08 Thursday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, bowls, collection, food, heart shaped, moments, purple, shopping, widow
I have a small collection of heart-shaped objects and the other day I bought a new bowl to add to the collection…
I have really enjoyed using it;-)…
it is slightly larger but goes perfectly with the other three heart-shaped bowls I already have…
for the month of February I’ve been trying to use them as much as possible❤️…
07 Wednesday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, buffet, food, friend, Good Earth Restaurant, koi, lightweight, moments, purple, shopping, sweater, time, walk, widow
had a fun time yesterday with my buddy…
we went clothes shopping and I got a beautiful lightweight purple sweater with pearls and silver dots on it… and it was on sale…
after that we stopped and picked up a few groceries before going to the Good Earth for the lunch buffet…
I got to visit with the koi for a few moments…
I even walked up from the end of the street, lol…
then there was a nap;-)…
06 Tuesday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, doldrums, flowers, happy, home, moments, purple, tulips, vases, weather, widow
yesterday I picked up tulips when I was at the grocery store… I was very happy about that…
when I got home they went into a single large vase, but this morning I took the time to separate them into four containers…
one is on the stairs to go up to the bedroom…
one has gone onto the kitchen counter…
one is in the bathroom…
and one is next to where I sit to watch TV in the Den…
what a lovely treat… flowers are what help me get through the doldrums of February;-)…
05 Monday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, haircut, ice, moments, nature, remembering, sidewalks, sore, time, twinges, walk, weather, widow
for the last week one of my knees has been a bit sore, so I have been taking it pretty easy…
today I was able to get in for a haircut and I got dropped off so that I could get there right away…
happy to have a tidy and lighter head, lol…
I decided to walk home as I could call and get a ride if I needed it should my knee misbehave, although it hasn’t given me any twinges for the last day or so…
I walked on the dry sidewalk along Portage, but when I turned onto the side streets I used the middle of the road as the sidewalks were covered in ice…
happily I made it home without any pain…
03 Saturday Feb 2024
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Awakening, big girl pants, blessed, book, great read, happy, moments, Nora Roberts, reading, time, widow
I spent a good part of Wednesday and basically all of Thursday reading The Awakening by Nora Roberts…
I literally couldn’t put it down, lol…
it was delightful and I enjoyed every page…
now to get the next book in the trilogy;-)…
29 Monday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, chemicals, chlorine, empty, experimenting, grandson, health, hot tub, Krevco, moments, nature, plunge tub, water, widow
the decision was made to empty the plunge tub and refill it with fresh water…
after a visit to Krevco to get some chemicals for the hot tub, we got information on what to use for the plunge tub…
we picked up liquid chlorine and will do some experimenting as to how much to add, and how often, lol…
we used the pump that usually empties the hot tub and then dumped the last bit… wiped it out and then spent a while refilling it…
cover and bungee cord went back on and it is ready for plunging…
at Krevco we saw a plunge pool… it was $10,000, 😳…
28 Sunday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, caddy, grandson, happy, light, moments, plants, shelves, shower, shower caddy, space, Technology, widow
not too long ago I saw a cool use of a shower caddy…
it had been tucked in a corner of a room and had puck lights under the shelves to provide light for each of the plants…
I’d been looking online but hadn’t yet ordered one… here’s the spot where it will go…
today I got a shelf from Home Depot and we made a few adjustments as we put it together;-)…
ended up leaving the top portion of the pipe off and using some cord holders and zip ties to attach the pipe to the wall…
I decided not to use any additional lights as the spot this is set in gets a lot of light…
I am pleased with how it came out… and may have to get a few more plants, lol…
26 Friday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, bosses, friends, hot tub, memories, moments, patience, remembering, strength, stretch, taught, thinking, time, widow, worked
last night as I was in the hot tub, I was thinking of some of the amazing people I have worked for and with…
the one whom one of my daughters is named after…
the one who became a substitute father…
the one who taught me about strength…
the one who reminded me of all my abilities and encouraged me to stretch…
the ones who taught me patience, lol…
the ones who have become part of my life;-)…
as I contemplate them I realize again what a blessed life I have led…
24 Wednesday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, delightful, enjoy, flowers, happy, hyacinths, moments, nature, purple, scent, weather, widow, winter
it smells delightful right now in the living room as both of the hyacinths are blooming…
spent the majority of the day there so I could enjoy the scent;-)…
I am so happy to have flowers in these dark days of winter…
23 Tuesday Jan 2024
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anticipation, big girl pants, blessed, crocus, daffodils, flowers, happy, hyacinth, moments, plants, pot, Safeway, shopping, Spring, tulips, weather, widow
on Sunday we took a trip to Safeway to find some spring plants… this is the time of year that I need lots of things blooming around me…
we found individual pots of hyacinth and crocus… then a pot with tulips, daffodils, primrose, and hyacinth in it… I got them all, lol…
I am enjoying watching them as they open and anticipating the scent;-)…
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