A Whole Room Done !

This morning I woke with a headache which is still with me.  Today was too lovely a day to be spent dwelling on a headache and was meant to be lived.

It was lovely out today with not a breeze in the air and a full sky of blue & sunshine first thing this morning.

A friend of mine had been Snowbirding in Florida all Winter (lucky gal especially with the Winter we had), and just returned back home a week ago.  She had contacted me this morning to see if we could get together for a coffee.  Since I have such a busy week ahead I thought I best go today or it might never happen.  We decided to meet at a coffee shop in Owen Sound as I had to go into Staples there anyhow for a return item. 

Sharon is a sewer (I am way so lucky to have so many talented crafty friends, have I mentioned this before?), who had also been busy sewing as well as enjoying her retreat in Florida this Winter.  Sharon so thoughtfully made me a pocket clutch with Crab material since we are such Crabby Cabbie people, Rob & I.  Check out the cool Crab Charm that went on the zipper.  Thanks Sharon I definitely will be putting this lovely gift to a good use.

After my cuppa tea with Sharon, I had a couple of errands to do.  I ran into another friend in the No Frills parking lot which was also a nice treat for me to touch base with her.  Finally I did arrive home well after lunch time.

Despite the headache and being tired I had things to do today, so I got going with the laundry and FINALLY finished cleaning the bathroom and washing the floor !!!  A whole room done !  it is hard for me to believe.

I also managed to get a phone call in with my oldest Sister, Jeanne, and then later my other sister, Donna.

Donna's husband has been really ill the past week to the point of being hospitalized, so I had called her to get an update on his health.  Unfortunately the infection he had in his leg had not been any better, and he had to return back to the Hospital today as there had been a complication with his IV and leg wound.  He had somehow gotten an infection in his leg, that was so bad the Disease Control had taken a photo of it since it had been the worse case of Staph infection they had ever came across.  I will call her when I am done my post to get a more recent update.  Any infection is always a worry, never mind one that has gotten very serious.

However tired I might be we still need some Dinner.  I had some Cottage Cheese in the fridge, so why not use it up by throwing together a Lasagna.

I took out homemade tomato sauce I had frozen, along with some hamburger.  Herbs added along with mushrooms to the sauce while the ground beef browned with diced onion.  

Once it was put all together it was popped into the oven for 30 minutes until heated through.  After setting 10 minutes it was ready to be served.  Very good it was too !

With a full day yesterday, and another one today I find myself again all in but for my shirttail, Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard.

Haunting ....

... headaches that made me loose almost another whole day.  I woke up with another headache, making my head spin thinking do I go back to bed or go forward?  I had to go forward.

I had to fast as this morning I was heading down to the Hospital to have blood work done.  I am going for a Stress test in April, so I thought I would get the blood work prior to it coming around so I wouldn't forget by then.  I made one more stop then headed back home.  Nothing got done the remainder of the day other then the bed made, until about 3 pm when I began feeling a bit better.  Dinner had to be made, as we still have to eat so that was on my mind to get that done.

The Appliance Repairman that Whirlpool had contact me prior to Christmas came today to replace the Motherboard in my not yet 1 year old oven range.  Let's hope this works and the Convection Oven feature, the reason I purchased this true Convection model, actually works the way it is suppose to now.  The only thing is I have to bake something to find out ... stay tuned for some LOW FAT dessert being made.

Lasagna was to be made yesterday, but I was worse yesterday so today it had to be made.

Ground Beef fried up with an onion, drained and spaghetti sauce added.  Cottage cheese mixed in with one egg before the layering began.  Bottom of pan was covered slightly with some sauce before the first layer of noodles.  Next meat sauce, cottage cheese and a layer of shredded mozzarella, cheddar & provolone.  One more layer added before it was Oven Ready.

Covered with Foil and put into a 325*F Convection Oven for 1/2 hour.  Uncovered  & baked for a further 10 minutes, then taken out of Oven to sit for 5 minutes to set.  Oh it was soooo GOOD !

We had LOTS of HAPPY MAIL today !!!   Two pieces for Rob & Four for ME !!

Rob got a Birthday Card from Auntie Gladys & Uncle Basil.  Him and Bandit also got a Valentine from Briar too.  Lucky guys.

I got ALL this mail from Chloe & Briar !  Lucky lucky me ... thank you girls.  I LOVE YOU too !

When Rob and I had gone down to have dinner with the kids a couple of weeks ago, I had left Liz and Paul with Valentine's Treats for the whole gang.

The whole gang, Briar, Chloe, Josh, Aiden & Connor received their packages from Rob & I today.  I had wanted them to have them early so they could make out their Valentines Cards & each have a bag next week to take to school for their Valentines.  The bags were pretty cool, as they came with Markers that they can colour in.

Our Aiden & Connor seemed quite pleased with their Valentine Goodies from Grandma & Poppa.

What a nice ending of photos & Happy Mail to an otherwise rather bleak beginning of my day.  Here is to hoping the headaches subside to give me a much needed break and I can get something done tomorrow, "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".