Like everyone else these last couple of days, we couldn’t resist, and watched: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Only a crazy person, or some demented idiot would go out in MINUS 25 horizontal snow blowing weather.
Guess which idiot went out to go buy groceries? Eh, yes, you’re right, that would be me.
I wish I had put the right underwear on …
I’m rethinking my blogs and websites …
Yes, I know, it’s dangerous to go down this road. But I’ve decided not to pander to what everyone else wants, but what I want. And what I want is … everything in one place.
We will see how this works out … welcome to 2025!
The year everything changed.
Between the torrential rain and the blowing snow that came afterwards, plus the howling winds, I haven’t left our apartment complex since Sat Dec 28th.
Lucky for me we have a small corner shop in building one we can get to, underground, via tunnels. You know you live in the frozen north when you can reach six different buildings via underground tunnels …
Does this make me an honorary Mole?
I started using my bright shiny new yellow Leuchttrum1917 Bullet Journal Pocket notebooks yesterday. Well, not all three at once, you understand. Just one to start with. They’re a set of three and only come in threes, to use monthly (I think). Well, that’s what I plan on doing, one a month to see how well they do and, so far, after just two days, I can say hand on heart, I love them.
These A6 size notebooks are meant to be used vertically to simulate a full on A5 size page (spread) of the larger adult(?) version of the Leuchttrum1917 journal. These little handy pocket sized notebooks are a clever marketing ploy way of journaling on the go. Especially as the size offers more mobility than the full A5 journal does.
And being yellow? I had to have them of course. Thankfully, the OH got me a three pack as part of my Christmas stocking fillers, so I’m a happy little journaller playing with her coloured pens and stickers, doodling.
And what planner/notebooks are you starting this new year?
Following in Dave Danielson’s footsteps with his post, Intentions for 2025, I would like to add 5 more intentions I’d like to achieve this year:
- Read more
- Travel more
- Photograph more
- See more
- Enjoy more
And you?
It has been steadily raining since 3pm Saturday afternoon, and hasn’t stopped since. Not only is a wet and dreary outside, but all the lovely white fluffy stuff has long since melted. Throw in the fact it’s PLUSE 7 degrees, a whopping jump from minus 21 last week, and I’m wondering if that was winter over with?
Of course not, we have february to go, yet. And that’s always our worst month here, in the Frozen North … though maybe not so frozen for much longer if global warming has its way.
We will be off out to see the first of my Christmas presents tomorrow, the Cirque de Soleil’s CRYSTAL.
It looks stunning and yes, before you ask, I will take as many photos as I can without spoiling the performance.
It is a BONE CHILLING MINUS 21 outside today.
Go on, ask me how I know?
I had to walk across the little park to the corner store for bread. And then, guess what? They had no bread.
Bah Humbug!
Two of my happiest Christmas present this year were from my Sister in Law who got me 1989 by Taylor Swift and the music from Bridgerton Season 2.
She also gave me a $25 Amazon gift card, the DVD of Dispicable Me 4, and a 10 pack of Zebra Mildliner Neutral palette creative markers that I’ve been wanting for a while. I’m looking forward to using them in my new (2025) Rhodia weekly planner along with my Pilot Kakuno strawberry-coloured fountain pen. I love my sister in law, who is crazy generous with her gifts.
Meanwhile, the OH got me tickets to two very special events as my Christmas presents.
The first is for this Saturday, for the matinee showing of the new Cirque du Soleil show, Crystal, for which I am sooooo excited to see. We’ve seen nearly all their shows this last 20 years ago.
The other ticket is for the Pro Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) showing here in Quebec City, between the Montreal Victoire and the Ottawa Charge for mid January. Guess who’s going to be buying not only a jersey but probably a toque too!
And you, what fun presents did you get from friends and family, or even bought yourself?
Default Apps 2024 Edition
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Following in Jedda’s footsteps who was sharing her first ever Default Apps 2024 and even though I did this earlier this year, I thought to update my list and share it again. 📧 Mail: Apple Mail 📝 Notes: Apple Notes 📷 Photo: iPhone 14 pro 📸 Photo editing: Pixelmator, Preview 🟦 Photo management: Apple Photos 📆 Calendar: Apple Calendar 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud 👤 Contacts: Contacts 🌐 Browser: Safari 💬 Chat: Apple Messages 📄 Word Processing: TextEdit, Pages ✍️ Journaling: Day One ✍🏻 Writing: Scrivener 🎧 Music: iTunes 🐘 Mastodon: Safari browser 🦋 Bluesky: default Bluesky app ✍️ Blogging: Micro Blog, Wordpress 🔗 Websites: Alexandra Wolfe Community shoutout:
I can’t decide if I want to watch all the Harry Potter movies back to back, or just surf random movies on Netflix today. We saw some fun ones yesterday. We squoze in three through out the day while wrapping presents:
- Our Little Secret — a so-so romcom with Lindsay Lohan. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- A Boy Called Christmas — a sweet Christmas movie. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Six Triple Eight — A poignant WWII movie. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
And you, what have you been watching lately, anything good?
Well, we got some of the shopping done that was on the list and even bought a couple of things that weren’t on the list.
And the bonus for all our hard work? A delicious hot chocolate from my fav coffee place in the Halle.
I forgot to mention, for those of you who are looking for something sweet and funny to watch over the Christmas holidays, to go and check out THAT CHRISTMAS on Netflix. It features the voices of Brian Cox, Jodie Whittaker, and Fiona Shaw.
It’s everything you could want in a well-written movie; it’s humorous, poignant, silly, fun, dramatic and full of warmth.
Why I Write
Thursday, December 19, 2024
I’ve been writing for as long as I’ve been reading. All thanks to both parents who were both avid readers, though very different kind of books. My mother mostly read romances and historical family sagas — think, Thorn Birds. My father, on the other hand, who use to take us weekly to the library, would go to the new section of recent arrivals and pick 6 of the biggest books he could find.
And ... I Want!
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
The idea for this post is happily stolen from Keenan who lovingly stole it from Katherine who probably stole it from someone else. And so it goes … steal this idea if you want! I want to sing more I want to dance more I want to write more I want to play more I want to sleep more I want to create more I want to travel more I want to give more I want to take more I want to try more I want to be more I want to listen more I want to dream more I want to live more
The Library is open
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
The Library of Alexandra is now open for business. I’ll be posting every book review I’ve ever written over on the blog. Genres covered include: science fiction, fantasy, history, thrillers and crime fiction. So hopefully, there will be something for everyone to check out by way of suggestion and recommendation. Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions.
My EDC
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Following in Hyde’s footsteps and, I’m sure, everyone else on the planet, I thought to scribble an EDC (Every Day Carry) post. Don’t get your hopes up, you may fall asleep reading this. So, what do I carry most every day? I’m glad you ask, though you probably won’t be … Keys My keyring of choice, so I can find it in the depths of my shoulder bag, is a once plushy pig.
To Read or not to Read
Thursday, December 12, 2024
I am slipping again with my reading. After a incredibly slow year I read three books almost back to back — Her Majesty the Queen Investigates series, by the wonderfully talented SJ Bennett — and then? Once again came to a grinding halt, having tried and failed to get interested in 3 different titles. So, dear reader, I pose to you, how about I post three possible titles of next reads and get you to vote on which one I should read next, thereby (in a way) being held accountable to read said title.
In Passing
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
We ended the year with a sad death in the family last year—my father in law died of cancer Dec 11th—so it’s hard to sit here and be witty or have anything pity to say about the start of a new year and what it might hold other than to say, I want to do more. I no longer feel like I have time to hang around treading water letting days slip by.