Weekly Roundup.

I have had a lovely week. I recovered from whatever it was that knocked me off my feet for those three days last week and I am feeling my old self again. I am glad, I am not a fan of being unable to do for myself.

I had a lovely suprise this past week. A dear former co-worker took the time on her way to her home town with her kids to stop in and say "hi". We had a great working relationship and I really missed her when she left. So easy to work with and we really got on well as a team. I knew she was talking her kids to see where she grew up but I never dreamed she would be stopping in.

She brought me flowers!! I was so touched. It was so nice to see her, even if it was just for a brief visit.

Tulips  I love tulips. This was how they looked on Friday and this morning they looked like this

Its the first day of spring and these little beauties made it all the more real. 

I also got some very good news from home, made me extremely happen and took a worry off my mind. That's all I 'm sayin' cause its private but it sure made my day!! 

I finally got some things done that I have been avoiding around the place. I managed to cut the bed spread I bought to cover the chair Desi likes to sleep in in half. Now I have two to cover the chair. One to be on it and one to be in the wash. It is just another of those little jobs that I avoid and yet are no big deal. I also hung up my "S" which has been hanging around since before Christmas. Honestly I wonder at myself sometimes.

I think I have finally got on top of the magazine situation in this house. I sorted them most of Saturday but that is such slow going. I cannot just recycle them, I have to look through them and well you know..........Squirrel!! At long last I have caught up. Recycled those that needed to go, passed on those that I could and kept a very very few. 

I made soup, the best dang cauliflower soup I have ever made. I want to drink the entire pot of it non stop!! So yummy and I don't often say that about my cooking. I made pudding, I roasted a pork tenderloin. In other words I am on top of things for lunches next week. Another thing that is rare in this house. I am usually floundering.

I got  to have afternoon tea with the Hostess on Saturday!! Its always fun to see her. We get together and have a great chat now and then, I find in some way she always challenges me to do better. In a nice way , its not pushy,  just gentle incentive to work at something that will better me. We also share a lot of the same beliefs. That is wonderful, I can say stuff and she does not look at me like I am off my meds. 

So another week begins. Not sure what will happen but I can say that the puppets are still coming along nicely. 

This time round its Cows and then pigs but I have to get some pink yarn. Oh darn, I have to go to the craft store yet again!!

Toodles,

Linda

March is NOT my Favourite

I just dawned on me that I did not post last week. You would think that when you only post once per week you could manage to get it done. 'Parently not.

I cannot remember what I did last weekend. I worked on the puppets, the house and mostly I think I just took it easy. I got some paperwork done and that is all that is coming to my mind. My never ending adventure packed life is hard to keep track of at times. ( insert big eye roll here)

We had a bugger of a storm here this week. We did not have it as bad a some people got. One of the guys from our office was stuck on the highway home for 16 hours.It was a mess.

A tiny bit of it tried to get into the house to get warm. When I saw this I was sure the back door would be blocked but it wasn't. My back path was snowed in but not horribly, Thank goodness I have been parking the car at the front of the house.

Not sure I will bother to shovel this. My shoveling boys have not been around so I think I will leave this. I did get the front done so I could get to my car. It was about the same mess. Got to work on Tuesday, got there inspite of the roads being either glare ice or covered with sizable snowbanks. Got from the car to the sidewalk on the ice without landing on my butt. I saved the face plant for the sidewalk in front of the building. Went down like a swan. Falling is not the problem, getting up is. So I floundered about in the snow like a bogged down hippo. Don't get me wrong I had help. People rushed to be of assistance which touches my heart. Such brave souls, I am not easy to pick up. My other fear of a falling is yanking some good Samaritan off their feet and hurting them as they try to get me back on my feet. I was very close to the steps so I flopped about for a bit and got a hold of the hand rail. With that and the helpers I managed to get to my feet with all but my dignity intact.

The next day I came down with a very lovely case of the flu. The whole lovely yucky mess of it. Stayed home, close to the facilities for the next three days. Its just today that I can eat and feel like doing something. I had to cancel my hair cut, my doctor's appointment, paint night and I even missed out on No Cook. I had toyed with the idea of meeting them for the after coffee but once it came time top go, it just seemed too much like work to get ready to go. I was in bed by 8:30 on Friday night. Woke up around 10 and then was awake until going on 5:00 am. Not a happy camper, I hate when that happens but I have slept so much the last three days I was probably slept out. I am very happy to announce that I am feeling much better today. 

Lucy and I watched movies while I was in bed. She was fascinated with the tv for awhile and then she flipped into "my human is watching tv in bed and I am a cat " mode and most of the movies looked like this for me.

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or this

Why they do this I have no idea but they all do it. Brats.

So I am better, on the mend, however you want to put it. I even managed to go out today and do some errands. A desperate need for kitty litter will make you move. That an another 50% off coupon from the craft store. There have been three in the last little while. Three trips to the store and I got this:

and then this to add to my collection in the punch buggy:

The  Punch Buggy is what is what I call this

I crack myself up!! I have come to the conclusion that I have more punches than I need so I am stopping. Today I got stuffing for the puppets with my coupon. I have all the bags I need and I have been really watching the sales so I have not paid full price for much of the puppet materials. I am making an effort to save where I can. More of an effort I should say. love those coupons.

Puppies and Kitties are in production at the moment. On schedule so far.

Today I am missing my Dad. 38 years have gone by since I got that awful phone call to tell me he was gone. I miss him. I will always miss him.  I wish he was still here although I know he would be very old. I would still love to talk to him, get some advice, just spend a few more minutes with him. He was gone before I got enough time with him and I so regret that. Sigh. 

Toodles

Linda