yay!!! finally got back into my sandals today…
really happy I put them on as it was rather hot in the biomes today😊…
sandals…
03 Friday Apr 2026
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broom…
01 Wednesday Apr 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, broom, chairs, cleaned, cushions, deck, garden, moments, nature, sunshine, Technology, warm, weather, widow
got to sit outside on the deck Sunday morning… yay:-)…
moved the chairs into their usual spots, took off the covers, brought out the clean cushions, and put them on the chairs…
got out the broom and swept up the cedar bits and elm leaves that were all over the deck… even used the leaf blower to finish up…
put on a light jacket and brought out tea and my book and enjoyed the sun, birdsong, and my book for a wonderful hour and a half;-)…
haven’t made it out since then, what with the snow and overcast skies🥺…
Suzuka…
30 Monday Mar 2026
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arm, big girl pants, broken cover, F1, family, fix, garden, grandson, hot tub, moments, Suzuka, widow
was out for a hot tub at 2:00 am, Sunday morning after the F1 race at Suzuka, Japan ended…
it was lovely, although overcast, but the trees were completely still and the temperature was nice as well…
then, when I got out, it became clear that the back hinge on the right arm had disconnected… yikes…
I tried a few ways to get it to close, but couldn’t get it done…
came in with one side left open… will have to see what we can do to fix it, sigh…
later in the day, my housemate was outside and was able to haul it back onto the hot tub…
now to figure out how to solve the problem of broken arms, sigh…
stairway…
29 Sunday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, flowers, fresh flowers, grandson, happy, moments, redone, stairway, widow
while we were out last Sunday I picked up flowers…
when I got home, I spent time putting them into a couple of vases… for whatever reason I wasn’t pleased with how they looked…
late in the week they were finally redone, with one bouquet in the den, one in the bathroom, and one in the bedroom, although it lived on the stairway for a while, lol…
happy to have fresh flowers in the house;-)…
bluejay…
26 Thursday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, bluejay, moments, nature, Nature Conservancy Canada, NCC, sticker, walking, widow
had to laugh the other day…
I got a sticker with a bluejay on it in the mail from Nature Conservancy Canada…
and the next day, as I was walking outside, I heard a bluejay calling…
good timing on the part of NCC, lol…although I won’t put the sticker on the car…
daylight…
25 Wednesday Mar 2026
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we went out for a hot tub in the daylight🤪…
can’t even think of the last time that happened, lol…
it was fun to check out the trees, birds, and squirrels…
sadly there is still a lot of snow out there, sigh…
lighter…
24 Tuesday Mar 2026
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jammed…
23 Monday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, bite, blessed, delicious, dinner, errands, family, food, jammed, moments, sushi, Sushi Cushi, widow
planned to start our errands with lunch at Sushi Cushi, only to discover that they open at 4 on Sundays;-(…
so, we decided to have dinner there instead…
the parking lot was jammed with cars and we wondered if we would get in, but happily, there were tables available…
sometimes we order and pick it up, but eating in is a treat;-)…
as always our food was delicious and we enjoyed every bite…
Jenna…
19 Thursday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, cupcakes, food, grandson, housemate, Jenna, Jenna Rae Cakes, moments, shopping, treat, widow
visited Jenna Rae Cakes on Academy for the first time today;-)…
was just planning to look…
but ended up with 3 cupcakes to share with my housemate;-)…
this one ended up being my favourite;-)…
kleenex…
18 Wednesday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, facecloth, kleenex, Last Object, moments, paper towel, widow
recently someone commented on my Last Object “kleenex”…
I have been using them for about six years and am very happy with them…
it also brought to mind my “paper towels”…
since the beginning of 2020, I have been using old facecloths and napkins instead of paper… there are still a few thing I use actual paper towels for… particularly things like bacon when it cooks in the microwave, lol…
once they get used, they go into a basket in the laundry room and when it is full, into the washer… dried, folded, and returned to the cupboard, then the top of the microwave to be used…
and repeat…
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