I knew it was inevitable, but why did it have to start on the morning I had to drive across town during morning rush hour. David is safely dropped off at Seven oaks, and I made it home okay, but, I look outside and see it getting whiter and heavier, and wonder what I'll be dealing with come 2:00.
However, I treated myself to a "cuppa Tim's" on the way home, so it will be okay--one way or another.
We did go pie shopping and found excellent pumpkin pies. Yes, plural-we bought two of them. After all, we had to use up that litre of whipping cream. We celebrated, food wise, Sunday. Then Monday, we visited David's sister, Gail. We've never done this before, unless there was a family gathering at her house. A very pleasant visit. We talked quite a bit about her garden. She knows every inch of it, the name of every tree or bush, and how the birds act during the various seasons. I know this comes from her living alone and being able to hire help when its needed. The conversation involved a lot of reminiscing and a mental sorting out of extended family, and where and when everyone fits in. Tuesday, the discussion carried on a bit between David and Loren. We also found out that Loren is going to the Grey Cup in Regina with a buddy.
Then, this morning I weighed myself for the first time since last week. I was down just over a pound, despite having my share of three different pies, and lots of whipped cream. I think that knowing I would be eating pie, and then eating it, I did little snacking. As well, we were both much more active than usual.
Today is my group in Lorette. There is also my Divas group, in the evening, out in Charleswood, near where the Overwaters used to live. This means a lot of night driving, getting home quite late, as well as being a little "jazzed up". Since we have to be up early tomorrow for David to go to DH, I've sent regrets for the Divas meeting. I never thought that I would ever choose a group of irreverent older ladies over the Divas fibre art group, but I did.
As well, I've been active in the studio. I moved things around and can now watch tv while sewing and have the ironing board just to the right of the sewing machine, so I don't have to get up to iron. I hope to get a picture of what I'm doing for the other blog.
Time to move, I guess. Best get on with the day. Stay safe. There was an article in today's newspaper about how the new premier of Alberta, considers the unvaccinated in the province as the most prejudiced against group in her province and wants to make special efforts to make it up to them. Please don't consider moving to Alberta.
I hope all of you had a good thanksgiving in one way or another. We had a huge!! Turkey. There were only 6 of us but we did our best. Rrain was here for her birthday pumpkin pie, we invited Barb, and Kellie and Markus. Markus helped Jim with some jobs that he just couldn’t do on his own anymore. We played crib, taught Markus and Kellie frustration rummy, and Barb laughed at the competitiveness between Markus and Kellie. But I guess I used the last of my energy on the day cause today is one of the last nice days we have and I am already burnt out. I got a couple of chores done, and Lucky got a walk but that was it. Good thing we have leftovers for supper cause I am not up to cooking. Tomorrow I have a board meeting and Thursday I am volunteering at the legion. I am not sure what is happening. I have to show up by 8:30, with a dozen muffins then she said something about getting the coffee and muffins out and then coming back later to put on more coffee and put out dainties!!! I guess I will find out when I show up. Once again the wind has come up, spoiling what was a nice day. I am going to put on my jacket and sit outside anyway. ♥️♥️♥️
Several things on the calendar towards the end of the week, but I ended up backing out of several of them. Just not up to it. David had his first time at Day Hospital ( DH) Friday. He was to be there and 9:00 and be picked up at 2:30. But Friday is laundry day, you say. So, a problem, but not really. We showered Thursday evening, and then took all of the laundry baskets downstairs. The sheets were also washed Thursday. This actually made Friday, on my own, much less of a problem. But it was a bit of an unusual fuss and bother, so David asked if his day at DH could be changed, and next time he goes on Thursday. He also asked if they would please call him Dave, rather than James. I wasn't sure he would do that, as he doesn't usually bother when dealing with Health Care.
After getting home, David declared that the pork shoulder steak I had found at the bottom of the freezer was inedible, as is. So we went out for supper. Then yesterday we took whatever meat he could get off the shoulder, and added the meat from a pork chop, and cooked both of them together in the slow cooker, again with the Diane BBQ sauce. Not too bad! I had spent most of the afternoon working on an agenda for the upcoming Board meeting out in Selkirk, and was glad not to have to fuss too much about supper, as David was glued to the Bomber game on tv.
We'll be celebrating thanksgiving today. Couldn't find a pumpkin pie at the grocery store, so bought an Apple Crumble pie instead, along with a litre of Whipping Cream. Still have the Whipping Cream, but will have to go out today to see if I can find another pie of some sort, or some other dessert that needs Whipped Cream. There will just be the two of us, and another cheaply bought chicken, but it's the concept rather than the stress of a large family gathering.
Enjoy the Holiday ladies, along with whatever company you are privileged to find.
Happy Thanksgiving to all,
Whatever we have planned to celebrate this weekend of thanksgiving, may we all be happy and healthy.
I have included two pictures I just took from the plants I brought in for the winter -my houseplants. I am amazed at how beautiful and healthy looking they all are and flowering - even the cacti are covered with buds. But it is this azalea tree that is brilliant with buds all over and some already flowering. I took a chance to take a picture hoping you would get the idea of how gorgeous and inspiring it is to look out my kitchen window while at the sink and gaze upon this beauty in the room below.
And a closeup to see the blossoms:
Happy Thanksgiving.....thinking of you all.
Be safe and take care 😚❤
Here we are in the Fall with so many beautiful coloured leaves on the trees it is glorious this year. And they are also falling on the ground here at home which means a bit more cleanup is necessary. The neighbour next door brought out his big machine yesterday with the huge device on the back and vacuumed his lawn nice and clean. Mine is not! But then the leaves keep falling so what is the point...right?
I am doing what i can outside and right now cleaning the leaves from the ground is not priority for me. But I am making some progress and with a few days of rain forecast this week I might rest a bit from outside work, but then get right back at it by the weekend. The rest may do me some good as i can feel the strain on my poor old body haha!
Pati you mentioned that quilt you started called Long Time Gone, and i was compelled to look it up again on The Quilt Show because I had watched several episodes of Dee Christopher Live making that very quilt. Was it this series that prompted you to start the quilt or, had you already started it before on your own? It is very detailed and intensive from my perspective, so I wish you luck at rejuvenating it from your stash and look forward to some reports ( no pressure of course haha!) I am still looking closely at a more recent show where the guest made one called A Maze Zing which caught my eye. I have printed a picture of it, marked the actual show to watch again, and plotted a drawing of its structure on graph paper. Idle time I guess.....
This morning I plan to bake some muffins to take with us to Mike's tomorrow as we celebrate Thanksgiving with him..an early celebration but then we do not have to adhere to the actual day since we do not work and can choose a day with maybe less traffic? Harry will prepare the fixings for the meal today as well and then we will head out early tomorrow,
Speaking of early, I am a bit cautious these days taking the dogs out in the dark in the early morning when I get up. First a few weeks ago it was a warning of coyotes in the area of our street and the next, and then a warning of a bear in the next street. The day before I was in the yard and came across a certain indication that a bear had visited us. Several huge piles of excrement in different places in our yard!!!! And then the next day an indication of another visit in seeing the bark from a tree stump in our front yard where all the bark had been clawed away and left on the ground. But no actual sighting or encounter, thank goodness. Its scary out there haha!
Well on with my day folks. Hope you are having some nice "sit out side" weather. We must enjoy it now before the snow flies. We are all ready with our Hallowe'en candy bagged and in a laundry basket, and all I have to do is go to the storage unit and bring the decorations home and decorate closer to the actual date. But we always seem to get a touch of the white stuff before that date.
Take care and be safe...Thinking of you ..👵❤
Of course that makes me want to use it. The box is finished, and a not posted about it on the other blog. My husband appears to be a new man since coming off the CPAP machine. Much more energy, and shorter nights, only 9-10 hours. We are both more energetic, and are wondering if this is a caused by being more active in general, or the end of Long Covid, or a bit of both.
The yard is ready for winter. We had our last grass cutting last week. His machine even chewed up all of the small twigs that came down from the tress with the last heavy windy day. He also takes all of the refuse with him, which suits us just fine. All of the furniture is in the garage, and even poor old lion is put away for the winter. If you remember, our fall "lion ceremony" was usually on Thanksgiving, but since there are just the two of us, it was a little earlier this year. And, instead of the youngest male present carrying him into the garage, David used the wheelbarrow. But the leaves still fall and blow around, so David is using his yard vacuum to pick them up and we still put out a yard waste bag every two weeks, and will be able to for an other month.
While shopping this week, we found a bargain on boneless chicken breasts. I use so much boneless chicken, that I keep an eye open for bargains like this. So that section of the freezer is full again, including two meals of filet--always a treat. We also found the Golden Dragon thick Honey-Garlic B-B-Q Sauce that we both enjoy so much. We have been looking and asking for this for several months. Today I get to add up what we have spent on food over the past month. I'm not picky about the details-if it's an expenditure in a grocery store or restaurant it counts. I've been doing this for about 6 months, and know, in my mind, that this month was particularly bad, but 6 months gives me enough to do comparisons. Not sure what I'll do with the results, but have a hunch that we'll choose to live out of the freezer for awhile. I think everyone has a few "mistakes" that sit in the freezer until they get thrown out. Well, we're starting to eat those now. Yesterday we had two small "tenderized" steaks. Yeah, with the first meal, they needed so much tenderizing that they almost fell apart, and were still barely edible. This time I browned them off, and put them in a casserole with some canned gravy and put them in a slow oven for about 90 minutes. They were fine. A treat even. Today will be bone-in chicken legs, cooked the same way with Diana Sauce. The sauce has been sitting in the cupboard for far too long, and needed using. David has one potato that needs using, and I may use a bit of brown rice.
There's one problem with this type of cooking--I get to do the cooking. But David gets to watch the football games that he loves, so maybe not so much of a sacrifice, after all.
Again I urge you to stay safe ladies. I know I carry a mask with me -always.
