Looking Back - Tuesday 4

 

Looking back...

Hello friends and once again welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.   I am so happy to have people joining in and making this so much fun.

1. What music were your parents listening to when you were a kid?  Does that music bring back memories for you? - I think they listened to calpyso, and old school motown etc - Trinidad had a lot of 90s music playing on the radio which I lovedddd.

2. What was your favorite meal and beverage as a teenager?  Is it still or have things changed for you? - I don't think I had a favourite meal as a teenager? I really cannot think. I DO love vienna sausages though, and will eat them if I have the chance but they're over $1 a tin so it's been a rare treat in the last few years for sure.

3. As a teen did you live in a city, country, small town?  What was it like for you there.   Tell us about your hometown please? - I lived in a city, a suburb of Toronto per se. I liked it, summers were just me playing on the computer until I was old enough to go out with friends, one summer I did some volunteer, another my cousin came up from Trinidad and we had a huge power outage LOL. As a hometown, Toronto is amazing because there is so much to do and see, if I had been industrious enough to get a job during school, I'd have really been set. Sigh!

4. Would you like to live in your hometown today? Why or why not? I would love to keep living here, but it is so expensive. I hope to do so though. I don't think I would move back to Trinidad unless I was really really well off though! I'm a big city gal for the most part.

Happy Weekend!

 The sun is out, F1 is in Montreal (I am not) and I am hoping for a nice relaxing weekend. My sisters hung out last night BUT I did not go. I mentioned they were having some strife in their relationship, so I decided last night not to go. Hopefully, it went well. My sister didn't get home until very late, haha! She and her fiancee are staying with us as she has a new job in the city. My catphew (her cat, my cat nephew) is loving our place, but he unfortunately got into trouble on Wednesday!

He decided he wanted to go into our neighbour's backyard, and he wouldn't come back for anything! So my sister got out the hose and got him inside. Subsequently, we have a sad cat sitting around, desperately trying to get outside LOL. I feel badly for him, but we cannot let him explore anymore. I told everyone not to do it, but no one listens to me! I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Tuesday 4 - Summertime!

 

♬ ♫ Summertime and the Living is Easy. ♩ ♪

 Hey.. you're back!  Welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 where we just want you to meet new folks and get to know the ones you already know a bit better. Besides, it gives you something to blog about too.

This week let's talk about Summertime.

1. What gave you the most fun in summer as a kid or as an adult?

As a kid, summer was about playing video games, and seeing friends (that's all I remember) and now as an adult, Caribana is my #1 joy in the summer, along with seeing family and friends! And drinks on the patio. 

2. Does summer heat get to you? How do you cope? - yes, at night my feet get so hot it is the worst. I sleep with the fan on, or try and cool my feet down before sleeping. I also try to obviously dress for the weather too!!

3.  Do you have summertime foods and drinks you really enjoy eating?   Does your menu change in summer? I love cherries in the summertime, and I guess more BBQ? Watermelon shows up a lot too, but I wouldn't say I see huge changes in my menu/foods I eat. But I could do with a fancy ice cream now...

4. Do you enjoy sitting outside or on the porch in summertime?  How about some photos of where you enjoy being in summer. I do like being outside, but Toronto heat does not always allow for you to enjoy sitting outside - so hot and thick, like being in warm jello. We do have a pool however, so once it gets super warm I know it'll be busy. My mom and step dad love to do coffee in the AM on our front porch though.

June is for Birthdays!

 June is for birthdays around here - mine just recently passed :) I had some folks over to celebrate just last night 😁 otherwise, I have been so tired. Since I had Covid, I have been feeling super tired, not sleeping well and just been very low energy. I am doing some blood work on Tuesday just to see if anything can be determined. I took an afternoon nap today, and that helped some but I can't very well nap every day around 2, haha. 

Work is busy, which is a blessing and a curse. People want a lot done, and there just are not infinite resources. Ontario had an election and re-elected the same dude, he stinks, we're all in trouble. Sigh! It is getting warmer however, so I am glad for that. Wishing everyone well, I am seeing some blogs wrap their time up - Marksgran, Tania - you're missed! I love reading everyone's blogs, even if I don't post too often

Tuesday 4

 

A Variety of Questions for You

 Welcome  to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 and thank you so much for joining in!

Let's do a variety of questions this week, okay?

1. Did you have a favorite cartoon program or character as a young person, or even today? - when I was younger I loved the XMen and Gargoyles? When we moved to Canada I fell in love with Arthur - and he is my favourite cartoon of all time, but Futurama is awesome too.

2.  Can you whole heartedly give people a second chance or  do you find yourself still worried about trusting them? - Yes, I can do 2nd chances. Ask the guys I have dated LOL. I try not to muddy the waters with my friends/family, so the less fighting the better. But I also have a strong sense of pride, and now if you upset me and we fall out, I will not reach out again (even if I miss you)

3.  Are there things/activities you'd like to add to your life or do you feel you do enough to do, ,going on etc. to keep you satisfied? - I want to travel more :( I never travel, and life has just passed me by and everyone travels but me it seems. I also want to take more long drives, but I am so tired of driving, especially since the driving for my part time job - brief, but exhausting.

4.  Can you live without your phone, TV, social media? I can, but I don't want to. Breaks are needed, but I learn too much from social media and tv. And I have friends who I need to talk to!

Sunny Skies

 Today, the sun is shining! It's wonderful. We finally got our tax returns back and I mailed them off today so hopefully we get the refunds by June 😅 work continues to be busy - we have a lot of patients getting Covid, which delays surgery and I also had covid so this month was fairly tough at work. We all feel better now, but hopefully I don't get it again! 

For the weekend I may see my family tomorrow, we're waiting to see if my sister in law comes back with a positive test or not. She is under the weather and they have two kids under 4 that go to daycare. My mom and step dad are going out today with my niece and his grand-daughter and daughter. It's frustrating because twice we have been subjected to covid because of my step dad's family and it's like they don't even care. My step dad obviously wants to see his family but they're always going out I find, and they rely on him for things to be done, he is over 80! Sigh, Let me not get started! 

Happy Weekend everyone!

Tuesday 4 Blast From the Past

 

Monday, April 25, 2022

Blast from the Past

 Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4..  We are glad to have you here!

1.   If you had one million dollars to spend only on yourself, what would you spend it on? - Definitely would buy myself my own place!!! Maybe a newer condo with a low maintenance fee? Or a townhouse condo? Either way that would be it for me!! The rest would be for retirement etc :)

2.   You can do it again. What decade are you going back to and why? What's the attraction? - Oh, definitely the 80s. So much good music!! Let me see the Four Tops, the Temptations, Tina, QUEEN!

3.   What's the last song that got stuck in your head? Alternatively, what's your current favorite song? - My current favourite song is any song from Encanto - they are all so damn catchy! We Don't Talk About Bruno is a real BOP!

4.   What items do you miss from the past and wish they were still around? - I don't think I miss any items per se? Everything has come back around unless it was improved on. I do miss when items were more durable, our furnace went kaput after 12 years!