09 Saturday Dec 2023
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battery, big girl pants, blessed, charger, counting, Fitbit, moments, nature, shovelling, snow, Technology, weather, widow
waited for my Fitbit to charge before going out to shovel the sidewalk today…
and when I got back into the house, there was the Fitbit, sitting on the counter, still attached to the charger…
really not counting the steps, lol…
07 Thursday Dec 2023
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advent calendar, big girl pants, blessed, clicking, fridge, moments, noise, reindeer, sound, widow
sounds can make me a little crazy when I hear them and can’t figure out what they are…
once I know what they are then I am fine…
recently, whenever I closed the fridge door, this odd clicking sound happened…
I tried a few things but couldn’t figure it out… eventually I realized it was the feet on the little reindeer… as the door closed they moved and banged onto the Advent calendar the small reindeer was sitting on…
once I crossed them, the noise disappeared;-)…
05 Tuesday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, delivery apps, family, garage, gathering, moments, nature, pho, project, recommend, restaurants, supper, weather, widow
at our time together last Monday, it was lovely to have everyone in the room, with no technology required…
amongst our conversations, we talked about our favourite pho restaurants… it is always great to hear about spots that others recommend…
later my grandson and I worked away on the garage project even though it was rather cold out, lol…
when we came in, with frozen fingers, the pho we’d talked about earlier called to me;-)…
those delivery apps are very handy, lol…
it was just what those cold fingers needed;-)…
04 Monday Dec 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, birthday, blessed, burgers, celebration, computer, family, home, love, memories, moments, Technology, tradition, viper, widow
tonight we had supper with my son-in-law in Ottawa… earlier today my daughter, on vacation in Europe, texted me that she’d had a burger for her lunch, in memory of her dad;-)…
we tried a new app called Viper, and it worked great… think I will use it again…
burgers were had by all… ours came from one of my beloved’s favourite burger places… and we even shared a chocolate milkshake here… it was delicious…
birthdays often seem hard, but coming together to share a meal is a lovely tradition to remember him…
and it is always such a delight when the technology works, lol…
02 Saturday Dec 2023
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blog, congratulations, day-to-day, moments, Technology, widow, WordPress
yesterday, WordPress sent me congratulations on my blog, which turned eleven…
since then I have posted 4031 blogs, which is slightly over one per day…
the blog began 271 days after I lost my beloved, and many of the first ones covered the complications of moving forward as a widow… a lonely business…
sometimes I have deep thoughts, although most of the time they are just about what is happening around me and in my day-to-day life…
it is still fun to think of something to write about…
eleven years…
01 Friday Dec 2023
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, calendars, chocolate, family, grandson, memories, moments, nuts, Technology, treat, versions, widow
happy first day of Advent… it has always been a special time for me…
this year there are three different calendars for me…
the first is a digital version which comes via email every day with things to do or think about;-)… all focussed on chocolate, without any calories… this was the first one, which provides an opportunity to check items off over 25 days…
the second is on the wall in the living room and this year is filled with nuts and seeds and the odd bit of chocolate…
the third climbs the stairway… it is made up of twenty-four different sized boxes with items in them from the kids in Ottawa… last week a parcel arrived addressed to my grandson, who then filled each one… they look very cute on the stairs…
as I empty a box, I am breaking it down and stashing it at the top behind the last few… I don’t want to lose any of them…
every day is a treat;-)…
28 Tuesday Nov 2023
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air, big girl pants, blessed, friends, health, help, hermit, holidays, illness, memories, moments, prayers, thoughts, weather, widow, worry
as the holiday season approaches, I’ve been thinking about friends who are going through difficult times…
seems the air is filled with illness… many are dealing with infections and some, even more serious stuff…
feeling like I should be doing more to support them, but not sure how to do that other than sending thoughts and prayers their way…
it also feels like it is becoming less safe away from the house, and I am moving back into hermit-ville…
23 Thursday Nov 2023
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5°, big girl pants, blessed, garden, heater, moments, nature, plunge, Technology, tub, water, weather, widow
last week a big black tub landed on the deck…
a few days later, in the evening, it got filled up with water…
then a cover went over it… and a heater to keep the temperature at 5° Celsius was added…
now, after a shower, someone uncovers the tub and sits in it for 3 minutes, which seems like a long time, lol…
this is what I spotted this morning;-)…
I am going to give it a try on a Sunday morning… wish me luck…
22 Wednesday Nov 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, buds, dining room, flowers, happy, moments, nature, newest, orchid, plants, time, widow
so happy to see new tiny buds on all of the orchids on the dining room table…
it was an exciting surprise to see the newest buds on the one plant that hadn’t had a new stalk…
looking forward to some blooms around Christmas…
19 Sunday Nov 2023
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, dad, family, father, memories, moments, remembering, special, Technology, time, widow
I don’t always remember, but first thing yesterday I realized it would have been my dad’s birthday…
my father was a special person and although he’s been gone a very long time, I still miss him…
a bit later in the day his picture came up in my Facebook memories…
this photo was taken not too long before his death…
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