Day in the Life

 I thought I would do another Day in the Life post. This was my day on Monday.

My alarm was set for 5:50 and I dragged myself out of bed shortly after it went off...

...so I could go down and do a workout.  If I leave it to later in the day then I find it difficult to get in, so an early alarm is a must.  I did 30 minutes of lower body and 10 minutes of core.  Dave came down too to do a bike.  

Starting my day with my AG1. 

And then a shower and a coffee. 

Dave had left for work and I was letting the kids sleep in a bit. I made some scrambled eggs with some leftover mushrooms and the last of the spinach. 

Boys finally up and eating breakfast.

The snow from the day before was still there, with more that had fallen, so I thought we had better shovel the front walkway. Q was eager to help out.

I dropped Q off at school, and as I was taking E he saw his friends so he decided to walk.

I settled into work for the morning and after I finished up a phone call I got ready to go out.

I needed to pick up our Christmas party invitations that I had printed at Staples and I went to Canadian Tire as well. I got these gloves for E and a few cleaning supplies.  Canadian Tire was decked out with Christmas stuff but I was able to avoid buying anything new.

I had some leftovers for lunch when I got home and watched a bit of the Murdaugh Murders show.

Back down to my desk after lunch. 

Mid-afternoon I got some nuts to snack on.

I picked up Q from school and we spent some time on the couch before I started getting dinner ready.

We had tomato soup and nachos. Simple because I thought I was going to have to get Q to baseball but it was rescheduled.

After dinner and clean up, E practiced his guitar.  This is his reaction when I asked to take his photo.

And a real photo.

Q did some writing practice.

E stole my phone and took a few candid shots of me.  Not that flattering but real life.  We watched some of The Office and after the kids went to bed, Dave and I watched an episode of The Diplomat.

In bed before 11:00 (and then a bit of scrolling before actually going to sleep).

A pretty regular day.

Weekend Recap

First of all, it is Remembrance Day and that is always a special day on the calendar for me.  As noted previously, it is not a holiday in Ontario, but I will watch the ceremony from Ottawa.  The Bridge podcast had listener letters about Remembrance Day on their Thursday, November 6th program.  I always enjoy hearing about the various people that served and how people remember.

I started listening to Christmas music last week.  I was just tired of the regular music I was listening to so I clicked into our Christmas playlist and chose Jamie Cullum, a jazz artist from England. It was a nice introduction to holiday music for the season.

After work I got a bike in before dinner. Q was keeping me company.

We enjoyed a steakhouse style meal at home.  It was delicious.

Dave had one last round of golf on Saturday morning.  

When we got going for the morning we went out to rake some leaves. We did about 7 bags.

Then we walked up to get a Booster Juice and a few things for dinner.  Q went to hit some baseballs with his friend and I did a bike boot camp.  

I made these candied pecans for our dinner to have on a spinach salad.  They were so good.

We woke up to some snow on Sunday morning.  We didn’t have any coffee at home so Dave and I walked up the street to buy some, along with some breakfast pastries.

It snowed for the rest of the day and after I did the grocery shopping I was glad to be inside.  Q was playing with his car tracks for the better part of the afternoon. 

I made some gnocchi and used up the burrata that was in the fridge.

E had been at the pool doing his Bronze Cross exam for the afternoon and evening.  He passed!! We were very proud. 

It was a good weekend to get some stuff done.

Sharing Our Lives - Reading Habits

Happy Monday! Thank you for joining us today where we Share our Lives with you.  My co-hosts are: Adrienne, Dara, Jen, and Joanne.  We are here on the second Monday of each month.  If you have a blog and posted on this topic, please link up with us below.

Today we are sharing our habits for making time for reading.  This is ironic for this month's post since I haven't ready anything in the last few weeks, not since the end of September.  I can't really explain why, I finished a good book, and got a couple of new things from the library but couldn't get into the first book I picked up and they were overdue so I just took them back.  I love reading but I suppose it's good to take a break from different things at times.  I have a few books in my notes that I will get to soon. 

I only read real paper books; I do not do audiobooks and I don't have an e-reader.  If I used these latter two media then I'm sure I would be able to get find more opportunities to read, but for me, it's less about the speed at which I can get through it, and more about enjoying the time spent reading and holding a real book is part of that. 

I read on the subway on my way to and from work.  This is another reason why I haven't been reading as much since I've been working at home.  This is dedicated time when I can't do much else while I'm sitting there. I know that not everyone has the opportunity to take public transit on a regular basis.

That's pretty much the only time I read unless I love the book so much I have a hard time putting it down. In that case I will read while I'm eating my lunch, and then forgo TV and social media scrolling in favour of reading.  

If anyone has any good book suggestions of things they have read lately, let me know in the comments. 

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Friday Favourites

 

Happy Friday.  I love November because it isn't an overly busy month. We are between holidays, golf is over (as of tomorrow) and skiing hasn't begun.  

I made a turkey pot pie on Monday with the leftover Thanksgiving turkey that was in the freezer.

It was Take Your Kid to Work Day on Wednesday and I finally had a kid in Grade 9 to take to work. Unfortunately, my actual office isn't open yet, but instead of just having him sit with me at the home office, we attended a morning event put on by the Law Society.

We did check out my new office location which is nearby.

Got some Tim Hortons before heading back home.  I made E wear his suit, with golf shirt, and although the other students were dressed in a variety of things, I was proud that he looked good dressed up. 

Our neighbour stopped by with some doughnuts which was kind of him! We enjoyed them after dinner.

I posted about our Blue Jays on Monday as we are gradually emerging from the depression of the World Series loss. 

We randomly watched The Lost Bus on Apple TV the other day.  It is about a wildfire in Paradise California starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferreira.  It was really well done, and actually premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. 

Join us on Monday for another installment of our Link Up Series - Sharing Our Lives.  We are going to be talking about our reading habits.

Have a great weekend.

Linking up with Andrea and Erika.

Weekend Recap

Halloween is always a fun day. Q dressed up in his costume to wear to school.  He was Peely from Fortnite (or just a banana if you don’t know about Fortnite). 

And what he looked like without the face covering. 

The school had a little costume parade so I ran up to see it, unfortunately it was raining so we needed to be inside.  I love seeing what other people have for costumes.

After work it was time to get the pumpkins out onto the front step.

E was a Blue Jays fan.

E and his friend ready to go. 

We had about 40 trick or treaters, which is normal for us. 

Everyone got back in time for the 8:00 start to the Blue Jays game.  E had his friends over and a few of them stayed for a sleepover. 

Not a great end to Game 6.

Dave went golfing on Saturday morning, I made breakfast sandwiches for the sleepover teens, and Q made a birthday card for the party he was going to later. 

Q’s candy, yes that’s a Michalob Ultra that someone was giving out for the parents. (Although Q thought he was getting a Diet Pepsi so was a little disappointed, haha)

We geared up for Game 7 of the World Series, and it ended in heartbreak. I wrote yesterday about Why I Love the Blue Jays and man, I was pretty sad on Saturday night and all day Sunday. 

Q had batting practice, both inside and outside, I went to church and then took E swimming.

Later on Sunday afternoon we went to see Tron: Ares at IMAX.  We were supposed to do that for E’s birthday but it was pre-empted by Game 1 of the World Series.  I don’t really remember the first Tron, but I enjoyed this movie.  Then we went to Scaddabush for dinner. 

We settled in for a few episodes of The Office and then got to bed.  I loved every minute of watching the Blue Jays games but those were some late nights, so I’m glad we can start going to bed at a decent time again.