Better later than never.........I guess

 Monday was a Civic holiday here in Southern Ontario.   So I took advantage of cheap hydro and decided to wash the shower curtain/liner and bath mats.  Then did a load of winter coats.  It's August and I am only getting around to washing the winter coats???  I am way, way behind this year!!  Haven't even started on the hats and mitts.

I guess it's better later than never.  For the eagle eyed readers and especially those in the UK, yes one coat says Stobart on it.  It's actually a Carlisle United football team winter coat.  At that time Stobart Trucking sponsored the team.  My brother used to drive for them.  The company always had girls names on their trucks.  My mother and daughter had their names on one of my brother's truck.  I can't remember but maybe the girls (grand daughter's) also had their names on one of his as well?  I'll have to ask him.  I do know he never got to put my name on one of the trucks.............boo!!

20 years later.........

 So this photo is out of focus on purpose; before anyone says something.

These are my money boxes.  I put money in each one each week.  The largest box is my Christmas box and $20 goes into that one.  The smallest one is the birthday box, and $20 goes into that one each week.

The one in the middle has our daughter's name on it and the word birthday.  I set these boxes up 20 years ago to save money for Christmas and birthday's, and as our daughter was turning 21 the following year I put money away each week in the middle sized box to give her money on her 21st birthday to set up an RRSP account.  Our daughter turns 40 this year in November, so I have had these boxes in my drawer doing the same old thing each week for 20 years now.  I have never bothered to change the name on the middle box.  I still save money in it each week and it generally gets used as spending money for our vacation, or if we need cash for something.  For example we had our driveway sealed a couple of weeks ago and they wanted cash, in fact $220 worth of cash, which to my mind was expensive?  However it looks good!

We do have a son and we gave him money also for his 21st birthday for RRSP's.  In the UK 18th and 21st birthday's are a big deal.  I know we gave the kids money also for their 18th birthday.  

Last year our son turned 40 and this year, our daughter-in-law, son-in-law and daughter all turn 40.  It just seems like yesterday that they were all teenagers.  Our son-in-law has been "in the family" since he was in his early teens, as has our daughter-in-law.  Looking back time has certainly flown by fast.

As for the grand-kids, the youngest one turned 4 in June and the oldest one will be 12 in November.  It just seems like yesterday when they were new born's in our arms.

A stroll down memory lane for me today!

I miss blogging.........

Are blogs a thing anymore?  I must admit, I have got out of the habit of blogging..........it's been exactly a year since my last blog post.

I was looking for information on something over the weekend and remembered I had posted about it; probably 10 years ago, so went looking for it through my blog.  I wasn't able to find the exact info, but down the rabbit hole of past blog posts I went and you know what that's like?

You read about the good times and the bad.  Memories pop up you had forgotten about.  You see photo's of yourself and are amazed at how young you looked.......well I do!

So here I am again and thinking how about starting up the blog again, posting about everyday life.  Things have changed a lot around here, as hubby retired last September (2024) and so that has been an adjustment for both of us.  We are still married, so I can say things are working out pretty good; however it's not all sunshine and roses!!!  No one's lives are if they're being totally honest, now are they?

So I am ready to give it a shot.  If no one else reads it but me, that's perfectly fine.  I have been wondering if there is a way of printing off all the posts over the years and making a hard copy of them, for prosterity?

So, are you still blogging, please leave a link to your blog in your comment so other people can visit.  And lets make blogs a popular thing to read again!!!