Mcgrath sisters talk

  Your post Cathy, is that I was reveling in the thought today that it felt so good to have a day where nothing was going on and I could amuse myself downstairs.  Friday we went for pedicures again.  I picked what I thought would be a husky deep pink, but once the bottle was severely shaken it turned out to be a fluorescent red/orange.  Yesterday I met Gail for coffee after her stint at St. Norbert Market.  It was after 5:00 when I got home, but David wanted to go to Walmart, so off we go.  Got home just in time to turn on my Saturday evening shows, reconciling myself to a late supper, but there was a 15 minutes between shows, and got some chicken cooked, so all was well.  The episode of Midsumer Murders was one I had never seen, so--Bonus!  Evening ended with a treat considering my diet ( small treats are allowed once week, and I had 2 saved up)--A big glass of Southern Comfort over ice.  Oh my!  It was good.  Later I still ha...

  I didn’t realize how boring my life was until I tried to  Post about what I am doing!!  I wake up, put away the dishes, make the tea, take my pills (including the Tylenol!). Walk the dog, pick beans, freeze beans, sometimes vacuum, sometimes spot wash the floor. Today the liquor store was open so we went in and bought 2 (count them!) 2 kegs of wine. And now we have it they won’t go out on strike again😜. I should have weeded, but I used the weed wacker instead. (I had to restring it twice!). And now I am paying the price for doing too much. At least supper is ready to go ( the one (and only) advantage to hot dogs😜) I still have to water the garden and the flowers, but I will do it a bit later so the moisture won’t burn off. All the rain in the forecast is now gone, so watering it is☹️.  Life really is predictably boring!!  Love you

  Been amongst the missing lately, and I apologize.  These days I've either been very, very busy, or too tired to think.  We've had a lot of appointments this week.  David has been back to the dentist ( while I waited in Starbucks).  This morning I got a call from the dentist wanting to verify our phone number on the referral to the Denturist.  I hope we aren't looking at a "money pit", but fair's fair, --there's a small fortune in my mouth.  Prior to the dentist visit yesterday, we had a 6:15 appointment with the doctor.  However, it turns out our appointment was actually the day before.  He took us, anyway, and things appear fine.  Since Tuesday, between appointments, I've been freezing Blueberries.  I wash them, lay them out on a tinfoil tray, and freeze them.  As soon as they're frozen I measure them into servings and bag them. I bought 16 lb of them, but only have three trays, one about 1/2 size, so it is a somewhat length...

  Hi to you both, There was a time when the pictures of wine glasses and people   were of the three of us...ah, yes, I remember it well! But nevertheless, I loved your pose Cathy with Jim, and loved the wine goblets that were front and centre. Only, I had a hard time tasting the wine within...haha! Do not know if it is going to rain today, or be sunny or both, or maybe thunderstorms thrown in for good measure?  But we have already had the dogs for their walk to the Park, so all is well with them. On with my day which includes a trip to North Bay to celebrate Willie's Birthday with him today. Always try to see him on this day every year, not so much for lots of cake and presents (these will not be suddenly appearing) but a card for sure and a coffee together, and also just to see him to keep in touch. Take care and be good to yourself today. Love ❤

 Pati, you are right in telling us about   the days having a habit of going by quickly as I, too, think I have lots of time and after puttering doing this and that all morning , realize that it is already mid afternoon...so might as well sit out back under the umbrella and enjoy a little drink. We take the dogs out to sit with us as they love that. They each have a blanket and are tied with their harnesses so they will not suddenly run (which may happen if they see or hear a dog going by on the street)  But yesterday was different as I sat twiddling my thumbs in idle frustration. Light bulb moment! I went in and came back out with my sewing box and hexi quilt that is in progress. Why had I not thought of this before?? I sat happy as could be sewing more hexis onto the almost finished border and sipping from my wine goblet and generally enjoying the rest of the afternoon.  The tomatoes need some attention right now as they all need to be tied up - growing too much. Ma...

  Oh Cathy!  Jim having a bit of a blackout and falling is worrisome.  I hope he's willing to have it checked out, regardless of how minor the bruises are.  Everybody our age should treat falls with no obvious reason seriously. This has seemed like a very busy week, but a lot of that is catching up with the housework.  I've also been trying to follow my diet, yet again, and have been doing well--so far.  David is being very good about looking after his own meals, so much so that I quite willingly try to do all the clean up.  But, the hair cut that I desperately need is at the bottom of the list. However, I'm not ignoring self care.  Gave myself a mini-pedicure this morning, and I feel very virtuous about it.  The haircut?  Maybe next Friday. We had a bit if extra money this month, thanks to the casino, and I always believed that if you have a windfall--big or small, give yourself a treat with a small part of it.  (It says this in th...

 Jim took a tumble today. He was at the legion, and as he left he says he suddenly felt light headed and went down. He drove home and what I saw coming in the house was a face cut and bleeding in one side, a cut hand and he didn’t take off his pants  or jacket but judging by the dirt and gravel on them there are going to be bruises. He sure knows how to scare me. So instead of supper I fed him a fried smokie and left over, fried French fries. I have been going up and down stairs checking on him, but he seems okay. I swear our next house will NOT have stairs!! For my supper I had a “blast from the past”. A cheese whiz and jelly sandwich!    I used to have them at home, with the homemade crabapple jelly. Not sure what made me have one after all these years😜. Because I am having trouble walking Lucky we took him to the off leash park today. He didn’t run much but he sure checked out all the smells. He had his poop only part way down the park so I didn’t have to walk fa...