Still going

I don't know what it is. Maybe I am in a routine. Maybe that is what is making me stick to doing stuff.

Friday night I decided to cut 9inches off my hair which was then donated.

We had a great weekend this weekend.

Today is just some dishes..maybe a quick vacuum and we are renting Angels and Demons and I am going to sit and enjoy it.
I have been waiting for this movie for a long time.

I still have to work out my Christmas to do list.

Next weekend is the company Christmas party..can't wait.

Catch up

Well weekend was good. I really had to do nothing house work wise. And anything that had to be done was done by Mason!!

Yesterday I made a bunch of appointments for this week. Fat Cat needs to go to the vets. He has is fall allergies..yep my cat has allergies. You try wrestling a now 15lbs cat to give him pills for 4 days..fun fun fun.

I am finally getting a haircut..on Friday.

And this weekend kicks off the holiday parties that we will be attending.

Yesterday I think I was coming down with something. I went home and slept from 6pm - 9pm and then from 11:30pm until the alarm at 5:30am. Buckley's caplets are the best.
I am not going to get sick.

I have started my Christmas planning list..or I have made out my grocery list. I will have a section dedicated to Christmas planning shortly.

Unfortunately with me crashing last night I did not accomplish my list last night. I am a little disappointed. I had made Monday's dinner on Sunday so only re-heating was required so I would have had lots of time last night to do what I needed.

I don't know if Mason got anything out for tonite's dinner.

Might be a pick up a $5 pizza on the way home night tonite. Hey I am okay with it.

I am slowly getting my life together. I am finding what is working for me and sticking with it. I can't introduce to much at one time because I will get overwhelmed and I won't continue with it. So slowly and surely I would love to get an exercise routine in there as well. I have a pilates dvd that I did like when I used it. And I recently bought a yoga dvd for beginners would like to give it a shot. Plus I have my exercise bike which annoys my husband because it sits in the rec room unused most times.

But it isn't easy changing ones lifestyle or changing ones self.

We are 4 for 4

I finished my room last night. I did. I even dealt with the two baskets of stuff that were in baskets because they did not belong in there.

I feel great. I have accomplished so much I even have a plan for Monday and Tuesday.

This weekend not a lot of stuff to do.

Clean the bathroom (just the sink and toilette though--because my shower is gleaming)
vacuum and maybe just maybe wash the kitchen floor.

I don't know who the new me is but I think she can stay.

Hey I am not pushing my luck with it.
I only do about just over an hour of cleaning per night which is reasonable.

Tonite is nap night we will see if it will happen or not. I mean if I go home and I am not tired then well I might as well do something productive.

You know what I think started it all..the scrubbing bubbles foaming cleanser I used on my shower/tub on Sunday. It was a task I was dreading because it was going to require a lot of work. And I used this stuff and it took no time. So yeah. Hey I am not going to knock it. I just hope I can keep it up.

Feelin' pretty good about myself..yep I am.

See people can change..I wouldn't say I have changed yet. I mean I have been a good wife for only a week..not even just 4 days so but it was a great 4 days.

Life is good right now.

I did not crash and burn

the cable guy got in the way.

So I came home tonite. I did part of my list. I know..I know. But I still did a lot.

I did part of the list. That is better than doing nothing.

Tomorrow I do the rest on my list.

I am still okay with it.

Happy Birthday Jackie.

I don't know what has gotten into .me

Even my husband asked if everything was okay. Two nights in a row I have come home and just started on my list and completed it.

My goal was to vacuum the basement and clean the rec room..make dinner and clean the kitchen (standard procedure)..and I did. Well I didn't do the kitchen or make dinner Mason did but still.

Again I was shocked at how long it took..no time at all.

Can we make it 3 in a row?

Tomorrow night the cable guy is coming.
Dinner is just re=heating a previously cooked meal that was frozen.

I am impressed

I made a list today and stuck to it.
It was a large list too.
It didn't take to long either.

The list included the following.

- clean the rec room
- clean kitchen
- laundry
- brush cat (this was a feat)
- vaccum
- cook dinner
- spray shower ceiling

So tomorrow we will make another list and see what happens.

It is Officially the Christmas Season

I was at the grocery store last night and when I walked in they had the Clemintime Oranges in the boxes...to me that is a sign of Christmas.

Remembrance Day

I have done so much research on my family tree.

I have a lot of soldiers in my family.

Great War: Edward Sargent, Jamieson Stewart, Walter Stewart
Boer War: Jaimeson Stewart

WWII: Arthur Young, George Young (US Army), Austin Dinn (Nfld Forestry Unit), Orland Sargent

Civil War: John Millier

And I am sure there are many others that I just haven't found.

Please remember today and just buy an extra poppy. Why not.

What I learned about myself

If you offer to feed me I will help you do whatever.
Now it was my idea to help Jackie. I invited myself over. And I went. We started the morning with homemade pancakes. They were nice and fluffy.
Lunch comprised of chicken fingers and fries. The plum sauce (which normally I don't eat..was very very good..)
Dinner..oh dinner..dinner was worth the nervous breakdown that I almost had.

Dinner was..beef tortalini and pasta sauce with cheese and sausage all baked together. Sides consisted on Ceaser Salad and crusty bread...it was so good.
I have to say though I ate and ran..it was late I was tired. But I wasn't leaving before I ate.

I will tell the story of the Nook later..but anytime you want me to do something..offer to feed me and more than likely I will..open with the food first though..then I won't care what your saying after that.

Weekend Plans

The last couple weeks have flown by.

I have acquired a company truck for the weekend to do a dump run. Or well I have acquired a company truck for Mason to do a dump run.

I went to Solutions last night (the Organizing store...) I love that store. Things I learned about supply and demand: they have lipstick holders there..I mean lipstick storage solutions. I didn't realize people would own that many different lipsticks that they would need a organizing solution to hold 25..yes 25..

Anyway while at the store last night I purchased some stuff for my scraproom..Once the system is in place I will post pics of course.

That is my goal tonite. I finish up my scraproom..

Tomorrow, I am heading to Jackie's Nook (you can read about Jackie's Nook here.

I am sure it should be an interesting day.
And that pretty much says it all.

The Story of the biggest (biggest that I have ever seen)

Raccoon...

I was out all day..oh it was at a crop and I had a left over BBQ beef wrap..so what does my husband always say...food goes here. I have to say I have never had a sandwich this good. So I know my husband would love it. It was so large too..hence I couldn't eat it all.

So go to leave the scrapbook store and of course I forgot it..so I turned around and went back in and got it.

Now it is a summer day or evening..I get home it is just before 9pm still light out too..Mason is in the drive way and I present him with the sandwich. I tell him about it how good it is..etc..he is turning on the bbq at this point because he is cooking steak and corn on the cob..I said fine eat it later..he said no I will try it now..So he opens the styrofoam container and takes a bite and closes the container and puts it on the hood of his car. He then says wow..that is a good sandwich. I said I know. I even turned around and went back for it because I forgot it.

So he is telling me his stories of the day and says come and see the garden and all the work I have done in it..So we walk to the back of the backyard..I said it is getting dark we need to cook the stuff before it gets too dark out. So he takes another bite of his sandwich before he goes in the house..again comments on how good it is. He says how bad is my life right now. I have a cooler full of beer, I have a great sandwich and I am cooking steak and corn..

So he goes in the house. I go to grab the food and I here something.
I go to the door and the cat comes out of no where cause he heard the noise too..

I look out the screen door and I see it.
It is freakin' huge. At first I wasn't sure if it really was a raccoon or not because how big it was.

There is a raccoon sitting on the hood of Mason's car trying to hoping the styrofoam container.

I yell to Mason saying you got to come see this..I am in shock how big it is. I start yelling at it from the inside of the house..cause I am not going outside to battle that thing. It was that big. I have seen bears smaller than this thing.

It just looks at me like I am annoying it. The cat looks at me and runs away and hides somewhere in the house.

So now I am just amazed by the whole process of it.

The raccoon opens the styrofoam container. Picks up the sandwich. Takes a bite, decides it is a great sandwich and the..wait for it. Shuts the container. It jumps off the car..still holding the sandwich in his massive paws/hands..Mason's cooler is sitting on the ground in front of his car. The raccoon opens the cooler puts his paw in the cooler and picks up a beer. I yell to Mason not only is he stealing your sandwich he is stealing your beer. The raccoon decides he can't pick up a beer to take with him so he shuts the cooler, takes another bite of the sandwich (at no point does he ever put down the sandwich) and looks at me..kinda gives me a nod, like he is saying thanks and walks off into the bushes.

Finally Mason comes out of where ever he was and I am just standing in disbelief. I recap the story to him and he doesn't believe me that the racoon shut the container. He goes out to his car sees the container is shut and also looks at the foot prints all over his car.

I said you need to see this thing..it is the king of all raccoons..what do we have in the fridge that we can put out so we can get it to come out.
So we find some sandwich meat. throw it out on the lawn and sure enough what is considered a regular size raccoon comes out. Mason says is that it. I said no that is a baby..He said no that is a full size. I said compared to the one that just took your sandwich that is a baby. We could here the big one russling between the bushes.

So next time I was near the restaurant where I got the sandwich I ordered another one of those great amazing sandwiches..wasn't good. I don't know what it was..but it was never the same after that.

Garbage Day YAY!!!

We have garbage pick up every 2 weeks. We are allowed 4 bags only.
We do have compost (food waste) pick up every week the same with recycling.

But Monday nights in our house every two weeks it's exciting, we are so happy to be getting rid of the bags.

We do not have a garage which causes problems with storing our garbage. We cannot leave the garbage in the garbage pails because the city will not collect garbage in pails. So it is just chaos.

I have to say we do recycle a lot more. I don't mind the green bin which is our compostable stuff. Just don't like the raccoons and such getting into it.
Now that winter is coming and it is colder out. We can move the green bin into the sunroom because it won't smell. Makes it a lot easier to get too and saves us from cleaning it up to get into our cars. Yes the nasty raccoons like to throw the green bin against our cars and spread the food out right where you need to step to get into your vehicle..and I am sorry but at 5:50am the last thing I want to be dealing with is garbage.

Those raccoons are huge too.. I have a story that I will share another day when I have the time to type it out.

Well it is what it is

I have removed all my scrapbook stuff from the living room and from the rec room.
It is all in my office / scrapbook room. It is all put away. Not necessarily properly but it is put away.

I have sorted my stamps though.

Lots more to do..but I am done for this weekend. I need to relax too.

I am sooo happy about the time change

I woke up at 9 something this morning..but really it was 8 something. It's only 9:15am..yay.

My body hurts..my legs specifically. I even made two teas because I didn't want to climb up on a chair to get down the pot. So I dirtied two cups instead..and I drink out of big mugs.

Shortly I have to get out of my recliner and get dressed and start all over.

I am not ready to try yet.
I am getting closer though.