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vein…

07 Saturday Nov 2026

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annual physical, big girl pants, blessed, bloodwork, Dynacare, moments, Technology, vein, widow

Dynacare came to collect blood for my annual physical…

usually, for my A1C, only one vial is collected, but the annual checkup takes three, lol…

I asked what was the maximum number my technician had collected and he said fifteen 😳…

makes me think how lucky I am only having three taken…

also, likely to have a bruise as there was a bit of difficulty getting into the vein although I barely felt anything…

spoil…

06 Friday Nov 2026

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cleaner, moments, spoil, surprise, treat, widow

I remind myself often how blessed I am…

Wednesday was a reminder of that as a cleaner was in the house, doing all the things I don’t like to do😬…

when I went into the bathroom I discovered this cute bow on the shower door…

a lovely surprise… and again, a reminder of how fortunate I am…

I did laugh when I went to dry my hands and because I didn’t want to spoil the arrangement, had to find another towel😂…

shots…

05 Thursday Nov 2026

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big girl pants, shots, weather, widow, moments, garage, foggy, Uber, doorbell

early yesterday morning I took the car in to the garage… it was time to change the tires and get a few things checked out…

it was very foggy, but there was at least a bit of light… I didn’t take any photos on the way there…

but I did take a few shots on my way home, while riding in an Uber…

and my doorbell camera caught this shot…

brim…

04 Wednesday Nov 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, brim, family, projects, receipts, widow

over the summer and into the fall we have worked on a number of projects…

and my box of receipts certainly demonstrates that…

just the beginning of November and it is almost filled to the brim…

but we have made some great improvements 😊…

rail…

03 Tuesday Nov 2026

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big girl pants, garden, house, moments, November, poppy, rail, widow

on Sunday I put out the poppy that is actually either a bird bath or bird seed container…

yearly, it lives on the rail from November 1st until mid-day on the 11th…

usually it is located in the garden over the summer, and in one of the pots with the big plants in the house over the winter…

but I like how it looks at the front entrance…

range…

02 Monday Nov 2026

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big girl pants, doctor, widow, moments, physical, bp, range

when I had my annual physical last week, the doctor was not pleased with my blood pressure numbers…

so, we booked another appointment in a few weeks and I have to take my bp regularly between now and then…

I’ve added it to my calendar to be sure I remember to take it daily… I’m also taking it at different times of the day… so far it has been in range😊…

haphazardly…

01 Sunday Nov 2026

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art, big girl pants, blessed, family, haphazardly, moments, project, towels, widow

the current project is about 90% complete, sigh…

today I spent time filling a couple of drawers…

the first one included emptying a shelf in the corner cupboard and moving “paper towels” and kitchen towels into a new drawer… this will make it much easier to find what I need as it had been stacked haphazardly in the cupboard, lol…

now to think about what should go in that empty space🤪…

the second one was great fun as I moved art supplies from a number of places into one space… now to keep it tidy…

fun times. lol…

finished…

31 Saturday Oct 2026

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big girl pants, family, finished, moments, painting, widow

thought I was finished with the painting…

apparently not🤪…

digs…

30 Friday Oct 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, condo, dark, digs, family, garden, goldfish, koi, moments, pond, weather, widow

recently we started bringing the fish into their winter condo…

the first time we did our fishing, it was at night and raining, and we needed flashlights to see… that evening we collected fourteen fish…

after a while in the pail, they made their way into their winter digs…

the next night it was still light as we searched for more fish…

so far we have seventeen fish in the tanks… I think there are probably a few more for us (I mean my housemate) to catch, lol…

flight…

29 Thursday Oct 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, daughter, family, flight, making art, moments, The Leaf, volunteering, widow

we ended our visit at The Leaf…

my daughter wandered around while I worked my volunteer shift…

besides enjoying the biomes she spent time making art;-)…

when my shift was over we enjoyed a meal at Gather and then I drove her to the airport for her flight home…

so happy to have had this time with her🤗…

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