A new month !! It's a beautiful day up in Alberta. -4* going up to 0 with beutiful blue skies. OF course as typical Albertans we worry what the weather will be by the end of the month. Our winter, especially in comparison to Central Canada and the eastern seaboard has been relatively mild.
Today we are having the whole family over to celebrate YS's birthday. It is hard to believe that our youngest is 32. Friday night he was out with friends; yesterday we all did housework and relaxed. Today we have YGS as is usual. We went out to do a few groceries and the chilli is on simmering away. I'll just have to make a salad, cut the French bread and stick a candle on the cake.
The pink scarf is finished and I've started another with 5 different colours of cotton wool. By the time I finish that there should not be any need for a scarf ! Here's hoping.Slowly, slowly my stash of wool is decreasing.
When I am at work, 80% of my time is spent in an inner room with no windows. Even when walking the children back to their classrooms, I don't notice the sunshine. It has been susch a delight to be home and about with the sun's rays getting stronger and stronger. It will be another 3 months before plants will be put into the ground. We have a lot of landscaping to figure out for the front yard after the foundation was dug out to replace the weeping tile and install a sump pump. I am already imagining what I'[m going to move, from where and what we will need to save for. Imagining is all we can do as there is still 2 feet+ of snow on the ground. We normally get a good dump of snow right around the Spring Equinox so even if all this would melt, there is always a promise of more to come.
Many years ago, Canadians used to buy Canada Savings Bonds which now pay only 0.4%. We just got a letter from the Bank of Montreal that they are raisign their interests rates on Mastercard to over 19% ! Quite unbelievable ! We have only used MC in an emergency and it was an easy way to pay the lawyer . Even a cheque is now so expensive to write. Cards are a necessary evil if you are traveling or booking on line; They make a fortune for the banks while they rob people !
Oh well, the boy isn't having quiet time today.He was just going off when his Dad arrived. He has to go back to work later tonight. Now he's ready for another snack. Off I go !
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