17 Saturday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, growing, mandevilla, moments, nature, transplanting, widow
the mandevilla is taking the transplanting and moving into the house very well…
there are still flowers blooming and the leaves remain green;-)…
16 Friday Oct 2026
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banner, big girl pants, deer, family, food, grandson, moments, nature, no stickers, poll, treat, voted, widow
this morning I voted in the advance poll at Polo Park… they are really strict about not allowing photos to be taken, and instead of stickers, had a banner you could use… maybe it saves money 🤪…
as a reward we got pretzels… mine were mini sesame ones… and I found them easier to eat;-)…
my favourite is the garlic and salt, but I was heading to The Leaf to volunteer and didn’t want to breathe garlic on the visitors, lol…
and as a special treat we came across three deer…
what a lovely bonus…
15 Thursday Oct 2026
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the lawn was mowed one last time on Sunday…
whatever leaves are left in the front yard will stay there for all the little creatures, although there aren’t very many leaves…
the garden is a different story… currently it is difficult to see the pond as the net is nearly completely covered with leaves… the elm tree next door still has a few leaves to fall so we will likely wait for them to come down before removing the net and putting the leaves in the flowerbed closest to it…
at that point we will probably bring the fish into their winter condo…
14 Wednesday Oct 2026
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, family, hair, moments, Top End Studio, unmanageable, widow
today I went for a haircut at Top End Studio Inc…
I was very happy to be going, as my hair was getting a little unmanageable, lol…
we had been to IKEA and I was a little worried about getting there on time…
of course we made it…
and I have great hair again;-)…
13 Tuesday Oct 2026
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12 Monday Oct 2026
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we are currently working on a fairly major project and it has meant moving a few things around…
so, the bookcase that held the new one hundred books was emptied and the books made their way to the stair library (via the dining room table)😳…
it has never been so full, lol…
11 Sunday Oct 2026
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big girl pants, dining car, family, food, meals, moments, options, train trip, widow
I’ve been thinking of the great meals we had on the train… the first morning we didn’t know where the dining car was and made the best of what we found in another car,,,
then we discovered where the dining car was, and had excellent meals from then on, lol… at each meal you got to choose between three options…
and at each meal we ended up sitting with people who we hadn’t met before…
10 Saturday Oct 2026
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2 seats, big girl pants, blessed, extra, family, first class, moments, snacks, Technology, WestJet, widow
because I had many, many, WestJet points, we flew home from Victoria first class…
happily it meant that our bags were free to check so we didn’t have to worry about them, and there were two seats instead of three, which meant we had more space…
the first flight was early in the morning and our Uber driver got us there in ample time…
we left a few minutes late but had excellent service, lots of snacks and real glasses for our beverages;-)…
the mountains looked stunning as we flew over them and landed right on time in Calgary… then, we had to literally run all the way across the airport to the gate for the final leg of our journey… I was very worried we wouldn’t make it and we arrived with just a few minutes to spare, and we were the last to get on the plane…
I was a little bit peeved as I had paid extra to have the WestJet person on the phone make all the reservations so there wouldn’t be any problems… not only did they get the birthdates wrong for both of us, but they booked 45 minutes between the flights which is too close to move from one end of the airport to the other… a rather exciting end to our trip…
but, we arrived home safe and sound and with our luggage😥…
09 Friday Oct 2026
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08 Thursday Oct 2026
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a few weeks ago we replaced the hall blind…
the old one had broken at the top when the plastic gave up… not even sure how long it has been since it was put up… not that long after we moved into the house… so, could be close to 50 years…
this new blind can be opaque or blacked out, lol…
then I decided to put one in the bedroom…
my housemate took down the old one and put up the new one…
it looks great 😊…
