Life in the Senior lane

 January 15 Temperature: - 32C windchill -36C Feels balmy today. Had an early morning Dr. appointment, then home to help move. Well, they were done with this part of the move and were just leaving to get the rest out of storage.  Sat and thought about where to start. Decided to start with GD room. Gave it a good “spring clean” then moved stuff in.  Was pooped so left the rest. Watched a bit of tv. Went for a walk. January 16 Temperature: -17 C Continued on with the moving and filling bags with unneeded, unwanted stuff. Cleaned the fish tank. Hermie was happy. Stiff from yesterday so not much done. January 17 Temperature: -16.9 C  Back to moving things around, getting rid of things. Still rather stiff.  Brought in some of the Christmas decorations from outside. Got off as much snow as I could outside. The rest will melt off inside. Moved my bedroom around to the way it was. Wiped water up from the decorations. Started making them smaller. January 18 Today my middle brother would have be

 January 8 Temperature: -12.9C Back to driving the GD to school. Only a few days left till they move. I love my GD and enjoy our conversations. I just am done with driving to the city every day.  On the way home, I stopped at Co-op. It is their 10 for $10 sale. I scored quite a bit. Various beans, tomato sauce, rice, bread, milk, ribs etc.Later in the week I may go back. Son1 brought extra food home from work, mashed potatoes and broccoli. I will use the mashed potatoes to  make potato cakes. They will go in the freezer. The broccoli and chicken I baked on the weekend, will be made into a casserole. I am going to have to make a trip to DDs to use the freezer there.  January 9 Temperature: -14 C Getting to be a busy week. The house is a shambles as we get closer to Son1s move date. Not too bad out today, though I am tired of the dull days. Many people out walking. Did some housework, knitted and watched a bit of Netflix. GD is getting home later and later each night. Working two jobs ca

January First Week Temperature: -1.4 C New Years Day found only a few here. GD and BF left to go to a brunch. Son1 left to take GS2 back home to moms. Quiet day and a good day to get rid of Christmas. After which I bummed around knitting and watching Netflix. January 2nd Temperature: 0.4 C GD stayed in her room all day. Getting organized for their move. I cleaned up, did laundry and bummed around.  January 3rd Temperature: -4.4 C Great day. Went out a bit - just because I can. D, GD and I went out for brunch. After, we went shopping. It was a rather enjoyable relaxing day. The girls took off together after. I came home to plan my 2024 temperature blanket.  January 4th Temperature: -6.8 Coldish today, but, wind blowing a Holley. Worked on my budget. Not good from last year. Budget was smashed beyond repair. This year I am determined to do better. GD asked if I was ready to go. What??? She had an appointment to get her lashes done. Another day, another trip. January 5th Temperature: -4C

 May and June were very hot here.  Not so much July and August. It was warm but not like it is usually. September and October again not as hot as usual. I retired in August. I also turned the big 70. We went to the cottage for a week. Lake Winnipeg is the 11th largest lake in the world. Needless to say there were lots of little rain storms each day, but not enough to dampen all the fun. Paddle boarding, kayaking, canoeing, fires, s’mores, each grandchild got to pick their favourite supper on one night each. That made it easy for dinners lol. My husbands brother and wife also came. The kids were happy to see them….until uncle decided that he was in charge. If we let him have his way, the kids and the rest of us would be inside playing games. He and his wife are very old fashion. Ah over all it was a blast. Next up has been getting into the groove of being retired. Not sure what to do with myself other than regular every day chores. I think I may look for another part time job. I would v

 Well, let’s see if I can post or not.

 For the past year I have been blogging but it didn’t go anywhere. It sitting in draft form. Anyway I will try again.