Friday Catch Up

 I thought I would give you a break from the vacation pictures and fill you all in on what we have been trying to catch up on.

We got home to an overgrown garden, which at any other time would have been a blessing. Yet when one has a sore arm it causes a multitude of problems. Meaning I am unable or at least was unable to rest the arm as much as I probably should be doing.

The afternoon we arrived home I notified those lovely neighbours looking after the yard we were home and quickly with Hubby's help watered the plants. 

The next morning it was out into the garden for the two of us. I was out first and picked the peppers, jalapenos, and tomatoes. Harvey came out a bit later and helped me pick the beans. So many beans, so many tomatoes. 

Over the next two days I managed to get all the beans processed and in the freezer and then moved on to the tomatoes. Those are now done as well.

Harvey dug up the potatoes, and the onions. They are now dried and stored for the winter (I do have a couple of pails of potatoes upstairs some of which I will dehydrate slices of probably tomorrow).

Rain arrived late last night and all day today, so I did not get out to pick more peppers, jalapenos and the remainder of the eggplant. Not much eggplant this year so no parma for the freezer. 

I did the budget inserts for the month of August today and we are under budget which really is surprising. Pretty sure I counted lots of September spending (vacation) under last month. Filed all paper work as well. I need to go back and check last month's spending though as something seems slightly off.

One day this week I made my project list and my extra cleaning list for the month. I have kind of cut both back this month due to being away and the stupid injury to my arm. 

So that has been how our time has been spent so far this week. There are a few more appointments I need to make, but I really need to try my best to spend as little as possible over the next few months.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

Day Three Niagara Falls and Niagara On The Lake

I don't know why my pictures are not in Gallery. If they ever show up I will fit them in. 

We headed to Niagara falls early in the morning of our third day. Arriving in time to take pictures of the falls, some of the lovely plantings and then needed to get ready for our ride on the boat to the bottom of the falls. 

Most of the boat was filled with what I called youngsters who would whoop and holler every time the spray would come over the sides and front of the boat. By the end of the trip I was very glad to get away from them and kind of dry off. 

We trooped up the hill and got back on the bus, this time heading to Niagara on the Lake, a place I had never visited before. We walked down the streets looking into the various boutiques (and believe me there were lots of them). I even got pulled into one where they were selling facial items after accepting some slivers of handmade soap. They couldn't talk me into purchasing anything and I got out of there as quickly as possible. 

Lunch was in a family style restaurant that was just packed. Probably one of the least expensive meals we had on our trip (if you don't count A&W in Montreal). 

We returned to Niagara Falls and got to see the falls lit up after a lovely supper in a restaurant overlooking the falls. 

Ended up having a really good sleep. Once again we had to get up very early the next morning for the next stage of the journey.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

PS Got my pictures of the day kind of uploaded, but not really. I emailed them to myself, and then had to look hard through various files to find them. Crazy.

Day Two Our Tour of Toronto

 

Our first visit of the morning was to a small park across the waterfront. This park gave us a wonderful view from the opposite side of the area around our hotel. In the final photo there was a plaque explaining the name of the park. I hope that if you make the photo bigger you can read what it says.

The we drove past various sites in the city. If I have one complaint it is that we didn't get enough time to take pictures of Hospital Row, the University and other such sights. Part of the reason for that could have been because of construction. 

We finally managed to get a stop at Nathan Phillips Square after some big circles around it.

A picture of the Peace Arches.

I just love the way this is called "New City Hall" considering it was built before I moved away from Toronto.

All the people there were attending a Unifor speech before heading out to march in the Labour Day Parade. 

Next a few pictures of things we whizzed by.

Old City Hall. I think it has much more character than the newer one.

A couple more from Nathan Phillips Square.

We were then taken to the CN Tower for lunch. Loved seeing the landscape change as the restaurant rotated.

You can just make out Billy Bishop Airport on the right side.

After this we were on our own for the afternoon. We ended up taking a long walk on the boardwalk, walking down Yonge Street and doing some window shopping.

Thus ended the first real day of the tour.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Home Sweet Home...Or Is It?

 

Well we are home once again from our travels. I am going to spend the next couple of days catching up with all of you and catching up with all the garden produce. This really was not the time to go on vacation, but we did have so much fun. 

Hopefully the garden will be finished with in the next few days and I can get back to regular posting and also fill you in on all our travels.

Right now I am going to start trying to catch up on all of your posts while we have been gone.

Everybody have a wonderful day.

God bless.

Toronto

 We have spent the last few days in Toronto, the place I more or less grew up. I lived in Scarborough from the time I was just over 3 to 17. This is home to me and it was so nice to be able share the city I loved as a child and teenager with Harvey.

While he has loved seeing the city, he has already asked me numerous times how on earth I could live in a place that was wall to wall people. I did tell him that while there were lots of people here when I left, the city has grown so much over the years.

What was really lovely was we got to spend a couple of hours with relatives that we would visit back and forth with.

Me, my Auntie Bev and Uncle Art. Bev is one of my Dad's surviving siblings.

Myself and my cousin Darlene. She is actually the age of my sister, so a bit younger than me.

All of us together.

Darlene, her mom and her stepdad.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. Pictures of our tour starting tomorrow. 

God bless,

First Stop

 

A city awakens. Now I get to take Harvey on a trip through the city I more or less grew up in. He is already saying too many people, and he needs some space. This is going to be an experience as all the places we are visiting will be pretty big compared to what he is used to.

Oh, and my arm still hurts a great deal.

Everybody have a wonderful day.

God bless.

Ouch, Clumsy Jackie

 

Yep, today I took a massive tumble when leaving the bank. Because of my osteoporosis we took a quick trip to the hospital. My wait time really wasn't that long, just a bit less than two hours. I am just glad it was early enough that no one saw it happen.

Nothing broken according to the x-rays, just some deep tissue damage. Man this actually hurts worse than my two wrist breaks, and I can do about as much work as when that happened. To make matters worse it is my right arm and I happen to be right handed. Not able to use the left hand and arm as well as the right. 

This means things I wanted to get done today haven't been done, and that working on the binding of the firepit quilt was shockingly hard. I wanted to get the garden weeded, but that may just have to wait, or I will just do a so-so job of it tomorrow.

I hope it starts to feel better soon as I have lots that need to be done. However cleaning out the fridge of items that need using up can still be accomplished, and some easily done extra cleaning in the sewing/craft room as well. 

I will try a bit of knitting tonight and hopefully get the second mitt of the pair done. Perhaps if it isn't too bad I can get a bit of the next pair started as well.

It does mean I will need to take a shower instead of my usual bath tonight as I need both arms to lift myself out of the tub. This is going to be interesting to say the least as I usually get water all over when I take a shower. 

It also meant a slight change in supper plans, nothing drastic but I am hopeful it will turn out okay. The potatoes will be mashed and fried with some onion (need to use that up) and then I will add the leftover pork roast. 

 Anyway, off to get supper made and then cleared up.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. I will try and visit, but don't know how much I will comment. Typing with one hand isn't fun. 

God bless.