07 Sunday Apr 2024
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well, yesterday I gathered up all of the tulips which had clearly come to their end…
as I was carrying one of the vases, the petals flew all over the carpet… for the rest of them I removed the petals before carrying them anywhere, lol…
they lasted since March 30th…
05 Friday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, carts, Dairy Queen, delicious, dim sum, family, fish, ice cream cone, memories, menu, moments, widow
went for dim sum on Wednesday… can’t even think of the last time I had it…
it was supper time and they worked from a menu, not just having the carts going around…
spent a few minutes with their fish…
as per usual we ordered too much, but that meant I had a lovely leftover lunch on Thursday…
it was delicious both times…
ended the evening on our way home with a cone from Dairy Queen…
yum;-)…
04 Thursday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, bright, decorate, family, living room, memories, moments, orange, pictures, purple, remembering, sarongs, table, Technology, trips, widow
time to update the living room table…
I decided on sarongs in each square and then books from various trips for me to enjoy during this birthday month…
ran the sarongs through the wash to get rid of any wrinkles and then filled in the squares… went with purple and orange… purple for me, and orange for my daughter, with whom I went on many of the trips, lol…
looks bright and fresh and I have lots of special moments to enjoy;-)…
30 Saturday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, buns, Easter, family, flowers, hot cross buns, moments, treat, tulips, vases, widow
so excited tonight when my grandson arrived with hot cross buns, which we have been looking for over the last week or so…
going to enjoy some of those for breakfast tomorrow;-)…
and he brought me tulips…
I filled five vases: one went downstairs in his space, one went into the den, one went into the living room and a final one for the bedroom…
what a lovely Easter treat…
26 Tuesday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, books, family, girls, memories, moments, read, shopping, Technology, widow
since the girls were born, I’ve been giving them books for birthdays and holidays… I’ve done the same for my grandkids, but now we’ve worked up to gift cards as it isn’t clear what they might like to read…
now I don’t really have anyone to buy books for, but I have a new neighbour who has just turned two, so I’m getting books for him now…
it is such fun to buy little people books…
24 Sunday Mar 2024
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23 Saturday Mar 2024
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Ali’i Kula Lavender, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, lavender, Maui, memories, moments, nature, pictures, plants, purple, remembering, vacation, widow
recently I saw something on Instagram which reminded me of our wonderful visit to Ali’i Kula Lavender on Maui…
it was a beautiful place, with nice lavender fields, but also amazing gardens filled with stunning flowers…
I found a few photos from that day…
this hand towel usually hangs in the bathroom as a lovely reminder of that wonderful day and trip…
so nice when something comes along and reminds you of special moments…
21 Thursday Mar 2024
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this morning I spent time with the flowers from March 5th…
last week I took out the carnations and today I divided the remaining mums into three containers…
one went into a glass vessel and made its way onto one of the kitchen counters…
the second container held two and went into the bathroom…
the final batch went into a purple mug on the living room table…
I also added a bunny, a glass egg, a candle, and chocolate mini eggs… Easter is coming after all;-)…
such fun to create something new from a single bouquet…
20 Wednesday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, blown, blown away, computer, glass blowing, moments, Netflix, steps, Technology, widow
I’ve been watching Blown Away on Netflix…
it is on my housemate’s computer and as I’ve watched season one and two I’ve been walking on the spot… getting lots of steps… I am now on season three and hope to catch up to the current episodes on season four…
the show is about glass blowing and has been great fun to watch…
I have loved Dale Chihuly’s work and it is so fun to watch the participants produce their art…
19 Tuesday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, element, fixed, foot, Hameed Appliance Repair, moments, oven, stove, Technology, widow
so, this morning at 8:15, Ron, from Hameed Appliance Repair Inc. arrived…
forty-five minutes, and $250 later, he was gone…
in between, he fixed a foot that had come off the stove and replaced the bake element…
woohoo…
at first I thought he was taking the stove’s blood pressure as he had these nifty little pads that pumped up and raised the side of the stove so he could get in to work on the foot, which fought pretty hard, but he won the battle, lol…
the element was an easy fix as he had one in his vehicle, it took minutes to replace…
we had a lovely conversation about the lifespan of older versus newer appliances and I got a card for someone they recommend for refurbished appliances… hope I don’t need that for a long time;-)…
so I think I will roast something for supper…
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