Another one

 Woke up to lovely sunrise which promised to become another lovely sunny but cold day.  The wind is bitter which makes it feel so much colder than the temp thermometer indicates.

The sky remained clear all day and into the night, the moon was so bright, shadows of the trees were on the snow covered ground.  

Had my x-ray yesterday, then wandered around a couple of shops for an hour or two.  Did buy some fabric for the backing of the baby quilt, nothing else. I do  need to get some printer ink today and may go and get a pedicure. 

Today is my second eldest granddaughter's birthday, I will get her a some flowers and take them over to her some time today.   My youngest granddaughter applied for a co-op job in her field of studies and received a message from her telling me she was the successful applicant and will now be going to an airport in Iqaluit, which is on the northern shore of Hudson Bay.  She will be there from May to August, so may not see complete darkness for that period of time.

Not sure what we will have for dinner tonight, must get into the freezer and see what strikes my fancy.

Have a great day.

Cheers.

Monday

The back issues I had are almost 100% so decided to get myself out of the house for a walk.  It was a perfect morning, the street was clear of ice and snow, no wind and the temp was 4*C.   

House all vacuumed and dusted, not all done by me,  I do not vacuum anymore, too much carpet for me to do in one day.  I used to do an entire room a day, however, that meant I was cleaning every day, when all the rooms were taken care of had to start all over again. Cleaning  do 365 days is not my idea of fun. Call me lazy, I really don't care as I am not.  Over my lifetime I have done my share of housework, time to take things a little easier.  

Not much else going on today, seems to be a regular comment I write about each and every day,  I am going to call it  a Cabin Fever comment for the lack of a better description.

Have a great day.

Cheers.

 

Slow Sunday

Do not intend to do much today, a day of rest, so they say, even though every day seems like a day of rest here.  Nothing happens just the usual.

 Some of the snow did melt yesterday, the temp of 7*C helped I am sure.  It is cloudy today, the sun did peek through for a short period but don't expect to see it any more today.   The temp is on the plus side a few degrees so we could see a bit more of that white stuff gone.

Hubby's hoody sweat shirt was washed, when it came out of the dryer the zipper had broken.   This shirt, in my opinion should have been in the garbage long ago, as it was being held together by threads.  As I write this he is cutting the good parts into rags.   Me: doing a happy dance.   Just waiting for the pants to meet the same end.  

As I wrote previously, a day of not doing much, so not much to chat about.

Have a great day.

Cheers.

A Dumping

Woke this morning to about 5 inches of wet snow.

Last night, we had thunder and lightening and snow, I have seen that before, strange weather we are having.  

The university students who live  next door built an igloo, perfect snow for that, as well as snow men the snow clumps together when it is wet  I use to do that with my children, when we had the perfect snow, now just happy to look out the window and watch someone else do it. 

Hubby has cleared off the driveway, and the sun is now shining with a temp of 5*C, so hopefully we will be rid of this soon.

Got quite a lot done on the baby quilt I am doing, and I noticed today my grand daughter in law posted a photo of their daughter reading a book titled, " I am a big Sister", my grandson told me a couple of weeks ago they were expecting another child, now everyone else knows too.  Looks as if another baby quilt will be under the sewing machine needle soon.   They want to know the sex of this baby, so they can either keep the girl clothes or get rid of them.   

Laundry washed, dried and put away, bathrooms cleaned, floor in the bathrooms and kitchen washed.  My back is feeling a lot better, do not intend to over do it any more today.   All the other work will still be there, it's not going anywhere soon.

Tomorrow is the anniversary of my Mother passing in 2019, when the weather breaks I will visit her and Dad's grave to place flowers on it.  The cemetery where they are buried is about 60 kms. from where I live and at this time of the year we cannot rely on the weather being good from here to there, so do not want to take any chance of being stuck in snow or worse.    

Going out for dinner tonight, a new restaurant, let you know tomorrow if we will be going back in the future.

Have a great day.

Cheers.

Here it comes again

Another dumping of snow is coming this afternoon and evening get out those shovels and snow blowers.  Again.

Just finished my lunch of cheese, crackers and a pear.   Had it in the living room writing this to you, with the heating pad on my back,  it is feeling so much better, I think I will live now.  Well, I am sewing again today, not much else to do.  Working on the baby quilt for my sister, top will be finished this afternoon as I have lots of time to myself.  Enough said!

Had a nice meeting last night with my guild members, as it was not a regularly scheduled meeting, the meeting last week was cancelled due to the ice storm we had, some of the ladies were not able to come for one reason or another.  We have been meeting in a church hall since the Covid pandemic, it gives us more room than being in our homes.   Each month there are two members who are in charge of the lunch, the one we had last night was delicious.   Cheese, crackers, grapes, lemon cake and a cake with some mixed fruit in it.  I am guilty of taking a sample of each of the above.  Next meeting is on March 23 rd. so need to get my block finished.

One of my blog friends, I will call her a friend, just as all of you are who read this twaddle  I write every day.  Anyway, she is doing some cross stitching, and has given me the urge to get out all of my threads, look for a pattern and do some of that for a change while watching the mindless stuff on TV.

I guess my now you have figured out I am not in a very good mood today, it will pass just has it has done so before.

Dinner tonight is going to be a pizza and a nice big salad, need to see what there is for dessert.

Have a great day.

Cheers.

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Two in a row

The sun is up and it looks as if it is going to stay for  the rest of the day.  Tomorrow is another story, as more snow is predicted for us.  

  These sunny days and cool nights make the maple sap start to run.   The TV news has reported the making of syrup has started in the local bushes.  The school children will be able to go on a field trip, if they do that still, to see how the syrup was made back in pioneer times and also how it is processed now.  Not a fan of maple syrup, do you like it?  Also, the thick pancakes are not something I enjoy, give me the thin crepe type with a dusting of sugar and lemon juice rolled up like a jelly roll.  Yummy, a childhood memory.

My cactus to not know if they are Thanksgiving, Christmas or what holiday they belong to, as they are all starting to bloom now.  Pink and Fuchsia ones are out now, the third one has yet to show it's colour.  The amaryllis is finished blooming, now waiting for the leaves to die back and Spring to come, so I can put it out in the garden for the Summer.

My back is feeling better, so good enough to go to our re-scheduled guild meeting tonight, looking forward to that.

Leftover ham for dinner, I am sure I can find something else to go with it.  

Have a great day.

Cheers.

Pinch, Punch

The first of the month,  March already, time just flies by doesn't it. 

Not much happening here today, Hubby off to his daughter's to do some repairs for her, so I will keep myself busy doing some sewing.  I have started a baby girl quilt my sister wants, it won't be needed until June, want to get it started anyway.

Our re-scheduled guild meeting is tomorrow night, hope my back will be feeling better so I can go to it.  Look forward to these meetings once a month, gets me out of the house to meet women who are interested in the same things I am.

Cloudy day, temp hovering around the zero degree mark.  No snow will melt today, in fact we may get more.

Have a great day.

Cheers.