Hello Old Friend

After two days of migraines they finally took their toll on me, but in a good way as I slept the whole night through until 4:30 am this morning.  I needed that sleep, and having it certainly had paid off for me today.

I finally had some energy to get a few things done around here and onein particular thing I have been wanting to get started on ...

Today I reunited with my Old Friend the Treadmill .... "hello old friend".  My goal today was 3 x 10 minutes.  I only have one more 10 min. segment to do.  The first two went pretty well as I had some Jukebox tunes going on my laptop and my Mascot looking on.

I also started a New Facebook Group this morning, called Dropping Weight Sensibly.  I  have created this group for myself and others who would like to share about their inspirations, challenges, goals, methods, achievements, or anything to do with loosing weight and maintaining their ideal weight once there.  Only encouragement, NEVER criticism, is welcome within this group.  Should anyone like to join along with me in this group, please feel free to do so by going HERE.

I had a cupboard, or should I say I have a few cupboards, I want to get decluttered and cleaned out.  Today I managed to get one done along with one section of the counter top.

This portion of the counter top all cleaned and organized (for now), and  the one large cupboard done with before & after photos.  I was happy to have gotten this done.

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Rob had ordered wood last week, since he was too busy last year to get some cut in our own bush.  Since running out of propane 2 weeks ago, and down to our last couple of cords, we definitely needed wood especially with this "Deep Freeze & Blizzard Weather" we are experiencing this Winter.

Rob had just gotten home late this afternoon when the truck of wood arrived right after him.  This will keep us quite nice and cozy for the remainder of this Winter.  Truly the wood stove is messy and a bit of work, but I really do not know how my body could manage without the heat from it that it loves so much.  It warms the Soul.

Yes we are experiencing high winds and now lots more snow.  One second it could be clear with the next being a completely different view.

The highway in front of our house had been closed up this afternoon before 2 pm.  There was a report of two bad accidents North of The Checkerboard, up above and in Ferndale this afternoon.  Apparently the Orange Helicopter had been called into one, and the other a Fire Truck had collided with the accident vehicles (Disclosure: I had heard this by way of "hear say", not any Policing Official).

While I got an early Dinner going for us, a very tired husband made himself comfortable in my spot on the couch.

Not only was my Rob enjoying my spot, he was also enjoying checking out any text messages I had received on my iphone .... *sigh* nothing is secret around this place.

Speaking about nosey people, do you ever wonder why some people who do not want anything to do with you in person or otherwise, but find they are looking in at you in what they think is a "sneaky" manner thinking you do not know about?  I have a couple people like that I have found out, dropping in on my blog, and checking out my profile on other Social Media sites.  It amazing how nosey some people really are.  Would this mean they have no life of their own?  I am not too sure ... myself I have been curious about people I have met, or wanted to find more about for something I need, however if I have decided someone is no longer in my life for a negative reason, or such, I do not go seeking them out or try to find out what they are doing, as why for ?

Just my thoughts nothing that is going to make or break my Life with wonderful positive family and friends who I love, and receive their love back.

Where did that little rant come from? just finding out someone who can't be bothered with me looking up my profile, and knowing someone else who can not be civil to me in public but reads my blog posts, this is where it came from. Enough of my positive energy spend on someone else's negativity.

The Pageant for the Wiarton Willie Festival Queen was cancelled this evening because of the road closures and nasty weather we are having.  No worries though it has been re-scheduled for tomorrow night.  Should you have a Facebook Account, you may follow ALL Wiarton Willie Festival Events by going HERE.  And for the Queen of the Festival Event tomorrow evening, please go HERE.

With it now going onto 7 pm, I still have Dinner dishes to do up, as well as 10 more minutes to be spent on my "old friend" the treadmill.

Adieu for now, as that is all she wrote this day, "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".

LOTS More Again !

Routine is good for the Soul, or so I think.  I crave some type of routine, as I think many of us do.  Routine also grounds me at times.   My mornings usually begin turning on the kettle, stoking up the wood stove, having a coffee while I catch up on social networking via Facebook and catch-up on Blog reading, let Bandit out, going out with Lexus with now checking on four little ones, out with Mercedes and lastly out with Buddy, make the bed, then carry on with the day after all of that has first been accomplished.

I had to run some errands downtown Wiarton today, but I wasn't going anywhere until I cleaned the mess off my vehicle.

"This is what a vehicle looks like after sitting for 4 days after over a foot of snow had fallen.  Oh yes underneath all that snow there was still ice to be scraped off."

Errands some days are very time consuming, this day taking up the majority of my morning.  The rest of the day I did a bit of this and a bit of that, nothing really much that stands out other then a little mishap I wasn't very happy about.

"Going down the stairs I brushed this photo of my Great Aunt Lizzie and my Paul when he was a month old.  Aunt Lizzie was celebrating her 90th Birthday in this photo 30 years ago.  At this time Paul had been the youngest and Aunt Lizzie the oldest in our family.  Now I need to find an old frame I can take the glass from to replace this one.  The sad part about this is I had just thrown two out last week when I was decluttering.  Yes good Old Murphy strikes again !"

When I was reading some of my favourite blogs this morning, I had been taken aback at seeing two recipes I had made and shared on a couple of Blog "Linky" parties had been featured.  What a surprise to see my photos on another's blog post.

The Hamburg Soup was featured at Ms. enPlace's "See Ya in the Gumbo" , hosted by Michelle.

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Grandma's Cinnamon Cake was featured at Feeding Big and more, hosted by Cynthia.

Thank you ladies for being such lovely hostesses.  It really is a pleasure to participate in such a wonderful Foodie network, with all the hard work these ladies have put into them for others like myself.

Speaking of food? for tonight's Dinner I made the Knorr Shepherd's Pie, which I do believe will be a favourite of both Rob and myself.  Not only is preparation very easy, the dish is full of flavour and goodness.

"How can anything with so much colour not be good?  I even added to the recipe this evening by throwing in a handful of garden fresh peas I had in the freezer.  Into the casserole it goes, then to be topped by a can of Creamed Corn and mashed potatoes which I had added a splash of milk to as I mashed them."

"We had just finished eating not too long ago, but looking at these photos my mouth is still watering on how good it was ..... really good."

Recipe please?  JUST *CLICK* HERE.

I am also happy to report, even though it has not been "dusted" off, my treadmill was put back into commission today with me being the operator.  Wish me luck on continuing daily ... goodness knows I need all the luck I can get on the best of days.

Oh by the way, LOTS More Again? that would be SNOW !!!  It is still coming down, so I suspect should I need to go out again tomorrow I will be cleaning off my Van once again, "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".