28 Friday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, driving, getting out, Life, masking, moments, normal, Staples, vote, widow
was out and about like normal people on Wednesday…
walked to the community club to vote, then to the IDA drugstore and back home…
after lunch drove to Staples, Home Depot, and Chapters…
wore my mask whenever I was inside and felt pretty good about the whole business, lol…
gave my hands a good washing each time I arrived home…
27 Thursday Oct 2022
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A1C, appointment, big girl pants, blessed, bloodwork, clinic, Dynacare, moments, results, Technology, widow
had bloodwork done again yesterday morning…
when I was at my appointment recently, the doctor advised they hadn’t received a report from Dynacare with numbers for my A1C…
I had it taken a week ago, so he checked online, and it said there was no sample… once I got home I gave them a call and was told someone would call and they would come out to take it again at no charge…
apparently, something happened in the lab…
I am still happy to pay for them to come to the house to get this done, rather than go to a busy lab…
26 Wednesday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, bivalent, COVID, flowers, garden, moments, nature, needles, Technology, vaccines, widow
got two shots…
both needles in my right arm…
the flu shot was at the doctor’s office, but then I had to go to a local drugstore for the Pfizer bivalent vaccine…
apparently the Manitoba immunization schedule says that six months is needed between the boosters although drugstores are allowed to give the vaccine after three months…
interesting times…
25 Tuesday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, curb, moments, nature, rain, thunderstorm, walk, water, weather, widow, wind
woke up to a thunderstorm yesterday… then had a nice walk, even in the wind and rain…
had to hang on to my hood so that it didn’t blow right off my head, lol… leaves were flying all over the place, but the rain had stopped…
when I came to a corner, the street was filled with water… up to the curb and edge of the tires on a nearby car…
when I walked by, maybe half an hour later, thankfully the water was all gone…
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the walk…
24 Monday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, Delta, downtown, masks, moments, pandemic, taxi, Technology, travel, widow
took my first taxi since before the pandemic…
arranged ahead of time for a pickup to go downtown, and then walked to the Delta to get another one to come home…
had to go in and ask the concierge to call for one… I guess with less people downtown the taxis don’t sit outside the hotels all the time…
wore my mask for both trips and so did they…
19 Wednesday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cooked, delicious, dinner, family, garden, happy, moments, roast, weather, widow
had a delicious dinner recently…
it was great to share a meal inside as we’ve eaten outdoors all summer…
the roast came out perfectly, which made me very happy as the last time I cooked one, it was overdone, lol…
the gravy and the carrots were yummy… and I did have salad afterwards;-)…
good times…
17 Monday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, BS, delicious, doors, food, friends, gather, inside, macarons, meet, moments, normal, pandemic, together, treat, weather, widow, zoom
today, my BS group gathered in the living room…
we’ve been meeting in the garden but it was only going to 2 degrees Celsius so we decided it was time to come inside…
one person joined via Zoom and had dropped off a lovely treat for us beforehand… boob (for breast cancer awareness month) and regular macarons from Jenna Rae Cakes…
I left the front and back doors open to move fresh air… everyone wore masks until we were all seated…
it was the first time we’ve met in the house since the pandemic began…
felt lovely and odd at the same time, lol…
soon we will all have had the fifth shot which will make us feel a bit more confident about being in a closed space together…
so happy to be getting back to more ‘normal’ times…
15 Saturday Oct 2022
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angels, big girl pants, blessed, display, family, gemstones, happy, lane, living room, memories, moments, photos, purple, stones, widow
had an idea the other day when I was watching tv upstairs… I’ve been thinking it was time to change up the display in the living room table, so I got started…
found a number of framed photos from the computer room and my collection of fancy gemstones…
I gathered up some of my angels… I have given away most of them, but kept a few of my favourites, lol…
brought everything to the living room table and had a lovely time putting them into the squares…
remembering where they came from and why they were special to me…
such a lovely walk down memory lane;-)…
11 Tuesday Oct 2022
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autumn, beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, kitchen, light, moments, nature, son-in-law, weather, widow
one of the loveliest things about this time of the year is the beautiful light in the kitchen…
makes me smile when I walk into the space in the morning…
especially after all the work my son-in-law got done in the summer;-)…
10 Monday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, garden, happy, memories, moments, nature, plants, pond, projects, regular, remembering, summer, sun, Technology, thankful, time, widow
so much to be thankful for…
this year my daughter was here in March and my son-in-law in August…
I spent hours in the garden…
met my friends on a regular basis in the garden all summer… previously, we haven’t met very often during that time as everyone was busy…
saw, texted, and spoke on the phone with many friends… made a new one and enjoyed getting to know them…
worked on changes in the vegetable garden… grew peas, beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes…
was visited by monarchs and swallowtails and a beautiful little hummingbird…
enjoyed bouquets of flowers all summer, thanks to a birthday subscription from the kids…
had many projects completed, in the house and the garden…
life is very good…
