Starving

 Yesterday was a day of numerous sprints to the loo after drinking that awful liquid, no food and very little sleep.  Today, all done and duster so to speak,  so my insides are clean and no serious issues.   Now to eat, toast and marmalade and a cup of tea that I have been waiting for two days.  Who would know a cup of tea cures all ails.  I am English born and when I was living at home there was always a pot ready to make a cup of tea.   Mum liked her tea, it would be a very strong cup for her, none of this "pee quick" as she would describe a very weak cup of tea.  I still like a cup with my lunch and dinner.  My D.I.L. likes Earl Grey I prefer Tetley myself.  Also like Green tea and in the Summer a nice tall glass of iced tea.  Not fond of the flavoured teas.

Do you drink tea?  What kind, hot or iced?

Going to be a quiet day today, might even have a nap this afternoon to pull myself together as I don't have too much ambition, jobs that need to be done will still be there tomorrow.  

It was cold last night, temp down to -12*C, we do have some sunshine today which makes it feel warmer.

Having left over roast beef from Sunday, so no cooking tonight as I don't feel like cooking a meal even after a nap.   Better tomorrow.

Have a great day.

Cheers.

  

Almost a flower

Just after new year's I planted an Amaryllis bulb, it grew very quickly, now the flower is almost ready to emerge from the green coating around it.    Finally tossed the poinsettias I had in the house, the one I was trying to get to change colour did not do well,  the one of purchased looked quite sad so they both went into the compost bin.  I also have a couple of flowers showing bud on the cactus.  

We debated whether to go for a walk this morning or not, as when we were having breakfast it was raining but stopped shortly thereafter.  So all togged up we stepped out the door and it had started to rain/snow mix, off we went anyway.  It was not too bad underfoot but still used my hiking poles to avoid any slipping on the snow covered ice.   Then it started to snow big flakes, by the time we got home our clothes had to be put in the drier to dry them as they were so wet.   It was not cold, so it was a nice walk just the same.

Hubby is out in the garage fixing the snow blower still, the part that directs the snow which is being picked up with the rotating blades is not working.  

I will soon get into the sewing room and finish a quilt top, then should prepare the roast of beef we are having for dinner tonight.   I took the last two portions of the cheese cake we had at Christmas out of the freezer for our dessert.

Have a great day.

Cheers.

  

Meeting

 The first quilting guild meeting of 2023 was held last night, it was great to meet with everyone again.   We do not have meetings in December, so November seemed a long time ago.   The group will be making quilts for the chemo patients at a local hospital again this year.  Such a worthy cause, unfortunately, all the quilts we donate are all given away much too quickly to those who have cancer.  One just wishes we need not make them anymore as they are no longer needed.

Another member and I live in the same city and we drive together as it is a 25 km trip and in this Winter weather it just makes sense to keep each other company during the trip, never know when the snow could cause a mishap of some kind.   

Usually, we have some in depth conversations,  my companion is a writer of novels and she told me she goes to old cemeteries to see if she can see any different or old names to use in her books.  Of course, that subject was discussed during our travel.   Last night we discussed if we still had any memorabilia from our childhood still in our possession.  When we came to Canada, we could only bring so much personal stuff with us, so my sister and I had to choose.  What does a 12 and 10 old choose to keep or leave behind forever.  

I chose my books about the Royal family, butterflies, birds and flowers of the UK books.  All of which are in my cedar chest.  Also, carried with me an autograph book, which contains sayings and signatures from school friends some forgotten but two still write.  I also have signatures of some of the crew from the ship we sailed on and some local TV personalities, who have now all passed.

Do you have anything from your childhood?  If so, what and if not, why.

Went for our walk this morning after I dug out my hiking poles, they gave me a bit of confidence walking on the street and sidewalks today as some areas were a bit slick.   Will use it every day during the Winter when it looks a bit slippery.

Dinner tonight leftovers,  no cooking for me tonight, thank goodness for the microwave.

Have a great day.

Cheers.

Snow, snow and more snow

It was a wise decision to set out early for our walk, as it snowed all day long, sometimes big flakes, small flakes then a misty type snow which felt more like rain.  This all due to the temperature hovering around the zero mark.  Thank goodness there was no wind or we would have been in the middle of a blizzard, blowing all of this snow around into huge drifts.

All seems quite calm this morning, so far.   Still cloudy but, sure there will be some additional snow as per the forecast.  We have a table outside on our patio, the snow piled on that is a good indication of how much we have received.  Measuring it this morning, 6 3/4 inches of snow and Hubby's snow blower has broken down.   

Just to give you an idea of have big our our driveway is, it is double wide which is big enough for two cars to park side by side, it is also long enough to have four cars behind one another, a total of eight cars can be in our driveway.  The snow blower not working..     UM...a lot of snow to be removed, certainly not by me. I don't do snow removal, been there done that, not any more.

Got my puzzle finished yesterday, now I want to put it in a frame for my sewing room.   Also, did some sewing on my old machine, it is a clunker but is working fine.   Made many clothes on it for my two girls when they were young, also dresses for me and numerous other garments over the years.  Don't make clothes any more.  Can't wait for my machine to come back from its cleaning which will not be until next week sometime.

Going to my quilting guild meeting this evening, so hope the weather stay fine so the roads will be cleared.   

Hope you have a great day.

Cheers. 

Didn't have soup

 Dinner last night was a nice piece of salmon, some mushrooms that needed to be used up, also some mixed veg.  Rice pudding for dessert.

This morning we stocked up the cupboard, fridge and freezer for another week.  Prices don't seem to be making any change, higher if anything.   We do buy non perishable things which we use when they on sale, saving quite a bit doing that.  I only have a problem with the storage, not much in this house, we even have some packaged goods in one of the bedroom closets.  Hey, it works and who goes into the closets, only us.

We have sunshine this morning which is carrying on into the afternoon, I like this, however, it is not suppose to last as snow is coming our way.  The newspaper this morning indicated our area had the warmest January on record, OK Mother Nature lets work on February being the warmest on record. 

The son of our next door neighbour who passed away last year came knocking on our door today, asking us if he could take us out for dinner tonight.  He is such a nice young man, and it appears to me he is missing is Father a lot, what son wouldn't, so he sees Hubby as a substitute.  This young man is an airline pilot, so we don't see very often.

At 5:00 p.m. on the nose he picked us up and we went to a new Italian restaurant, nothing fancy, the food was nice, we may end up going back another day on our own.  We talked for a long while after our meal, an enjoyable evening was had by all.

January 25th. Wednesday.

This post is a combination of yesterday's that did not get published so finished it off today.

Today, we have snow and there is forecast of at least five inches to fall during the next few hours.  An early walk this morning right after breakfast, so we did not have to walk in piles of snow later in the day.  It was not too bad underfoot, not slippery yet,  with the temp on the zero mark it was not cold either.  

Today is a grand daughters 25th birthday, it seems just a few days ago her Mum, Dad and I were on a plane picking her up.  I won't get to see her for awhile as she is busy with her studies and in this Winter weather I would not attempt to drive the 8 hours to see her.  She lives in the capital city of Canada, which is a long distance north of me.  When the weather breaks for Spring I might make the trip.

Dinner tonight is the chicken I was planning to have last night, so not much thought required. 

Beautiful

 Yesterday I mentioned the fall of snow, it was a wet snow with no wind to blow it around, so it landed on all of the branches of the trees and bushes.   It was still there this morning, we had a brief interval of sunshine just as the sun was rising, when it reached the tree tops the snow turned golden , the trees looked as if they were glowing.  Unfortunately,  was not dressed and wandering around in my nightwear outside in -4*C with several inches of snow on the ground, was not something I was going to do to get a photo.  

Ho hum around here, no exciting things happening to write about.  This time of the year is a bit depressing even though the weather has been co-operating.  

We went for our walk this morning, it was a bit slippery under foot, we both made it home safe and sound.   Hubby still needs to stop a couple of times due to the pain in his leg.  Dr. advised it could take at least six months of walking to feel any improvement.  That seems like a very long time but Hubby must remember it has taken a lot of years to get to this point, a month is not going to fix it.

The two poinsettia's I had for Christmas are going in the compost, the one I bought is loosing it's leaves and the one I have been nurturing for months is not looking much better.  Have I lost my green thumb?  The amaryllis is growing, the stem holding the big bud of a flower is getting taller, and the geraniums are doing well, so must be doing something right.

Dinner?  will have to go and look, I would be happy with a hearty soup.

Have a great day.

Cheers.  

We were snow people

 After shower and breakfast this morning we started out for our walk,  it was a lovely morning for the last week of January.  Temp right on the one degree mark, no ice, rain, or snow, so off we went.  We are always wearing clothing which keeps us warm, a good thing it was today, as just a short distance from home we saw some snow flakes, then some more and even more were falling.  We walk for just a little over half and hour, when we arrived home you couldn't see the colour of our clothes as they were white with snow and very wet.  We have been home now for an hour and it is still coming down, big soft flakes settling on the branches etc.  now about an inch has fallen.  If this keeps up all day we will have to do some digging, well! not me, I don't do that any more.

We had a lovely visit with friends last night, good laughs, wine and nibbles so a good time was had by all.  It's a shame we don't do this more often, as that is a big miss for me.

Hubby will be watching an American football game this afternoon, I will be doing some of my puzzle and some sewing, I need to get a block finished for my quilt guild meeting on Thursday.   My sewing machine is making a bit of a noise every once in awhile, so I have oiled and cleaned my old one so it can be used while my good quilting machine is getting a tune up.

Not sure what we are going to have for dinner, will have to decide soon.

Have a wonderful day,

Cheers.