31 Friday Jan 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, cluttered, fun, hearts, memories, moments, Valentines, widow
had some fun when I was tidying up the tv/guest room… the cleaners are coming on Monday and it was a bit cluttered in there…
put many things away and in the process found some valentine hearts and other items and put them out;-)…
love is in the air;-)…
28 Tuesday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, containers, crockpot, cupboards, dinner, experimenting, Instant Pot, mashed potatoes, moments, testing, widow
spent some time reorganizing the container area in the kitchen cupboards…
still trying to figure out the best system, lol… thought I had a perfect plan…
also made a few things in the Instant Pot… mashed potatoes worked well…
sadly, the pork hocks and cabbage didn’t turn out, but then I used the crockpot feature and got it done;-)…
more learning and experimenting required…
27 Monday Jan 2020
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one of the reasons I went shopping on Sunday was to get flowers…
it is that season again when I really need them to brighten the atmosphere in the house… it is also a time when I particularly miss my beloved…
he always made sure I had flowers all the time during these cold and dreary months… and all over the house…
I can see and smell them in every room;-)…
I hope you have something in your life that brings you happiness…
25 Saturday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, dinner, drought, eating, food, lunch, memories, moments, uninterested, widow
for the last few days I haven’t been eating all that well…
not sure exactly why… there is food available, but I’ve been uninterested in eating it…
I’ve been kind of eating out of the fridge… had leftover spaghetti and meat sauce, made fried rice with leftover chicken, spinach and scrambled eggs…
last night I had bacon and mushrooms… it was a meal that we had when I was young… always on toast… I rarely have bread in the house, but last night I tossed some croutons in… it was a perfect addition;-)…
today I made a lovely wonton and mushroom soup for lunch, and roasted chicken with cauliflower, sweet and baby potatoes for supper…
hopefully I am over the eating drought…
24 Friday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, home, jungle, light, moments, orchid, plants, purple, sunshine, widow
Monday I wandered around the living and dining rooms taking photos of the plants in the sunlight…
it was shining so beautifully on the jungle of plants that are filling the space… the furniture and even the purple snowflakes in the window were just beautiful;-)…
I’ve being paying close attention when it is shining to be sure to enjoy the light…
what a glorious time… sunshine is so energizing…
22 Wednesday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, bricks, driveway, moments, reading, shovelling, sidewalk, snow, text, weather, widow, windrow
another lovely quiet day…
so happy to know that my shovellers will be by whenever it snows… Saturday it was the partner who did it all with a shovel… there was a lot of snow out there…
when it wasn’t snowing or blowing it was beautiful…
last night the city plowed the street and built some good sized windrows in front of the sidewalk… they did a great job cleaning out the end of the driveway though…
I texted my shovelled and he was by within an hour to clear out the bricks of frozen snow…
think this process is going to work well for both of us… him, not having to dig it out when it has frozen back into one large clump and me, having a clear walkway for my company…
21 Tuesday Jan 2020
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Monday is our usual night to gather… we have been doing this for years… last week we got to talking about Chinese food and decided to have supper together this week… Monday evenings are already blocked off in everyone’s calendars, lol, so changing the time was fairly simple…
we each offered up our favourite dishes, a menu was circulated by email, adjustments were made and a person chosen to order and pick up the dinner… times were chosen and rides were organized…
we had hoped that my grandson would join us as he was expected to be here to collect Indi to use on Tuesday… unfortunately things changed and he couldn’t join us…
it was wonderful to have the time to prepare for dinner… I had fun digging through my dishes and finding tea pots and cups; a variety of chopsticks and stands; and various trivets to put the food on when it arrived…
we had a lovely dinner and tons of great conversation… it was a wonderful treat to share a meal… finished the evening with more conversation, coffee and a lemon cake…
life is good…
20 Monday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, friends, frozen, hungry, Instant Pot, laughing, memories, moments, organizing, Technology, widow
a few days ago I cooked chicken thighs from frozen (just took thirty minutes) and then white rice in the Instant Pot… both came out nicely…
had a lovely dinner and visit with a dear friend… good to catch up…
was laughing to myself because I completely forgot to take a picture of my plate as supper was later than expected…
earlier in the day I tidied two drawers in the dining room…
hope this desire for tidying and reorganizing continues…
19 Sunday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, Christmas, exercise, grandson, health, moments, Saje, shopping, sleep, snow, Technology, walk, widow
actually went outside for the first time in at least a week…
walked to the “A” and met my grandson for breakfast… had a lovely meal and conversation…
from there we headed out to do some errands… bought some rollers at Saje… been trying to get there since I got back from Ottawa… picked up Sleep Well, Peppermint Halo and Pain Relief… I used the first two while I was away and will give the third one a try for some of the pain I’ve been experiencing in my knee…
was able to replace a Google Hub to get the correct colour… it was one of my Christmas gifts… but I did see a Lenovo Smart Display 10″ with Google Assistant… going to look into that a bit more in case it would do more of what I want than the Hub…
Indi finally had a bath and a few groceries were purchased, including a cute new plate…
I have been enjoying using different plates to eat from and I think this one will be a great addition…
home, put away the groceries and my grandson took the car… the plan was that he would come back tomorrow for dinner…
then it was afternoon nap time, lol…
17 Friday Jan 2020
I’ve been waiting for a slightly warmer day to top up the hot tub…
it has been running low since I got home and I haven’t been out to sit in it because when it is low it sprays all over me which isn’t that nice…
around noon I removed the dryer vent and put the hose through it… then I went outside and slid between the hot tub and the pergola so I could reach the hose and put it into the tub…
back downstairs to turn the water on and then seven long minutes out in the cold as it filled up;-)…
actually the seven minutes went by quickly and I was able to pop back into the house to turn the water off, return to the outdoors to remove the hose from the hot tub and get back into the basement to collect the hose and replace the vent in the hole in the wall that was letting in a fair bit of very cold air, lol…
now for the waiting game… it will likely be a few days before it warms back up to 103, my favourite temperature… it takes so long because the tub is only plugged in using a regular outlet…
maybe a Sunday hot tub…
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