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Friday, 17 February 2017

TGIF

   I have been very lax with my blog posts this week - my only excuse, I have been out most evenings. Today's weather had a hint of Spring to it but we are still under a foot of snow so nothing is growing yet. The temperature is forecast to be all positive for the weekend which should help with the snow melt.

   Yesterday evening I was out "ushering" at Markham Theatre for a production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" - quite hilarious, I had never seen it before and it was very well done. The ushering duties were very light and I was able to watch the whole thing. A quieter day today - just Fitness class in the morning, a visit to the bank to make a deposit (I do most of my banking online) and a walk while the sun was shining.

   The afternoon was taken up with organizing the name tags for next week's RWTO lunch. Susan read me the names over the phone (about 96) which saved me making a trip to her house and I had the tags done by 4:30, all set for next Tuesday.

   I defrosted a piece of fish and some frozen spinach today which were transformed into a spinach dip which I served with naan and red pepper slices for dipping, and a delicious baked fish dish. I also roasted the rest of the red peppers before they got too soft and will use them in sandwiches next week.

   That's about it for another day!

Tuesday, 14 February 2017

On The Go

   I am finishing off a few grapes with my glass of red, seems a bit like overkill but there were some crackers and cheese until a few minutes ago. I really shouldn't overeat before dinner but it is going to be a pretty simple meal so no reason not to indulge.

    Busy today - out to tennis by 9:30 (after my usual yogurt, banana and peanut butter breakfast (I was going to make a smoothie but my immersion blende, which I love, was still dirty from blending the cauliflower soup yesterday), coffee in hand. Returned tired but happier with my play compared to last week, and a quick change before heading off to Bridge class. I learned a few new things and played a couple of hands with John. Don't know what we did right but we definitely came out on top - Samia overbid as usual! She never seems to learn.

   I caught a movie later in the afternoon - "Lion" - quite good. I would recommend it. I defrosted a few shrimp before I went out and will have that with lettuce, avocado and red pepper. There will be a snack before I go to bed!

  

Monday, 13 February 2017

Clearing the Snow

   I've had the mukluks on again today to clear the driveway - they're not true mukluks which are a type of moccasin, but they serve the same purpose, hence the name I use. The driveway only took me half-an-hour to clear using the snowblower but it doesn't do a great job, just moves the majority of the snow. I went out later this afternoon to scrape off what was left. The sun had been shining for a couple of hours which made the job easier. Tomorrow rain is forecast so I did not want everything freezing solid!

   Bridge this afternoon - terrible cards and I had some bad hands. We have to miss next Monday as it is a civic holiday but I will play on Thursday instead.

   So that was my day!

Sunday, 12 February 2017

Painting Done

    I had a sleep in this morning, not getting up until 9:00 a.m. I had stayed up late watching D.I. Banks again until midnight. Breakfast was my weekend favourite, a cheese, mushroom and green onion omelet in a croissant. During the week I am very restrained, usually only have a banana and yogurt for breakfast, but on the weekend I like to indulge myself - yesterday was sausages and a fried egg. I even have a glass of orange juice followed by coffee! 

   It has snowed all day, big fluffy flakes that quickly accumulated, and I finally went out around 4:00 p.m. to clean off the car and do a little shovelling. We must have got abut 10 cms. I will plug in the battery for the snow blower before I go to bed tonight and clear the driveway tomorrow morning.

   The painting job is done and the colour is perfect! It's called Aria Ivory by Behr, much warmer than the colour I have been using, and I think I will be using it all over the house in the future. I got two doorways done (just the trim) and plan to paint the cupboards in the laundry room another day. I will have to wait until warmer weather to do the last doorway as it is the outside door and I will need to have the door open to the elements to get it done. The paint brush is cleaned for its next use and the doors back on their hinges - a good day's work!

   Salmon and green beans for dinner tonight - a nice easy meal and one of my favourites.


My pool is under there somewhere! You can just see my footprints where I went out to the composter with some veggie scraps.

I needed to wear my mukluks to venture out today.