Mcgrath sisters talk

 All the best to you, your family and friends. Love you♥️♥️♥️. (Darn dog woke me up…. First time I’ve seen the new year arrive in ages😊)

  Not that I’ve posted much recently. I’ve been trying to downsize but I am not getting very far. So far I’ve just moved stuff into a spare bedroom. I need someone to stand over me and say “garbage” or “donate”. I think a good portion will be garbage.  I had a hard fall yesterday. I had a hot bath and was in bed by 8pm. Poor Lucky. He got me up around 11pm to go out but he came right back and went to sleep. I took him for a walk this morning. We stuck to the road and stayed out of the fields. I was able to walk farther than I expected, but I sat down when I got home. I didn’t bother blowing up the tires on the car this morning. I’m not going out today so I figured it could wait until this afternoon or even tomorrow morning. The Legion Levy is 1 -4 on New Years Day and I plan on going. Wednesday is haircut day 😊 and go to the bank to discuss my mortgage day☹️. But it is a new year. Things are going to get better.  Happy New Year. Love you♥️

  Yesterday I forgot to mention that I've become concerned about how much money we've been spending on muffins.  So I decided to try baking them on my own.  We got rid of all my baking pans at the garage sale so had to make a trip to Dollarama for a new one.  It's silicone and soft and wiggly, but also dishwasher safe.  I've made some Blueberry muffins that didn't rise very well.  Turned out the baking powder was over a year past it's "best before" date.  Went out and bought more. I've found recipes on-line for Banana Chocolate Chip, Chocolate, and another Blueberry that uses frozen berries rather than thawed--great--as all of mine are Frozen.  I'm also going to look for a recipe for Bran, but not today.

Yes, things went well.  We've spent most of the last week at home, except for a grocery run on Boxing Day.  The grocery store was quite empty, and some customers were talking to each other about how nice it was to shop with so few customers.  Our freezer is getting empty faster than we had anticipated, so we did a bit of stock up.  We also bought veggies for a stew using some hamburger that's been in the freezer a little too long.  This meant that we did the stew today--enough to need two slow cookers to handle it all.  It's quite a challenge finding meals that David can eat with all the extractions he's had. The meal at the hotel Monday evening was wonderful.  David got all the Wine Garlic Shrimp he wanted, as did I.  The turkey looked pitiful-just threads of meat, but as we were moving through the buffet line, another huge roast turkey appeared.  But by that time I had spotted the ham.  There were several very interesting vegetable dis...

  No, I am not the Monarch, nor the Prime Minister but instead.....your dear sister sending a Christmas greeting to you both. Whatever our individual plans may be, I wish you a very safe and very peaceful Christmas for this evening, Christmas Eve, and for tomorrow, Christmas Day. Funny that as I walked the dogs today and thought of Christmas Eve, my memories went into overtime and there we were at home on Christmas Eve, looking out the window for Grandma Harland, and Auntie Joan to pull up and come into the house to visit. It was always such a familiar and welcome event. And I shall forever remember the scent of the perfume English Lavender drifting through the air as refreshing as the evening had been anticipated. Time to go... Happy thoughts ....Love XX 💕

  Good day to you both, After several days of planning, this morning I accomplished my goal...to bake and create a Christmas Yule Log. So it is not the usual looking store bought Log that one spots in the Grocery stores around this time...mine was made to be specifically Lemon/Poppy seed to please the desires and likes of its intended Family recipients on Christmas Day. So here is a picture... I am pleased in spite of some setbacks with rolling, but in general I think it is acceptable fare. Merry Christmas ...🎄

The last week has been a marathon of "twosie-foursie" piecing  .  My scrap drawer was stuffed full of bits of fabric.  This type of piecing has me taking all of the scraps onto my table or sewing machine, and then picking up two pieces and sewing them together--some how.  When ALL of the pieces are sewn together, and the seams pressed, each piece of two, a twosie, is sewn to another piece of two into a foursie.  Then on to eightsies and so on until you have pieces large enough to cut out your final desirable piece--in my case a 9 1/2" square.  Very labour intensive.  Time that could have been spent purging.  But we've done enough purging lately that we should be able to take two large bags to the thrift store tomorrow. The Christmas treats are more plentiful than the last few years.  We've eaten  24 the tarts from a full jar of mincemeat, and I've been asked to make more.  Yes, purging involves emptying all of the jars hidden under ...