A new friend.

I wasn't sure what to use as a title for this post.  I was thinking of, "Men just don't get it," but thought it might offend the male readers of the blog?  So I chose the friend title.

I was lucky enough to get some money for my birthday.  So while we were in Niagara on the Lake, I decided to call in at the local Outlet Mall close to there and spend my money.  I wanted a new pair of sunglasses and a belt bag/cross body bag.  I wear sunglasses all the time as I have light sensitive eyes.  I thought the bag would be useful when we go on vacation.

So we hit the usual stores, Coach, Kate Spade, Michael Kors, you know the ones.  I went back and forward between a couple of bags and types of sunglasses and ended up with these ones from Michael Kors:

I was all happy, happy with my choice and brought them home and placed my new bag next to my suede Kate Spade bag in our closet.  So now my Kate Spade bag has a friend.

So this is where the conversation with hubby starts.  He is confused as to why I need another bag, especially when I have practically the same colour bag already sitting there in my closet that I barely use.

So I pointed out to him, I only use the suede one when the weather is nice, as I don't want to get it dirty.  Also I get great pleasure in just admiring my bag when I go into our closet.

To say he was totally confused about that was an under statement.  Then I pointed out how happy he was when he went to the store and bought himself a new tool; a jack for helping lift out fence posts.

In our household, bags give me pleasure, tools do it for hubby!!!

Is it the same in your household?

If I had a hammer

Does anyone remember the Peter, Paul and Mary song, "If I had a Hammer"


"If I had a hammer

I'd hammer in the morning

I'd hammer in the evening

All over this land

I'd hammer out danger

I'd hammer out a warning

I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters

All over this land"


Well with great excitement I used a hammer on Monday to hammer four nails in. Dh let me do it, which for those of you who know dh, that is an achievement in itself. You see when God was handing out "How to use tools skills," I was back in the "How to shop skills" line for a second time, as I figured I wouldn't need the how to use tools skills, how to shop skills would be more use to me!!!


So as it was just me and dh on Monday, I had to help him in the attic with some things, and he let me hammer in some nails. Now, dh must have hammered in a dozen while I hammered in my one, but I persevered and I managed to do it!! Am I any fonder of using tools, no, but I would like a pink hammer for the kitchen as a hammer does a multitude of things, whereas using the rolling pin, the heel of my shoe, and whatever I have handy to hammer in things doesn't quite cut it!!


We worked away all day on Monday around the house and got a lot achieved. Including getting the insulation delivered and put in the extension basement. We are still around 8 bundles short, but we need some different kind, which wasn't on sale, so we don't have to get it yet.




We have the little dehumidifier going in the extension basement and we empty that probably every other day. The big dehumidifier in the old basement is emptied on a daily basis but makes a huge difference down there. Sitting next to the dehumidifier is the new toilet for the downstairs bathroom. We're in no panic to install it at the moment, there are more important jobs to do.

The blue bottle/house fly situation is still bad, but I do think its calming down slightly!!