pretty determined to make his most favourite supper and taking it easy still made it just fine.

Hubby loves my lasagna and his favourite cake is just a simple chocolate cake with chocolate icing. 

Hold the candles please as we don't want to burn the cake - LOL.

So that was the week mostly me taking it as easy as possible and keeping my foot up and reminding myself that slippers are necessary on my feet as sometimes I don't pay attention to where I am walking.  

  Well, still enjoying the Canadian Football League but most other stuff - LOL.  This one just tickled my funny bone.  I remember asking what colour we were cheering for when I was a teen.  

Anyway, wishing you all a happy weekend. 

  

Weekly Musings of the 13th

 

You know one thing I keep musing on especially as this week went on is how liberal people tell me how open minded and accepting they are.  It only lasts until I disagree with something they tell me as fact and I know it isn't or not the whole story.  That open mind snaps shut in an instant and anger and nasty actions happen greater than any bully I faced in school.  Funny how that is.  The most closed minded people I have heard from are those who tell me that they accept everyone in a live and let live attitude, well as long as they live and let live exactly like they do.  

Anyway, enough of my little rant.  I did get an item that I think is an amazing plus in our home as more and more things need charging from watches to our cat's brush to phone to tablets and everything in between.  

It is this guy, I got it from Amazon, in fact, I ordered 3 of them.  One for my room, one for hubby's room and one for the livingroom.  Each room has things charging at any given time and this thing is amazing.  I don't have to search for a free plug to plug a cord in.  I was actually running out of those.  Items will give you a cord but they no longer include a plug most times.  It also has a power surge protector in it so that items charging are protected in case of a power surge happening during a storm.  

Hubby added lights to his village and I think it is amazing.  You see the little street lights, that is the roll of paper at the end of those little sacks you get at the dollar store.  The top where the light is a toothbrush protector.  I think that is pretty clever and I would never have thought of using those items to make a street light.  

Yesterday morning we went to hubby's favourite hobby shop and just in time too. 

Turns out the owners are retiring and due to many things the store will be closing about mid-October.  Sad to see it go but we hope to visit them one more time before they close the doors.  We did learn from the owner that they also had a break in where someone drove their truck into their window and stole the remote cars.  Nothing else, just the cars.  Sad to see this happening in so many places to so many small business.  Those that do it think that insurance will cover it, but it doesn't completely nor does it fix the damage nor the loss of faith in their community that such a violation causes.  

After we spent as much time as hubby wanted including picking up an engine at an amazing low price plus 25% off we went over to my favourite shop.

Which is only about a block away from hubby's place.  I only looked at a couple of areas because they have just so much from wool, to puzzles, to decorations, calendars, clothing and so much more it is impossible to see everything nor to get all you wish in one visit.  After stocking up on a few puzzles and finding my next year calendar that I wasn't expecting to find yet, we stopped looking around before we got too many things.  We both promised each other that we would come back soon to both shops.  Because of the construction that had torn up the entire downtown we used waze to find a different and much more relaxing drive.  We plan to use that route even when the construction is done because it was just such a beautiful country drive.  

I also did two new veggie dishes this week and both were a huge success that they will become regulars in my supper planning.  One even had one of the two veggies that I have never liked, I did like it this way.  Then again hubby got a surprise when it was recommended that he have yogurt on a regular basis and he decided to try it and lo and behold - he liked it.  Surprised the heck out of him too.  So, slowly but surely our eating habits are getting better and better.  Although according to all of hubby's blood work his numbers are amazingly great including his cholesterol.  This one doctor was completely stunned at that and I think a bit jealous too - LOL.  Me?  not so much, even though we eat the same things, I keep everything inside - 

 My body assumes this - 

Anyway, that was the week that was and here is to another week ahead.  

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