Problems and solutions!

Problem #1:  I've decided to put these on our window. The cardinal keeps banging on it, seeing his reflection as a competitor. The cats like it, but the noise gets irritating. 

Yes, I cut my finger with a steak knife. Not a problem, with lots of tape. I've been a wearing finger rubber on it to shower and wash my face. JB used these when we were putting meds in orah's ear.

One is supposed to stretch the tape down the window, use a little tool to scrape it flat, then pull off the tape to leave these little square dots on the window. I realised that the dots were still stuck to the tape, and I just left the tape on.

Problem #2  😼 Cinnamon loves being outdoors. I am keeping him close, what with the fisher. 

🐭 The solution is to put Cinnamon out in the garage, as well as doing walkies together. He loves to look for mice friends in there, bless his heart. There are bags of bird seed, some spilled. He sits, staring under the workbench, wagging his tail in glee! Apparently, he has time to walk across the hood of the car. After driving behind a municipal truck that was salting the roads, JB just had the car washed!

Problem #3: the top of the bird feeder flipped. I dashed out in my housecoat, in -13 C., to fix it. A mourning dove got caught in it and a tree sparrow was nestling inside.

Problem #4: I'd washed a couple of towels, then threw them in the dryer in the basement. I realized that the dryer vent was loose in the wall. I tried to reinsert it, but failed. Caitlin and Josephine said they'd help me fix it.

The vent had come out of the exhaust pipe. The trick is that the pipe needs to be attached, and then pushed back to the wall, and inserted back into the hole in the wall. I'll need to vacuum, as well. 

All my problems were solved! Jean-Luc, my SIL, slipped downstairs after they'd arrived Saturday and put it all back together. Whew! What a peach!

Yes, Family Day weekend we had a family visit. We had a great time. Josephine drove them here. Caitlin sat in the back with Isabelle!

Snuggle time, as we watched taped episodes of Jeopardy. Even Nutmeg enjoy it.

The sun shone, in between clouds, and the shadow was lovely. 

JL took this photo of Josee mushing Nutmeg in the sun.

Dinner: I explained that I'd mistakenly asked JB for a pork loin, rather than a pork loin roast. Me bad. It was for this recipe of Pulled Pork Rolls. They look just like Cinnamon Rolls, a segment on Mary Berg's new show The Good Stuff. She has morphed her Master Chef win with a talk show. It's a lot of fun watching her. 

Funny story: she had Jamie Oliver on her show. He was in the UK, and they were both cooking the same meal at the same time to demonstrate it. I don't think Oliver knew that she is a Master Chef, with award-winning cookbooks. He kept praising her skills as she followed his directions. 

🥕 Saturday's dinner was a group effort. Having conferred, Caitlin sent me a link for a possible recipe, and I marinated the meat overnight. JL did the cooking, bless his heart! He enjoys it. Caitlin made us a yummy red cabbage salad. I did some Pillsbury rolls that JB can eat. 

They left Sunday morning. Josephine did the sidewalk for me. Since it was windy and snowy, Papa drove them home. 

I had a parcel delivery. He told me the driving was awful. Can you see what I ordered??!! It is discouraging, though, as these products don't seem to last very long. They are made of thin, cheap material, and simply wear out.

 

It's been snowy! 

snow day from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Anyway, the driveway is done. Snowblower put away. I had to get the garbage out and I didn't see any way around it. Another 20 cm of snowfall. I have a coffee and I'm under a blanket. The sidewalk I'll do later, after breakfast.