Imperfect.......

 

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I think that quote says it all.......as no one is perfect and this world is far from being perfect, at least in my eyes.

Gardening

 

Here is a link to the article.  For some reason the whole picture above wouldn't copy over.  I am in zone 5 a/b so this applies to me and I will make a point of trimming down what I have in my garden.

I have bought a bunch of Spring bulbs to plant, but honestly it's still too warm here, so I will wait until early October to plant those.  

2025's gardening season was a bust, due to the hot dry weather we had.  Our grass took a beating and honestly it looks terrible.  The only saving grace in this, is that so does everyone else's.

I enjoy having a garden but I am finding I don't have the same interest in it, that I used to have.  I will not let it go to rack and ruin, but I need to find more ways of making it more self sufficient, the older I get.

Are you a gardener, and are you finding it harder the older you get?

So true.......

 

Hubby worked hard for 50 years to provide for me and the kids.  He even worked a year longer than he should have; actually he could have retired at 60 rather than 66, but he wanted to make doubly sure we had enough money.  And then he was still worried..........

So thank you hubby and you deserve all the freedom you want, you worked hard for it.

(I will be doing a post about how the first year of hubby's retirement has gone closer to the end of the month)

Interesting

I have no idea what is going on, but I am guessing SPAM/Trackers/Robots..........are visiting my blog, because believe me when I say this, I am NOT that popular that nearly 2,000 visitors view my blog as they are interested in me!!!

I do have a good security system on my laptop and desktop, but this is making me a tad concerned.  Any suggestions?

 

Bonus Redemption at SDM

 SDM - Shopper's Drug Mart

I had a few points saved up, 130,000 to be precise, so I knew I could do 2 bonus points redemption.  My level was redeem 50,000 points for $75 worth of free product.  It would normally be only $50 worth of free product.

Now the key to doing these redemptions is to get as close to $75 before tax as possible.  This is what I got with my first 50,000 points.  Just bits and bobs we needed in the house, other than the wine gums.  I was just under $75 before tax, so picked these up for $3 to get me over.

So I ended up paying $5.47 out of pocket.  If I wasn't getting these things for free I wouldn't have gone out of my way to buy some of these things, as they were a little more expensive than I would generally pay; especially the yogurt.

This is what I got for my second 50,000 point redemption.  I had to bite the bullet and get hubby some razor blades, as they are so hard to find at a good price.  These were around 20 cents more expensive per blade than the ones on sale, which of course they didn't have in stock.  I swear they take them off the shelf when it's bonus redemption time.

I ended up paying $12.41 out of pocket, but only because I had to pay $10.06 in taxes.

Regardless I am super pleased as I got $167.88 worth of product for only $17.88.  I only have the 30,000 points left, so will build them up until I can cash them in again.

Did any of the Canadian's reader's cash in their points? 

How do our prices compare here in Canada to yours, in your part of the world?

Fall flowers

I was at the grocery store the other day and they had a lovely display of fall flowers for sale.

This tub was $55 CDN which I thought was a tad expensive; especially when we will only get a couple of months use from it.

Didn't see a price on these ones, but fell in love with the colour.

These mums were 2 for $20 which I thought was a good price considering how large they were.

As we are going to be away at the end of the month, I don't think I will bother with Fall flowers this year.  Do you decorate for Fall/Autumn?

Books........

Here are a couple of books I have just read.  The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong and  The Hollywood Governess by Alexandra Weston.   Both are good in their own right and both highlight gender prejudices.  I think I preferred the The War Librarian better as I didn't figure out the twist in the story, whereas I figured it out in The Hollywood Governess.

My next book up is Come Fly With me by Helen Rolfe.  It's the first book in Skylark series.  I have never read anything by this author.  Have you?

Update: from when I originally wrote this post I have read this book and it was really good, plenty of action in it.  I need to look out for the rest in this series.  

All three books were purchased at Indigo in the 3 for $10 section.

Daughter picked up this diamond art project for me on clearance.  Not sure if I should start it now or leave it until the colder weather appears?

What are you reading at the moment?