November Already - and onto the Dreaded Time Change !! It's time to get rid of it as all the research shows it causes more accidents, more suicides and we don't save any energy !! My friend who grew up on a dairy farm says the cows never changed to the new time and it caused them more grief ! WE didn't change the alarm clock so I had thought I actually 'slept' in -- 5 am is sleeping in for me. OOps it was really now 4 am.
A busy week that went quite quickly. YS broke his finger on Monday; not a bad break but it hampered his work the rest of the week.Car registration was done on Wednesday so that was out of the way. I'm not sure if YS did his. Must remind him today.
ON Friday our staff all dressed up as minions with the admin as Gru. It was fun although I couldn't stay for the photo as I had my doctor's appointment.Our family doctor is the best injectionist . You are barely aware that a needle has been poked into you ! I had my senior's Flu Shot and then had the growth behind my ear removed. The doctor also visits all his patients in two local nursing homes every Friday. I learnt this because he says that all the nurses, in both homes. were dressed as witches !!
Saturday was just spent vegging out. I find I need at least one day to do nothing. Guess I am getting old. I have lots of plans for today. Making bread, maybe some buns and cinnamon buns, a banana bread and do something with some ripe pears. I think a ham casserole for supper tonight and some ham, lentil soup for lunch. The paint has been found !! Now to get the oomph to get the little bit of painting I want done, done !
Later today I will write a letter to one of my former students who returned to Germany. The family split;Dad and older sister stayed here and Mom and Joel went back. I was so sad when he left . It will be good to correspond with him.
It was a busy Halloween with more kids here at this door than in other years. We went over to see ED's house. She had the best decorations ! A Butler[ Alfred] with a crow on his shoulder that spoke and moved. Benjamin - a skeleton that was crawling out from a tombstone and of course it was one of our old real tombstones ! LOL Apparently it even scared some dads ! YGS had a good time. He just loves the decorations and had to stop and examine all of them. He had spent the day with his other grandparents so was quite wound up. We left a bowl filled with candy on the front step. When we returned we could see that some had been taken. I refilled the bowl twice during the evening. As I was talking to YS I could hear bigger kids and went to the door. Not only had these boys taken all of the candy, but the bowl as well. I yelled at them- one was just by the step and was quite embarrassed- and eventually one brought back the bowl. Now the bowl was worth nothing, jut a cheap plastic $1 store one but it was the principle of the thing. I noticed this am that it is broken and will have to be thrown out. It just annoyed me that they were so greedy. But really, considering what has happened to other people on Halloween with vandalism, it was a minor thing.
The little house next door is being rented for $1 800 a month !! it is only 900 sq.ft although the basement is fully developed. We've seen one person being shown through so far. The house has been, or will be by November 15th, totally repainted and all new flooring as well as at least one bathroom having been redone. Grass was cut last week. I must check to see if he has pruned the suckers from the choke cherry tree. The owner was pacing the backyard one afternoon probably wondering why it was such a mess ! I wonder if he ever came by to check on the condition or just didn't bother as long as he had the rent check . It has cost him a lot of money to bring the house up to standard to rent out again.
UPDATE I am a morning person living with night people who ..gasp.. sleep in ! So instead of writing about what I planned to do - I actually left the computer, got out the paint and the baseboards have been done in the downstairs bathroom. The ham has been cut off for the casserole and the ham bone is simmering away for soup. Once Hubby is up I'll tackle the window frame in our bedroom. The blinds have worn away the paint so I'll smarten that up. Ii just need the margarine brought up from the freezer and this afternoon I can start to bake. There, feeling better all ready.
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