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cleaned…

19 Friday Mar 2021

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had a lovely afternoon on the deck yesterday…

removed one of the feeding saucers and cleaned the table… that took a long time but it looked shiny when I was done… looks ready for a meal with the boys;-)…

then I sat in the sunshine and read… so lovely…

at the end of the afternoon I brought in the planters which I am going to use to start some seedlings…

looking forward to getting the planting started…

oldest…

17 Wednesday Mar 2021

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I’ve been thinking of how much harder this pandemic would be for me without my oldest grandson…

very early on I lent him my car with the agreement that he would do any errands that I needed…

since then, he has fetched and carried numerous items for me… he finds groceries that I can’t get from Save-On-Foods… he collects items I need to keep the fish happy… plants and bird seed have been delivered… and mail sent… he has also brought his brother over to mow and shovel…

on the few occasions that I needed to drive somewhere, he has brought the car for me and then picked it up when I was done…

today he came by with a few hard-to-find items including flowers, and then moved some planters for me…

he collected the summer tires, we visited for a while, planned a time when he will bring the shoveler over, and off he went…

I am blessed;-)…

hours…

05 Friday Mar 2021

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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…

ringing…

04 Thursday Mar 2021

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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…

divided…

03 Wednesday Mar 2021

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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;-)…

gravy…

02 Tuesday Mar 2021

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one of my go to foods is chicken leg with back on, or leg and thigh as I call it…

last night I baked the chicken and warmed up some frozen mashed potatoes…

the treat was gravy with mushrooms and garlic…

I was pleased with both the gravy and the potatoes… it was the first time I had frozen and then thawed them…

this is going to be a game changer as I can now make a good size batch of mashed potatoes and freeze them in single meal sizes…

yum…

lightstrip…

27 Saturday Feb 2021

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busy day yesterday…

in the morning I attached the Philip’s lightstrip that I got for Christmas from my grandsons… I had played with it a bit the day before…

I am pleased with how it turned out…

moved around more plants and made a meal that needs to sit for a day…

after that I finished with making a dozen cards from the watercolour painting I’ve been doing…

felt very accomplished, lol…

bacon…

23 Tuesday Feb 2021

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on Sunday I took out a couple of little bacon wrapped steaks to barbecue, being as it was so warm out…

earlier in the day I baked a potato and then cooled it in the fridge so the sugars would be better…

moved Barbie into the middle of the garage and got her going…

the steaks cooked nicely and the potato warmed up just right…

I had a few Brussels sprouts which I cooked with garlic…

it turned out delicious… the steak was exactly the way I like it…

getting more used to using the barbecue…

wool…

16 Tuesday Feb 2021

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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…

doughnuts…

15 Monday Feb 2021

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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…