04 Friday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, fun, moments, nature, seeds, snow, snowbank, squirrel, stretching, weather, widow
today I had fun watching a squirrel eat from the feeder at the front…
it was basically just stretching up from the snowbank…
I’ve been waiting to see that as the snow has gotten higher and higher…
looking forward to some melting;-)…
03 Thursday Mar 2022
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artwork, beloved, big girl pants, fishing line, hanging, home, hook, memories, moments, pictures, trim, widow
recently I was asked for information on the picture hangers used in the living and dining rooms…
pieces of trim board are attached at the top of the ceiling or under the crown moulding that is already there… they are a bit like cove moulding as there is a little space behind the top of the rail…
we have S hooks that fit over the lip and hold up the fishing line that is attached to the artwork…
we found it works very well and means pieces can be moved around without marking up the walls… I even attach two pictures to the same hook…
it is pretty neat;-)…
02 Wednesday Mar 2022
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apartment, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, grandson, memories, moments, moving, stuff, ticking, widow
my grandson moved on the weekend… he went from one apartment to another…
it reminded me of our move from our only apartment to our house… moving into the apartment had been an easier time as we were both coming from our parents’ homes and all of the furniture was delivered directly from the stores..
when we left the apartment, we didn’t have that much stuff and had friends to help us with the big things…
we arrived at the house eagerly around 9 am and discovered the elderly couple having tea at the kitchen table… they didn’t appear to be packed and may have forgotten they were leaving that day… yikes, it made for a stressful morning as we waited at the basically empty apartment, hoping they were going to be out in time for us to get in…
we had to be out of the apartment at the end of the day, so it did feel as though the clock was ticking…
when we turned up again at 3 pm they were gone and the house was empty…what a relief…
I have not moved since then… now there is a lot of stuff, lol…
01 Tuesday Mar 2022
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app, big girl pants, blessed, light, memories, moments, pictures, remembering, slides, Technology, widow
I downloaded an app the other day, rather excited as it was supposed to copy old slides into electronic versions…
I found the slides I had put aside and followed the instructions and it made six great photos…
then, it advised I needed to buy the program to be able to save the photos… very disappointing… it is frustrating when the apps aren’t clear that you need to pay a certain amount to use them… with only a few slides paying $8 a month seemed a little excessive, lol…
it was fun to see the photos, even if only for a few minutes…
28 Monday Feb 2022
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avalanche, big girl pants, blessed, crevice, hydrant, moments, nature, sidewalk, snow, snow plow, weather, widow
had some excellent entertainment a few days ago…
I had called the city as the fire hydrant in my front yard had been covered with a windrow when the city cleared the snow from the streets recently…
they also missed cleaning the end of my driveway… it hasn’t been shovelled for the last few storms so it was hard to tell there was actually a driveway there, lol…
anyway, a vehicle came with a big scoop on the front of it and I had a great time watching how well the driver maneuvered it… they cleaned out the area around the fire hydrant, and even got out to be sure where it was… for a minute I was worried about what would happen if they hit it… yikes…
then they cleared the windrow at the bottom of the driveway… they backed up and went down the street looking for places where they could dump it…
finally, they scraped a spot in front of the neighbour’s where two cars had been plowed in… the neighbour dug one out and moved it back a few feet, but there were a couple of inches of packed snow where the car had been… they danced around the vehicles… very talented people…
when I was out shovelling today, I took a few photos along the walkway… I had noticed crevices in the middle of the front snowbank and took a picture of one close to the sidewalk…
I hope it doesn’t cause an avalanche into the sidewalk, lol…
27 Sunday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, keep learning, learning, moments, nature, seasons, snow, sunlight, sunshine, warm, weather, widow
following my learnings from the webinars I’ve been watching, I had a bit of fun taking some photos of me sitting and reading in the sunshine…
it is wonderful when the sun starts to feel warm when sitting in it…
these photos were taken with my Nikon on the tripod… it was fun to play with the lighting and timer, lol…
the sunlight is also coming back into the kitchen, and I took a few shots there using my iPhone…
as long as I don’t look outside and see all the snow I can celebrate that spring really is on its way…
26 Saturday Feb 2022
Posted in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, blessed, fill, garden, happy, hose, hot tub, moments, nature, snow, top up, water, weather, widow
well, I am a happy camper…
the hot tub has needed a top-up for a number of weeks, but every time it has been warm enough, or not snowing, the lid has been frozen shut…
and the less water in it the more the jets run and more water evaporates…
today I was able to go out and open it… yay… it took nearly fifteen minutes to top it up so I was pleased to get it done…
I’m not exactly sure that I can open both covers enough to get in it, but at least it has enough water for awhile…
the extendable hose works perfectly… it runs up the stairs and out the door easily so the filling part is simple…
there is a lot of snow out there, lol…
25 Friday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, happy, moments, Olympics, pvr, sorted, Technology, tv, widow
I’ve been having trouble with my PVR for a few weeks…
it has been telling me that it was full and would delete things I hadn’t seen…
this has happened before and it had been difficult to get the problem sorted out so I wasn’t looking forward to calling them…
I waited until the Olympics were over because I didn’t want any problems while they were on… so that meant that every day I would have to stay up until I finished watching anything saved… made for some long nights…
I was pleasantly surprised with how well the interaction went… took about half an hour to get the process completed… the person on the phone was able to do most of the work from a distance, with me pushing a few buttons at my end…
so happy it is fixed… we will see if it does it again, lol…
24 Thursday Feb 2022
Posted in food, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
spent some quality time in the kitchen recently…
I made Thai Shrimp Soup from leftover shells and shrimp that I had a few days before…
I cooked enough spaghetti for three meals and then prepared a mushroom and chicken sauce which will go with two meals of the spaghetti…
finally, I produced a grilled cheese and onion on sourdough sandwich for my lunch…
I enjoy working in the kitchen, particularly when I can assemble a number of meals for the coming days…
23 Wednesday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, brain, iPhone, learning, moments, overworked, photos, Technology, webinars, widow, WordPress, yoga
gosh, I think my head might be hurting, lol…
I spent time watching three different webinars all on the same day…
the first was a chair yoga session… planning on doing these three days a week…
then I learned some interesting things regarding my website and ways to improve it…
and finally, information on using my iPhone to take better photos…
I enjoyed it all and in the end it was a good day, although my brain may have been slightly overworked, lol…
