Always Hunting for my Next Read (Sept.30, 2026)

At work today I finished listening to my latest book, Demon Copperhead.

 

I liked it maybe not as much as The Calamity Club but it's up there.

I was getting worried because it seemed like it was just one bad situation after another for the main character, Demon.

There were even points where I didn't want to continue reading because I knew something bad was about to happen and I didn't want it to.

It paid off in the end and while it wasn't a clean wrap up the way I like, it left me feeling hopeful so I was good with that.

When I got home from work I was freezing so hopped in a hot bath to warm up and started a new book, just a short one, this is only 2 hours longs.

It has really great reviews but so far it's just ok. I'm only a short ways in.

It won't take long to read and then I'll be on the hunt for the next one.

Jason and I went over and helped Crystal move this witch she made from the backyard to the front yard.

It turned out great.

My step total.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Dance Party! (Sept.29, 2026)

When Jason went out for his early morning run, he stopped at the fairy house to pick up the letter Freya had left for Ivy.

It was a drawing of a fairy and she also left this nice stick behind too.

We went out to the golf course for lunch today kind of as a farewell lunch with the three guys that were let go.

It was nice to see them, I miss having them around the office.

It is so strange to see someone almost every day for nearly 20 years and then to just suddenly not see them at all any more.

I think they are doing well - they seem to be so I'm glad for that.

Our old boss, Bob, who retired last year came and joined us too which was nice.

Morgan posted this cutie patootie picture of Whitney playing in the leaves.

I stopped there after work to drop off a parcel and Whitney is speaking so well.

I had Eden with me because Haylee is working tonight and Whitney was so excited to see her.

They are so close in age so they are like little built in family besties.

They always hug each other and its so cute!

I looked back and noticed she'd gotten into something so I went to take a picture but she covered up.

There is the masterpiece.

I have no idea what she found back there to paint on her lips with.

Posing for a picture - she's so silly.

Jason cooked chicken for supper again and the girls loved it.

I got my artwork hung up in the bathroom.

We bought this bee girl print from an artist based in Vancouver, A Cagey Bee (acageybee.com) and I just love her work so much.

I've always wanted to order more but have just never gotten around to it.

I picked these prints up from Hobby Lobby on our last trip and I knew I wanted to put them in the bathroom.

I think they look so great in here.

I got this at the second hand store in Whitecourt yesterday.

It's kind of broken in spots but I think it works with the vibe of it, it's almost like it's meant to be that way.

The girls were having a dance party tonight.

Eden requested the Gummy Bear song several times.

Step count for today!

Weigh In Day (Sept.28, 2026)

It's weigh in day.

I was excited to weigh in until I saw the scale.

I was 240.4 lbs

Right back where I was before.

I just can't seem to make any progress.

I am eating less but I'm not making the best choices and I know that.

I thought the Ozempic would help with the food noise and making me not want any of that junky stuff and at times I think it does, but not all of the time.

I have one more week at .75 mg then I'll jump up to 1 mg - hopefully I'll see a difference then.

Jason was out foraging again.

I headed to Whitecourt at the end of the day for a therapy appointment for my wrist.

My elbow and shoulder were bothering me today on that side for some reason.

I don't feel like I've been making much progress with my wrist lately, I still don't have the range of motion that I did before and it definitely isn't as strong.

My ring still won't fit down over my knuckle either.

I'm not sure if it ever will but I'm going to keep trying with the exercises.

The therapist said he thought there could still be swelling and I could still see progress so I'm hoping that he is right.

Freya called me a few times while I was in there.

I called her back when I finished up and she wanted to come over for a visit so I told her to call Jason.

She did and he was going over to get them.

She sent me a picture - she's so funny.

When I got home, he took Freya for a walk so she could find Ivy's house and she was so excited to find it.

I love that she still has that sense of wonder and believes in fairies and magic.

She came home, drew a picture and made Jason take it back so she could leave it in the house for fairy.

Jason grilled us up some chicken for supper - the girls both loved it.

He also made a plaster hand mold.

He wants to do it with the girls so he was testing how it turned out.

He did this trick on Freya.

Then Eden wanted a turn.

Freya made a magic potion with a bunch of items she and Jason found on their walk in the woods the other day.

Eden insisted on putting on her princess dress them she had some more chicken.

She loved it so much she even wanted to take some home with her.

Freya loved the bathroom, made me promise to leave it that way forever.

The both loved the Halloween decorations.

Except this creepy guy on the rocking horse that Eden has a love/hate relationship with.

She turned it on then it started doing it's thing so she kicked it and said "frickin thing".

Ha ha.

But then a little while later she went back an turned it on again.

I didn't get much more work completed in the bathroom but I'll try to finish up tomorrow after work.

My step count for the day.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Bathroom Refresh Complete - Almost (Sept.27, 2026)

 I was up early again this morning, chilled and had a coffee before getting back to work.

It was weird not having any kiddos here but Kody and Haylee took them to the city to go swimming and stuff.

Jason got a letter ready to go to put in the fairy house that he's going to hide in the woods for Freya to find.

There's a little trail that goes through this gulley area here in town so he took it there and went off the trail a bit to find a spot to hide it.

I think she will be quite excited to find it.

Then he came home and cooked up some bacon dusted with flour.

It makes it extra crispy when you cook it this way.

I had a bacon sandwich for my breakfast and it was fantastic.

It ended up being a gorgeous day so Jason went out and worked on some projects like fixing up some of his Halloween characters.

I got back to work in the bathroom.

The paint was all dry so I was ready to get to the wallpaper.

It was peel & stick and the first time I've ever done that.

It went up pretty well, I had difficulties in the corners getting it to go on smoothly but overall I think it turned out good.

I love how well the color of the ceiling goes with the wallpaper.

I also put a coat of wax sealer on the cabinet that I stained.

Then the final step was having Jason install the new light fixture and the new medicine cabinet.

The medicine cabinet is quite heavy and solid.

I ordered it off of Amazon so I wasn't sure what I was going to end up with but it's great.

I also finished up decorating for Halloween and got all the bins taken back downstairs.

I like how the fireplace area looks.

I might sew up some ghost banners if I have time.

I did the coffee bar area too.

I stuck some little spiders in here and there - I might pick up some more and just put them all over the place.

I'm also thinking about making some of the paper chains that are so popular right now.

I thought I could get the bathroom knocked out in a day then when that didn't happen I thought I would finish up early today but it pretty much took the whole entire day and I didn't even get any of the stuff put back in there yet so technically I'm still not done.

I'm really liking it though and so happy that I finally got a big project knocked off the list.

I got all my steps in and then some, in fact my feet were hurting at the end of the day from being on them so much.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Started on the Bathroom Upgrade (Sept.26, 2026)

I was up early this morning, had a coffee then got right to work.

I started stripping everything out of the bathroom then got to work cleaning everything.

My plan is to wash everything, the ceiling and walls.

Then I'll do the painting, I'm going to paint the ceilings and the cupboard.

Then I'm going to sand down this cabinet and give it a new coat of stain.

I bought a new light fixture and medicine cabinet but I need to leave these up until I'm at the wallpaper stage just so I can see.

When I started painting, the paint was not covering properly, it was kind of weird.

When I painted our living room and hallway, the paint ended up peeling off because I think that the paint underneath it was oil based.

I was worried this would happen in the bathroom so I decided I better give it a coat of primer first just to avoid that happening so that's what I did.

I primed the ceiling and the closet then while I was waiting for it to dry, I worked on laundry, brought the Halloween decorations, started decorating and just did general cleaning.

The kitties were having a nice snuggle.

I did get the ceiling and the closet painted then I also sanded down the cabinet and gave it a coat of stain but that's as far as I got.

I will have to finish the rest up tomorrow but that's fine.

Jason cooked up some chili and buns for supper - yum!

We sat down and watched Practical Magic.

There is a part 2 out right now and I want to see it so I thought I'd get caught up and watch this one first.

When it was over, it went right into another old movie, Under the Tuscan Sun so I just watched it too.

While we watched the movie, Jason made a house for Ivy.

He plans on hiding it out in the woods in this gulley area in town.

He also made this fairy to go with it.

I didn't get out for a run but still managed to get lots of steps in today.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!