A good day all round, I'd say..........

Tuesday, woke up to the sun shining, so a big 👍from me!

Painted some more trim and the door in the laundry room twice, so another 👍from me!

Added more stuff to the boxes to take to the charity shop; then took said boxes to the charity shop, so another 👍from me!

Took a box of empty wine bottles to the beer store to get the deposit money back on the way to the charity shop, again 👍from me!

Called in at Zehrs to pick up some food items and picked up my free jar of pasta sauce, that I won on the spin the wheel thingie on the app, so another 👍!

Sold something on Facebook Marketplace that had been listed since last September........yes I have decided to just leave things on there, as this isn't the first time something has sold months after listed, so $45 in our pocket and another 👍!

Figured that $45 would pay for the peel and stick tiles I want to purchase for the laundry room, another 👍

Hubby, sorted took out the hard drives from three old laptops so now we can take them to the electronics disposal at the dump 👍

So all in all not huge jobs, but good jobs done and the house is looking a little tidier, so that's a win, win!!

How was your Tuesday?

Sunday morning......

Didn't get around to preparing a post last night like I normally do. Had a busy day on Saturday. The kids came over and worked around the place in the morning. We then went out for lunch to celebrate future son-in-law's (no they're not engaged yet, but if I call him that often enough maybe they'll get the hint!!) and dh's birthdays. Future son-in-law's was this past Tuesday and dh's is today.

We went to the Mono Cliff's Inn and it was really nice, especially the desserts. Also the kids paid, which was super nice of them and totally unexpected. As ds pointed out, they are working now, so it was their treat!!! When we got back home we were so stuffed we just sat about and let dh open his gifts from them. Ds got him gift cards for Home Depot and Tim Hortons. Dd and future son-in-law got him gift cards for Tim Hortons and Mark's Work Wearhouse. So all useful gifts. Me and the kids them played the "Worst Case Scenario, Game of Surviving Life Game," for a while, which was interesting.

Then me and the kids took Molly for a walk down the back field, which was really nice. Molly bounded down the field (on a leash) on the way down, but was just strolling like we all were on the way up!!

I started the fire and according to dd smothered it, so ds showed us how to start a fire correctly. It's a case of feeling old when the kids know more than you do, isn't it!! By this time it was close to 6:30pm, so we all felt a bit peckish but couldn't decide what we wanted to eat, so we ended up going to a Tim Hortons/Wendy's restaurant, where the two boys managed to eat a full burger and fries meal, washed down with a huge pop, I have no idea where they put it!! Dd had a salad, and me and dh had a snack wrap from Tim Hortons each, as we weren't that hungry.

The kids went straight home from the restaurant as did we. Overall it was a wonderful day with great company.

As it's dh's birthday today we are going out for the day, not sure where to. Do know we have to call in at Home Depot and Rona though at some point, as dh got a light for the living room there, its really nice, but the lamp shade won't fit on with light bulbs in it????? Also the whipper snipper we got at Rona last week, is leaking oil and is had it?????

Photos of the outside of the house, and more on the attic...

As promised here are some photos of the outside of the house.

Here is the front of the house, which faces East, and is built of field stone in 1907. The mud room addition happened in the last 25 years.

This is the North side of the house, including the extension, which was built in 1974.

West side of the house and extension.

South side of the house, that shows both the mud room and the family room extension.

View from the back deck.

View from the front deck of the house.

So on Friday we were up in the attic again. Got the last of the plaster and lathe off. Got rid of some of the insulation. However there is a lot of blown in insulation as well, and we need to buy a cheap shop vac that doesn't need bags to pick it all up. I just happen to know ds has got dh a gift certificate for Home Depot for Father's Day, so he can use it for that.

We went to the dump again and on Thursday and Friday we disposed of 2,600 pounds of plaster. We still have half a dozen bags to get rid off, which we will do when we go back with the insulation. So, so far it has cost us around $115 in disposal fees. I have to say its been hard work, but so worth while.

So on Friday afternoon we played hooky. We went out for a late lunch at The Mono Cliffs Inn and had a super meal. We had lamb burgers, with mint sauce, goat cheese and Cesar salad. It was so good and so filling. We will definitely go again.

We then went by the animal shelter to look at the dogs and cats. Dh fell in love with one dog, I fell in love with another one, so we decided to leave it a couple of days to think about it. Its awful though to see all those doggies barking in their cages. It was a lot quieter in the cat rooms, and we saw a lovely little cat called Tina. Again decided to think it over.

We then went and did some grocery shopping, which was fun as dh was with me. In between hands I did three loads of laundry, all which was to iron when we got home at 5pm. Lunch was so filling though, that we didn't have supper, just a few snacks later on.

So we got a lot achieved today and I had a good time being with dh.