Hi friends old and new,
On the advice of my trusted blogging friend, Herman, I’ve moved to Bloggers. Those who found this blog via the old address (which was originally MSN Spaces) can find me at http://flyladyfaye.blogspot.com/.
I hope to keep this space only to re-read any old blogs I have written. See you at at my new flyspot!
Hugs, Faye (aka flyladyfaye)
Hi all,
Just when I want to start blogging again things are changed! This time I’m not even in MSN Spaces. Just leaving a note if any of my “old” blogging friends find me. I don’t think I even have address’ to your blogs anymore. Of course I didn’t copy them before I moved here. They are now lost in cyber space. Many of you are on my facebook. If I don’t here from any of you before the new year I will track you all down! Love you all. Faye
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Crazy weather we are having. Two days ago it was very late spring like. The air was unseasonably warm, all but a rare patch of snow was to be found. People were Barbequing and those not at work were out walking and enjoying the day. I had to look at the calendar to know what month it was! It felt more like mid April. I took the opportunity to get some unusual pictures, for late January, around the yard.
That same night it began with flurries, than by morning it was really heavy and by the afternoon the wind had picked up. It snowed and blew it around all day and into the night. By yesterday afternoon the wind had died down and after another round of scooping the snow drifts off the deck I got out the camera again and took the “after” pictures. What a difference two days can make!
No new news. The kids are moved in their own home as I said in last blog. Two more weeks of work at the store and I’ll have a week mid-winter holiday. Not going anywhere, just thought by mid February I’d get the "blahs" and not want to go/do anything so picked that date. Hopefully though I’ll get the inclination to finish painting the kitchen I started almost a year ago if not maybe a year!
Well so much for regular blogging L Oh well “I’m here” but of course it’s not spring/summer like the picture above though the winter so far (knock on wood) has been reasonably mild and dry. We got rain whereas the States and other parts of Canada got lots of snow and bitter cold weather. That doesn’t say we won’t be “hit” come February or March!
I have resumed taking Sign Language classes for the winter months. This is the third winter, by now I thought I’d be able to “talk” sign but without practice with someone or reviewing through the year it didn’t happen. Though I am surprised at what I did retain. Reading finger spelling is my down fall. I can finger spell, though slowly, I just can’t seem to catch on reading someone else. I always think of Millie when I take classes as she was so kind and thoughtful to send some of her books from when she taught sign. Thanks Millie!
I am still trying to get the house and dungeon (alias basement) de-cluttered) I’ve joined “Freecycle” but so far only was able to part with one game. I got a new wood file cabinet for Christmas so posted the old metal one. Two people responded but couldn’t get out east were I live and wondered if I could deliver it to “town” but that couldn’t happen, so I guess it’s bound to be recycled with the metal pick-up on “blue bag” day. Yesterday I did go through shelves of books in the basement and got a box of magazines and a good size pile of books to get rid of. Just have to check out our waste watch site to find what goes into a bluebag and what is trash. Another sea glass collector came by and unburdened me of all my many jars of sea glass except some favourite pieces. She is one of the organizers of our Sea Glass Festival. Some she will use, some for a craft that she will teach next year at Community School and the remaining will be for “planting” at the Sea Glass Festival for the children’s scavenging hunt in the summer. I took some of my sea glass to this same woman before Christmas to make four sets of pendants/earrings for a friend, my daughters and daughter-in-law for Christmas presents. Pink for Megan, yellow for Krista, mauve for Adina and grey for my friend. I think they appreciated that it was from my own sea glass I had gathered on local beaches.
The biggest news in our family is our son and DIL buying there first home. It’s on the other side of Ch’town but it is on the Island. Next weekend we will be helping them move in. They will need lots of stuff as it’s a four bedroom home.
Hope all my friends have a great day!
Signing off,
Faye
Wow! Two weeks in a row I am blogging. Go me!
It was a busy week at work, a bit stressful, but still enjoy working at the store. As I said last week, Mr. & Mrs. Boss went to a trade show in Calgary. I got by grinding the hamburger with out any injuries. Kept the meat and produce coolers looking presentable.
A couple glitches in our plans though.
1) If I ran out of anything from Tuesday’s order I could always order from our other supplier on Thursday. This didn’t happen. Mr. Boss knew before he left that this this company would be closing down in the next couple weeks but all of a sudden I found out it was closing Saturday and our sales rep called and told me there wasn’t much sense in ordering as it was all but cleared out. Our store is “Clover Farm” a low rung on the big corporation of “Sobeys“.
2) Mrs. Boss had the schedule for the week to make sure I had lots of help for the freight order to come in this coming Tuesday. I was informed by the truck driver that because Wednesday is Remembrance Day the all the delivery days would change. Ours is coming tomorrow. So that leaves me with one clerk who’ll be mostly on cash. So "Moi" will be left to put away most of the order. Only it wouldn’t hurt to be left ‘til Tuesday if I can’t get it done on Monday. I will also be busy with doing up the new produce and grinding fresh burger etc. that will arrive with Monday’s order. Also I usually send my order on Monday for Tuesday delivery but had to do it Friday, guessing how much will sell over the weekend, especially the cigarettes. Oh well all will turn out when the real bosses come back on Tuesday and I will resume my role as grocery manager only and let Mr. Boss look after the meat and produce end of it. Thanks to the hardware man, Howard, who came to my side as butcher to cut up roasts & steaks. Mr. Boss I guess thought leaving me alone with a big bad grinder was enough without putting a great big sharp knife in my hands lol.
Though I made it through the week at the store without injury not so cleaning my dad’s house on Wednesday afternoon. His cat, Patch, is a one person cat, Dad, but over the year she has been slowly letting me give her an occasional pat. Wednesday when I went to pat her she made a swipe at me, (she’s declawed) so when she does this I just put my hand palm down in front of her and she would smell it and that would be that. Not so this week. Without warning she grabbed my hand with her mouth and bit in with all her teeth as hard as she could. Boy did that hurt! My hand immediately swelled up I thought it was going to burst. That evening it was still swollen, red and bruised. Paul thought I should see the doctor but I figured what could he do but tell me to put on cold compresses (which I did at home) and ask about a tetanus shot (you can only get it every 5 years) which I figured I had about 4 years ago after infection from stabbing myself in the foot with a hundred year old pitch fork Paul’s grandfather used on the pig farm and I used for compost. Even Thursday night it was still inflamed and a bit swollen but today, though tender to touch is back to normal.
Other than that it’s been a normal week. (what’s “normal” anyway?) Cleaned house yesterday and raked up 3 bags of leaves from the flower beds in the afternoon and two before church this am. We have “Island Waste Watch” this includes blue bag pick-up once a month, black bin (trash), and green bin (compost) every alternate week. Twice a year are big clean ups: fall and spring with Metal, Compost & Trash pick ups over a three week period. This coming week is compost. Leaves have to be in large paper recycling bags. Don’t know which day they will be in our area but at least I have a quite a bit done. A couple more beds and then all the needles around the trees if I have time, the weather’s good and I’m not to tired after work.
Well Bible Study at seven and Desperate Housewives at 10 so I guess I’ll post this and have an afternoon nap before supper. What’s for supper? Good question, I’ll surprise Paul & I the last minute LOL
