25 Thursday Aug 2022
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ashes, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, creek, family, flowers, memories, moments, monarch, nature, remembering, walk, widow
today we walked by the spot along the creek where we scattered my beloved’s ashes…
it was nice to wander past…
just a moment later I spotted this monarch in a field of wild flowers…
felt like a sign from him;-)…
23 Tuesday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, combining, drill, flowers, glads, happy, moments, weather, widow
started the morning gathering up all my bouquets, combining a few together, and tidying up another…
a bit sad as the glads were done…
then I took out the drill and put the second screw into the motion sensor on the deck… angling it as my son-in-law suggested… and it worked perfectly…
the rocks that were holding it up are now back in amongst the trees…
22 Monday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, extender, family, giveaway, happy, moments, quicker, Technology, widow
yesterday most of the day was spent doing computer things…
transferring 300 gig of photos to a separate drive… that takes a while, lol…
purchased a few needed items…
hooked up the cutest little repeater that looks like a little robot, lol… which makes the wifi camera connect so much quicker…
sorted through two boxes and saved a few items and added others to the giveaway box…
21 Sunday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, moments, nature, plants, son-in-law, tamed, virginia creeper, weather, widow
here is my son-in-law trimming up the Virginia creeper which has absolutely loved the weather this year, lol…
but, it has been tamed…
for now…
20 Saturday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, jobs, moments, projects, son-in-law, switch, Technology, walk, widow
my Ottawa son-in-law arrived today to spend a few weeks with me…
he has plans to help get a few jobs done around my house…
we had breakfast out and then he changed the light switch in the kitchen to one that is compatible with my Google Home…
it felt like I pushed every one of the switches in the basement before we found the correct one to be sure the power was off, lol…
got out the tools Kasa recommended and in a few minutes he had it switched out and working…
then he changed the bulb on the ceiling fixture and put the cover back on… it has been off for months as the Philips Hue I was using needed airflow around it…
looks so much better now…
one job done… not saying how many are left on the list😂…
15 Monday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, clutter, computer room, cushions, desktop, effort, family, memories, moments, widow
spent time in the computer room this morning when it looked like it was going to rain… although it didn’t at that time…
cleared off the desktop, threw out paper, gathered a few items for the giveaway box, put cushions in the closet (possibly I have a cushion problem, lol), and moved a few things around…
even found a few things I’d forgotten…
a few more hours of effort before my son-in-law arrives from the east on Saturday and it should be comfortable for him to work in, lol… I hope…
11 Thursday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, Blizzards, Dairy Queen, dinner, family, food, grandson, moments, treat, widow, zucchini
had the kids over for dinner…
we had steak and zucchini, which they barbecued…
mushrooms that my grandson cooked, even though it was his birthday;-)…
salad as well as twice stuffed potatoes, which I made;-)…
everything was delicious and we all enjoyed it…
then we went for blizzards…
I haven’t had one for many years and it was delicious… I ate more than half of it before putting the rest in the freezer, lol…
06 Saturday Aug 2022
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spent the better part of yesterday and today working on the fish tanks… I’ve been thinking about how far I’ve come from the person who admired the tank, but had no desire to get my hands dirty… that was all for my beloved…
yesterday I used the pump (for emptying the hot tub) to remove the majority of the water that was still in them… then I removed the rocks and scrubbed down the sides… never leave a tank partly filled because the scum on the glass becomes rather difficult to remove, lol…
next I used the wet vac to remove the last of the water…
in between all that, I scrubbed each and every rock from the tanks… that took a while as I did it between reading times;-)…
rocks were placed back in, and then the hose brought in from outside to fill them up…
finally I put both pumps back in and got them working…
big job and it looks great…
05 Friday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, family, flowers, moments, subscription, travelling, widow
I’ve been enjoying my flower bouquets…
last week’s is still doing rather well in the living room…
and this week’s has been travelling around with me in the garden…
such a wonderful treat;-)…
01 Monday Aug 2022
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anniversary, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, car, family, garden, grandson, memories, moments, morphed, paper flowers, photos, pond, remembering, Technology, time, walk, widow
started the day looking at photos of my beloved…a few tears were shed in the process… we were married 52 years ago today… I still remember looking out the window of the apartment to see him dropping off the decorated car… in those days, getting the car turned out with paper flowers was the thing to do, lol…
then I had a walk around the garden… in the 49 years we’ve been in this space, it has morphed from a square green grass covered area, to a swing set with some cedars, to a small swimming pool space, to a huge sandbox with a two story playhouse, to a parking area for a camper trailer… to a space filled with ponds and lovely gardens…
thanks to the help of Hilda the Gardener, a lawn service, and the kids, it is looking wonderful and I know that he would be pleased…
I am truly blessed, but I miss him every day…
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