22 Thursday Sep 2022
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the mandevilla came in a few days ago since the weather is cooling off…
my grandson carried it from the back, through the kitchen and into the living room…
currently it is residing in the front window… amazing how much smaller it makes the room, lol…
the flowers were just starting to open and I am hoping that all the buds open without falling off…
21 Wednesday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, death, funeral, memories, moments, Olympics, swallowed, Technology, time, widow
I got swallowed up in the events around the Queen’s death and eventual funeral…
reminded me of the way I fall into the Olympics, lol… I always want to watch everything as it happens…
the good news is that these days I am able to be up in the middle of the night and sleep during the day if needed…
now to catch up on a bit of missed sleep…
20 Tuesday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, chores, dismantled, family, garden, goldfish, grandson, moments, nature, pond, widow
Monday some jobs got done…
I met the kids at the “A” for breakfast and then we worked in the garden…
Virginia creeper was pulled from behind the hot tub and some tiny holes were filled in the foundation close to the door…
the hammock was dismantled and pieces put into the shed…
then we started catching fish to bring into the condo… we got nine so far, including all the biggest ones, and will do more every now and again…
they caught them and I put them into the tanks…
happy to get some of the fall chores done…
19 Monday Sep 2022
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back door, big girl pants, blessed, chipped, door, garden, moments, nature, paint, purple, scraped, weather, widow
finally scraped the chipped areas on the back door…
then I pulled out the paint, stirred it for quite a while and painted the bare portions… it was very interesting to see how blue it looked before being stirred up… that probably explains why so many of my purple things turn blue after sitting in the sunlight, lol…
it has been drying and is looking good… I think I will give it one more coat…
18 Sunday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, bruschetta, food, garden, grape tomatoes, moments, widow
found an interesting grape tomato recipe on Instagram…
gave it a try… it used grape tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and basil…
it smelled delicious while it was baking…
then it went into ziplock bags and into the freezer for use in sauces although I think it might be nice as a bruschetta…
17 Saturday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bounty, delicious, flowers, food, garden, moments, nature, shopping, supper, treat, widow, Wolseley Farmers Market
had a delicious supper on Tuesday…
visited the Wolseley Farmers Market and got some lovely items…
flowers; a beautiful pork chop; green, yellow, and purple beans; garlic; small new potatoes; little eggplants; free range eggs; an acorn squash; and a cob of corn…
cooked up, cooled and reheated the potatoes… then warmed up some chicken wings from the night before and boiled some of the beans…
yum…
looking forward to more delicious meals from this bounty…
16 Friday Sep 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, concept, family, find, garage, lost, moments, pink, toolkit, tools, widow
recently had a conversation with my neighbour… she talked about her set of tools… her husband has a garage full of tools…
it made me think of the tools in my kitchen drawer… my beloved also had a garage and basement filled with tools but it was never clear where the particular item was when it was needed, lol…
because of that, I started to gather my own set… a pink multi set screwdriver, a hammer, and a pair of pliers… a pink screwdriver was very obvious and I always knew where it was, and even when he used any of my tools, he knew to put them back…
full disclosure, I may have tidied that portion of the drawer for the photo, lol…
I know other women who have their own set of tools as well… here are a few of theirs…
now, I have a garage with other tools that I am learning to use… and they go back after each use…
what a concept;-)…
15 Thursday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, drill, family, moments, online, patio door, repairs, slamming, son-in-law, Spring, Technology, widow
while he was here, my son-in-law searched online for a spring for the patio door to replace the one which had broken ages ago…
he found one, ordered it, and it arrived on Friday, well after he left for home… there were no instructions, but I figured out how it should work…
it came with stickers to hold it to the wall and door, but they wouldn’t work for my situation…
I dug out two screws that were just the right size… from all the containers in the garage, lol… then I found a drill bit to start the holes so the wood wouldn’t split…
used the sticker as a template and made the holes… then was able to get the screws in and the hook as well…
it is working well, although it makes quite a slamming noise when it closes, so I will have to get used to that;-)…
going to be fun to see how the kids react😁…
14 Wednesday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, Market Sharpening Company, moments, scissors, sharpening, shopping, Technology, widow
last time we used my hair scissors, my friend advised they had lost their ability to cut, lol…
I’ve been looking for new ones and asking around about getting them sharpened, but with no success…
we’ve started going to the Wolseley Farmers Market and I realized a few days ago that there was a person who sharpened knives… I texted to see if he dealt with scissors and he responded that he did…
I took them with me when we went and he did a great job… he also let me know they were very good ones and would be excellent when he finished sharpening them;-)…
it was interesting to watch his process and see all the steps required to make them good as new…
thanks Bret;-)…
13 Tuesday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bud, flowers, garden, moments, nature, plants, pond, treat, water lily, weather, widow
so excited last Wednesday to discover a water lily bud… I had pretty much given up hope of seeing one this year…
throughout the day I took photos as it worked towards opening…
it was at its peak on Saturday…
today it is getting ready to slide under the water… as the next bud begins to open…
what a wonderful treat as we move into cooler weather…
talk about blessed…
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