29 Thursday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, daughter, family, flight, making art, moments, The Leaf, volunteering, widow
we ended our visit at The Leaf…
my daughter wandered around while I worked my volunteer shift…
besides enjoying the biomes she spent time making art;-)…
when my shift was over we enjoyed a meal at Gather and then I drove her to the airport for her flight home…
so happy to have had this time with her🤗…
28 Wednesday Oct 2026
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the surprise of my daughter’s visit was delightful…
she had booked a pedicure for us once she arrived home and we had a lovely time at one of our favourite haunts…
dark blue and mauve toes ended our visit there…
27 Tuesday Oct 2026
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art, big girl pants, blessed, bookbinding, caked, daughter, deadly chocolate mousse cake, family, food, moments, treat, widow
a picture came up on my photo frame… it was of my daughter and housemate in front of Baked Expectations a few days ago…
she’s been in the city attending a bookbinding workshop…
this picture came up in my memories from Oct. 22, 2025… almost always when she comes home there is deadly chocolate mousse from Baked Expectations…
this trip she had cake when she arrived in the city, but was staying with a friend and was all caked out by the time she arrived here, lol…
she did bring her art supplies with her…
what a wonderful gift to have her here at home for a few days…
26 Monday Oct 2026
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25 Sunday Oct 2026
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application, Belgian Alliance, big girl pants, credit card, credit union, helpful, moments, Technology, widow
while preparing for my trip and dealing with the concern that my credit card had been compromised, I had contacted my credit union to get information on amounts that could be charged using debit… they were very helpful in providing what I needed to know and also said they could produce a card through their system… for years, I’ve only had one card which is used for all purchases… so an issue like this was a fairly big deal, lol…
once home from my trip, I contacted the credit union and applied for one of their credit cards…
the person on the phone filled out all the required paperwork and advised within a few hours that I’d been approved for the card…
they were so helpful, easy to talk to, and described things clearly…
what a gift😊…
24 Saturday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, card, credit union, dispute, moments, online bank, Technology, widow
in August, a charge was made on my credit card from Amazon Kids+ for under $12, which apparently was for a subscription…
neither I, nor my housemate, had made such a purchase, so I called the credit card people who advised that I could not dispute the charge until it moved from pending to posted…
no matter how I explained that we hadn’t made such a purchase, they seemed focused on refuting the claim…
for me it was more about whether someone was phishing to see if my card worked😳…
I advised I was going to be away and wanted to know what to do about the card… eventually I gave up talking with them… this is the first time I found them less than helpful…
I went to the actual bank my card is connected to, which was very busy… who knew so many people actually went into the bank in the middle of the week👀…
eventually I spoke with a great staff person who was able to help figure out what to do…
so, for the time being, I had to lock my card and then unlock it when I needed to pay for something and then lock it again… rather stressful😣…
I contacted Amazon and was told someone else was using my card, so I should speak to my bank and cancel the card…
I called the bank and, after repeating the same information to two different people, they finally cancelled the card and put another in the mail…
it would make sense to have a spreadsheet with all the places that take money out automatically… guess that will be my next project🥺…
16 Friday Oct 2026
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banner, big girl pants, deer, family, food, grandson, moments, nature, no stickers, poll, treat, voted, widow
this morning I voted in the advance poll at Polo Park… they are really strict about not allowing photos to be taken, and instead of stickers, had a banner you could use… maybe it saves money 🤪…
as a reward we got pretzels… mine were mini sesame ones… and I found them easier to eat;-)…
my favourite is the garlic and salt, but I was heading to The Leaf to volunteer and didn’t want to breathe garlic on the visitors, lol…
and as a special treat we came across three deer…
what a lovely bonus…
14 Wednesday Oct 2026
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, family, hair, moments, Top End Studio, unmanageable, widow
today I went for a haircut at Top End Studio Inc…
I was very happy to be going, as my hair was getting a little unmanageable, lol…
we had been to IKEA and I was a little worried about getting there on time…
of course we made it…
and I have great hair again;-)…
12 Monday Oct 2026
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we are currently working on a fairly major project and it has meant moving a few things around…
so, the bookcase that held the new one hundred books was emptied and the books made their way to the stair library (via the dining room table)😳…
it has never been so full, lol…
11 Sunday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, dining car, family, food, meals, moments, options, train trip, widow
I’ve been thinking of the great meals we had on the train… the first morning we didn’t know where the dining car was and made the best of what we found in another car,,,
then we discovered where the dining car was, and had excellent meals from then on, lol… at each meal you got to choose between three options…
and at each meal we ended up sitting with people who we hadn’t met before…
