Unseasonal Weather

     I had a late rise this morning after a restless night. I had been to the West End Ball and didn't get home until almost midnight. Then my feet and legs were throbbing so much from all the dancing (even though I had a soak in the tub before bed) that I couldn't settle. It was 10:00 a.m. until I finally surfaced! Apart from a bit of ironing I have just spent the day catching up on the weekend newspapers.

    The weather has been very strange today. Yesterday was cool with a bitter wind and this morning it was still cold (5C) with rainy squalls and even some snow! It hasn't gotten any warmer since but there were a few blinks of sun this afternoon. Very unseasonal for the middle of May, I have the fire on tonight.

   Just coffee and a croissant for breakfast and homemade celery soup for lunch but I have a nice salmon fillet for dinner and will have it with quinoa and peas.

A Few Hours of Gardening

    Cut all the grass this afternoon and trimmed the borders and I am bushed! The grass was really long so it was a bit of a struggle to push the lawnmower around. Fortunately, I just have to heat up dinner and an "Outlander" episode is on TV tonight so I can relax on the couch for the next few hours.

   It started out rainy this morning and I was swithering whether to go to Fitness class or tennis. Then the rain stopped and the sun came out so, tennis it was! I was on the board this morning but it was an easy task - it was 10:00 a.m. until we got a couple of courts dry and people were slow to show up. By noon we had 24 people and all 5 courts filled so it was a fairly successful morning. It turned into a beautiful day, sunny and warm but quite windy. My new screen door kept blowing open, if you can believe. I hope it's not going to be a problem this summer. I took the cover off the air conditioning unit although I don't expect to be using it any time soon as the nights are still quite cool.

  

Hacked!!

    I have had a couple of nerve wracking days as my e-mail account was hacked on the weekend - my own fault, I clicked on something I shouldn't have. Everyone in my list of contacts got a message purporting to be from me saying I was stranded in the Philippines and needed cash to get home! I just hope no one fell for it as the message said I would repay them!

   I found out about it on Sunday and immediately changed my password. However, on Monday I also found my inbox was empty (very unusual) and Judy figured out that my mail had been forwarded to another e-mail address. She fixed it but I have no idea how many messages I've missed. I just hope there was nothing important!

   The weather continues sunny but cool. I did manage to sit outside for a while this afternoon but the wind is chilly. I never did get my jacket off at tennis this morning and there was a surprisingly small number of people at the courts. I went straight to Bridge lessons but only stayed until around 1:00 p.m. as I was almost falling asleep. Came home and had a nap then did a bit of weeding. Tomorrow is the pickup of garden refuse so I had a couple of bins filled.

   A nice dinner tonight - I baked a basa fillet with lemony green beans and a topping of chutney, wrapped in foil. It was perfectly cooked and very tasty. Basa doesn't have much taste so needs to be "gussied up". I had couscous and glazed carrots on the side.

  

Mother's Day

    The day started off sunny but cool - the wind felt like it was straight from the Arctic although it did get up to 16C this afternoon. I never did get out of my extra layers on the tennis court this morning although the others did. Home for 10:30 and spent half-an-hour waiting on the phone to ask Statistics Canada where my census form was. They are supposed to be returned, completed, by Tuesday. Seemingly some were late being sent so mine might be in that bunch. I will phone again on Tuesday if it has still not arrived.

   Lunch at Judy's - Dave cooked a turkey while she was doing a run, and delicious it was, with roasted veggies, kale salad, stuffing and cranberries. He's quite a talented cook! Coffee and dessert (mixed berry pie and ice cream) followed so I was well fed and came home with a beautiful Calla Lily from Steve. I also came home with the news that my e-mail account had been hacked - they all got messages that I was stranded in the Philippines and needed a cash transfer. I hope no one on my mailing list fell for it. I e-mailed everyone I could think of to let them know I was fine and at home. If I missed you, my apologies.