Thursday, January 30, 2025

Shieleen's birthday

 Yesterday was Shieleen's birthday so I picked up cupcakes to celebrate.

We had our first split e-group last night. There were a few technical glitches so I was able to help out.

I saw Diana and Sheila downtown today and they gave me big hugs. It is so nice to see them getting out. They are going to part of my in person group that is starting next Thursday at Sarah's house.


Friday, January 24, 2025

Corduroy skirt

 

I wore the new Halara Corduroy skirt today with thermal tights. Very comfortable.

A much better day today after yesterday's ridiculousness. 

James is currently in Lindsay due back sometime in the wee hours of the morning.

Sunday I have Abuse prevention training at Rustle and have some work to complete.

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Leak boots

 I have moved on from Cleat boots to my leak boots. These boots don't do well in slush as they are a bit leaky but they do very well in cold weather. And they don't hurt my feet due to the lack of structure.

Yesterday I wore the new Halara themal leggings. So warm and so comfortable. I have a pair of thermal leggings from Fabletics as well and I would say the both tackle negative temperatures equally well and are equally comfortable.

Today I tried the thermal pants for work. They are wide leg which is ok for inside but as they are so loose outside the wind goes through them. They weren't too bad but they were not as awesome as the leggings. I just can't wear the leggings to work.

At work there are some very odd decisions being made. I am having some difficulty following the logic.

Monday, January 20, 2025

cleat boots

 The sidewalks on my street were sheets of ice so I wore my cleat boots to work. They fit my left foot no problem but my right foot is left battered and bleeding. I don't understand how the boots prefer one foot over the other. At lunchtime I walked downtown and there was no ice on the sidewalks so the cleat boots were not necessary. However, walking home it was snowing and if the sidewalks were ice or not was no longer discernable so I was glad to have the cleat boots.

My Halara order arrived today and I'm pretty pleased with it. There was a summer dress that was a touch too long, but very nice fabric. Thermal pants but they are much less stretchy than their other pants and a fabric that looks like it will attract fluff but they definitely will do their job in keeping me warm. Themal leggings in their regular stretch, very warm, a good winter addition. There was also a pair of pants that I already have in black that I wanted in another colour- it had an odd name so I thought it might be greenish but it is very blue and I love them! Also a stretchy brown corduroy skirt that was on a super cheap sale but very good quality. I got a free waist bag and scrunchie!

Monday, January 13, 2025

App order

 I put in an order for some more Winter pants from Halara. The second Sunday of the month last year they gave you an extra free item. So everyone who put in their order that day had an extra reward. They have changed it this year so that everyone puts their name into a form for 10 days and then at the end 5000 people will receive the special product. An interesting change as they have to then send 5000 separate packages rather than combining with another package.

Back to the order, after I put my bag together I previously had ordered on the computer but on the APP I earn points which can't be used on the computer. I tried the order on the computer and there was a discount code of $12. When I tried on the app, there was a special coupon to use the app and there was a discount of $30 plus I could use $9 of points so it was a better deal!

In the evening I had a finance committee meeting. It went much later that I expected!

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Lighter later

 When I left work at 5pm there was still some light out. That made me feel good, that more light was on the way.

Yesterday I made turkish eggs, that were really quite good. The meat that had arrived was frozen solid which is why I picked the eggs for the first meal. The other 2 meals seem to be almost identical with pork and chow mein noodles. Tonight was crispy ground pork with sweet and savory noodles.

Tomorrow up at 5:30am at James is coaching at 6am!

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Exception

 With Canada Post back in business I ordered an Amazon order to the post office. Mainly because they aren't giving delivery notifications otherwise. It arrived in Kingston a day ago and was out for delivery (to the post office) and then I got a notification that there was a delay due to the strike and it wouldn't arrive for 4 more days. Then a few hours later it arrived at the post office. So I'm not sure what kind of delay it experienced but it apparently overcame it pretty easily. There are still many bills that I am waiting for to arrive so the post is clearly still backed up due to the strike.

In the holidays I wore my free Halara leggings quite a bit and they were very comfortable. I own a lot of leggings and these are one of my favorites. Not my very very favorite- that one is a Fabletics one. But it is in the top 3 for sure.

Today I'm wearing a new Halara outfit- red gray pants (the colour seems to border on green but they are called red grey and can pass for grey) and a dark blue sweater. James is off to Ajax in a few minutes for a game!

Thursday, January 2, 2025

From Spiky balls of snow to full blizzard in 30 minutes

 Back at the office today at one point things were super sunny outside, then it clouded over, then when I was walking it started dropping spiky snow balls. By the time I arrived home it was a full blizzard. Conditions deteriorated quickly.

I didn't sleep well last night but was functional at work. A lot of balls in the air as Fall term wraps up and Winter term starts. 

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Hello 2025!

 


Nothing was open today so I didn't go anywhere, but James went lots of places. He did some skating at Relm and went to the Fronts game.

I did lots of laundry and cleaning as well as working on grades. Tomorrow is back to the office to finish grades, prepare the Winter term courses, finish enrollment and try to tackle all my email!