26 Thursday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, bluejay, moments, nature, Nature Conservancy Canada, NCC, sticker, walking, widow
had to laugh the other day…
I got a sticker with a bluejay on it in the mail from Nature Conservancy Canada…
and the next day, as I was walking outside, I heard a bluejay calling…
good timing on the part of NCC, lol…although I won’t put the sticker on the car…
24 Tuesday Mar 2026
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23 Monday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, bite, blessed, delicious, dinner, errands, family, food, jammed, moments, sushi, Sushi Cushi, widow
planned to start our errands with lunch at Sushi Cushi, only to discover that they open at 4 on Sundays;-(…
so, we decided to have dinner there instead…
the parking lot was jammed with cars and we wondered if we would get in, but happily, there were tables available…
sometimes we order and pick it up, but eating in is a treat;-)…
as always our food was delicious and we enjoyed every bite…
21 Saturday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, butterfly blanket, happy, light, moments, monarch, naps, nature, warm, widow
I have been loving my new butterfly blanket…
it is much lighter than the blanket that I’ve been using for naps in the den…
and although it is lighter it is just as warm and cozy;-)…
I think it is going to be lovely when I’m in my chair on the deck —- soon I hope —- as the weather warms up;-)…
20 Friday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, books, GLOBOsapiens, moments, reading, sale, shopping, stair library, widow
went to Globosapiens to pick up some books…
they have a great sale on now…
updated the stair library, and plan to go back in the next while to pick up more great reads;-)…
19 Thursday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, cupcakes, food, grandson, housemate, Jenna, Jenna Rae Cakes, moments, shopping, treat, widow
visited Jenna Rae Cakes on Academy for the first time today;-)…
was just planning to look…
but ended up with 3 cupcakes to share with my housemate;-)…
this one ended up being my favourite;-)…
18 Wednesday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, facecloth, kleenex, Last Object, moments, paper towel, widow
recently someone commented on my Last Object “kleenex”…
I have been using them for about six years and am very happy with them…
it also brought to mind my “paper towels”…
since the beginning of 2020, I have been using old facecloths and napkins instead of paper… there are still a few thing I use actual paper towels for… particularly things like bacon when it cooks in the microwave, lol…
once they get used, they go into a basket in the laundry room and when it is full, into the washer… dried, folded, and returned to the cupboard, then the top of the microwave to be used…
and repeat…
14 Saturday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, donations, moments, scans, taxes, Technology, upload, widow
been putting off dealing with the taxes, sigh…
finally sat down in the computer room and got to work on all the documents I needed to send in…
just recently a friend shared that the pharmacy could provide a list of all my prescriptions for the year… saved me a lot of pasting, as I would organize and stick all the receipts in date order from the pharmacy on letter paper and then scan the pages, lol…
thankfully I had printed a hard copy of most of the donation receipts which was handy when I was searching for all of them in my email, lol…
took a minute, but eventually I figured out how to scan things to the computer and locate where they landed…
then shockingly, I also remembered how to get into the Portal and was able to upload all of the pieces of information…
I think, 🤞…
13 Friday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blanket, blessed, deck, flowers, moments, monarch butterfly, stare, The Leaf Gift Shop, weather, widow
I’ve been watching this item in the Gift Shop at The Leaf for well over a week now…
on one of my spots, I would stare at it, through the exit doors, but when my shift ended, the shop would be closed…
I kept planning to stop in before starting my volunteer time, but kept forgetting…
until today…
lucky for me the shop stayed open past the end of my shift for an event that was happening at the event centre;-)…
and I came home with this lovely blanket… it is a monarch butterfly (which I love) and is soft and cozy…
I think it will be perfect when I start to sit on the deck as the weather gets warmer;-)…
12 Thursday Mar 2026
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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, delicious, food, friend, lunch, moments, onion rings, Silver Heights Restaurant, widow, Yorkie
had lunch at Silver Heights Restaurant again today…
we had seen an item on the menu the last time we were there and wanted to come back and try it…
today there was no aquasize so we decided to go for lunch instead…
we had a Duke of Yorkie – shaved baron of beef, fried carmelized onion, mozzarella, horseradish mayo, on a giant Yorkshire pudding, served with au jus… with a shared side of onion rings…
it was delicious;-)…
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