More changes

More household changes ahead.  Another little renovation is going to happen.  Ughh, this house is a money pit but I keep telling myself it will be worth it in the end. (Hope, hope, hope).   I want to get rid of the carpet on the main floor.  It's just not dog friendly and I'm sick of it.  I researched and researched, compared prices, and stressed and stewed over the decision.  It's such a huge investment and you have to live with it for years.  And then this morning I drove to the city and loaded the back of the Equinox.  I had 25 cases jammed in there.  And don't let the size of each box fool you - they are heavy.  So heavy in fact, and all sliding to the back that I worried all the way home on the highway that that back latch might give way and all my floor would be spread across the highway!

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There it is, my retirement savings. Lol.  But I got lucky when it was time to drag it in the house.  I carried one box in and went to get another and a man was walking by with his dog.  He handed me his dog leash, told me to watch his dog and he just started carrying it all in.  Imagine!!  Nice huh

I didn't even mind the dirty foot prints.  I had 25 of those heavy boxes and only had to carry one  So in about 2 weeks I will have a nice light maple floor

Some of the dark woods are gorgeous but the front of my house is kind of dark so I thought this would brighten it up a bit.  

Success and random bits

Still obsessed with hot cross buns I planned on making my own this morning.  I had recipes and raisins but unfortunately I was lacking ambition.  So I went to the downtown local foods market and found these

And they were perfect.  Exactly as I remembered and no crazy fruity bits.  Happy girl!   I also sold my sofa bed.  It was picked up this afternoon.  It was awkward, in the way and just didn't work anywhere.  So now I need to find something else for the den maybe my sewing machine might find a permanent home, or maybe a little office.  Everything is an option right now.  It's an odd little room.   Most of the rest of the day belonged to Abby who was exceptionally clingy today.  She HAD to be touching me

And if I dared to move or readjust myself I got kisses until I stayed still

She's so hard to resist.  I can assume that since she was cuddly and snuggly most of the day, she we want to run wild all night.  But the Easter bunny must have been here while we were out walking.  A new sweater was peeking out of the mailbox

I have to share this little Abby story.  Whenever I take her to aunties, she's a brat.  She always does something she shouldn't.  We went there to have supper with Auntie on Good Friday.  We were there 10 minutes when we looked in the living room

While we were setting the table Abby found Aunties laundry and had gathered a pile of socks "to play with".  Auntie was not amused.    P.S.  I thought it was pretty funny 😛  

The Hot Cross Conspiracy

I want to get to the bottom of this.  Easter hasn't been the same for years since the hot cross bun got all fancy.    I remember how happy we used to be just before Easter when the grocery stores started having hot cross buns.

They were special because they were only available for a short time.  They were soft and moist, with a few raisins and of course that yummy frosting cross.    My mother and I would only want to eat the tops, much to the dismay of the rest of the family who would find just the bottoms in the package.  We would sneak them together when nobody else was around.  Lol Then about 10 years ago or so, something dark and disturbing happened.  We purchased our annual buns, sliced one open, and saw bits of foreign objects.  Yellow and orangy fruit bits or something.  Yuck!   Not being people to concede defeat we assumed it was some weird new trend just at that store.  We went to several other stores and low and behold ALL the buns were contaminated with these little fruity bits.  

  We even tried to pick them out before we ate them.  Yes we really did this.  But it wasn't the same.   They had been ruined by some kind of societal twist.   I want my soft, simple hot cross buns back.   Help!!  Just raisins, no funny stuff.   Stop the madness people!

Spring!

I really started my "spring dance" first thing yesterday morning.  I came downstairs, grabbed Abby's leash and bent down to put on my shoes and.........spider!   Giant spider on the wall about 2 inches from my face.   I screamed like one of those people in a cheesy horror movie.  I screamed so loud Abby took off and hid in the living room.   So after I whacked it with a shoe and coaxed Abby out of hiding, I went on a spring cleaning frenzy.  I hate spiders!   We did notice another sign of spring this morning.  Peeking out from the  dead grass, a little volunteer baby crocus

And some new sprouts peeking out from under the old dead leaves in the back garden

Unfortunately the weatherman is calling for a small snow storm tomorrow so these will all be covered in white tomorrow.  But at least it's not like last year.  Here's a little flashback reminder from this date last year

So I'm not complaining about a few inches tomorrow.   Even Abby is doing a happy dance.  This was taken St. Patrick's Day at doggie daycare.  So I suppose she was doing an Irish jig??

 

 

 

Crushing

It would seem Abby has her first crush.  Much like a children's daycare, when you pick up your pooch at doggie daycare you get a little report on their day.  When I picked up Abby Friday the owner was laughing.  She told me Abby set her sights on a little Maltese mix named Charlie. 

The only trouble was Charlie was not interested.  Not-at-all.  But Abby, being a typical girl, found his hard-to-get game to be quite alluring.  She tried and tried to get his attention but apparently with NO success.  (I guess he was "just not that into her") So apparently she changed her tactic and tried to make him jealous, mingling with the rest of the pack

There she is, in the middle, probably looking at Charlie 💔.   Well, when all else fails what is a girl to do?   Try to make him jealous of course!  She found a handsome Doberman (yes, a Doberman) to hang out with for the rest of the day.  I'm sure she is hoping Charlie went home jealous and filled with regret and maybe will show her a little love next week.  

Shocking!

Ok, something truly horrible and shocking happened today.  I am shocked and appalled to say the least.   Those of you with tender hearts may want to sit down for this.  Ok, I'll just say it....... Today I stopped at the pharmacy at noon and.........oh dear, this is harder than I thought.........they gave me the "seniors discount".  (Shudder). The SENIORS DISCOUNT,!!

I mean how could this happen?  The best explanation I can think of is the cashier was seriously vision impaired.  I went back to work deep in despair.  I immediately went to the washroom mirror to look at the wrinkles around my eyes!  I mean she didn't even ASK,   .she just gave it to me

And it wasn't like I was buying geritol or Depends!  How could this happen to me??      I ask you, my lovely followers, does this look like a woman who should qualify for a seniors discount??