22 Tuesday Nov 2022
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bathtub, big girl pants, blessed, draining, Drano, moments, plug, replacement, washer, widow
the bathtub has been draining very slowly for a while now…
a suggestion had been to use Drano in it…
I finally climbed right in, and realized the stopper would unscrew…
then I discovered that the rubber washer had broken in two and was clearly the culprit…
it drained perfectly once removed…
now to get out and find a replacement for the washer…
21 Monday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cooked, family, food, grandson, moments, nature, parcel, shopping, shovel, snow, supper, Technology, texted, widow
had a lovely day on Saturday…
started with six beautiful hibiscus flowers smiling at me;-)…
my grandson texted to say they were going to pick up some groceries and a parcel for me so we decided to have supper together…
I had a good time making stuffing and mashed potatoes, cooking mushrooms for gravy, and getting a chicken ready to roast…
in between those activities I watched speed skating and a Christmas movie, lol…
when the kids arrived we enjoyed a great visit and delicious meal… then he shovelled the driveway, decks and sidewalks… I truly am blessed…
it is always a treat to spend time with them;-)…
19 Saturday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, grandson, happy, metal, moments, nature, outside, plastic, shopping, shovel, sidewalk, snow, Technology, weather, widow
was out for the first full sidewalk shovel of the year on Thursday…
last week I did the very front portion of the sidewalk closest to the road, lol… but the shovel I used was not good… it was heavy and the snow clung to the metal…
we went to Canadian Tire and checked out all the options… finally I chose this plastic one…
it worked well and as there wasn’t much snow on the ground it didn’t take too long…
a bit later in the day, I shovelled to the back lane so that the garbage bin could go out;-)…
and then the snow started again, lol…
big quiet flakes;-)…
18 Friday Nov 2022
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Advent, advent calendar, arrive, big girl pants, blessed, calendar, Canadian Chocoholic, chocolate, Christmas, Decadence Chocolates, family, food, happy, hibiscus, moments, purple, Technology, treat, widow
the Advent calendar has made its way back into the living room… it looks so great in that spot…
last year it was filled with yummy bonbons from Decadence Chocolates…
this year it will be filled with bits and pieces from Canadian Chocoholic’s stash…
now I just have to to wait for the parcel to arrive with the chocolate to go into it😊…
17 Thursday Nov 2022
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just finished the calcium pills I had been taking and happily tossed the container into the recycle bin…
they included a bit of vitamin D and were very large, so I was happy to be done with them…
I had asked the pharmacist at the IDA about what to replace them with and he suggested Tums… I was surprised, but happy, because Tums are chewable…
so now I take two Tums and 2 vitamin D pills instead of one huge pill, lol…
16 Wednesday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, Eggs Benedict, food, hollandaise, moments, sauce, treat, widow
took some time and made a nice breakfast…
quite a while ago, I got some packets of hollandaise sauce… used one for the first time…
started with an Eggo waffle for the base, added some bacon and then a poached egg… finished it off with the hollandaise…
came out nicely and I enjoyed it;-)…
15 Tuesday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, Fitbit, google, hue, moments, percolates, son-in-law, Technology, widow
while my son-in-law was here at the end of August, we tried to install a tp-link switch in the computer room… an issue with wires meant we couldn’t do it…
it didn’t seem like that big a deal, so I left it alone…
today I removed the cover and put in one of the Philips Hue bulbs… the cover will have to stay off so that it gets sufficient air which is okay…
and, with this bulb I am able to dim the light which will be especially good at night when I am charging my Fitbit…
funny how a simple solution can be found if it percolates for a while, lol…
13 Sunday Nov 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, encouraging, masking, memories, moments, out and about, PTE, Technology, widow
recently went to the theatre… a friend and I have been going together for a number of years…
during the pandemic we watched online, but that certainly wasn’t the same…
we had gone to a live presentation in the spring and were happy to be back…
they are still spacing people out, skipping intermission, and encouraging people to wear masks… both of these helped make the afternoon enjoyable… we also had another friend join us…
as is often the case, the set itself was interesting… from before the play started, when the set was quietly tidied… to the end, when it was absolutely trashed, lol…
so nice to do some more normal activities…
on our way home we followed a car with my beloved’s initials…
10 Thursday Nov 2022
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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, exercise, friends, moments, Pan Am, pool, registering, Technology, water, widow
this morning my adventure buddy and I went back to aquasize for the first time in about three years…
we’d been going to Cindy Klassen at that time… currently that pool is closed for repairs, so our excursion today was to the Pan Am pool…
we hadn’t been there previously and weren’t sure of the situation with Covid, so we were a bit nervous…
registering for the class online had been complicated, but we got it done… and the great news is that we can use our Healthy Living Access card from now on… no more fighting with the online registration system;-)…
the space was clean, there were ample lockers, the other participants were friendly, music was excellent and the teacher was tremendous…
and we appreciated the assistance of the staff as they answered all our questions;-)…
we had a great experience and are looking forward to the next time… especially now we can use our Access cards, lol…
had a two hour nap when I got home…
wonder how I will feel tomorrow…
09 Wednesday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, confused, moments, ready, Technology, widow
last week the cleaning company got a little confused and they came on Friday instead of Wednesday…
it always takes a bit of time to be sure everything is tidy for their arrival… when they didn’t arrive on Wednesday at the designated time, I called and left a message, but didn’t hear back…
Thursday I called and left a second message, but again didn’t hear back… this is not the norm with this company so I was starting to worry about them…
Friday, first thing in the morning I got a call… due to a few strange happenings, both of my calls had been missed and their scheduling app had a few hiccups, so they now had me scheduled for noon…
I ran around and did a final tidy and they arrived a few minutes early… they did a great job of making the place nice and shiny…
the bed always looks fancy after they’ve been, lol… very nice for an afternoon nap;-)…
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