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lively…

02 Wednesday Oct 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, busy, cleaning, family, garden, gardening, grandson, lively, moments, moving, mudding and taping, plants, Technology, weather, widow

Wednesday was a lively day…

started off with an early breakfast and quick inspection of the house to make sure everything was tidy as the cleaners were coming at nine…

it was raining out when they arrived so I headed up to the computer room to get out of their way… while there I filed paperwork, put items in a pass-along box and tidied the desk… it always surprises me how that desk can get cluttered, all by itself, lol…

as they left, Hilda the Gardener arrived for a final cleanup of the garden… pots and planters were emptied in preparation for our next season, irises were planted around the garden, and the strawberry plant went back into the ground to overwinter…

while she was here, my grandson’s grandfather arrived to work a bit on the newly drywalled sections of the basement…

as they were working inside and outside, I began bringing in the plants that will live indoors during the next few seasons and setting them up in their winter locations…

this year I have set up a few grow lights in the spot where the small fish tank had been located… it will be an interesting experiment to see how they will do in this location…

so, the inside and outside of the house are both lovely, tidy, clean and organized…

then I had a nap;-)…

Persian…

28 Saturday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, food, gathering, lamb, moments, Persian, restaurant, rice, supper, Tehran Market and Cafe, time, waitperson, widow

had fun last night… our group went to Tehran Market & Cafe for Persian food…

it was fun to decipher the menu and and then see exactly what we ordered, lol…

we had this cute little button on the table to connect with the servers… it was very handy because it took us quite a while to decide what we wanted, lol…

our lovely waitperson took pictures of us with all the food…

I had lamb… it was very tasty and came with a huge portion of dill rice;-)…

there was even a spot on the button to advise when we were ready to pay… they came quickly whenever we pushed one of the buttons…

enjoyable evening with wonderful friends…

foxy…

28 Saturday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, fox, foxy, haircut, health, moments, nature, plants, sad, walk, weather, widow

walked over and got a haircut this morning…

on my way, met up with a red fox that was about five feet away when it ran past me…

didn’t even look like much hair was taken off, but my head certainly feels better…

noticed the sad looking flower pots along the boulevard that look like mine at home…

apparently the city isn’t watering, just like me🤪…

does my hair look foxy;-)…

repair…

25 Wednesday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, grandson, help, house, leak, moments, NextGen, repair, sink, technician, toilet, tushy, water, widow

well today there was another repair person in the house…

we had ordered a tushy to put on the toilet, but when he hooked it up my grandson encountered a leak he could not figure out how to fix…

we contacted NextGen who have recently located to a shop at Bruce and Albany…

Tony arrived just ninety minutes later and had the leak fixed and a second problem in the kitchen sorted out inside forty-five minutes…

he was a knowledgeable technician, explained as he went along, and cleaned up all the mess before he left…

now I have a fan blowing into the cabinet and am waiting for the space under the sink to dry out so I can put everything back;-)…

drum…

22 Sunday Sep 2024

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belt, big girl pants, blessed, drum, dryer, family, grandson, Hameed Appliances Repair, moments, repair, Technology, widow

on Tuesday, September 11, the dryer stopped working… they had been here almost exactly a year ago to repair it the last time it stopped working… at that time it needed a belt somewhere in the back…

my grandson took a look and discovered that the belt that goes around the drum had broken… he looked on YouTube and figured he could fix it if we got the part…

I contacted Hameed Appliances Repair by email and asked if we could just get the part or whether they needed to come out to fix it…

they were quick to respond and agreed to drop off the part the following Monday once they received it…

$30 later, and six days without a dryer, the part was delivered to the house…

we were very happy, but when my grandson looked at it he realized it wasn’t the correct belt…

this time he contacted them by phone as I wasn’t sure what was wrong with the one we got, lol…

after a conversation with them, including sending photos, they ordered a different belt and it was delivered on Friday…

as soon as my grandson got home he headed to the dryer and with me holding the top open, and him following a YouTube video, he had it attached in about fifteen minutes…

and it is working perfectly… now he says he is an appliance repair person, lol…

eventually we realized that my description hadn’t been clear enough and they had sent the same belt that was used to repair it the first time…

even though it took quite a while to get it all sorted out, I was pleased that they hadn’t insisted that they needed to come out and fix it;-)…

Excel…

20 Friday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, computer room, Excel, JD Robb, list, moments, number, reading, space, spreadsheet, Technology, widow

after getting the books yesterday, today’s project was to get the JD Robb Excel spreadsheet prepared… it was fun to spend some quality time with the laptop…

once they were entered, I had to sort them in order…

I laid them out by number and then found a place to line them up…

and they fit perfectly on the shelf in the computer room, although it may be an issue to add the rest, lol…

GLOBOsapiens…

19 Thursday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, books, cash, GLOBOsapiens, JD Robb, Louise Penny, moments, read, shopping, Technology, trunk, widow

finally made it to GLOBOsapiens Used Bookstore, as a number of friends had told me about it…

took a box full of books that I had read, which have been rattling around in the trunk for weeks, and came home with a box full of books that I have been looking for…

they only take cash and luckily I had some on me… and, because I brought books in, most of the ones I purchased were half price…

I’ve been looking for the JD Robb In Death series for quite some time so was thrilled when I found twenty to add to my library woohoo…

now to add them to my list so I know which ones I have and which ones I still need;-)… and figure out where they are going to go…

pavilion…

18 Wednesday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, geese, inukshuk, moments, nature, orange, overcast, pavilion, pictures, rain, walk, weather, widow, yellow

went just a few streets further on my walk this morning…

it was overcast and a bit cool, which made it perfect for walking;-)…

today, orange and yellow seemed to be the colours that drew me…

it is fun to look at houses and how front yards are designed… even came across an Inukshuk…

caught some geese that were flying right above me…

and had a different view of the Park bridge, ice sculpture and pavilion…

glad I went early, as not too long after I got home it rained for ages…

falafels…

17 Tuesday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, falafels, flowers, friends, gardeners, gardens, hummingbird, moments, nature, overcast, Park, Park Cafe, plants, purple, steps, stroll, weather, widow

met up with my adventure buddy and we went for a stroll through the English and Leo Mol Gardens at the Park…

it was an overcast day, but the rain held off…

there were gardeners working everywhere to keep the space beautiful…

here are a few things I took photos of…

we spotted a hummingbird and watched it for a few minutes amongst the purple flowers…

had a break on our bench before enjoying a bit of lunch at the Park Cafe where I had some tasty falafels…

it was spitting when I left the Park…

managed over 12,000 steps for the day, woohoo…

gemstones…

14 Saturday Sep 2024

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amethyst, big girl pants, blessed, Divine Clarity, gemstones, moments, nature, purple, rocks, shopping bag, stones, treat, widow

I’ve been walking past Divine Clarity for awhile now, since I am taking a slightly longer walk…

I haven’t been inside for ages, but on Friday morning decided to stop in…

the space has been completely rearranged since I was last there and I really like the new setup… and it continues to be a lovely welcoming space…

I had fun in the rock area and came home with four lovely gemstones… a chevron amethyst, a ruby fuchsite, malachite, and azurite…

they make me feel happy;-)…

I also picked up a pretty shopping bag… for the life of me, I don’t know where my other ones are although they are perfectly safe😳…

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