Share Your World – Week 47

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….a new challenge for me

Share Your World-Wk-47

How do you like to spend a rainy day?

I probably do everything but what I need to do. Here is a list of things I like to do:

Write a post or two for my blog, read a good book, watch a marathon of TV shows that I’ve missed or catch up on a series that’s new to me but is about to go into its second or third season, clean out the refrigerator or organize one or two kitchen cupboards (not my most favourite activity but gives me a lot of satisfaction when it’s done) and do something creative, like paint, knit or sew (something I don’t do often enough)

What is the weirdest or strangest thing you saw or heard or did this week?

It’s been a really a really busy week with family so nothing weird or strange stands out.

I’m appalled that after 10 days there are still 200 families without power in the city of Toronto because of last weeks ice storm. I think the weird part of this whole story is that the mayor didn’t think it was necessary to declare a state of emergency when 300 000 customers went without power and thousands sat in the dark and cold for days, not hours, DAYS.

What item, that you don’t have already, would you most like to own?

I would like to have (maybe not own) a housekeeper and a handyman to help me around the house. I tend to let things go until I know company is coming and then I’m a mad woman trying to get everything done before people arrive or I stay up late like I did last night pulling things off shelves and washing down everything. I would love to have a handyman to do the little things that my husband promises to do and then never gets to, especially things electrical and plumbing related. 

How many times you have moved in the last ten years?

Homes – zero times. I’ve lived in the same house for over 35 years. 

Work – zero times. I’ve been at the same school for over 14 years but I have moved classrooms in the last two years and that is a huge job, especially when you’ve accumulated 12 years of stuff for one grade. When I moved to the library I couldn’t give a lot of my stuff away because people just didn’t have room and I didn’t have space to store it. The teacher in my old room has kindly allowed to keep a lot of my ‘stuff’ in one of the cupboards and slowly I’m removing things as I find new owners or a use for it myself.

Share Your World 2013

SYW commences on Mondays-Week 47

17 thoughts on “Share Your World – Week 47”

  2. A housekeeper, definitely. Housework is so boring and so repetitive when there are numerous other more interesting and exciting things to do. And yes, a necessity suddenly looms for a binge, and all hell is let loose, leaving me too exhausted to cook creatively or enjoy the company.

    I have a neighbour who has a company come in every three months and blitz the place. Wonder if I could ask for that as a combined Christmas/birthday/anniversary present? Sounds good.

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  4. I’ve lived in my house for 7 years, which is the longest stretch of any time since I was a boy. Such is the life of a nomadic scientist, though I don’t have any plans to move again!

    Very Happy New Year!

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    • Moving classrooms was enough for me. I didn’t know scientists were nomadic. All the ones I know pretty much stay put. Thanks for commenting, Steve. Wishing you and your family all the best in 2014. Carol

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    • Thanks. I could have made my answers shorter but they would have been pretty boring. We were lucky here in Toronto. Our neighbourhood was one of the lucky ones. We didn’t lose power at all but friends north of me were without for more than a day and some for more than 3 days.

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      • My Senior Pastor is visiting relatives up that way. I had not heard of any power loss on their side of things. Not to worry about long answers it makes for interesting reading! It is how we get to know one another!

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  6. Great idea … first time I have run into this challenge … maybe I should join. Love your answers and the way you talk to us about them. Happy New Year to Us All!

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