10 Wednesday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, moments, recycle, reuse, Sew Dandee, shop local, small steps, tissues, widow
I’ve been thinking for a while of trying reusable tissues instead of Kleenex…
I ordered a few to see how I like them and since they arrived I’ve been using them…
so far, so good…
I am hopeful that this goes as well as the paper towel project…
05 Friday Mar 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, donations, forget, hours, loss, memories, moments, remembering, widow
how do you remember when you want to forget…
nine years… 469 weeks… 3287 days… 78,882 hours…
not the 41 years before that…
trying not to see the time at the hospital that day… keeps running through my head today…
this morning I made a donation to a program that is feeding hungry people… and to the Heart & Stroke Foundation… both will help people now and in the future… my beloved was always helping others…
ordered an A&W Teenburger for my supper in celebration of one of his favourite foods…
treating myself gently… sure do miss him…
04 Thursday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, dinner, family, friends, grandson, lentils, moments, recipe, ringing, visit, widow
don’t see people for days…
but today it felt like the doorbell kept ringing…
there were two deliveries from the drugstore… they forgot something when they delivered last night and I called this morning to add something else and they sent it separately as the courier was already on the way…
a visit from a sweet friend… we stood outside and chatted for ages;-)…
boys playing hockey on the street… they broke a car window and were looking for the owner… I was very impressed with the fact they didn’t just run, lol…
and finally, my grandson dropping off groceries… he had dinner while we visited…
I knew he was coming, so yesterday I made his favourite red curry lentils… got 6 containers out of the recipe… I had one last night, he had one while he was here, and took home the remaining four…
03 Wednesday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, divided, flowers, friends, groceries, happy, moments, photos, tulips, vases, widow
a friend picked up a few items for me at Costco this morning and brought me some tulips…
they are beautiful and I divided them into four containers…
one is on the stairs ready to go to my bedroom… another is in the bathroom… a third in the den…
the final one is in the living room… they brighten up the whole space…
I am blessed;-)…
01 Monday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaners, hide, moments, productive, shred, Technology, widow
I am getting more comfortable with the cleaners coming into the house…
my technique is to decide where I will hide while they are cleaning… I don’t emerge until they have left the house, lol…
today, I spent the time in the computer room and shredded a ton of documents… had to empty the shredder at least three times…
felt quite productive…
20 Saturday Feb 2021
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chocolate bar wrappers, fun, her big girl pants, Instagram, Instagram Live, keep learning, laptop, live, Soma Chocolatemaker, widow
this morning I learned something new… well, a few things, lol… I wanted to watch my daughter in a Live on Instagram, and thought I would watch it on my laptop…
searched the internet and discovered I could download an app from the Microsoft Store so that I would be able to…
downloaded it, but of course there were no Lives happening in my feed and the time to watch was getting closer… by then I had both my phone and the app open, to be sure I wouldn’t miss it… just before she was to come on, someone else started a Live and I could see it on the computer screen… yay…
happily watched the presentation and then decided that I would follow the directions to make a pocket for the back of my Chocolate Notebook…
went to my chocolate bar box and looked for a wrapper to use… I don’t have many bars just now and no empty wrappers because I send them to my daughter who uses them for a number of things…
I found a Soma Twinkle Bar that I love and decided to use the back of the wrapper… it has the saying “travelling without moving” which seemed perfect, especially these days… I enjoy everything from Soma and not long ago put in an order with a friend to help with the shipping costs…
I put the washi tape into a regular scotchtape dispenser and it worked perfectly…
used mountain scape washi tape to go around the wrapper on the three sides, following the directions provided by Genevieve and then I added tape across the top, on the wrapper only, so that it looked framed!
it was fun to find a new way to see Instagram, although a bit stressful with the timing… and fun to make something…
16 Tuesday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, moments, pancakes, photos, purple, roses, sunlight, widow, wool
had a relaxing and productive day…
after finding another skein of wool, I finished (again) my little throw, lol… it is a good size now and will keep me warm on cold days in the den…
followed by pancakes and chicken livers ordered in for my lunch (and supper)…
then I had a lovely time taking photos of some of the roses…
ended the afternoon reading in the warm sunlight in the living room…
15 Monday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, doughnuts, family, flowers, grandson, heart shaped, lobster, moments, painting, SuzyQ, treat, widow
had a quiet Valentine’s Day…
my daughter called early as she was in a line waiting for heart shaped doughnuts in Ottawa, lol…
I watched sports and a movie, and spent a little time playing with watercolours…
my grandson stopped by with a few groceries… and he brought me flowers;-)…
what a treat…
made a delicious lobster sauce which I had with shrimp and crab ravioli for my supper…
a good day…
13 Saturday Feb 2021
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arrival, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, books, flowers, memories, missing, moments, roses, treats, widow
I miss my beloved all the time but seems more so around this time of year…
he was a romantic and always made it a special holiday for me… usually that included roses…
of course there haven’t been too many for me recently, lol…
I ordered books as a treat and didn’t expect them until the 15th, but they arrived early…
woohoo, looking forward to reading in the sunny living room over the next while…
11 Thursday Feb 2021
I always put sweetener and evaporated milk in my tea… usually the can goes into the fridge, but yesterday I poured my evaporated milk into a container as the can had a dent from being dropped as it was brought up to the house, lol…
the container came from Atlanta when we were there in 2016 to see the Chihuly Exhibit… we went to a Farmers Market and I picked up a chocolate drink in it… it was tasty…
lovely to remember the fun we had;-)…
it also reminded me of our camping trips over the last few years… well, not last year…
keeping my milk in the jar saved spills in the cooler, not that that ever happened;-)…
fun to remember the history of items in the house…
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