07 Thursday May 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, dinner out, food, lunch, moments, over-order, sushi, widow
had a bit of a laugh tonight…
we went out for sushi and I reminded us that we shouldn’t over-order, lol… cause we always do…
here is what we ordered, and it was delicious…
and, of course, it was too much, lol…
we brought home enough for lunch tomorrow 🤪…
06 Wednesday May 2026
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allium, big girl pants, growing, kaleidoscope, memories, moments, nature, plants, purple, The Leaf at Assiniboine Park, widow
just after I took this photo of a beautiful allium, a visitor asked me what it was…
then I had a lovely conversation with another visitor who was telling me about the allium that grew in her garden outside of the city… she said they grew six feet tall and took over the garden…
made me laugh as I shared how this was one of my beloved’s favourites and no matter what we did, they would not grow for us…
we ended the conversation noting that, in our experience, some plants will or won’t grow for certain people, lol…
05 Tuesday May 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, hummingbirds, moments, plastic bottles, purple, recycled, scarf, soft, Technology, The Leaf Gift Shop, widow
today, while I was working an early shift at The Leaf, I spotted this beautiful hummingbird scarf, which I then had to buy;-)…
it is made out of plastic bottles and is sooo soft and lightweight…
one of the great things about the Gift Shop there is how often they change the products…
and, if you see something you want, you need to buy it right away, because it might not be there the next time you go, lol…
04 Monday May 2026
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the chair covers have not really been doing their job so the cushions have been inside the patio doors and kind of clogging up the kitchen…
I am testing using both covers on one chair to see if that will protect the cushions and keep them dry…
fingers crossed…
we will see how it works out;-)…
03 Sunday May 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, grandson, grass, moments, planters, pump, raking, reading, tarp, weather, widow
spent time in the garden on a lovely day…
used the pond pump to empty the water on top of the tarp and then took the tarp off the pond…
took a few minutes to lay it out on the grass to dry out…
we moved a few planters to new places and will see if they stay in those spots…
did a little bit of raking of leaves, but there is still a lot to do…
and also spent some time reading in one of the chairs which recently came out of the shed…
02 Saturday May 2026
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aquasize, big girl pants, Breezy Bend, buddy, classes, clothes, friends, makeup, moments, Pan Am, Pan Am Pool, retirement, widow
my buddy and I have been going to aquasize long before we both retired…
since retirement, we’ve been going to the Pan Am Pool, either Tuesdays or Thursdays…
last year my buddy went to the annual Aquasize Lunch and this year we both went…
we had a lovely meal at Breezy Bend…
it was fun to try to recognize one another with clothes, hair, and makeup…
there were lots of items to try to win, although we didn’t bring anything home, lol…
a lovely group of people;-)…
and the service was excellent…
01 Friday May 2026
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took Indi to have a bath this morning…
spent a few minutes before leaving home to empty out the trunk so it could be cleaned as well…
when I arrived there were maybe 10 or 15 cars lined up, but I decided to wait…
took about 25 minutes to get in and then about 15 to run through the machinery…
she always looks gorgeous when she comes out, and with her summer rims on, lol…
when she was done there were about 40 cars waiting…
good thing I waited, lol…
30 Thursday Apr 2026
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appear, big girl pants, blessed, bonsai, family, grandson, Japanese Maple, moments, nature, plants, slow process, widow, wire
had fun watching my grandson start to work on his Japanese Maple bonsai…
we picked up the Japanese Maple last spring and it lived in the garden for the summer and moved into the living room in the fall…
over the winter it lost all of its leaves, but new ones have just started to appear;-)…
lots of bits were trimmed off and quite a few types of wire were used to begin the process of bending branches to new spots…
this is the second try as the first one he worked on didn’t make it…
kind of exciting to see how it will turn out, although it is a very slow process…
29 Wednesday Apr 2026
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last night was my first in the hot tub for a really long time…
a screw had come loose on the left side cover and it took quite a while before we were able to screw it back in… then it needed to be filled and it took me ages to get that done…
looking for photos of it, I found this note about the day the hot tub arrived —- April 29, 2009…
and this one from my first hot tub on Mother’s Day, 2009…
the area around the tub has changed a lot since its arrival…
these photos reminded me when the right hand cover came off and was repaired…
these photos were taken on April 28, 2023…
apparently, the end of April has been an important period for the hot tub…
next up will be emptying the tub and figuring out if we can make the right side more stable for opening and closing…
28 Tuesday Apr 2026
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big girl pants, cloudy, four hours, helpers, hot tub, moments, move, neighbours, professional, reading, u-haul, widow
spent the morning between reading and watching the move-out next door…
luckily, there were lots of helpers, although it still took four hours to fill the u-haul, two trucks, and two cars before they left…
an hour or so later, as the sky was clouding over, a hired crew came to move the hot tub to its new home…
next up will be seeing who moves in;-)
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