That British Woman

Tuesday was a mixed bag type of day. Had the appliance repair guy come again to install another circuit board in the fridge.  When hubby got up at 4:30 am the fridge wasn't working and felt a ...

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outside of the house, Sunday's used to be when I cooked meals for the upcoming week.  Haven't thought about that in a while.  It made life easier for when I came in from work.  On Sunday I p...

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It's been a lot cooler this past week with even some snow.  It is melting, but its not been Spring-like that's for sure.  The temperatures are going to climb this week again; for how long who k...

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I love this song, so happy.........she is an Australian singer. The first time I saw this song was through this video.  Do you remember this one?  Love the dad's expressions.

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On Wednesday it was another craft club meeting.  This month we were making paper beads.  Now this is something I have never done, but have enjoyed looking at in stores. We were given this ins...

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I wasn't sure what to use as a title for this post.  I was thinking of, "Men just don't get it," but thought it might offend the male readers of the blog?  So I chose the friend title. I was ...

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Bit late this week in posting this as I wanted to do the hotel stay posts first.  The week started off warm last week and gradually cooled down.  This week is going to be a cold one with winter...

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As part of our hotel stay the kids had booked us dinner, breakfast and afternoon tea. Here is what we ate at dinner.  Everything was spot on, just perfect.  We ordered from the Winter special...

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First of all thank you for all your birthday wishes.  Each and every one of them was greatly appreciated.  The kids bought me/us an overnight stay at the Prince Of Wales Hotel in Niagara on the...

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This is one from 1968.  I have always loved this song.  It was number one on the Canadian charts the beginning of March 1968.

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Not sure where the time has gone to but here I am 60.  Don't feel 60, never thought I would be 60.   We had a get together with the kids and grandkids last weekend.  They went all out with ...

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I have come to the conclusion it's one of "those" weeks, this week.  I got a call on Tuesday from the dentist, asking me if I wanted to change my cleaning appointment to 8am on Wednesday morning...

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I finally finished the second piece of cross stitch that I am putting together for a project at the end of the year.  I have been putting it off as I find the back stitch fiddly.  I am liking h...

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Not sure if you're like me, but if I know what I am talking about I will argue with you until the cows come home.  However, if I don't know what you are talking about I won't argue. So today t...

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Here is the latest update on the temperature cross stitch.  Last week was way above normal temperatures and other than on Sunday when it was cold and we had a sprinkle of snow, this week is look...

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Perfect for a funeral. Do you have a song you want played at your funeral?

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We have been humming and haa-ing over where to go for our vacation this year.   Some places that came up were New York State.  Close to home and I would love to go to the Corning Museum of G...

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These past few days Shopper's Drug Mart has had a bonus redemption event on.  For 100,000 points instead of getting $100 worth of free product you could get an extra $40, so you could get $140 w...

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 This week's cross stitch update, also involves the start of another month.  When you think about it, January and February went by quite fast; or at least I thought so? We have had some warm ...

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This song is all over the internet at the moment, thanks to it being featured in the movie Saltburn .  It's a catchy song, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed it at the Bafta's in February. I ha...

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I have been having a clean out of books and have discovered numerous fiction books laying around.  When I say numerous probably well over 30 that I have purchased but haven't read yet.  So I ha...

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I had a very restless night on Tuesday night.  No idea why, but it made for a sluggish Wednesday.  Just couldn't get my butt moving.  However good jobs were jobbed, so all was not at a loss. ...

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Now obviously I personally didn't do this, but I discovered a lady who makes YouTube video's showing how she would redesign, abandoned buildings etc.  She is super creative and as I love looking...

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 Not sure about you, but I don't leave the house everyday.  I hadn't left the house since Saturday, so on Tuesday I ran some errands. Headed out to Costco for a few things.  This little lot ...

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One of the jobs to do this year was re-jig the coset to make more use of the 45' by 60" space.  We haven't touched it since we moved in other than paint it.  The first thing I needed to do was ...

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