28 Thursday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, hyacinth, moments, nature, purple, smelling, treat, white, widow
so excited to have received hyacinth plants… my grandson picked them up for me at Safeway…
one is in a pot with three in it… they will be white when they open…
a smaller pot contains a single purple one…
looking forward to seeing and smelling the blooms…
27 Wednesday Jan 2021
Posted in family, health, life, Uncategorized, weather
today, I wore those big girl pants again…
it started late yesterday when the light blew in the den… I went and got the kitchen step stool, but when I stood on the second step it made me too nervous to take down the cover…
after I thought about it for awhile, I decided the small ladder from the garage would work, so I had my grandson put it beside the back door while he was here shovelling… I brought it in and left it to warm up, as it is metal and it was very cold out today…
finally, I climbed up, changed the bulb, and returned the ladder to the back door… tomorrow will be warmer so I will return it to its spot in the garage…
I am having to figure out how to do more things as I am not having anyone in the house these days… looking forward to the time when people can come and do jobs for me…
26 Tuesday Jan 2021
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bean to bar, big girl pants, blessed, CanadianChocoholic, chocolate, family, flowers, friends, moments, orchid, pouch, purple, Tea, treat, widow
yesterday we had an online chocolate tasting in the afternoon… it was the gift I gave my four buddies for Christmas…
before it started I spent time preparing my space for the call… moved most of my orchids into the pass through and put fabric behind it so the light wouldn’t cause a problem… looked great;-)…
everyone received a package in the mail with a beautiful handmade pouch holding four chocolate bars… three were the same for everyone, and one was different for each of us…
besides information on how to taste, choose and buy chocolate, forms to use to describe tasting information on each bar, there were little treats included as well… a chocolate flavoured tea, hot chocolate, a cocoa bean and cocoa nibs…
we had a lovely time, learned a huge amount about cacao, its origins and how it is made into the chocolate that we enjoy… we were able to ask questions throughout and shared what we thought of each bar…
thanks to Cyndi (@CanadianChocoholic) for the wonderful experience…
one of us couldn’t get their camera to work, but was able to see us, even if we couldn’t see them… there was a lot of laughter and delicious chocolate eating, uh, tasting, happening…
what a great treat… as much a gift for me as my buddies…
24 Sunday Jan 2021
had the fireplace channel on while I was writing my blog last night and was reminded of all the lovely fires we have had over the years…
my beloved loved wood fires and would often fall asleep in front of the fire in the basement family room… it was always difficult to start but he would use the vacuum to get the smoke to start up the chimney…
I haven’t used it since he died and last year had to have the chimney removed as it was rusting from the inside… didn’t seem worth the cost of replacing all of the pieces..
sometimes I miss it…
24 Sunday Jan 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, days, friends, garden, happy, meals, memories, moments, neighbours, normal, widow
today, as I sat in the living room looking out the window I spent a few happy moments remembering the wonderful neighbours we have had over the years…
our next door neighbours became our very good friends… when the girls were first born they would take them home so that we could eat our supper without interruption… the girls would go over to their house to see if “Uncle Buzz could come out to play?” and he did… we fed them on Wednesday nights and they babysat while we went bowling… at one point Ellen produced a cookbook for each of them with all of the recipes she made that we all loved…
the neighbour across the street made Barbie clothes and we shared many meals and coffee on the deck…
the neighbour a few houses down the lane would come and help my beloved with whatever project he was working on and they had such fun together…
the neighbour across the back lane shared their pool…
these days we aren’t quite as close to the neighbours, as all of those have gone, but they are all kind and caring in their own way…
made me think of today’s contemplating card;-)…
maybe, if the world ever returns to some semblance of normal, I will have them all over for a meal and time together;-)…
23 Saturday Jan 2021
Posted in business, food, health, life, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, boil, disposable, food, moments, prepared, Tea, tea bags, widow
today, I took a little time, while I was waiting for the kettle to boil, to put loose tea into disposable tea bags…
that way, when I want some next, it will be ready… I filled a bag for each of the three teas in the container…
good to be prepared…
22 Friday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, customer service, delicious, dinner, Modern Plate Catering, salt, service, shop local, sidewalk, snow, treats, weather, widow
I’ve been getting my Friday dinner for most of December and into January from Modern Plate Catering…
a number of weeks ago, when it was delivered, Curtis, the delivery person, asked if I had salt and then sprinkled it on my steps and sidewalk, which were covered in ice… how kind was that;-)… it is so nice to get to know the members of businesses, particularly in these trying times… the next week he brought salt with him!
today, when he and Lindsay dropped off my dinner, he had already shovelled the steps before I opened the door… he was prepared to shovel the sidewalk as well, but I told him not to…
good customer service is so important and makes me try harder to use good companies again and again;-)…
especially when the food is delicious, lol…
21 Thursday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, events, fun, gift, gratitude, happy, memories, moments, pashmina, pin, purple, remembering, widow
this morning my contemplating card was about gratitude…
a short time later I was putting on this lovely pashmina which hangs on the back of one of the chairs in the living room… it was a gift from a dear friend and is pink and purple…
I added a magnetic pin that I received at one of the SHEday events to hold it closed…
reminded me of how grateful I am to have many great and caring friends, and that I have participated in some amazing activities…
another thing I am grateful for is that when we remember something particular, usually we focus on the fun/good parts, not necessarily the things that weren’t as much fun, lol…
20 Wednesday Jan 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, family, iPhone, laptop, moments, printer, printing, Technology, widow
the printer works, the printer works…
this, after over an hour on the phone with my son-in-law as he climbed into my desktop and laptop to sort out the issue…
this new printer leaves the paper tray open about two inches… the strangest thing I have seen…
but it prints perfectly using the laptop and the iPhone… still not so happy when the main computer gives the order… we may have to delete the driver and reinstall, but it will do for now…
finally…
19 Tuesday Jan 2021
Posted in business, health, life, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
was a busy day yesterday… very few people are coming into the house nowadays…
once a month the cleaners are here and during that time I am in a room they don’t clean…
my grandson sometimes steps into the house, although he usually just leaves things for me on the front step…
other than that, no one crosses the threshold…
yesterday two people come into the house… I had planned to meet with both of them in the garage, but it was too cold for that so they both came in…
a lot of cleaning after they each left, with no help from these guys…
