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hollydolly said:
Well.. the rain has stopped, the sun is making an attempt at coming out but everywhere is still very wet.. I've just been in the garden cutting back the IVY.. and generally doing a quick tidy...

No presents for me.. no Christmas dinner.. and no visitors.... so nothing changes for me today...
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Oh, @hollydolly, if only I lived closer I would have loved to have had you join us for Christmas dinner and, because you're my sister by another mister, I would have gotten you a perfect present, too!
 

@Mizmo...those two scones that were left? DGS admired them when he was here. He kept on admiring them so I gave them to him to take home.

Now you and I don't have any scones left. Maybe I'll make some more when I'm off on Tuesday. Maybe I'll get some blueberries and make blueberry-lemon scones. Should we invite @hollydolly to join us?
 

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@Mizmo...those two scones that were left? DGS admired them when he was here. He kept on admiring them so I gave them to him to take home.

Now you and I don't have any scones left. Maybe I'll make some more when I'm off on Tuesday. Maybe I'll get some blueberries and make blueberry-lemon scones. Should we invite @hollydolly to join us?
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Dang!..the scones are gone!
Oh yes blueberry-lemon..ahm droolin already...yes @hollydolly probly would like too nodding.gif
 
One of my neighbours has his daughter here from Scotland on a visit and she dropped by with a bottle of nice fruity light wine which we scoffed between us with some Scottish shortbread biscuits which she also brought and so my afternoon passed in a lovely relaxed state.
Not tipsy tiddly, just relaxed and no pain for a little while...t'was just lovely .
So now, I am gonna have some absolutely delicious mac and cheese right out of the microwave with some toast..
....yeh! good old Kraft Dinner eh!😁
 
I slept off and on most of Christmas day, so today I have to get busy. If I don't do anything else, I've got to Swiffer and mop my kitchen and bathroom floors. I plan to do some dusting; also need to sort clothes...again. I'll be refilling some containers and dispensers from the bulk sizes. I'm thinking about making chili today in my crockpot.
 
If my elevator is working today, I will be doing laundry for sure. Then I have to walk out to the dumpster, icy, windy or cold. The garbage must go out! I have two bags of it now. The fire alarm already went off this morning. Now this concerns me if someone is cooking in the their apartment and are blind and have never had to cook alone before. It is a dangerous situation. Coffee right now........
 
I like Boxing day. Thank goodness Christmas is over and we can have a few days of normality before the next bit of madness starts.
I'd love to go out today. The weather is bright and sunny, but it's freezing and the wind is making it feel even colder.

I stark contrast to yesterday's dinner, I'm just making burgers with coleslaw and potato wedges for dinner.
 
It's a glorious sunny day.. but it's only 6 deg. It's boxing day so it's still a holiday so nothing is open... .

I'll stay home today, and get a few things done around the house.. and get myself ready for my drive up country tomorrow to meet up with my Daughter for lunch... . Where we're going to meet is close to a Big retail park, so my plan is to go early, and do some shopping first...

I've just put the heating on, because indoors it feels colder than usual..
 
Yesterday……..Christmas Day.
Started snowing at 7:15 am, and didn’t stop until about 6:30.
10 inches later…..and cold all day, -21c
Trying to keep the deck and the guys paths open.
Went out just after lunch to do their paths again……pulled a muscle in my back shovelling……PAIN !!!!!!!
So…..Christmas supper didn’t pan out for me.
Got out my heating pad out, and pain killers.
Heated up a TV dinner about 8:30…..then went out to clear snow again……pain…..pain….pain.

This sNOw is going to KILL me before I get to move.

To add to this……
My wee girl Shaalee had a poo about 7:30 last nite, was normal…….at 11:30 she woke me up, with whining……she had to go out…..she had the runs…..out with her…..again at 1:00, at 3:00, at 4:30 and at 6:00…..poor girl…..don’t know where that came from since her poo was normal at 7:30.
Therefore, not much sleep.
Had some Pro Gut here, so I gave her some after the last time she was out, should firm things up for her.


What am I going to do today…..heating pad…..pain meds…..and next to nothing.

On a better note……at 4:30 this morning the temp was -27c, it is now -16c
 
I haven't been able to go outside yet because around 7:30 started to snow again,still a travel ban here in Buffalo,who knows when the company who plows out driveway& sidewalks will be able to come clear things up.I hope whenever the travel ban is lifted,they will be able to do so. I have walked downstairs to our basement then back up to my apt on the 3rd floor for exercise. I hope to go out sometime today,it feels weird because I'm the only person on my floor,2 other residents left before the snow hit.
 
Making chili for Hub. Its kind of overcast. Supposed to be a high of 59° and in the 70's most of the rest of the week so maybe a nice wood fire or not...lol. Walking our normal walkabouts, hopefully. Made a strange but old recipe yesterday - sour cream cookies!
 
GOING DOWN MEMORY LANE!

On Boxing Day, once upon a time 😂 we would have made our way to this Swimming Pool store.

Yes, they operated as their shop namesake for 6 months. Then in their lagging months, as they coined the phrase, they would cover every square inch of their business with Christmas ornaments, trees, lights and more.

However, on Boxing Day, it turned into a Pandemonium but magical sales. Everything in the store except trees would be down to $1 -- trees, artificial, were down to $5, fresh ones down to $10.

The two years we attended were followed with an absolutely empty stores of all on sales. What they'd be left with were the few pool products and all the buckets, crates and boxes which held their Christmas wares.

Thankfully, we managed to save one box of these decorations after all these years. Today, they're in our 2016 Scotch pine covered in snow. They are:

A set of baubles, solid glass balls in green, yellow and red (which our munchkins called the "Traffic Lights")

A set of shaped baubles in gold, representing wrapped presents and Santa boots in green and red.

Finally, the cutest real looking pinecones and a mix bag of toy soldiers, Santa's and polar bears plus our munchkins Birth Years baubles.

Those Boxing Days were fun, but if we didn't shop, then we'd hit the cross-country trails. Remarkably, due to the nature of hubby's work, we never got a swimming pool to call our own from that amazing Christmas Shop 🤣🤣🤣

Hoping you've had a wonderful Christmas Day & wishing you a great Boxing Day too!
 

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I haven't been able to go outside yet because around 7:30 started to snow again,still a travel ban here in Buffalo,who knows when the company who plows out driveway& sidewalks will be able to come clear things up.I hope whenever the travel ban is lifted,they will be able to do so. I have walked downstairs to our basement then back up to my apt on the 3rd floor for exercise. I hope to go out sometime today,it feels weird because I'm the only person on my floor,2 other residents left before the snow hit.
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Lucky yous to have snow!

As you're in Buffalo, NY, reminds us that we're hoping that Omar and Tiffany cancelled their planned trip to their new house in the area. Travelling from Sunny/Warm Florida to arrive in that disastrous winter storm currently on would be bad.

Thankfully, you're able to keep you and yours warm and toasty, cheers!
 
Boxing day was traditionally until very recently the day the sales started, but now in the last few years, nothing is open, and with the onset of Black friday sales before Christmas.. and online shopping, I don'tthink retailers feel the need to offer Bargains the day after Christmas . Long gone are the days of huge queues, forming outside a store 12 hours before they open in the hope of grabbing a bargain, which usually was something of low quality anyway..

When I was a kid Sales were genuinely good value, and people would queue up all night to bag a bargain of Mink Coat or an Expensive Television which would have been reduced to a fraction of it's price...

The many years ago Harrods, the most expensive department store in the UK, was discovered buying in cheap quality goods, mainly cookware and dinnerware and selling it off for inflated prices.. but inferring it was reduced from the Top Quality priced Harrods range.

That started the slippery slope of Stores around the country selling already poor quality items at so called reduced prices, and putting them up for Sale on the Mega Boxing day sales .. and so it's been ever since..until recently people are not so bothered .. if it isn't a Sale of Expensive Trainers.. aka Nike , etc.. no-one queues..
 
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After a whirlwind of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day activity and cooking, I'm looking forward to a relaxing day with just DH, me and a fridge full of leftovers.

Can't be too much of a sloth this week because Friday afternoon is our final holiday party. It looks like it'll be well attended which is why the cookies need to be replenished. Rain expected tomorrow so that'll be a good baking day. Guess I'll be making cookie doughs today.
 

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