16 Saturday Nov 2024
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, family, George, heart surgery, memories, moments, recovered, remembering, widow
just yesterday I was looking at this bunny which we gave to my beloved when he had his heart surgery…
today in my memories this photo of my beloved in the hospital as he recovered came up…
I sure do miss him, sigh…
09 Saturday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, calm, card, dove, hard times, heavy, memories, moments, peace, turmoil, widow
when I was cleaning and reorganizing the computer room, I came across a few items that I usually put out around Christmas, but with all the recent turmoil going on, felt like now was the time to bring them out…
one is a white dove that I hung onto the Japanese Maple in the front window…
and the other is a stunning card that a friend got me for Christmas many years ago, which I placed in the dining room where I can see it…
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time thinking of those around me who are dealing with health issues and heavy life events and I am feeling more calm as I gaze upon these…
02 Saturday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, family, memories, moments, poppy, rail, remembering, scrubbing, weather, widow
yesterday I went into the garden and pulled out the metal poppy… luckily the ground wasn’t too frozen…
brought it into the house, gave it a good scrubbing and then took it out to the front step…
I found two small bungee cords to attach it to the rail… it looks pretty good…
and today I pulled out my poppy with the cool centrepiece and put it on my coat…
we must not forget…
26 Saturday Oct 2024
Posted in garden, health, life, loss, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
today I worked on one of my least favourite jobs…
I cleaned a pond pump…
it is grungy and messy work, but I am always happy when all the bits and pieces are clean and ready to be put away for the winter…
one down and one to go, lol…
am missing my beloved, who would have got the job done in a flash;-)…
those big girl pants, sigh…
25 Friday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, design, drink, McIntosh, moments, mug, shape, Technology, widow
a few weeks ago one of my McIntosh mugs was broken as we met in the garden for our weekly gathering… I’m sure it had nothing to do with the table I had put on a slant, lol…
we really enjoyed the opportunity to be outside, as nice warm days are getting few and far between…
after much searching online, I ordered a chickadee mug in my favourite shape…
it arrived today and I was pleased to see that it will look nice when I hold it…
most mugs only have the design visible for right handed people…
18 Friday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, electrical, Geeni, moments, motion sensor, Shaw, Technology, widow, wired
today we removed the wired Geeni motion sensing light/camera on the garage that no longer works since we changed to Shaw, sigh… this one, as well as two cameras inside the house, stopped working, but the one in the garden is still working perfectly…
it didn’t take too long, but dealing with any type of electrical always makes me nervous…
so far it looks good…
hoping that we can sell the one we took down as it worked perfectly;-)…
16 Wednesday Oct 2024
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walked past the empty lot which used to hold a church where I spent many hours in what feels like a previous lifetime…
thought about all the times I had parked the car alongside it and the satisfaction and struggles that had ensued in it…
and the amazing results… the wonderful friends who have been with me through so many life events…
life is certainly a journey and involved big girl pants, even then…
03 Thursday Oct 2024
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always learning, big girl pants, blessed, family, friends, garden, gathering, grandson, moments, nature, orange, time, TRW, widow
on Monday we gathered at our usual time, all wearing our orange shirts…
before we started, my grandson took a few minutes to take our photo…
we do like to commemorate our gatherings, lol…
during the previous week there had been some interesting TRW lunch and learns which provided some information we hadn’t known before…
it is always good to come together and share our lives and talk about what is going on in the world…
01 Tuesday Oct 2024
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, changes, family, fireplace, friends, grandson, maneuver, memories, moments, remembering, widow
the fireplace is gone…
in 2019 the chimney came down…
currently my grandson is redoing his space and part of the plan was to remove the fireplace to make a bit more room, as it was a corner unit…
it was quite the job, as they had to saw through the pipe where it went through the wall…
then they recruited some additional muscle and rigged up ropes to help with the weight of the unit… quite a process…
it was touch and go as they maneuvered the stairs and just made it through the doorway…
from the door to the garage was a piece of cake, lol…
now it is waiting for a new home… hopefully someone out there will be able to make use of it;-)…
I don’t remember it being so difficult to bring into the house, but that was years ago when my beloved brought it in😊…
16 Monday Sep 2024
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, empty, family, garbage bags, garden, grandson, jammed, moments, nature, pack rat, shed, stuff, weather, widow
it was hot but we had a crazy busy and productive day yesterday… the shed, which I haven’t been to the back of for over fifteen years, got emptied…
it had been jammed with all kinds of goodies over the years… let’s be honest, my beloved was a pack rat… and, I may have added a few items…
part way through the process it looked a bit better…
once all the “stuff” was removed, they had to shovel out twelve garbage bags filled with seeds, nuts, bits of cardboard, chewed up wood, and insulation…
when all was said and done, the space looks huge…
on to next part…
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