07 Tuesday Apr 2020
the weather has been very odd over the last week…
on Friday it snowed all day and into Saturday… everything was covered… then it started to melt and by today it is nearly all gone…
above shows the front yard Saturday on the top and today on the bottom…
the backyard has changed a lot as well… yesterday there was still a fair bit of snow on the deck and by the pond… today it is almost completely gone…
crazy, but I hope to be able to sit out there soon…
05 Sunday Apr 2020
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back, big girl pants, blessed, dressed, groceries, homemade, hot tub, mail, meals, moments, pasta, pjs, sauce, shoveler, snow, spaghetti, sugars, sunshine, widow
today, I got dressed, lol… I know that is a big deal for me and a lot of you, I’ll bet… not having to worry about anyone coming to the door makes pjs perfectly acceptable all day…
in the morning I cooked spaghetti and let it cool down so that the sugars would fly through my system when I warm it up…
looked in the fridge and found part of a jar of spaghetti sauce which I used as a base for my sauce…
the addition of spices, A1, ketchup, and soy sauce, with time to mingle together, makes for a tasty addition to the spaghetti… also added some frozen meatballs to get in the required protein… smelled lovely as it was simmering…
while that was cooking, I went out and shovelled between the front steps and the driveway… snow seemed heavier than in the backyard yesterday, lol… and my back is not so happy just now;-(…
my shovelers came by this morning and did the driveway and sidewalk (but not the connecting area)… very happy they were able to get that done as it needs to be clear for the mail carrier… and Tuesday my grocery order should arrive as well…
supper was tasty and there is enough sauce and spaghetti for two more meals… yay…
seemed like a full day;-)…
04 Saturday Apr 2020
Posted in health, life, moments, nature, retirement, travel, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, blessed, hallway, happy, hot tub, moments, proud, purple, shells, snow, sunshine, tidy, widow
rather proud of myself… I have barely done anything for ages, but today I was able to accomplish three things…
first, I went into the backyard and shovelled a path to the hot tub… my shoveler hasn’t been by… likely he is staying at home like everyone else;-)…
being very careful of my back, I worked slowly and made sure there wasn’t too much snow in each shovelful… now I can go out to soak my back if I want;-)…
came in, had a break, and then tidied the hallway bookshelf… I’d organized it back in 2014… made me laugh when I realized it was that long ago…
finally, I redid the living room table drawer… put sea shells in two of them and left the others as they were… one has all the retirement cards and the other has a number of pictures and maps from our trip to Hawaii…
looks good…
pleased with all that got done… maybe I will keep on getting things done;-)…
03 Friday Apr 2020
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back, big girl pants, blessed, Kobo, moments, nature, reading, sky, snow, sunset, sunshine, twisted, weather, widow, yoga
my daughter sent me a calendar wth daily yoga for April, so this morning I decided to do some… I got an old yoga mat out, arranged my phone so I could see it from the mat and started the video…
unfortunately I twisted my back in the process so I’ve had to be very careful with everything I’ve done for the rest of the day…
since the girls were little I occasionally end up with a hurt lower back… sadly, it usually takes ages to return to normal… there’s never an obvious action to cause the problem… it just means being careful about standing for too long and twisting the wrong way when sitting…
my solution today has been to quietly sit in the living room and read… so happy I found the books on Kobo…
for a good portion of the day it snowed and late in the afternoon the sun came out and it looked beautiful with everything covered in snow… especially as I didn’t have to leave the house…
as I was sitting and reading I looked out to see the most beautiful sky…
seeing this stunning view was a very special moment, which I enjoyed…
30 Monday Mar 2020
Posted in family, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, deadhead, family, flowers, friends, garden, happy, memories, moments, plants, purple, remembering, widow
Monday is now plant watering day… used to be Saturday, but this new schedule is working well…
was talking with someone about their friend who, whenever they visited, would walk around and deadhead all the plants in the house…
as I was wandering around the living and dining room this morning I was reminded of my mom and mother-in-law and how they both did that in my house… they were both gardeners and certainly had green thumbs, actually – hands, lol… the plants always seemed happier after they had been over…
I think of my friends who are also amazing with plants… right now I am working on growing an avocado following one of their directions;-)… hope it works…
I also spent a bit of time enjoying the newest blooms…
flowers sure do make me happy…
28 Saturday Mar 2020
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avocado, big girl pants, blessed, garden, hot tub, moments, outside, planting, pond, reading, Spring, sunshine, widow
had a wonderful day outside yesterday…
topped up the hot tub and added chemicals to it…
found my gardening gloves and planted an avocado…
although it is still messy on the deck, I sat in the sun and read for a while…
noticed that there is actually water in the pond;-)…
Spring is really coming, yay…
24 Tuesday Mar 2020
Posted in family, life, moments, nature, Uncategorized
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Advent All Year, big girl pants, blessed, butterfly, camera, daughter, envelope, family, flowers, happy, leaf, nature, paper clips, purple, stickers, treat, widow
mail…
yesterday I received an envelope with a beautiful card and goodies in it…
another of my Advent All Year packages from my daughter…
a nice treat in this time of staying at home…
the card had a butterfly and flower on it and there were cute leaf stickers and two very cute camera paper clips inside…
thinking of where I am going to use those paper clips…
such a pleasant surprise…
19 Thursday Mar 2020
Posted in food, health, life, moments, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
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. soup, activities, big girl pants, chicken soup, cold, flowers, food, health, Nikon, photos, pictures, purple, remember, Technology, widow
this morning’s activities included two particular items…
I started a pot of chicken soup as I now have a cold… the aroma permeated the house throughout the day and I was very eager to eat it for supper…
it was very tasty😋…
the other, and more exciting, thing that I did was pick up my Nikon and walk around the house taking pictures of flowers and greenery… can’t even remember when I last used it…
planning to practice with the camera over the next while and see if I can’t improve my photos…
although this one is basically the same as my last camera, I am not doing near as good a job of producing great pictures…
17 Tuesday Mar 2020
Posted in food, life, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, fish food, forgot, goldfish, pet store, pond, preparations, shopping, widow
I ordered groceries which will come on Saturday… I paid all my bills online so I wouldn’t need to leave home… I updated my prescriptions and had them delivered last week… yesterday I filled the car up with gas…
felt as though I had done everything so that I wouldn’t need to go out and was rather pleased with myself…
this afternoon I realized that the goldfish are almost out of food… I spent time stressing about what to do…
eventually it occurred to me that I could find out what time the PetSmart was the least busy so I gave them a call and confirmed that first thing in the morning is a quiet time…
so, it is off to the pet store in the morning… it will be a quick trip, but the fish deserve to eat as well…
16 Monday Mar 2020
Posted in food, garden, health, life, nature, technology, Uncategorized
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Assiniboine Park Conservancy, big girl pants, blessed, friends, garden, iPhone, leaf, lunch, nature, Park, Technology, widow
this morning I decided to order groceries from Save-On-Foods, which I’ve done a few times…
usually the delivery happens the next day… the first open spots started on Saturday afternoon… apparently many people are using the delivery system;-)…
went to the Park for lunch with a couple of friends… it was very quiet… no one on the path, and they have replaced the usual menus with single sheets of paper which are discarded after being used… the tables have nothing on them and the few people there were seated quite a ways from one another…
as I was leaving I noticed the new Leaf construction is above the trees now… kind of exciting;-)…
I don’t think I will be going out for lunch after this as it is clear that older folks need to be staying at home, away from others…
tonight my BS group met by phone… we are so lucky that we have the technology to allow us to connect this way…
the new normal...
