11 Tuesday Nov 2025
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amaryllis, big girl pants, blessed, bulb, heat, moments, nature, planted, sceptical, shrivelled, widow
picked up an amaryllis when I was out grocery shopping on November 8th…
I am a bit sceptical whether it will do anything as it did not look very good…
the bulb was shrivelled with some dead bits at the top…
but, I planted it and put it close to a heating vent and have my fingers crossed;-)…
10 Monday Nov 2025
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authors, big girl pants, blessed, books, family, friend, GLOBOsapiens, moments, reading, releases, Technology, visit, widow
a friend dropped by for a visit on Saturday morning and brought me a few books…
a bit later my housemate and I went to Globosapiens to pick up some additional books… this time I chose some new releases as well as some of the authors I usually read…
the Halloween decorations had filled up most of the stairs as there were very few books left to read…
I took this (⬆️) photo on November 1st before the decorations came down…
now, the stair library is booming once again;-)… woohoo… I haven’t been enjoying the current read, so may just put that one aside and start on one of these;-)…
09 Sunday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, bird feeder, blessed, button, garden, memories, moments, poppy, remembering, Remembrance Day, widow
on Thursday I cleaned the poppy bird feeder and attached it to the front rail…
I noticed that I’d set it out a bit earlier last year…
I also dug out two poppies to put on my jacket and t-shirt…
last year I had purchased some little button pins to keep from losing them, lol…
I still make sure to make a donation as, before the pin, I ended up losing a couple and needing to replace them, lol…
08 Saturday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, happy, hoodies, moments, Technology, Vicky’s Alterations, widow, zipper
I am absolutely thrilled with the job Vicky’s Alterations did putting zippers in two hoodies…
I had stopped wearing one although it was very comfy… unfortunately, it was just too difficult to take it off…
it looks great and like it always had a zipper in it…
now it is easy to get on and off…
the zipper matched perfectly on the second hoodie…
so happy;-)…
07 Friday Nov 2025
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afford, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cleaners, family, house, memories, missing, moments, tea towel, widow
my tea towel on the stove, folded very nicely by the cleaners who were here a few days ago, reminded me of how blessed I am…
for years we couldn’t afford a cleaner…
but for the last number of years I’ve had a company come in once a month to do the basics which makes me feel like the house is mainly clean, lol…
I am ever thankful to my beloved who made this wonderful gift possible;-)… I continue to miss him every single day…
06 Thursday Nov 2025
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adventure buddy, big girl pants, blessed, canopy, exercise, Harte trail, nature, section, tunnel, walk, weather, widow
it was a beautiful sunny day as we went for another walk along a different section of the Harte Trail the other day…
the sunshine was glorious and the path was dry…
this portion had a canopy so it felt as though we were walking in a bit of a tunnel… can’t wait to walk this one in the summer when the leaves are overhead…
beautiful trees and a lovely sky… an excellent way to get our exercise in when we can’t make it to the pool…
also tested out my new boots;-)…
05 Wednesday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, clean-ish, family, garden, moments, nature, pond, pumps, water, weather, widow
cleaned out the first of the garden water pumps last week…
always happy when they are all clean-ish and packed away for the winter…
this morning I was able to pull out, clean and put away the last two…
all the jobs in the garden are done and it is now ready for the winter…
04 Tuesday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, fishtank, moments, nature, pail, pond, survives, water, water lily, widow
the water lily has been sitting inside the backdoor in a pail of water for over a week and the water is rather smelly, lol…
finally took it out of the pail and trimmed all the dead leaves… there was even a bud as it was trying to bloom again…
then it went into the biggest tank…
looks good, but we will see if it survives the winter as the fish may eat the whole thing🤪…
03 Monday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, bins, blessed, coatrack, gloves, moments, organizing, pass-alongs, purple, tidy, widow
so happy when a tidying streak continues, lol…
spent some time in the front door area sorting through bins and baskets…
filled another box with pass-alongs without any difficulty… including purses and bags…
all of the gloves went into one of the Ikea bins which will make them much handier and easier to find…
one basket holds all the hats, a second one all of the bags (some of which had been hanging from the coatrack taking up space), the third one holds all of the bottles and sprayers for critters and fancy shoe cleaners, and the last one holds binoculars and extra tape measures…
much more organized and easier to see which one holds which items…
just noticed how many purple things there are, lol…
02 Sunday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, closet, decorations, drain, halloween, moments, packaged, pass-alongs, rain barrel, thanksgiving, widow
had a productive day…
first thing in the morning I gathered up all the Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations and packaged them up into their boxes…
the boxes are still open and will remain that way for a few days, in case something got missed, lol…
then I went out and turned on the tap on the front yard rain barrel to empty it… next step will be to flip it over for the winter…
later on, I went through the bedroom closet and packed away the summer clothes for the winter and filled a box with pass-alongs…
always pleased when the sorting goes easily;-)…
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