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new year and look out for more comments from me as i can comment now on blogger on this mac that makes me so happy i always felt like a stalker when i read your blogs every day but never commented posted by maureenlthompson at 8 56 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday december 22 2025 yay i found the missing christmas tote we were sorting out empty totes to put on the sidewalk for free as we had way too many to store and lo and behold there sitting at the bottom of the pile was the missing tote but there is that word again the bag with the homemade tree ornaments wasn t in it now that is a mystery for sure but here are some of the things that i am so happy to have found merry christmas everyone and a happy and healthy new year xxxxx posted by maureenlthompson at 3 27 pm 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday december 11 2025 and here it is fully dressed i don t know why photos of christmas trees never look as nice as they do in reality but it really is pretty i have a tree skirt for it but i can t get down to put it around the presents will sit there when i get round to buying them and wrap them the floor had been damaged at some point in its history the previous owners had it completely carpeted and they discovered it when they removed the carpets they did a temporary repair to it but at some point in the future we will get it done properly the house came with a stove fridge and dishwasher and albeit older ones they match well and are good brands the stove is a kitchen aid the dual front burner switch needed to be replaced as the burner s would only heat up on high and the indicator light was permanently on i have managed without it up until now but decided it was worth paying to get it fixed so i used chat gpt to diagnose the problem and check out local appliance repair people it did a great job and recommended an excellent repairman my stove is now fully functional and he even took the oven door off to tighten up the handle my knitted nativity scene now has a star i bought it for the christmas tree but it was top heavy so i sat it behind the nativity scene i dug out some of the christmas santa s this year and scattered them around this is just three of them that poor baker s cabinet has been resurrected it sat in our shop for 15 years as my husband had given it to his son many years ago he didn t have room for it so he put it in storage for a few years then he moved it to us to store for him it was in sad shape when we were in the moving process it was either restore it or throw it out i did my best with it and it now sits proudly in our dining room it is a pretty piece of furniture but i don t think it would take another move so this is it s last home as long as it holds up it will stay there christmas decorating is done for this year now onto gift buying posted by maureenlthompson at 11 09 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday december 4 2025 i broke with tradition this year finally i have started on christmas in the moving process downsizing was my main concern in the heat of july and august christmas was the farthest thing from my mind i had a lot of stuff stored in our workshop and i went through that and culled a lot of it and sent it to auction i kept what i wanted in the house however i had christmas stuff stored that i definitely wanted to keep it was clearly marked keep and where it was to be put when we got here having sorted through all the christmas stuff i have here in the past few days there is at least one tote missing it had lots of handmade things in it made by both my mother in law over the years and myself over the 20 years we have been married it is nowhere to be found did it get left behind in the house or in the moving man who knows i hope whoever has them enjoys them and they make their christmas as special as they did ours thankfully the nativity and santa made it here so they are now out on display in the culling process i let my christmas trees go i wanted a new one and saw this one on a flash sale at walmart it is white and artificial but it is lovely never had a white one before and i have been doing christmas for 60 years now i put it up this morning and got the ornaments we have ready to put on it but i have to go and buy some lights for it they went missing too but here it is in all it s naked glory i need to titivate it a bit but i am really happy with it and it cost a wopping 24 i do so love a bargain you can just see the cactus that just started flowering on the right of the picture not sure if it is a thanksgiving or christmas one but it sure has beautiful blooms posted by maureenlthompson at 2 59 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday november 28 2025 one of the pitfalls of moving to the city being close to everything is great unfortunately that means we are closer to people and it is cold and flu season and yes i caught a really bad cold and then my poor husband caught it from me this was inevitable as we are joined at the hip so i have spent a lot of time resting and watching tv today i am feeling a bit better so i caught up with some chores and cooking we postponed our thanksgiving meal until sunday hopefully my husband will be well enough by then to enjoy it if not we will postpone to the following weekend posted by maureenlthompson at 2 08 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday november 22 2025 here it is in situ here is the dresser we bought for a tv table such an improvement very happy with how it fits right in posted by maureenlthompson at 10 32 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday november 20 2025 trying to find some christmas spirit i am at that time of year again when i need some christmas enthusiasm i am like this every year and then i usually find some inspiration from somewhere so far it isn t happening maybe it is because we have the house almost sorted now and i want a break i don t want to mess it up by getting all the christmas stuff out tomorrow if all goes to plan we will be purchasing a beautiful oak dresser that we will put in the living room to put the big tv on we let our other one go when we moved and have the tv currently sitting on two bedside tables this actually looks okay as we have a nice little table sitting between them and it kind of resembles a unit but it was only meant to be temporary i found this oak dresser on marketplace and it is beautiful in it s day it would have cost a fortune as it is a very expensive brand their current furniture prices are astronomical it is just the size we need for our tv and the drawer space will be very useful it will hide all the cables and speaker wires behind it unlike the existing setup this era of furniture may not be to everyone s taste but we love it and it complements everything else in our home the cost is very reasonable but as we don t have a means to pick it up we have to hire 2 guys and their truck to pick it up and carry it into the house for us bumping up the price but we are still very happy this will be the last thing we buy for the house for a while it is finally beginning to feel like home although after looking at the existing picture i think a new doggy mattress is in order the camo just doesn t go in this house lol posted by maureenlthompson at 11 02 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday october 16 2025 what are the odds it has been 9 weeks since the move it has been a very stressful time but we can now see a light at the end of the tunnel the actual move was disastrous we did not choose wisely when it came to movers and a lot of furniture got scratched or damaged and some things never even made it here we went for cheap rather than quality our own fault but we have gotten past that now we needed a couple of bookshelves to replace our old ones which we had discarded before the move i found a set on fb marketplace that i could get in the back of our vehicle so i went and bought them the problem was they were from a smoking home so we had to leave them in the garage for several weeks to keep cleaning and polishing them to get rid of the smoky smell then we bought them inside but alas we had too many books for them i had been keeping a lookout on market place to see if i could find a similar set to go with them nothing was showing up until sunday night when an identical bookshelf came on sale and very reasonably priced i messaged straight away and asked if they were from a smoke free home and they were i went first thing monday morning to get them i couldn t believe my luck what are the odds of finding two identical bookshelves in the same city i am happy posted by maureenlthompson at 3 38 pm 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday august 24 2025 still alive and kicking well maybe not kicking lol we are still here moving has been very stressful but we are very slowly getting unpacked and set up will post more soon just wanted to let you know we are still in the land of the living hope all is good in your worlds xxxxx posted by maureenlthompson at 12 31 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday july 21 2025 it s all go here haven t had time to post lately we are in process of selling our property buying another house clearing out 20 years of clutter because we are downsizing and all in the heat of summer i will be back at some point posted by maureenlthompson at 1 41 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 24 2025 back in the hospital my husband had another neuro crisis and is back in the hospital recovery is slow this time but he is improving no news on the property sale yet posted by maureenlthompson at 3 02 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday may 26 2025 we are hoping it will be third time lucky yes we have done it again listed our property for sale that is the mowing has become too much for me to do as my husband is no longer able to do any plus the weather isn t helping so much rain so the grass grows thick and quickly i can t keep up last time out i beached the mower we were lucky it was in a place that we could get the vehicle nearby and tow it out the ground is so soft from all the rain the travelling back and forth is also becoming a real chore a 300 mile round trip in a day for a doctor s appointment at the va hospital is just too much driving for me now we need to live much closer to the hospital so let s hope third time is a charm please send us good vibes posted by maureenlthompson at 3 54 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday april 12 2025 i am reading blogs just not able to comment i read my blogger every day to keep up with everyone i do it on my pc for some reason or another i can not comment it drives me nuts i can comment on my phone but where we live we do not get good service so unless we are out our phones are not much use so please know i think about you all and feel it when things go wrong for you when we go out i am the driver so not able to use the phone and we do not go out that often anyway so time to post comments is really limited the fault is with google on my pc when i try to comment it tells me to sign into my google account which is very annoying as i am signed into it it just goes round in a loop and keeps telling me to sign in and when i go to sign in it tells me i am already signed in aarrgghh the excitement this week was our wedding anniversary we drove 90 miles to get some good battered cod and on the way back we took a tour of the fantastic caverns it is a huge cavern system that you can only tour in one of their jeep and trailer thingies there are only 4 caverns in the world that are big enough to do this type of tour so we are lucky to live reasonably close to one of them my husband got to ride shotgun and i am right behind him we are enjoying the current milder weather it is lovely to see evrything outside spring into life take care everyone xxxxx unfortunately since then my husband has been having more heart problems he is scheduled to see his cardiologist later this month so hopefully they can get it settled down again posted by maureenlthompson at 10 33 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday march 14 2025 for ivy of the blog the happy wisk in my last post i mentioned the folding pet stairs we bought for our dog maggie to be able to get in and out of our vehicle we got them from amazon the brand is petruna they are perfect for us as i am the one who has to set them up for maggie to go in and out and they are easy and light for me to be able to do that i also picked up the two tires on the rims yesterday complete with inner tubes so hopefully they will stay up now i hope to have them put back on either today or early next week we really need to mulch the fallen leaves still very warm here and today is very windy it is warmer than it should be for this time of the year it is going to cool down a bit for a few days then warm back up into nicer more moderate temperatures the daffodils have come up and i noticed the flowers coming out on the forsythia bushes this morning spring has arrived have a great weekend everyone xxxxx posted by maureenlthompson at 10 40 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday march 11 2025 lovely weather finally we are having some really nice weather right now such a change from the long winter cold we had i believe we will still have a few cold days to come but not many had a lot of hospital and doctors appointments between us but other than a scare when i had to go back for a repeat mammogram all is good the first mammogram had an artifact their word but it was perfectly clear on the second one we try to keep as busy as we can with our limited mobility and having the aide come in has been a great help for us our dog maggie turns 10 this year and she has always been a very strong athletic dog she is an american bulldog we noticed however on our last trip out with her that she was having difficulty jumping into the vehicle we purchased some fold up steps for her made specifically for dogs and vehicles she was a little hesitant at first but with a few treats as bribes she is getting the idea we got some help to take off a couple of wheels from my riding mower and our little pull along trailer and we will be taking them in to get new tyres and or inner tubes put in them mowing season will soon be upon us after we get these ones done we have a couple of other tyres to have tubes put in on the bigger riding mower they do manag...