10 Tuesday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, bird feeders, birds, blessed, downy, garden, moments, nature, photos, pictures, snow, suet, widow
sat in the sun in the living room and watched the birds at the feeders…
finally found one that likes the homemade suet;-)… yay for the downy woodpecker…
nice to see the house finches again…
I’ve only ever seen them in the garden…
09 Monday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, closet, cull, dress pants, moments, pants, purple, sort, successful, widow, work
I don’t know about you, but when I go to clean out a closet or drawer, sometimes it works and other times I seem unable to cull anything…
today I was successful in dealing with my bedroom closet… I’ve realized that I don’t really need 6 pairs of dress pants or 15 tops for work, lol…
this closet is very small so anything I can do to make room will be very helpful;-)…
I packed up twenty pieces and then reorganized the space they opened up…
yay for me;-)…
08 Sunday Nov 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, cleaning, family, glue guns, memories, moments, multiple, organize, paper products, shopping, widow, ziplock
had great success with another couple of cleaning projects…
cleaned and reorganized the paper product shelf in the basement… who knew I needed 4 boxes of large ziplock bags, lol…
then had a lovely time in the corner cupboard… this was one area that always made my beloved crazy;-)…
he might have been right as I don’t even want to say how many multiple glue guns I discovered…
05 Thursday Nov 2020
Posted in food, health, life, loss, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, containers, freezer, fridge, moments, organizing, outcome, stool, widow
got close up and cozy with the fridge freezer this morning… my technique is to use my bathroom stool to sit in front of the fridge while the freezer door is open…
was chilly work, but put like things together and in containers… was a bit surprised with how many little freezer packs I have ;-)…
pleased with the outcome and hopeful that I will remember what went into each of the containers, lol…
03 Tuesday Nov 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Bresara, cleaning, downspout, eavestroughs, garden, hot tub, icicles, ladders, moments, nature, neighbour, weather, widow
I was still in bed when the doorbell rang…
ran downstairs to find Travis and Wayne from Bresara Window Cleaning here to clean the eavestroughs…
they were getting an early start on this beautiful day… they had cancelled a few weeks ago when the weather turned and everything was frozen, so they were going all out to get their appointments caught up…
they did a great job and now the loose eavestrough is connected so I won’t have to worry that it will fall into the hot tub when I’m in it;-)…
apparently, in the spring, we will have to replace a downspout which has cracked…
maybe there won’t be so many icicles over the hot tub this winter…
and while they were working on my eavestroughs, my neighbour had his ladders up and was installing his Christmas lights on his eavestroughs…
29 Thursday Oct 2020
Posted in life, loss, moments, nature, technology, Uncategorized
Saturday I cleaned the filters for the fish tank…
ugh… not my favourite job, but we’ve decided that this needs to happen monthly…
I am feeding the fish twice a day to be sure they are getting enough to eat… they are quite big now, lol…
that means that the tank can get murky and it felt like that was happening… as time goes on, I should be able to get the feeding down so that there isn’t excess food in the water…
a bit of a balancing act… it seemed to be getting clearer…
I also put some shelf liner behind the tank to see if I like how it looks…
the water pumping into the tank doesn’t seem to be flowing probably and I can’t figure out why, sigh…
yesterday I took down the liner as it blocked the light… and I changed out two of the three parts of the filter for new pieces because the tank is not clearing up…
can’t decide today if it has improved or not… will see what happens in the next few days, sigh…
28 Wednesday Oct 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, cash, clean and tidy, moments, treasures, widow
all that work cleaning out the closet yesterday and today was worth it;-)…
found $12 in cash, lol…
den is clean and tidy and looks great, although the dining room is full of boxes, lol…
games are gone, now to wait for the pickup of the boxes of giveaways…
27 Tuesday Oct 2020
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I spent the entire day working on a closet that I’ve been ignoring for years…
packed up a number of things; some games and toys going to someone I know who has people in mind; a picture for my grandson, and items to be given away…
I’ve also found a few things which I am going to put online… one is the massage table we covered with glass… I don’t need it and it is silly to keep it underneath a counter, lol…
I’ve done laundry, moved items to different areas, reorganized clothes and thrown items into the garbage… and found a few items that have been lost;-)…
I ordered sushi from one of my favourite places – Tokyo Sushi – which I didn’t know was available through SkipTheDishes… got enough for lunch and supper… it was the only break I took all day… I ordered the sushi pizza which is delicious… haven’t found any place else that makes it this good…
tomorrow I will finish… the closet and the sushi;-)…
17 Saturday Oct 2020
Posted in garden, life, loss, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, fish, furniture, garden, gardener, moments, nature, plants, weather, widow, winter-proof
yesterday Hilda the Gardener came to winter-proof the garden…
she trimmed back ferns and hostas; emptied pots in front and back; brought all the dahlia pots onto the deck and cut them back; pulled weeds and trimmed the wild rose in the front flowerbed…
my job will be to remove the dahlia tubers, separate and pack them up for the winter… I’ve had to bring them in to thaw so that I can break up the soil, lol…
we are not raking up the leaves, but will have my grandson do one last mulch in the garden once the furniture is put away…
happy and sad that the garden is nearly prepared for winter…
still a few fish to catch and furniture to move…
10 Saturday Oct 2020
Posted in family, food, life, loss, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, blessed, dinner, family, grandsons, meal, memories, moments, preparing, stuffing, usual, widow
the usual family dinner is not happening this weekend…
this year I decided to cook a special dinner just for me;-)… will use some technology to eat with my Ottawa kids…
today I made stuffing muffins for my grandsons… one of their favourites… the smell was delightful and a reminder of what makes a meal special… the eldest grandson will pick them up…
I also prepared potatoes and cauliflower for cooking… I tried something different as I prepared them because, if it doesn’t turn out, I’m the only one eating it, lol… I also cooked a small turnip and made fresh cranberry jelly…
usually as I am preparing for a special dinner I am thinking of those who will be enjoying the meal… today I thought about what a sunny day it was outside, even if it was chilly… and how blessed I am to have the food I want and a place to eat it safely…
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