Brr . . . it's really cold outside this morning. Its just one above freezing and the weather app on my computer says it feels like -15 because of the wind that is blowing. It blew all night, making all sorts of weird noises, keeping the cats quite interested. There is nothing they love more than things that go bump in the night. And things that crawl.
Just so long as they don't crawl on me. I hate things that crawl being in the house. I get that from my mother. She had a big fly swatter, and she used it. On everything. Spiders, flies, ear wigs, unidentifiable balls of fluff. She once killed a mouse that got in the house with her fly swatter. I wasn't there but I bet that fly swatter was swatting beyond the speed of light. Poor wee mouse. Poor mom.
The house she lived in up Nictaux way used to get bats in it periodically. She once went to pick what she thought was a dead leaf off one of her houseplants and it was a hanging bat. We bought that house off her back in the 90's and I can remember sitting on the sofa watching television one night when Eileen said to me, Mom I see a bat. I told her it was probably just her imagination. A few minutes later she said, no it's not and it's coming down the stairs and so it was. A nice big bat flying down the stairs right at us. You never saw three people move as fast in your life as we did.
Doug was not home. It was just Eileen, myself and my youngest son. We moved so fast. I was on the floor screaming and holding a pillow over my head and the other two were out the door. The cat was chasing it. It just kept swooping down and every time it did I screamed.
My youngest son ran down to a neighbor, and the old man came over. He turned on the light in the kitchen and the bat landed on the wall. He swatted it with a broom to stun it and took it outside. Problem solved.
There is a place for bats and mice and spiders and flies . . . earwigs too, and it's not in my house.
I had such a busy day yesterday and a sleepy day as well. I did do another video for YouTube, but its just a talky one, introducing a few ingredients that I have gotten in to do some Christmas baking with (ie fruitcakes and Christmas pudding, mincemeat). I also introduced some of my favorite British cookbook authors and my favorites of their books. I thought if anyone wanted to get a lover of British food a gift, these books might be welcome. That sort of thing.
I do plan on doing a cooking one later in the week. I have my recipe all sorted, etc. Even though I am not really good at making them, these videos do take a bit of planning on my part. Even the talkie one I did yesterday.
And bless his heart, Eldon Schmidt is always the first one to comment. He is a faithful friend. His mother and my mother used to work together on the base many years ago. I don't remember Eldon that well from School, nor his sister either. I just remember him as being quite tall and a bit robust. I was too wrapped around my high school boyfriend to notice anyone else, and more than a bit shy. Anyways, Eldon is always so enthusiastic when I do a new video, and it is much appreciated. He makes me smile.
I will be going out to dinner with Cindy, Dan and Dad today. It will be an earlyish supper. Dad wants to go to New Minas to look at computer chairs at Staples, and then he wants to take us to an early supper at Swiss Chalet. As I said yesterday, he saw their Festive Menu advertised on the television and expressed a desire to have one. None of us have ever really enjoyed the meals we have had there in recent years, not even dad, but he does want to go. And we want what he wants. He doesn't ask for much out of life and if it is the Festive dinner at Swiss Chalet, so be it. It's about being together more than anything and building memories together.
Maybe this time the food will actually be okay. We shall see! They have Lindt Truffles, and those can't be bad.
They have assured me I will be back home before 7 pm, so I am confident I will be back before my Dr's appointment on the phone.
My brother hasn't heard back from his CT scan yet. I am praying for the best possible outcome, and that it is just one mass and treatable, not two. I am sure he is more than a bit anxious about it. Please continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
That is the ages we are getting to now. Where things can and will go wrong. It is inevitable that if you live long enough these things will crop up. Our bodies are aging. He is quite a fit man, however so hopefully all will be well.
I finished the Love is Blind Habiba, and started Love is Blind Argentina. I was never a reality television person. I've never liked shows like Big Brother or I'm a Celebrity. I have never been able to get into The Circle . . . but I do like these dating shows for some reason. The couples that do make it and get married do really well and I am happy for them, and sometimes they are the ones that you thought would be least likely to make it through.
I never really dated. Not ever. I know that sounds strange. There was no place to really go to, to go on dates, here where I grew up. Basically, what you did was to hang out together, and go to dances when they had one going at the local rec center.
I married right out of trade school and then went back home to my parents when that failed and then went with my second husband (who had been my first boyfriend ever) from there and then again back home to my mom's and then to England from there. No dating.
There was no woo-ing or courting really. Three boyfriends, three marriages, three failures. None of them worked out. That's okay. It was not meant to be.
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It is a good thing that you are happy on your own.And I agree if you have to give T half.. NO way José.You have earned all this.You treated him like gold. Im not over it obviously :)Have fun tonight! Does Eldon live near you? He could be a good friend?:)
ReplyDeleteI am not totally over it either, lol. Eldon lives in Ontario, but we are good online friends. xoxo
Delete-6 when I got up at 6 am, now about 5 Celsius with a lovely clear blue sky and sunny. Enjoy the company at dinner tonight, and hopefully the dinner will be good too. If you use your cell phone it doesn't matter where you are for a phone call, a different thing if it is a land line. I enjoyed your video, loved the reindeer antler headband.
ReplyDeleteIt was totally frigid all day long yesterday. I was glad of my coat! Thanks so much for your comment re the video Linda!! the antlers were a bit of fun that I enjoyed! xoxo
DeleteMy sister has never married. She was in a long term relationship. They "dated" for 4 years. She lived with him for 7 months. Then they broke up for a time and eventually she started up with him. I think it was around 8 years total. She eventually got tired of him and has been by herself since. She doesn't miss the relationship. Sometimes she says she wishes she had someone to go on vacation with. LOL She also has a brother and sister ginger pair of cats. You remind me of each other.
ReplyDeleteYes, it would be nice to have someone to go on vacation with. (ie. to do the driving, lol) xoxo
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