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lid…

30 Saturday Apr 2022

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big girl pants, fish tank, flakes, goldfish, lid, moments, pail, struggle, widow

it took me three days and a number of tools to get the lid off of this pail of fish food flakes…

I removed the plastic band around it and then tried to pry open the top…

no matter how I yanked and pulled, it would not open…

by that time I was out of food for the fish and was hoping my neighbour might turn up in their driveway and I could ask for help… no such luck…

desperate, I used a bottle opener and a butter knife and circled the top, one inch at a time…

finally I was able to pull it off;-)…

gave the fish some food and prepared to package it into small bags that hold as much as my small jar…

with breaks it took most of the day to get seventeen bags organized…

they will go into the freezer and come out one at a time as I need them…

whew, those big girl pants…

golden…

29 Friday Apr 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, car wash, dentist, driving, golden, grandson, Indi, moments, widow

what a busy day…

this morning I was picked up and dropped off downtown at my dentist‘s office for a cleaning… I was early so I walked around a bit and got a few photos of the golden guy…

been a really long time since I was downtown…

from there we went to Superstore where I found a few dishes and a little Tradescantia Nanouk…

then I drove home, emptied out the car, and took Indi to get a bath…

seemed as though most of the city decided to do the same thing, lol… got there at 12:11, into the wash at 12:32 and was out by 12:51… I walked outside while the car was inside…

back home, had lunch, and then drove to an appointment… from there it was back to Superstore to collect my grandson and return home…

a lot of driving and it was fun to be behind the wheel…

but now I am tired, lol…

comfortable…

28 Thursday Apr 2022

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art, big girl pants, blessed, books, comfortable, friends, memories, moments, reading, remembering, shopping, widow

not too long ago my daughter sent me photos of two books that she thought I might like… they were at Costco and she wondered if I wanted her to buy and mail them to me…

I thought they looked good, but said I would see if the kids here could pick them up for me;-)…

a few days ago a friend checked to see if I needed anything from Costco and I mentioned these books…

she picked them up for me and came by today to drop them off… I asked if she had time for coffee and she said she did if I was okay with her coming into the house…

I feel like I am getting more comfortable with having individuals inside these days…

we talked about art, family treasures, grandkids, the weather, and food… a great visit…

now I have a bit more reading to do;-)…

cherry…

26 Tuesday Apr 2022

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April, big girl pants, blessed, blossoms, Central Park, cherry, cherry tree, flowers, Kingfisher Spa, moments, nature, pictures, widow

recently I came across a couple of pictures of cherry trees from April a number of years ago…

this first photo, which I took at the Filberg Festival in Courtenay, BC in 2011, won us a trip to Kingfisher Oceanside Resort and Spa to enjoy their Pacific Mist hydropath…

this photo was taken in New York, NY, in 2016… I think it was in Central Park..

cherry trees are just so beautiful, and clearly April is a blooming month for them;-)…

it is fun when memories remind me of special times…

elastic…

25 Monday Apr 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, clean, elastic, kleenex, moments, reusable, tissues, widow

recently I washed my tissues and paper towels… now they are all reusable…

once the tissues were clean, dry, and folded, I put them into the old Kleenex box I’ve been using for them… it works great to dispense them one by one…

since I’ve been using them I’ve taped one end of the box over and over but it is getting a bit messy looking…

this time I thought about using an elastic band instead, and it worked perfectly…

what a great idea… nothing slow about me, lol…

forests…

22 Friday Apr 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, Earth Day, forests, happy, healing, memories, moments, nature, reconciliation, remembering, SCO, Technology, trees, walk, widow

this morning I received an email from the David Suzuki Foundation about Healing Forests…

forests are one of my favourite places and I had already been thinking of Cathedral Grove and the banyan tree in Lahaina on Maui…

as a matter of fact I chose a tree mug for my tea…

for years I have walked through a portion of the forest at Assiniboine Park on my way to the English Gardens…

after making a donation to the Healing Forests, I came across an IG Live as they were broadcasting a ceremony from The Bay where it was transferred to the Southern Chiefs Organization…

the project looks amazing and is supported by all levels of government…

I have always found forests, whatever their size, to be restorative and healing, so these two things that came to me on Earth Day made me very happy…

happy earth day 🌏🌍🌎…

restaurant…

19 Tuesday Apr 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, card, family, food, moments, nature, nervous, out and about, Park Cafe, restaurant, semi-normal, weather, widow

today, I went to a restaurant… first time in over two years…

I wasn’t sure how I would feel… whether I’d be nervous or stressed out, lol… happily I didn’t feel either of those things…

we arrived and there were few people in the space, so that was good…

we were seated near the windows and watched many geese fly up and over the building…

our server, one of my favourites, was masked and pleasant… after breakfast I ordered a beet salad and some falafels to have for my lunch…

it was nice to do something semi-normal…

a bit later in the day a friend dropped by with a beautiful handmade birthday card and we had a brief chat on the steps…

a bit of shovelling, a nap, and reading took up the rest of the day…

seventy-first…

18 Monday Apr 2022

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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, bonbons, bouquet, chocolate, Decadence Chocolates, flowers, friends, moments, seventy-first, treats, weather, widow

today, for my seventy-first birthday, I’ve been treated to phone calls, texts, and messages on social media…

I’ve also received a gift of a flower bouquet subscription, an actual bouquet of flowers, and chocolates… these people know me well, lol…

my buddies also came by and sang to me on the sidewalk…

our birthday bag has travelled many a mile from one house to the next and has been repaired a number of times… it has even gone missing for a year or two, but always turns back up…

just before they surprised me, I had been listening to music released in 1951… much of it seems very old, lol…

first thing this morning, I went out and shovelled the steps and sidewalk after more snow over the last few days… it was a treat to have blue sky, sunshine, and weather warm enough to wear a spring jacket… and the snow on the trees was pretty…

I also did some yoga, had a nap, took flower photos, got some reading done in the sunshine, attended a Zoom meeting and possibly ate a bonbon or two with some tea…

pretty fine way to spend a birthday…

microwaved…

17 Sunday Apr 2022

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, Easter, food, happy, lunch, memories, microwaved, moments, supper, treat, widow

today is Easter, so I decided to make all my meals a treat;-)…

for breakfast I had two poached eggs with a potato patty…

there may have been a little chocolate eaten…

lunch was the last of my dimsum from Gimli Fish… the three packages are around $10 each and they provide three meals… it is a great option for me…

I did have a laugh when I microwaved the first batch… instead of using the timing for the microwave, I used the ones for steaming… it didn’t taste quite as good as usual that time, lol…

supper was a version of stuffed pork chops which I used to make for my beloved and I all the time… I used country style spareribs over my homemade stuffing…

came out beautifully and the bottom of the stuffing was deliciously crisp…

great food;-)…

portal…

14 Thursday Apr 2022

Posted by sulis303 in business, family, life, technology, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, blessed, moments, portal, son-in-law, taxes, Technology, widow

technology is a wonderful thing…

a while ago I gathered all my donation documents and printed them so I would have them ready to go with my tax documentation…

then I got a notice reminding me I could upload everything to their portal…

after that I had to consult with my computer geek to sort out where scans went once they made it past the printer, lol… he even put a link on my desktop so I would be able to find them, lol…

I scanned and named all of the pieces of information… at last I got everything uploaded and then waited…

before long I heard back by email that there were documents for me to review…

once I’d reviewed, signed and scanned them, I uploaded them to the portal…

and before you know it my taxes had been submitted…

always makes me think of how tax time was so stressful for my beloved and how much easier it is now to get them done…

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