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towel…

17 Tuesday Dec 2019

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big girl pants, cold, door, fur coat, home, memories, purple, towel, weather, widow

over the last week or so I’ve put a towel at the bottom of the front door to help keep the warm in, and the cold out… apparently they are called door snakes or draft dodgers…

it has made me giggle every time I walk past as it reminds me of a dear friend’s mom… she lived in a huge, but very old, house and all winter she would throw fur coats at the bottom of various doors in the house to stop the cold from entering…

so funny, lol…

which is why I giggle when I see my towel blocking the cold from entering the house…

maybe I should be looking for a purple one;-)…

update…

16 Monday Dec 2019

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big girl pants, changes, Google Home, moments, nest, retirement, routines, schedule, smart home, smart plug, Technology, update, widow

today I started to make some of the needed changes around the house…

I’ve changed the schedule on my Nest thermostat so that the temperature stays the same throughout the day… previously I had it lower the temp while I was at work…

I am going to update the programming on my Google Home… used to have 2 different set ups in the morning… one provided information for a work day, and the other for “the weekend”… no more work days;-)…

my automatic timers currently turn the lights off at 8 am… going to need to change that too, lol… I cannot get those timers to cooperate no matter what I do…

today I changed from those automated timers to a TP-link smart plug… now I can tell Google when to turn them on and off…

and I finally got the tree lights to respond to commands as well…

next up I am going to check into lights for the chandelier and bathroom that will respond to verbal commands;-)…

so much to do, but lots of time…

begin…

15 Sunday Dec 2019

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Advent, begin, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, family, gratitude, moments, pictures, purple, widow

for Advent my daughter sent me a collection of watercolour cards with quotations on the back… she painted each one and hand printed the sayings… I haven’t heard yet where she found them…

I had decided that this year I would spend time each morning being grateful for a particular thing, but didn’t have a list… that was as far as I’d got, lol…

I’ve found that the quotes on the cards have prompted me just enough to choose a topic…

it has been very cathartic…

here are a few of my favourites so far…

certainly a lovely way to begin the day…

final…

13 Friday Dec 2019

Posted by sulis303 in business, life, moments, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, camera, colleagues, final, memories, moments, orchid, purple, retirement, widow

had a wonderful final day of work…

I’d spent time planning what I would like to do, and was able to accomplish everything on my list;-)…

spent time individually with each person on staff, thanking them for our time together, and listening to some of their stories…

lots of fun taking selfies with each person after our visit… missed the one person who wasn’t in the office…

had lunch with a very special woman and ended the day taking a final group photo and receiving gifts…

to top off the day, picked up Chinese food and had dinner with a few good friends…

retired…

12 Thursday Dec 2019

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big girl pants, blessed, memories, moments, remembering, retired, widow

today I retired…

started working part time at sixteen; worked full time for eight years, once I graduated; stayed home for eighteen more; and then worked for twenty-two…

it has been a slice;-)…

canvas…

11 Wednesday Dec 2019

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artwork, beloved, big girl pants, boxes, canvas, final, memories, orchid, plant whisperer, plants, purple, retirement, widow, work

last night we brought home the last of the plants, which included two good sized orchids…

it has been bitterly cold the last few days, but it appears that they made the trip okay… my colleague warmed up the car and the plants were wrapped with plastic… both of these directives were provided by our office plant whisperer;-)…

tonight the final collection of items consisted of two boxes and my artwork…

we were especially careful with my canvas because I plan to replace the one that is currently on the purple living room wall…

tomorrow I won’t have anything to bring home, other than me...

alarm…

10 Tuesday Dec 2019

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alarm, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, change, moments, reading, relax, rest, widow

this morning I let the alarm go off and let it play the whole song as I considered that I will only need it for two more days…

I might have to get up early in the future, but not for work;-)…

usually I wake up before the alarm rings, so I don’t often have to turn it off…

two more days… hard to believe I have made it to this place… it is exciting and a bit scary…

going to start with lots of rest, relaxation, and maybe even some reading…

boxed…

09 Monday Dec 2019

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big girl pants, boxed, office, packed, plants, purple, retire, training, widow, work

counting down these last few working days…

today I wrote procedures, did a bit of training, tidied files, and boxed up a number of my plants…

clearly I should have moved the plants last week when it was around zero… today is was -27…

it looks like they made it okay… I’ve emptied the box and tomorrow I will bring home the remaining plants;-)…

and then we will see…

packed…

08 Sunday Dec 2019

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, health, life, moments, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, Christmas movies, family, food, gingerbread, groceries, health, meals, moments, packed, shopping, widow

had the most wonderful quiet day today… I am particularly happy about this as I anticipate that the next four days are going to be packed…

wrote a few cards to pop into the mail, made chili and spaghetti with meat sauce, and put away the last few groceries from yesterday’s shopping trip…

the chili came out great… I added some hamburger and onion to the basics… delicious…

missed having the boys for dinner, but they were busy… we are planning to make a gingerbread house next time they are over…

packaged up some meals to share and for the coming week…

had a number of phone calls and enjoyed a few Christmas movies as well…

nice;-)…

presented…

07 Saturday Dec 2019

Posted by sulis303 in business, life, moments, Photography, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, board, bouquet, camera, flowers, happy, moments, pictures, presented, relaxing, vase, widow

last Friday I was presented with a lovely bouquet of flowers by our Board…

I have been taking pictures of them ever since… so happy to have my camera back to do so…

today I trimmed the stems and put the flowers into a different vase…

flowers make me happy and taking pictures of them is very relaxing…

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