07 Friday Mar 2025
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spent a good part of Friday watching two elm trees across the creek being removed…
they’ve had the deadly orange dot on them since the fall, a sure sign their time was up…
because they were in a field it was obviously more difficult to take them down as they couldn’t get one of the big trucks close to them…
it was entertaining;-)…
03 Monday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, food, happy, health, information, made in Canada, moments, parmesan cheese, product, raspberries, shopping, Technology, widow
went to Costco on Wednesday morning and clearly picked a great time as parking was easy and the store wasn’t too busy…
I was very happy that the frozen raspberries I use were not a product of the USA, and neither was the Parmesan cheese…
it is kind of difficult on most packaging to find the information that tells you clearly where it comes from 😬…
01 Saturday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, deliveries, doorknob, family, house, housemate, moments, repair, tool, weather, widow
the other day, as my housemate was leaving the house, the handle for the front door came off in his hand…
he wasn’t able to fix it then and when he got home we discovered that we didn’t have the correct tool to make the repair…
happily, no deliveries arrived and I didn’t have to go out the next day, lol…
once he had the right implement, it only took a few minutes to fix the problem;-)…
now I’m not afraid to open the door;-)…
28 Friday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, cold, door, impossible, moments, nature, Technology, warm, weather, widow
it was much warmer for a few days last week and when I went to check the doorbell camera one evening, it was impossible to see anything…
after cleaning the camera portion, it was much easier to see…
made me laugh as it hasn’t been working due to the cold weather…
27 Thursday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, moments, nature, pattern, solar power, Spring, strength, sunshine, Technology, weather, widow
to continue with the strength of the sun, I got this photo of one of the solar-powered lights…
it is one of four that I received from the Ottawa kids… I had put three away, but left this one out…
rather excited to see the lovely pattern of light on the deck;-)…
spring is really coming…
25 Tuesday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, burner, cooking, element, family, moments, mother-in-law, repair, stove, Technology, widow
my favourite, and most used, burner on the stove stopped working all of a sudden…
I called Hameed Appliances, was sent a form to complete, and got an appointment the next day…
Ron, who has been here previously, arrived and had a look… to replace the piece with a new element was going to cost $500, so I am waiting to see if they might have access to a used element…
otherwise, I am going to leave it, thinking of my mother-in-law, who used to cook on a little stove that only had two usable burners… she could produce a meal with 3 vegetables, potatoes, and a roast, without any problem, lol…
we will see what I can do;-)…
24 Monday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, bins, blessed, deadline, deals, delivery, efficient, food, grandson, groceries, moments, plastic bags, read, Save-On-Foods, shopping, Technology, widow
my housemate has been picking up groceries for me so I haven’t ordered from Save-on-Foods for quite a while, but on Thursday I put an order in for delivery…
I had received an email advising of a $25 refund if I spent $75, so I went ahead and ordered some regular items on my shopping list, lol…
I made sure to call their info line because one item was buy-one-get-one-free, and I couldn’t remember if I should put two, or one, on the order…
the phone was answered quickly and the customer service person had the answer right away…
I also appreciate that they no longer use plastic bags, except for produce… I put out my own boxes and the driver transfers from their bins to mine…
when my order arrived, there wasn’t a credit so I went back to the email, only to discover that the deadline had just passed… by a few days, lol… apparently I should have read it better or put the order in sooner…
but, I did get the free item;-)…
23 Sunday Feb 2025
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alterations, big girl pants, blessed, dresses, hem, moments, sewing, shorten, Technology, weather, widow
finally made it to Vicki’s Alterations Tailor…
had washed the two new long dresses so they would be ready…
after putting them both on and having May mark where to shorten them, I paid for them and expect they will be ready sometime next week…
apparently many of their clients are wanting their alterations done right away as they are in vacation mode and leaving shortly for warmer climes…
22 Saturday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, flowers, free, garden, moments, nature, plants, Technology, weather, widow
the butterflies are free;-)…
the closed in piece is still in the centre, but the door has been removed…
butterflies were flitting about all over the space… yay…
there weren’t too many, but it may have been the end of the two week cycle…
so happy to see them free and all the people sitting in the space watching them…
21 Friday Feb 2025
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1200, amaryllis, arches, Babs Asper Display, big girl pants, blessed, Blooms in Winter, family, flowers, garden, grandson, moments, nature, orchids, plants, Technology, The Leaf, widow
as you enter the Mediterranean biome there are dozens of amaryllis in various stages… some nearly done, while others are fully open… many with multiple petals…
absolutely gorgeous…
and then you step into the Babs Asper display area… twelve hundred orchids in one place;-)… heaven…
the Blooms in Winter display is so lovely, a perfect place to enjoy the beauty of orchids…
there are a number of arches to walk through and benches to sit on and enjoy the views…
orchids everywhere, beautiful shapes and sizes…
what a delight;-)…
can’t wait to go back;-)…
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