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13 Friday Sep 2024

Posted by sulis303 in business, life, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, email, faster, goodbyes, internet provider, loyalty, moments, moved, MTS, Shaw, Technology, widow

I have been a loyal MTS customer for 51 years…

over the last number of years I have been able to have a bit of a discount but they have come to the place where they are not providing anymore subsidies…

on top of that, the area I live in can only get 50 mbps, which is not really sufficient for all my Google Home units, tv, streaming, video games, etc…

one of the biggest changes has been the fact that I needed to change my email address, which I have had since email began (when dinosaurs strolled the earth)… a new address was set up many months ago, and slowly I have shared that information with others… over the last few weeks we have notified all of the organizations I am connected to as well…

today, I changed my provider to Shaw, who apparently can give me 1000 mbps, for less money…

so I am saying my goodbyes to MTS…

I didn’t want to make the change but felt there were no options… it was difficult as I am loyal to companies that I am connected to, but unfortunately MTS no longer seem to value longtime customers…

Tony, the technician, was here for over three hours and came across a number of complications, of course… but he was pleasant and got it done…

the Googles are all happy and changed over without any action needed on our part, woohoo…

and, I am beginning to learn how to use the new tv remote;-)… those big girl pants, lol…

above is the pile of things that we now have to send to MTS, by mail apparently…

traverse…

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

Posted by sulis303 in business, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, landscape pins, leaves, lost, moments, nature, netting, pond, Technology, traverse, weather, widow

finally got the net down to protect the pond from all the falling leaves…

we ordered netting online awhile ago and I had some landscape pins which we used to fasten it around the pond… I had to remove ones that were holding down a drip hose around the main deck because I have managed to misplace the box which has at least twenty-five more pins in it, sigh…

it was an interesting process as we figured out the best spots to attach it… my housemate did most of the work, but I did help…

so happy that we can still traverse the bridge without having to walk on the net…

it is the perfect length so that we didn’t have to go back and forth across the water to cover the whole thing… it doesn’t even look too bad…

and, of course, since then, hardly any leaves have fallen, lol…

eleven…

09 Monday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, eleven, end, jobs, moments, Paralympics, sports, Technology, widow

the Paralympics are over…

it has just been wonderful to be able to watch so many sports throughout the entire eleven days…

now on to some of the jobs that have been waiting around the house, lol…

jug…

08 Sunday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, IKEA, jug, measuring cup, moments, smoothie, Technology, widow

had a laugh this morning when I realized I had made my smoothie in the suntea jug instead of my usual IKEA measuring cup…

couldn’t see the measurements on the side which tell me how much almond milk to add…

apparently I was only half awake…

pass-through…

07 Saturday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, family, flowers, gift, moments, nature, pass-through, subscription, widow

spent a little time with the last of my bouquet subscription flowers…

I had divided the bouquet into two vases, but they were pretty much done, so I collected the last of the good ones and put them into two small vases…

one in the bathroom and one on the pass-through…

I am already missing the weekly beauties…

floating…

04 Wednesday Sep 2024

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, floating, hot air balloon, memory, moments, remembering, time, weather, widow

ten years ago I was floating over Gatineau in a hot air balloon… along with dozens of other balloons;-)…

I’d been waiting over twenty years for this experience… for my fortieth my beloved bought us tickets to fly at home, but the company ran away with the money…

it was everything I imagined and a very special moment in my life… the memory continues to be bright;-)…

landmarks…

03 Tuesday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, boat tour, CMHR, early, family, fun, landmarks, moments, nature, treat, water, weather, widow, Winnipeg Waterways Tours

went for a ride on one of the Winnipeg Waterways Tour boats yesterday morning…

while we waited to board, saw some ducks and geese and had to take a few pics, lol…

our driver, Pete, shared lots of interesting facts, many I wasn’t aware of, as we travelled along the Assiniboine and Red rivers…

it was fun to see some of the city landmarks from the water…

I was happy to get a few nice photos of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights…

and this one from the back of it…

a lovely treat;-)…

knob…

27 Tuesday Aug 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, door, family, fixed, front door, handle, Home Depot, house, knob, moments, repair, widow

today, as we were heading out to do a few errands, the doorknob came off in my grandson’s hand as he was locking the door…

so, besides the planned errands, we also went to Home Depot to get a new handle for the door…

I was very happy that this happened when he was home as I wasn’t sure that I could fix it…

once we returned home, my fancy screwdriver came out, pieces were removed from the door…

the new pieces were installed…

and voila, a beautiful new handle on the door…

it feels much sturdier, and although the handle is a bit stiff, I think the door is closing and locking better;-)…

method…

24 Saturday Aug 2024

Posted by sulis303 in business, garden, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, chair, cushions, garden, lawnchair, method, moments, new, widow

I have had the cushions for my outdoor chairs for over a year and I love them…

last Sunday I discovered a much simpler way to put them on the chairs, lol…

previously I would open them up and push down the bottom cushion and then make sure to raise the top cushion above it…

the new method puts both cushions on the chair and push it to the back, then raise the top (back) cushion…

so much easier;-)…

too funny, lol…

vegetarian…

22 Thursday Aug 2024

Posted by sulis303 in business, food, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, blessed, De Luca's, food, friend, lunch, moments, pizza, vegetarian, widow

went to De Luca’s on Portage Avenue for lunch the other day…

ordered the vegetarian mushroom, spinach, and cheese pizza, along with half of a shared Greek salad…

it was delicious…

and I brought some home which I had for lunch the next day…

so good;-)…

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