Almost missed

I did miss posting yesterday, it was just too nice to stay inside.  We were up fairly early and started on picking up leaves, yes leaves again.  We had a full load and took it to the depot.  We had our lunch outside, it was lovely sitting in the sun while we ate.........and watched more leaves fall.   lol.  We decided, no more work for today, and the temp was in our favour, 22*C, so we got the convertible out of the garage and went for a drive with the top down.  Our local hospital system has two fund raising lotteries, one in the Spring and a second at this time of the year.  The grand prize is the choice of one of two homes or a million dollars.  Usually they have tours of the homes, however, because of, you know what, that could not happen now, all we can do is drive by and look at the interior on line.   We drove by the first home, OMG, who needs a home that big.  Not I.  On to the second home, it is all on one floor, off to a good start, however, the view from the street is two garage doors, a small alcove to the front door and a window.  No thanks.  They are both in subdivisions, the view is houses across the street and houses across the back of the property.  So close together I am sure you could hear your neighbour talking.  We like our park like setting where we are, so our choice would be the money,   But.....our ticket has to be drawn.

We must have worked hard yesterday, as we both slept in, so a late start to the day.  Hubby has a big decision to make so we discussed that in length, then lunch.    Duplicate weather today as yesterday, and yes, you guessed it, leaves and a load to the depot.   I went for my walk and the day was just about done outside, I hate these early evenings, but it is going to get worse before it get any better.

Grocery day in the morning and in the afternoon I go for the measurements and testing for my eyes ready for surgery next month.  The clinic is an hour and half drive so the whole afternoon will be taken up by that.  In Dec. the same trip for the right eye.

Tonight's dinner was Swedish meatballs in mushroom sauce, potato and salad.  Delicious if I do say so myself.  

November???

I cannot believe the weather we are having, it is beautiful and wish it would last, but unfortunately there is a change coming next week.  In the meantime I am going to enjoy it while it is here.

 Laundry day, even washed the bed pillows today and cleaned the garage floor of all the leaves that have blown in.  Plan on going for a walk, this time to the grocery store for some milk, for some reason we seem to have used more than we usually do.  It is not all that far away, but will take my time and enjoy the sunshine.   I live in an area which is all inclines and valleys, so matter which way I walk there is going to be an up hill climb coming or going.  Good exercise for the legs.

Hubby is at his daughters moving her rose bushes, they up against a building which belongs to her next door neighbour and it is going to be demolished soon, so she wants the roses moved so they do not get destroyed.  She has a lot of roses, so it will take some time.

Not much else going on today,

Dinner to night, steak on the BBQ, baked potato with butter and sour cream, salad and not sure what is for dessert.  

Another one

Beautiful day that is.. yes we have blue skies and it is beautiful, temps so nice we do  not need a sweater of jacket.

 I cancelled my dentist appointment as my tooth retracted back into the gum, so for now it is  not giving any problems, however, I am sure it has not finished coming and going and eventually it will have to come out.  In the mean time it is all good now.  I hate dentists with a passion. 

Hubby is out picking up the neighbours leaves again today, a never ending job at the present time, more leaves have yet to come down so he will be doing it for awhile yet. 

I will be going for a nice long walk after lunch, cannot stay inside today.

The salmon we had for dinner last night was really nice, we always enjoy it.  Also did some stuffed mushrooms too, they were also very good, if I do say so myself.

Dinner tonight, well have not even thought of it yet, but should do that soon.

Not much happening today, so will chat tomorrow.

Started....

Late yesterday I started a post but that was as far as it got.   Back here this morning to begin a new one and hopefully get it finished.

Yesterday was such a beautiful day, blue skies and  a high temp of 19*C.  Was outside most of the day, must take advantage of these days as they are going to be few and far between shortly.

Late Tuesday afternoon we had a load of leaves and garden waste to take to the recycle depot.   Do you know anyone who goes to a recycle depot and comes home with more than you took.  Well, if you consider me someone you know through this blog, then you DO know someone.  As I said we went to the depot and they had a huge pile of wood chips free for the taking.  So we filled the bags, ten of them with the chips.  Yesterday morning we spread them over the gardens, however, needed more to complete the job, so went back for more, only this time some bush branches had been piled in front of them, so we had to work hard to fill another ten bags.  Came home, spread them and now we have a nice neat and tidy, and I must say a good looking garden.  

In the afternoon I picked up leaves once again, as did Hubby in the next door neighbours yard, so It will likely be another trip to the recycle depot again soon.  We could put them out at the curb for pick up, however, we reuse the bags, so go and dump them ourselves.  Where you live, do you have a recycle program in place for garden waste?  I do have two compost bins, one is currently full and doing 
its" thing, and the second was emptied in the Spring, so still working on filling it.  It cannot accommodate all of the waste we have, so thankful we can take the excess to the depot.  Just wish  they would sell the compost to customers, but they don't.

 I have a hair cut appointment this afternoon, it really does not look long, however, it gets to a point where I can't get it to do what I want it to.

Hubby received a call yesterday from his work, now he is having to think about actually retiring officially, or going back to work.  I hope he decides the first option.  It is his decision but I have contributed several reasons I believe he should call it a finish.  But.......

Dinner tonight, salmon, mushrooms, rice, and salad, fruit for dessert.  

Here today gone tomorrow

That is what I could say yesterday about the snow, as most of it melted, thank goodness,  however, now we have to pick up leaves, once again.  A never ending job.  I have been leaving my marigolds in the garden as hey are so colourful, however, after being laden down with the snow they  now need to come out, the Hosta and  Day Lilly leaves can be trimmed.   When it warms up later this week I am going to vacuum the garage, all the leaves have been blowing in and eventually get onto the kitchen door mat. 

Got our groceries during the senior hour this morning, there are more staff than customers at 7:00 a.m. which is nice as it does not very long to get what we need, only downside is the veg,. and seafood departments are not stocked.  Tuesday, is chicken day, there is a special on the BBQ chicken, so when Hubby goes to get that he usually stops and gets some salmon and any veg I was not able to get in the morning.  

Hubby has been off work since the middle of March,  (he does not need to work, he was a teacher so has a great pension and has been able to save a good amount during he working years),  due to the virus, he age and being exposed to a number of people of all walks of life.  He was not planning on retiring as he thought he would have nothing to do.  Well, he seems to enjoy reading the morning newspaper, and has been finding lots of jobs to do,  and he has indicated to me he "is retired", but not really officially with the company he works for.  I believe he is waiting until the end of the year to hand in his letter.  

We have some sunshine and clouds today, and the forecast for the balance of the week is looking absolutely fantastic, just have to get over today's clouds.

Dinner tonight, BBQ chicken, veg and salad, dessert sugar free chocolate pudding, (it is quite good).

Wild and Wintery

 Yesterday the north west  wind was very strong and cold, when this happens it blows across Lake Huron picks up moisture which eventually becomes snow and "streamers" of this snowy weather reach for hundreds of miles, us included.  We therefore had a wild day and night.

Watching TV last night at 10:05 our power went off, a tree had blown over the power lines just across the street from us.  Hydro crews were there fast and within the hour the tree was down, chipped and taken away and we had power again.  We were surprised more trees and limbs were not down on our property, as a lot of the leaves are still on the trees, and with the snow on them there is a lot of weight on the branches.  Maybe the wind blew the majority of the snow off before any damage could be done.

Woke this morning to temps -0.2*C and everything covered in a good layer of snow.  The wind is still blowing but certainly not a bad as last night.  Peaks of sunshine indicate the day will improve as forecasted. The forecast is looking absolutely lovely, sunshine and temps up in the mid to high teens for the balance of the week.   My Father always said we had to have snow before we got "Indian Summer", well he was right this year.  Just a thought, why do they call it "Indian Summer" anyway?

The property looks quite nice,  (if snow can be nice), the white ground and all of the coloured leaves still on the trees, white covered branches, pretty.  Ask me how pretty snow is when we have several feet of it piled at the end of the driveway and the temp is down to -15*C.  

Dinner tonight is leftover night, we have a few ribs, some shaved beef, squash, salad so its all done. Dessert is a diet chocolate milk pudding.   Thank goodness for the microwave oven and my toaster over, don't know what I would do without both of them.  They are so handy for warming up left overs,  I use the toaster oven in the Summer, so at not to heat up the kitchen.  

Rain

 Another 1/2 in of rain fell overnight and it is very windy.  

After all of the leaves Hubby picked up yesterday, our lawns looked very nice, however, this morning they are covered again.  He had to quit doing the neighbor's property yesterday because the lawn tractor was not working properly.  He is currently trying to see what the problem is so he can fix it.  You Tube was not much help to him this morning apparently, and the manual that came with it is not much help either.  Looks as if it might be an all day job.

We did not have any children around last night for Halloween, but that is nothing new, as we live on a street that is quite dark even though we have a lot of lights and the houses are far apart from each other.  Most children, on a "normal" Halloween stay in their subdivision, so suspect that what was done a bit more cautiously last night.  There were "drive bys" in place around the city yesterday afternoon, children dressed up in their costumes and were driven by organizations that were giving away candy etc.  A good idea in his day with the virus.

No sure what we care going to have for dinner tonight, I get brain dead sometimes trying to figure out what to have, it just seems we have the same thing week after week.  Do you find that, that happens to you or do you have a full recipe book full of ideas you use.?  What are you have for dinner tonight?

Should get moving, today is going to be a long day, due to the clocks going back an hour last night.   I call it Winter yet lag.