Thanks giving

 

This is my old Ralph Lauren 'denim supply' jacket that I splurged on... in...

2012? 2013? 

I installed a really nice hook, in my bedroom, at 

225 5th Avenue, N.E., in Dauphin... and this jacket is hanging on that hook.

I still like it.

I also installed a very nice, ornate hook at the back door, at 225... I will be needing that for some of my clothes... where I live.

How many pictures do I need to post... of all my 'stuff' at 225, in Dauphin?

These boots are in my vintage 'Holland' suitcase, in the basement, at 225... they were a gift from my son...

The 'Harlequin' cushion cover is in my wicker trunk... in the living room, at 225...

I think I have four of those in my inventory...

This is the shed floor that I painted at 90 Forest Cove... for that 'Harlequinade' look... mentioned in The Orchard Walk- El Dueck.

Today, I am just giving thanks for all the blessings that I have in my inventory, at 225 5th Avenue, N.E., in Dauphin. I have a lot of inventory there. I have a huge supply of fabrics and thread and I am very eager to get all my 'work' supplies to keep my financial future secure.

I am sure my husband is guarding all my possessions with due diligence, with the understanding that a 'womans' lifetime of work,' (Elfrieda's) is worthy of great respect and honour.

Today, this is to be located at 225 5th Avenue, N.E.. in Dauphin. If everything is not there and intact, I have contacted a lawyer.

I am starting a list of 63 items that I have in my inventory... I actually have a lot more than that but I will begin with 63 significant items.

Quilts- finished product

17 completed quilts- various sizes

5-10 fronts and partial quilts and duvet covers ready to sew.

14 boxes of my novels- 14 novels per box- that's 196 novels so, as you can tell, this list is going to be very extensive.

To be continued... until I receive all my 'work inventory' and my life belongings.

I am needing my stuff

 

So, I can't bake anything because my 'Canadian Mennonite' cookbook, not Warren's mothers' copy but mine... I have my rhubarb square (pictured right) and a few other recipes that I really need to do any baking... for Thanksgiving or Christmas or Easter... or company...

This is my 'cut-work' plate (above and left). I bought that at Pineridge Hollow about 20 years ago... it is stuck at 225 5th Avenue, N.E., in Dauphin. I haven't been able to bake or cook properly as my belongings have not yet been released to me... I'm not sure if anyone is living there anymore.

This 'Paris' souvenir bracelet is also stuck at the same address, in my inventory. It's not made of 'precious' metal... just an old vintage buy I made to be part of my novel collection representational items.

That's my 'rush- seat' chair that is beside my armoire, in my bedroom, at 225, in Dauphin.

That's my industrial shelf that is in my 'work room' at 225... as of my check up... August 29, 2026, it is in the front 'bedroom.'

I have all my paperwork there as well.

This is my milk glass collection which was, mostly, in the cupboard above the sink at 225. My two crystal glasses, Villeroy & Boch, (on the right in photo), are also at that address. They are the 'Boston' clear. One is very used as I used to every day. 

My punch bowl (right of photo), milk glass as well... is in my wicker basket to keep it from breaking. I actually bought that in Monticello... in the United States (antique mall), when my children were very young... about 30 years ago.

That's my wooden tray which I have, at 225, on the top shelf of my baker's rack, in the middle of the kitchen... my sister Eva and I have the same tray... we were shopping at Eaton's years ago and we each got one. I think she probably bought one, for me, she was financially able to, at the time.

These were a batch of real blue orchids that I only found once... when I was living in St, Boniface.

I decorated chocolate cupcakes with whipped cream for the guests who came by that day... 

J& L.. wonderful guests.

This is the bed frame, in the basement, at 225, that I purchased from a garage sale up at Dauphin Lake, I think. I'm still waiting for both my bed frames, they're 'double' beds... the other one I purchased on Hawthorne, two months ago.

This little quilt is one of my 'memory quilts.' It's the only one my Mom made, in my life belongings.

This is my sign and cake plate... stuck at 225... Sigh!

I used to eat a lot of blueberries and yogurt... 

That is my 'one' and only blue plate of that style... it is a old antique... 

That's a caramel sauce I made for my children... 

That is one thing I have tasted that Shauna, Warren's relative brought for one dinner.

When I get my recipe books... I'll see if there is hand written recipe of hers... 

My chocolate roll... 'Company's Coming...;' I would make this for Tammy because it was gluten- free.

I could put so many pictures of my baking, over the years... but, suffice it to say...

All my pans, and dishes, and ingredients are still at 225 5th Avenue, N.E., in Dauphin... so, things are feeling very impoverished where I am right now...

without being able to get all my life belongings to bless more meals... and people.

My Novel- My Keys

I still have keys to 3 Donegal Bay and 90 Forest Cove Drive, neatly in my possessions, at 225 5th Avenue, N.E., in Dauphin, so... they better be there when I get my belongings. I know exactly what kind of 'pouch' I have them stored in... They are my mementos.

So, I will continue the timeline of what happened to me... 

I will make honourable mention, (in my novel) of all the huge, gentle, officers that made sure I couldn't be hit twice. It was like being in the land of the giants, those officers are so, physically, big. 

A church official felt I needed a safe place to stay. I had been forced to walk from the courthouse to the church in my 'nightgown.' I had asked to go home, in the night, but was not allowed to. I was very sick the second night. Then, I asked for a 'over- shirt' to be sourced, if I was not allowed to contact anyone. That was provided and I wore that over my 'nightgown' for my long walk to the church, past a construction crew.

So a hotel room was booked for me, in Neepawa, by a church official whom I am sure must believe in human rights. There were no rooms in Dauphin. 

By Tuesday, September 1, 2026, @ 9:36:41, I was at Super Thrifty, in Neepawa, purchasing something I had a brand new package of at 225 5th Avenue, N,E., in Dauphin.

This is still my Forest Cove, 2014, photo. My Romance sign was on the mantle, at that time.

Warren will be able to see, from this photo, all the items that are, currently, at 225, but were, already at my Forest Cove house, in 2010 and forward. I can see my published novels, (first novel) on the shelf so this photo would have been taken by Christmas, 2012 or in 2013. This is my first novel I have self- published so, what people who have never done this work, don't realize is that the 'printer' doesn't always have a firm date as to when the book will be ready. So, mine was actually ready by Christmas, 2012 but I had put 2013 as the year of publication to be sure my hired printer could have time to be ready. Some of my boxes say... 'Bad run' print and that is because the printer had problems with the binding.

I love writing.

I'm fairly good at it. I write essays just for the pure enjoyment of it.

I would not, necessarily, have decided to include some of the 'harsher' realities of life, in my new novel. The first chapters I wrote are so 'dark' I have re- written, and re- thought, and planned how to include all the information that I want to include in 426, or so, pages. 

I'm trying to determine how much of the novel should be 'reality- based' and how much should be 'Romance.' 

I have been told that someone, in Winnipeg, will contact me to...

write an essay?

I'm not exactly sure what I will be forced to do. I am not sure what my husband will be forced to do, either. 

This situation is costing a lot of money I don't have so... 

Elfrieda's suitcase

 Since August 29, 2026, I have not had my belongings. I have been through hell. August 31, 2026, Warren muscled a young pastor and coerced him to... force me to give up my house key so anyone who has been seen at my house, 225, in Dauphin, since then will be under suspicion of theft of Elfrieda's belongings or using any of my 'life belongings' in that house, including the bathroom and gazebo.

page 25 The Orchard Walk El Dueck

"... walked... with suitcases..." This scene happened in England, in 2022.

I took this photo. The black, shiny 'Elle' suitcase belongs to Elfrieda... it is still, currently, at 225... I always had it ready and packed for any emergency... unfortunately, I was prevented from taking it when the emergency happened. I know my husband liked me naked, best, but this was very ridiculous. It is unlawful coercion to wrest a house key from a lawful owner in exchange for underwear.

       I, Elfrieda, am a woman of decorum.

I was also forced to give up my shabby house key in exchange for a few of my toiletries and some of my old clothes and one leather chair.  I did not want to do this but young pastor didn't know the law and what was really happening. 

Most of my worries come from the fact that there are too many house keys for 225 so Warren will take full responsibility, as my husband, for any items, of mine, that are missing... if they are.

I'm trying remember if my 700 UPC's, of my novel, are in that suitcase or if I put them in my briefcase, in my armoire. My bag also has a 'lawyers' collar box in it.

My old bag is a shiny, patent vinyl, cracked and used well, with a very stubborn zipper that is very heavy- duty but also almost impossible to use easily.

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So, this strange, over- priced apartment, where I have been forced to live since September is a very frightening place. I have requested a much less expensive option but nobody has reached out to me about this.

It is not possible to turn the heat off, completely, in this 'boiler' heat place... so, it is stiflingly hot almost every day and I can't imagine how terrible this will be in summer (where I do not plan to be),... without air conditioning.

I am, patiently, waiting for all my 'life belongings' from 225 5th Avenue, N.E., in Dauphin, Manitoba.

I was going to write about page 17... "'Nathan's Gate,'" but that is a reference to the Old Testament prophet Nathan who had a rather unpleasant task assigned to him, by God... and the reference, in my novel, refers to marriage counselling after the sin of adultery. If you don't know your Bible, you won't really understand my novel.

This is a 'new' bag I purchased to represent the scarves in 'The Red Dust Healers' novella... 

I wrote that before I wrote 'The Orchard Walk.' El Dueck (Elfrieda)

These old dark grey and light grey European cushion cover, (I still have three of them), are always in use... I have had them so many years but I never tire of them... I purchased them at Sears... maybe in 2012 or 2013.

That denim 'holes' blanket is still in my inventory.

This is a piece of fabric I have in my, approximately, $5,000 dollars (cost- not worth- I bargain shop) of fabric, at 225.

This is some of my fabric, before a 'finished product' made my Elfrieda, myself.

This is the finished product I have at 225, in Dauphin... I gifted myself with my own work after visiting this country and am using it wherever I live.

I made (sewed) this in 2016.

As I have stated, many, many times, my novel project is at least a 16 year project and is still alive and well.

My denim jacket is in my bedroom closet, at 225... I have had this little jacket for 20 years... I remember wearing it to Cross Church when I first attended there.

This is a 4- page card I created for a specific person.

This is a photo at 3 Donegal Bay... before Bruce died.

This is a photo of my Dad, in my photo boxes, at 225 5th Avenue, N.E., in Dauphin, Manitoba. There would, of course, be a huge lawsuit, if any of my photos or belongings have been stolen, or destroyed. Warren would know that.

One other caution to the entire surrounding area... Warren had a very bad relationship, with a woman, before I met him... who threatened to harm me... when she came to 225, in 2022. I am sure Warren would never be in collusion with any mentally compromised criminal such as this woman who worked at Norwex. So that company can follow up on any criminal behaviours that their staff has engaged in... should it be pertinent to 'harm done' by theft or 'hiding of goods,' etcetera.