hardest…

05 Friday May 2023

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I’ve been thinking about all of the stuff I’ve given away over the last six months…

it makes me so happy to be able to share with others and not add unnecessarily to the landfills…

it is also getting easier to let go of stuff… and the simple way to arrange a pickup by going online is also helpful…

currently the hardest part is to remember to get up early enough to get all of the boxes onto the front steps…

clever…

04 Thursday May 2023

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on Monday I received a birthday present in the mail…

it is a plastic envelope with a disk of soil, a popsicle stick and seeds…

it will turn into sunflower micro greens…

this morning, after going online for directions, I added water, stirred up the soil, added the seeds, stirred it a bit more, misted it and put it into the sunshine;-)…

will be checking it out daily to see how it grows…

what a clever idea and lovely gift;-)…

dump…

01 Monday May 2023

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Friday we accomplished a lot…

we sorted through all of the stuff that got put into the garage when we were cleaning out the basement, and piled the items onto the driveway which were for the dump…

a truck arrived, was filled with the collection, and headed out… when it got back the snowblower was lifted in, with help from a neighbour, and away it went to someone with a large driveway…

then we started to reorganize the items that were left and make space in the garage for the car and the motorcycle…

took quite a while and lots of organizing, but eventually space was made…

and the car and motorcycle fit;-)… maybe the next project will be to wash the car, lol…

a start was made on the items still on the workbench, including the million screws, lol…

Hawaii…

30 Sunday Apr 2023

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four years ago in April, we arrived on Maui to celebrate my birthday…

I had always wanted to go to Hawaii, but never made it happen until then…

I have been enjoying the memories that have come up in my social media…

on our way into our first hotel, we spotted orchids in the lobby…

we went to the beach to watch the sun set, got our toes in the ocean, found a great spot to watch, settled in to wait, and then had this group of people walk right in front of us to get their pictures, lol…

I have the amethyst heart that I purchased on my bedside table and enjoy seeing it all the time…

one of my favourite memories is of our time at the orchid farm… a huge space bursting with the most beautiful plants, most of which were in full bloom…

it was delightful…

there were fish and sea turtles…

saw cacao trees with cacao pods on them, jacaranda trees in bloom (purple), and the most amazing banyan tree which took up an entire block…

it was an amazing time and we enjoyed every minute… it lived up to all of my expectations and then some… so lucky this happened before covid…

improvement…

29 Saturday Apr 2023

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on Friday we emptied, moved and cleaned the hot tub, put it back and refilled it… this time I used a larger hose that I have and it emptied the tub in fifteen minutes… usually it can take hours, so this was a great improvement…

I am always happy when the jets start up after the refill, because sometimes it takes a few tries to get them working… happily, they started right away…

unfortunately we could not replace the arms as the screw for one of them would not come out…

we also left the seal for them to look at, and hopefully repair or replace…

so I have a call in to Krevco to see about having a technician come out and see what they can do…

gadget…

27 Thursday Apr 2023

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we got a new kitchen gadget recently…

its purpose is to make a circular fried egg…

it is going to take a while to figure out how best to use it, but these came out not too bad…

I tend not to order a one-use item, but maybe we can figure out something else to use it for, lol… any ideas;-)…

mushrooms…

26 Wednesday Apr 2023

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Tuesday we went to aquasize as my buddy had an appointment on Thursday…

from there we drove to Oak Bluff, where we had lunch at Roxy’s Restaurant & Lounge… I was very excited to find battered mushrooms on the menu, so we started with those… and they were delicious;-)… then I had a tasty beef dip with Caesar salad… the service was excellent, the food good and it was a nice spot…

onward to Carman where we visited the Golden Prairie Arts Council to see an exhibition by Connie Bart Hamel which was filled with a variety of mediums… she is very talented and a neighbour of my friend…

we stopped at Syl’s for ice cream and had a lovely drive home in the sunshine…

wonderful day;-)…

book…

20 Thursday Apr 2023

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spent most of this snowy/rainy day in the living room reading a book by my favourite author and enjoying my beautiful bouquet…

did manage to get my steps in…

miraculously…

19 Wednesday Apr 2023

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had a lovely day yesterday…

started with an early morning hot tub as the sun shone… then had pie for breakfast…

there were phone calls, text messages, visits, it was great and a DQ blizzard miraculously appeared;-)…

I spent time reading, napping, and watching a few programs…

we had steak and lobster for supper and I didn’t even have to clean up;-)…

my kids gave me another subscription for eight bouquets this summer… I loved the ones last summer… and this afternoon flowers arrived to brighten the dull day…