What's Up Wednesday: May 2026

It's been a full month of working on projects, starting to transition to focusing on the yard as the weather gets warmer, and having some fun in the midst of all of that! Welcome to May's What's Up Wednesday.

Answering these questions monthly helps me reflect on the past month and I really appreciate having a record of what we've been up to. The questions come from Shay at Mix and Match Mama and Sheaffer at Sheaffer Told Me Too.

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What we're eating this week... This month has been an interesting month of eating. We're eating as many meals as we can outside, but it hasn't been as much as I'd like, since our spring has been cool. Sam baked scones as a Mother's Day treat for me and they were delicious! And our fruit box had a bunch of oranges, and then Dave accidentally bought more, so I've been eating an orange almost every work day. Rachel used some of the oranges to make orange chocolate chip muffins so I've eaten a bunch of those too. Can you tell we're in the transition space of eating? We're not into hearty winter meals anymore but the weather isn't cooperating with full BBQ and salads season yet.

What I'm reminiscing about... I read a really engaging book about the Olympics so I've been reminiscing about when we got to see the Olympic torch relay.

This was in January 2010 in Edmonton and it was so cold!!!

Sam has been practising driving a lot so I've also been reminiscing about Sam's previous driving experiences!

My dad first taught Sam to drive (on their yard) the summer Sam turned 10. He also practiced with Rachel on Tow Mater back in 2012, when he was three! It's hard to believe he'll soon be driving away for real!!! 

What I'm loving... I've had the chance to enjoy some amazing flowers this month. I got Dave to buy me the roses at Rachel's dance performance, which was on my birthday. One of the advantages of our cool spring has been that my ranunculus are looking AMAZING this year! I almost didn't do a ranunculus planter this year but I'm so glad I did.

 

What we've been up to... May started with Rachel's dance performance and my birthday. We spent a lot of time taking the LRT to and from the University, where her performance was held.

We attended the In Bloom festival as part of my birthday experience. It was so lovely!

On Mother's Day we went and played mini golf and then out to my favourite pizza place for supper. 

  

That week we headed out to a Blue Jays' game. It was a Loonie Dogs night so we ate a lot of hot dogs and I got to meet the Loonie Dogs Kings! It was a really fun game and we're hoping to get to another Loonie Dogs night this season. 

  

I helped Janice host, and then we all attended, a French themed party to celebrate Tessa's graduation from teacher's college with her French specialization.

And we've been doing some house projects. We set up our guest room and sanded and painted the laundry line poles.

What I'm dreading... I'm both excited for, and dreading, the last month of school/work for me. There's always so much work to do this month as a secretary, but the staff and students are in "party mode" so it's extra crazy. We have four weeks and one day until the last day of school for students and then I'll still have a few days to go until I'm on summer break.

What I'm working on... I've been doing the "walk every day in May" challenge with Shay at Mix and Match Mama. I even went for walks both days this past weekend when it was raining. On the plus side, this has been really good for my virtual walking challenge! I'm making so much progress on it this month!

On Sunday we finally got to my favourite greenhouse so now I need to get working on planting all these plants! I've planted about 14 of them but I still have about 50 to go!!!

What I'm excited about... Laundry hanging!!! We finally got the clothesline hung last night and now we're having a few days of good weather. I'm sooooo excited!!! In fact, I may hang the first load of laundry on the line this morning before I go to work! Hahaha!!!

 

What I'm watching/reading... I wrote most of this post as I watched the Blue Jays try to win their 5th game in a row on Sunday. It feels like they've had a rough spring but the announcers pointed out today that they have the exact same record they had at this time last year. And we all remember how last year ended for the Blue Jays, right?! :)

 

As for reading, I read Patriot Hearts: Inside the Olympics That Changed a Country by John Furlong on Monday night. I didn't mead to read it all in one night but it sucked me in! It was so good and I've already recommended it to a couple of people.

What I'm listening to... We've been sleeping with the windows open lately and every morning, shortly before 5am, I hear the birds singing loudly. They are a very pleasant alarm clock!

What I'm wearing... I bought a new sweater, on impulse, at Costco early this month. It's a nice weight for our cool spring and I've really enjoyed wearing it.

 

What I'm doing this weekend... I don't think we have any big plans. If the weather is good, we'll probably focus on outside tasks for a bit. We have a lot of weeding to do, and, as you can see above, I have a lot of planting to do. We should also probably clean some rooms. I've been enjoying our quieter weekends recently. I also may have mentioned to Dave last night that we might need to go back to the greenhouse for more flowers! Hahaha!!!

What I'm looking forward to next month... June is always full with Rachel's birthday, Father's Day, and our anniversary. Plus, it's the end of school and Dave has a work trip. June is going to keep us on our toes this year. (As it does every year, let's be honest!).

So that's what's up with us this last Wednesday in May. We're slowly starting to get some nicer spring weather and we're enjoying the longer evenings and having a little more space in our schedule. What's been your favourite thing about May?