06 Wednesday Nov 2019
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big girl pants, dark, light, moments, snow, street, Technology, walk, widow
this was the view as I walked up the street at 5:30 tonight, sigh…
sad about the time change… I am still waking up at 5 am…
been using my SAD light at work most days…
hope to be back to normal in the next few days, cause this is rather tiresome…
05 Tuesday Nov 2019
Posted in life, loss, moments, nature, Photography, Uncategorized
04 Monday Nov 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blog, followers, loss, memories, moments, Technology, widow
just reached 350 followers on WordPress…
laughed the other day when a friend introduced me and said that I had 3000 followers… really made me giggle, lol… 300… 3000… very close;-)…
it has taken six years to reach that number…
had me thinking of the changes over that time… how the blog has gone from information on what to do when you become a widow/widower to my daily life…
my life really has been blessed… as I continue to put on those big girl pants…
03 Sunday Nov 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, chickadees, feeder, garden, hot tub, moments, nuthatches, soggy, water shoes, widow
enjoyed some time in the hot tub this morning…
although, having a hot tub Saturday evening and Sunday morning doesn’t work that well because my water shoes don’t have time to dry completely… they are rather cold and soggy, lol…
watched chickadees and nuthatches come and go to the feeder and have snacks…
a bit later in the day I watched more chickadees and nuthatches in the front yard…
such fun to get to enjoy the moments with the critters all around…
02 Saturday Nov 2019
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today I trimmed the hibiscus as it has been growing out in all kinds of odd directions…
I’ve read that this isn’t the best time to prune hibiscus, but it really needed to be tidied up…
and then, after I’d removed some branches, I realized that I had cut off buds!
very sad about that… put them in water and set them in the bathroom… hope they might still bloom;-)…
31 Thursday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, friends, halloween, memories, moments, skeleton, treats, widow, Za Pizza
somewhere I have a couple of boxes filled with Halloween decorations…
for the life of me, can’t find them…
so, this year there are two pumpkins, two witches’ hats, a cape and a skeleton to decorate, lol…
but a friend is over… we picked up Za Pizza for supper, and we have goodies to give out…
happy halloween…
30 Wednesday Oct 2019
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backing, big girl pants, family, memories, parents, poppy, remembering, widow
picked up a poppy the other day…
dug around and found a backing piece and put the poppy on my jacket… I hate to lose them…
it feels important to wear this sign of respect for our veterans and those who serve now…
I remember my mom and dad, my father-in-law and my son-in-law…
29 Tuesday Oct 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, memories, moments, organized, prepared, review, widow, will
recently I’ve heard a lot about Wills…
today on tv they were discussing the need for one, and how most people don’t get that piece of organization done…
I did mine in July of 2012… and I likely need to update it as they mentioned you should review it every five years or so…
amazingly, it has been over seven years since it was written… it was shortly after my beloved died and I was getting ready to have major surgery… I wanted to have my affairs in order on the chance that I didn’t make it… wanted things to be as easy as possible for the girls…
rather proud that I was able to put my fingers on it right away when I went looking, lol…
28 Monday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, feet, friend, moments, pedicure, purple, sensitive, treat, visit, widow
went for a pedicure with a great friend who I hadn’t seen in quite a while…
it was lovely to spend time together and catch up on one another’s goings on…
when I first started getting pedicures they were very difficult as my feet are sensitive and it was hard to sit through all the cutting, filing, and pushing that is part of the process…
recently that hasn’t been a problem, but this time one foot was just so sensitive that I could barely stand the process…
my esthetician rewarded me with an extra long massage when it was all done;-)…
and I have pretty toes again…
27 Sunday Oct 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, condo, family, fish, garden, grandsons, pond, searched, son-in-law, widow
all the boys came for dinner tonight…
they searched for fish in the pond, but the fish are trying really hard not to be found… wish we could tell them they are going to freeze if they don’t come into the condo;-(…
my son-in-law is much more patient than the younger boys although he only caught a few… two more of the babies and one bigger one…
we talked about catching the fish with grandpa and how the three biggest ones have been in the tank and pond since before he died…
we will continue to see if we can find more… still time before the pond freezes over…
