24 Sunday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, F1, freedom, Las Vegas, late night, moments, race, time, widow
last night I stayed up late to watch the F1 Las Vegas race…
I was thinking how lucky I am to have the freedom to do that… there was nothing special on today… and basically, every day is Saturday for me;-)…
it was a great race and I enjoyed it…
even slept in a bit this morning, lol…
23 Saturday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, dad, fair, family, generous, home, kind, memories, missing, moments, photos, quiet, remembering, soft-spoken, widow
November 18 was my dad’s birthday and I’ve been thinking of him a lot lately…
he was kind, generous with what he had, and always thinking of others…
he looked after my brother and I for many years while my mom was in hospital and he took care of her when she was home…
he was soft-spoken and I don’t think I ever heard him shout or speak in a loud voice to anyone, but if he gave you the look (which didn’t happen too often), you knew to pay attention…
he was also the one who taught me that everyone deserved fairness, a second chance, and appreciation for a job well done…
he was very special;-)…
22 Friday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, black, blessed, construction, entertained, fence, moments, truck, weather, widow
have been entertained over the last few days as a fence was being constructed across the street…
it took a while to figure out which house it belongs to…
the crew of two arrived before nine yesterday and worked until about four… they took many breaks to sit in their truck and warm up, lol… it was chilly…
they had an interesting machine which pounded the metal poles into the ground… there were two heights… then they built the frames and covered the tall section with black strips… at that point I realized the fence belonged to the house directly across from me, the fence on the other side of their property is also black…
after they cleaned everything up they ended their day, and I assumed the job, lol…
I thought it was interesting that the front section was just chain link, but maybe it would let the snow blow through…
then, this morning the truck was back and they added the black strips to the short section of the fence…
now I think it is really done, lol…
21 Thursday Nov 2024
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, calendar, family, food, friends, moments, shortbread, Technology, treat, Walker’s, widow, yummy
I was surprised when the doorbell rang as I wasn’t expecting anything, but after the recent surprise of my daughter at the door, I hurried to see who or what was there…
it was a parcel with my name on it;-)…
opened it to discover a Walker’s Shortbread Advent Calendar, woohoo…
the kids in Ottawa had sent it and I was very excited to receive it…
I’d never seen an advent calendar by them before and just recently my friends and I had been discussing how much we all liked their shortbread cookies…
I can hardly wait for December 1st when I can open the first flap on the calendar;-)…
what a delightful treat…
I was thinking about what a world we live in where you can see something, buy it online, and have it sent directly to someone in another city;-)…
20 Wednesday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, family, favourite, flowers, garden, living room, moments, nature, sections, table, Technology, things, widow
it was time to redo the living room table, but I wasn’t quite ready for the full-on Christmas ornaments…
once I thought about it for a while and decided to fill the four sections with some of my “favourite things” I sat and made a list of what those things were to me at the moment, lol…
my list included: family, friends, garden, flowers, books, animals, nature, photography, holidays, technology, rocks, seashells, and crafts…
so I went around the house and found items that represented all of those things… after putting a red and green tablecloth in the bottom I found spots for all of the things…
I’m pleased with how it turned out;-)…
19 Tuesday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, books, collection, family, Fern Michaels, JD Robb, moments, reading, widow
on Sunday I finished the last of a large collection of books by Fern Michaels…
I had received the first of two boxes and a bag full of them at the beginning of August…
I have enjoyed every single one of the fifty-four and was a bit sad that I’ve finished them all… I can’t even think of how many hours I’ve spent in the garden and the living room devouring them, lol…
not half an hour later, the next book by JD Robb was delivered, woohoo;-)…
excited to read this and all the other books that have been on the sidelines since I started the Fern Michaels collection;-)…
18 Monday Nov 2024
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bath, big girl pants, blessed, family, grandson, moments, motorcycle, oil, preparing, shed, stabilizer, tires, weather, widow
on Saturday the motorcycle made its way into the shed for the winter, as this year it is staying with us;-)…
the oil was changed, the gas tank filled, and some fuel stabilizer added to keep it fluid…
it went for a bath and was ready to be put away…
there was just enough space to fit it into the shed…
now there is plenty of room in the garage for Indy, who just a few days ago got her not-so-pretty winter tires put on;-)…
we are ready…
17 Sunday Nov 2024
early Saturday morning I went out to cover the garden furniture with a tarpaulin before the rain started…
it took a while, but eventually I got it all covered and also moved all the rocks that had come out of the pond…
now the garden is ready for winter…
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…
14 Thursday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cacao trees, daughter, doorbell, family, koi, moments, nature, ring, surprise, Technology, The Leaf, time, treat, widow, Yasuragi
what a wonderful surprise I received this morning;-)…
as I was taking my poached eggs out of the water, I heard the doorbell ring… I was expecting a parcel so wasn’t surprised, but when I opened the door, my daughter was standing in front of me…
she had come to town to attend a concert with one of her friends and had planned to include a day with me;-)…
what a super treat…
we quickly booked a trip to The Leaf so she could see her beloved cacao trees… we had a great time there, checking out the trees, watching the koi, and realizing how much growth has taken place since we were last there together in June…
she was able to get a few nice shots of the koi which she shared with me.
we enjoyed time in the Yasuragi display and read up on all the bonsai, including new ones which hadn’t been there the last time I visited… the stories behind them are very interesting…
spent a few minutes with the butterflies…
it is sad that they are still in the netted enclosure and not flying freely around the space…
one last wander to see the cacao trees and koi, a bit of fun in the gift shop, and then we headed home…
some relaxing time together and then I dropped her off at the airport to head home…
I am blessed;-)…
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