13 Tuesday Dec 2022
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Advent, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, family, gifts, memories, moments, parcels, preparations, time, widow
been wrapping presents and in the process, making a bit of a mess, lol…
things are now ready to pop in the mail and the finished parcels have found their way into the living room…
Christmas is coming and things are getting organized;-)…
almost ready;-)…
11 Sunday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, door, extendible, garage, garage door, garden, hose, hot tub, memories, moments, open, Technology, washer, water, weather, widow
it was around zero, so today’s project involved hooking up the extendible hose in the basement and then topping up the hot tub…
in the process of connecting the hose I had to go out to the garage for a washer… at which point I discovered that the garage side door wouldn’t open… I tried the key, as it seemed locked, but that didn’t work…
I went in through the overhead door and tried to open it from that side, but no luck there either…
in previous winters the problem had been that it wouldn’t stay closed, lol…
so, will have to see what happens in the next while, sigh…
10 Saturday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, Canadian Tire, eventually, family, grandson, moments, out and about, shopping, Subway, Technology, water shoes, widow
out and about today!
well, I went to Canadian Tire and Subway, lol…
my grandson picked me up and once we were in the store we asked for help finding the water shoes I was looking for… the young man we dealt with didn’t seem to be having a good day… he appeared a bit unfriendly, but eventually did produce the shoes…
then, in another section of the store, the woman helping us was very knowledgeable and friendly and found what I needed quickly;-)…
and the cashier was pleasant, so all in all a good experience… and the store wasn’t crazy busy…
at the sandwich store, the young woman we dealt with was very helpful even though we caused her some confusion with our order, but she figured it out…
we enjoyed our subs when we got home…
a couple of jobs around the house and off he went;-)… then I had a nap😂…
09 Friday Dec 2022
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alarm, big girl pants, blessed, closet, decluttered, giveaway, memories, moments, share, treasures, widow
spent time in the computer room again yesterday and found additional items for the giveaway collection… happily there were a number of Christmas treasures amongst them…
eventually I was able to bring down the last of the boxes… it was filled with books and was really heavy…
added it to all the other items and had quite the pile…
set the alarm and got up early this morning to get everything onto the steps before eight… in the dark, sigh…
took a while to get them all out there, lol, and by nine they were gone…
it sure feels great to have the closet cleaned out and more space…
08 Thursday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, delivery, dragged, food, garage, heavy, moments, nature, startled, sunflower seeds, widow
the fifty pound bag of birdseed was recently delivered in the evening…
I had forgotten they were coming so was startled when they arrived and didn’t have them put it into the garage, where I had made a spot on the table for it…
they brought it into the house and left it by the front door…
it was heavy but in the morning I dragged it through the house to the back door…
then I went out and brought in the two pails that hold it, filled them up, and carried them out, one at a time, lol…
the bag was much lighter at this point and I was able to carry it out and fill the bin with the last portion…
those big girl pants;-)…
06 Tuesday Dec 2022
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A&W, apple turnover, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, burgers, cheers birthday, dinner, family, food, happy, memories, moments, ordered in, Technology, time, treat, turnover, widow
Sunday we celebrated my beloved’s birthday…
the kids in Ottawa ordered A&W and I ordered it here… this was as close as we could manage to get burgers which were one of his favourites, lol…
ordering and having the meal delivered makes it easy to meet and eat at a specific time without going crazy in the kitchen trying to get separate meals ready…
we met online and enjoyed our burgers and chatted about him…
whenever we meet up we like to “cheers”… in person or over screens…
after we finished our call, I had one of their apple turnovers… he loved apple pie;-)…
it was a low key and enjoyable way to remember him…
04 Sunday Dec 2022
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, bow, Christmas, door, flowers, friends, fun, moments, plants, poinsettias, talented, widow, wreath
a few days ago my buddy arrived with a wreath and a huge container of poinsettias…
she took the bow off the wreath, added a silver ornament, and finally made and attached a new snowflake ribbon…
then she hung it up on the front door…
it looks great and very Christmas-y… she is very talented;-)…
01 Thursday Dec 2022
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500, angels, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blogging, followers, memories, missing, moments, Technology, ten, ten years, widow
today marks 10 years since I started blogging…
and when I look at my stats, it tells me I have reached 500 followers… wow…
it also means that ten years have passed since my beloved left me… ten years…
just yesterday a delivery arrived and the box smelled of cigarette smoke… haven’t smelled that for years and it reminded me of him, as he was a smoker…
I miss him all the time, but I also know he would be proud of how I have grown over these years…
this photo includes a wooden angel that he made for me;-)…
ten years…
30 Wednesday Nov 2022
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Advent, advent calendar, big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, Christmas, family, food, memories, moments, purple, quick, ready, Technology, treat, widow
I received a box of individually wrapped pieces of chocolate in the mail to fill my Advent calendar…
was very happy and quick to pop one into each of the twenty four squares in the box… and there are two on the last day so that I can enjoy one on Christmas Day;-)…
now to wait for tomorrow, when I get to open the first one;-)…
28 Monday Nov 2022
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it always amazes me how one day my hair is perfectly fine and the next day way too long… and I can’t possibly wait another moment to fix it🤪…
finally got around to using the beautifully sharp scissors… well, they were sharpened in September…
they are amazing;-)… what a difference…
after a bit of trimming, I think my hair came out pretty nice…
what do you think…
