It would be lovely to say we were on a break or vacation for our " winter Hiatus", but alas we were just here at home vegging ! January was just the daily grind of going to work, coming home cooking and not much else ! Hubby had a mild case of shingles. Thankfully it didn't bother him too much, or at least he didn't complain too much ! I've followed the American soap opera and am continually appalled. My eldest daughter and two sons marched at the Alberta Legislature with me on January 21st. I had knotty three 'pink pussy hats' My sons wore pink scarves. It was a good gathering., many families, many men. I hope my sons have been brought up to respect women and that all are equal. I took them all out for Vietnamese food afterwards. My husband's politics are 180* from ours. He has become very quiet as late. You cannot have such hate in your heart for one candidate that it obscures the faults of the opposition.
I cannot communicate with some web friends in the States as I am so disgusted with their politics. They are nice people but they are so blind as to what is going on.These three same 'friends' have done well under Obama; all will be in trouble if something drastic happens to Medicaid. And I will not be upset if they suffer as they have been so stupid !
In February we went through our finances with our financial advisor and it looks like we will' make it' as we are frugal ! Carol said if only all her other clients were debt free Ina mortgage free house and with savings ! I want to work one more year to put s one more money away. We are getting a new roof, the basement floor [ for the third time ! -- it better never flood again ! ] is going in this weekend , and then we'll shop for new furniture ! All the money has been saved for that. But I want money put aside for new windows and kitchen floor.
For. Hubby's 70th birthday we went to an Escapae Room which was fun. OGS picked the hardest room !! Then we met the rest of the family and bowled for 2 hours ! Lots of fun but I felt it the next day. Supper at The Keg was delicious ! So a very good day for Hubby and the family.
We had part of the family over for YS's birthday as it was on a weekday. Since then we've babysat, had sleepovers and dentist visits. Not very exciting, just ordinary every day life. I'm putting the hexagons on the last long side of the quilt. this part is going very slowly ! I'll have to look up some videos and see how I will finish it ! I had knit a shawl, but didn't like it so I ripped it all out !
It has snowed for three days; more snow than it has all winter and bitterly cold. YS was off work all last week which is why he was able to start on the flooring. This week it is supposed to warm up to above freezing so the roads will be a mess ! We do need moisture though as it has been a very dry winter around here. People at work are starting to talk of seeding . We want to see some greenery although we will have to go through that dirty ugly phase first. Actually we have already gone through a couple of weeks of brown sludge during the thaw. I"m anxious to see my Canada 150 tulips bloom !
Today I'll continue working on the quilt, clean bathrooms and maybe even clean out the fridge ! As we have our time change today, I'm thankful there is not much on tv tonight to keep me up as my system does not handle the time change ! No need for it anymore ! Sheesh I am getting old !
