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runner…

12 Saturday Aug 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, carpet, family, happy, IKEA, kitchen, moments, purple, rug, runner, shopping, widow

on Thursday, amongst all the shopping, we ran over to IKEA to pick up a lamp…

while we were there we came across a runner that was purple and gray-blue, and just the length I was looking for… on sale, it jumped right off the shelf into my arms…

when I got home I realized that the two ends were a shade of yellow and wondered if it would spoil the look…

but that bit of yellow goes perfectly with the wood on the wall…

it took a while for it to flatten out, but I am very pleased with how it looks…

what do you think;-)…

springing…

06 Sunday Aug 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, inukshuk, moments, nature, plants, springing, widow, wild flowers

last year my daughter sent me wildflower eggs…

this spring I planted one of them into this fairly large pot and have been amazed at all the flowers…

the pot is right next to my Inukshuk…

everyday there are new flowers springing up…

what a treat…

Sam’s…

02 Wednesday Aug 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, burgers, family, food, grandson, moments, restaurant, Sam’s, schnitzel, supper, treat, walk, widow

it was a beautiful evening, so we walked over to Sam’s on Sunday night… we’ve been wanting to go, but hadn’t made it until then…

the menu was basically schnitzel and burgers with a few appetizers, salads and desserts…

we had burgers and curly fries… I had a schnitzel burger…

the patty was twice the size of the pretzel bun, so I cut it in half and brought the leftovers home for lunch…

everything was tasty and Sam, the owner, was very cute and attentive… it was fun to see how the regulars waited to say goodbye to him before leaving;-)…

may go again…

nervous…

30 Sunday Jul 2023

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, chairlift, family, fear, memories, moments, Mount Washington, nature, nervous, remembering, snow, views, widow

this picture came up on my Facebook memories recently…

I can still remember that day… we were in Courtenay and drove up Mount Washington… there was no one else around as it was summer… we sat at the bottom of the ski hill for a very long time as we were both afraid of heights…

but we decided to go for it…

we got on the chairlift but the person didn’t put the safety bar down… we realized this as we were moving upwards… I think that the bars along the back and beside me, that I was holding onto for dear life, probably had dents from the grip I had on them😳…

there are no pictures because of the death grip… we were both terrified…

when we arrived at the top the staff person didn’t seem that worried about it, but did say they would ensure that the bar was put in the correct position when we descended…

there was still snow on the ground and the views were beautiful, but I was still nervous about going back down…

of course, we had no choice about going down… after being safely secured correctly, we made the trip down and I even enjoyed some of the views, lol…

but, once we made it back to town, we stopped and sat in a coffee shop for quite a while to let our nerves settle;-)…

an unforgettable memory, lol…

cork..

27 Thursday Jul 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, cork, family, IKEA, jug, moments, shopping, suntea, useful, widow, wisk

went to IKEA on Saturday… hadn’t been for ages…

it was fun to wander through the store and check out all the stuff…

was happy to replace the wisk that stopped working while my daughter was visiting… it is very handy for combining chocolate in warm or cold milk;-)…

the other item I found was a new jug for making suntea… the one I’ve been using didn’t have a lid and it was plastic…

this one is glass, but quite light and it has a cork stopper… it also fits very nicely in the fridge as it is much thinner than the plastic one…

I think it was a good purchase;-)…

caulking…

25 Tuesday Jul 2023

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bathtub, big girl pants, blessed, caulking, family, grandson, moments, shopping, silicone, widow

the bathtub needed to be re-caulked so we picked up some silicone while we were out the other day…

after cleaning the edges off we went looking for the caulking gun… without success… I’m sure it will turn up one of these days…

happily, our neighbours’ lent us theirs and the job got done…

later I was checking it out and realized that it was vanishing… only to learn that, even though it went on white, it ended up clear, so it was actually just drying, lol…

too funny…

quartet…

21 Friday Jul 2023

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band, big girl pants, blessed, candles, concert, family, moments, music, Planetarium, quartet, queen, Technology, widow

the other night we went to a Candlelight Concert at the Planetarium… fun to get out…

a string quartet played music from Queen as well as a few opera pieces…

it was lovely and we enjoyed it…

we also decided we’d like to attend one of the actual planetarium shows, lol…

Kenaston…

16 Sunday Jul 2023

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big girl pants, birthday gift, blessed, construction, flower subscription, flowers, Kenaston, moments, nature, Sweet Petals Farm, traffic, widow

Thursday I picked up the second flower bouquet from my Sweet Petals Farm subscription…

it is at the same place where I went last year…

unfortunately, it involves Kenaston Avenue, yikes… the construction that is going on will likely take place all summer, so I need to find the best method of getting there and back without being stuck in a very long parking lot…

most recently, I crossed Kenaston and travelled along Corydon to Moray and that worked well…

I think that will be the route for the next while…

raspberries…

15 Saturday Jul 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, family, food, grandson, grilled cheese, learning, moments, raspberries, Technology, treat, waffle maker, waffles, widow

on Thursday we made waffles…

we had to get milk, raspberries, and whipping cream… although, not being clear, I was presented with a can of already whipped cream, lol… we chose raspberries instead of strawberries, as they are both of our favourites…

the recipe calls for separating the eggs, beating them, and folding the whites in at the end…

the most complicated piece was figuring out which bowls to use…

they came out great and we even froze a few to try reheating in the toaster…

next up will be grilled cheese;-)…

handier…

11 Tuesday Jul 2023

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air conditioner, big girl pants, blessed, cleaned, family, garden, gate, growing, handier, moments, nature, trim, virginia creeper, widow

we got a few of the projects off the list on Saturday…

the Virginia creeper had a haircut, thankfully, as when our neighbour came through the gate with his little guy, he had to duck under it, lol…

looks much tidier now…

we cleaned out the area around the air conditioner and attached the hose connectors on the side of the gate…

I think it is going to be much handier in the new spot…

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