Category Archives: retirement

tires…

13 Saturday Nov 2021

Posted by in family, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

this morning my grandson came over to put on the snow tires…

to get the car into the garage he first had to shovel the driveway…

I had made a narrow path from the house to the garage door so that I could take down the table and move things so he could do the work inside the garage…

tires got changed although he ended up only putting Indi in halfway for the front and back wheels… I had to take a photo with both the pretty summer rims and sad winter tires on at the same time, lol…

there was a lot of snow and it was wet and heavy, but he got it done, including the sidewalk and paths… I was pleased that he came in a few times to rest and visit a bit…

just as he finished, it started to snow again…

and off he went with proper winter tires on, which made me happy…

bags…

12 Friday Nov 2021

Posted by in business, garden, life, loss, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

spent time this morning with the dahlia tubers…

when I dug them up a while back, I put them in different containers so I would remember which was which…

I think I got them right, lol…

I’ve read a lot of blogs and watched many videos on how to overwinter the tubers… of course the information is all slightly different…

last year only one of the ones I saved was usable, so we will see what happens with this year’s batch…

each type is in a paper bag and the bags are all in a bin that will go into a cool dark place in the basement…

I’ve left a bit of soil around them and not separated any… and I should check on them a few times to be sure they aren’t getting mouldy… maybe I will be able to find the eyes better in the spring…

fingers crossed…

bloodwork…

10 Wednesday Nov 2021

Posted by in business, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , ,

saw the doctor, and as my A1C was low again, he advised that I’d only need to be checked every six months…

he was pleased with my blood pressure and so was I… then he mentioned that he would see me in three months for my next checkup…

apparently I will still have to go every three months, but only do the bloodwork twice a year…

well, that was disappointing…

but the good news is that I got my flu shot and an appointment for my COVID booster shot in January at the clinic;-)…

woohoo…

maple…

09 Tuesday Nov 2021

Posted by in health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , ,

well, today I put running shoes on instead of my sandals…

always a sad day for me as I would be happy to wear sandals all year long, but once it gets cold and I am going to be walking for a while, the shoes come out…

I walked in a different area today and came across maple leaves all over the sidewalk… they are very cute;-)…

in our neighbourhood we don’t see them so it was a treat…

reset…

07 Sunday Nov 2021

Posted by in health, life, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , ,

I stopped the grandfather clock at 4 pm and set a timer to remind me to restart it at 5…

the only other clocks that had to be reset were the stove and microwave;-)…

it is always a bit of a giggle when I wake up trying to decide what time it really is, lol…

refilling…

06 Saturday Nov 2021

Posted by in garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

the weather was delightful and I spent a good portion of the day emptying and refilling the hot tub…

I got a new pump in the summer to use for removing the water from the tub… the hose was a bit on the short side, so had to use a table to get the water into the grass… it took 3 hours, including using a pail and dumping bucket after bucket… may be getting something that works a bit quicker next year;-(…

once it was empty, I ran the extendible hose up from the basement, through the screen door, over the deck, and filled the tub in just over an hour…

a few tense minutes when the electricity on the tub didn’t seem to want to start… but, at last, it started and will now be heating up for a few days…

won’t have to change the water out until Spring… glad that job is done…

lighting…

05 Friday Nov 2021

Posted by in life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , ,

once the large fish tank was moved into the dining room, I filled the stand with many of the plants from the living and dining rooms…

that spot doesn’t get a ton of light so I had a small lamp sitting there to provide some illumination…

with my grandson’s help, we moved a lamp from the computer room down to this area and the lighting is much better…

I think the plants are going to like it…

tank…

04 Thursday Nov 2021

Posted by in business, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I have been working on the fish condo for weeks now… spent a good portion of a day cleaning the fish tank… lots of scrubbing and emptying…

I researched a second tank and we went out and got the tank and two pumps so that they were on the ends as opposed to the back of the tanks…

after numerous measurements, we set the new tank up on the counter along the North wall of the dining room… then the bottom was filled with rocks and water and the new pump set up… this tank will be for the baby fish as the other tank won’t be able to hold all of the fish…

I worked with my grandson and we were able to move the big tank to the spot beside the small tank… it looks good there and it almost appears like one single very long tank…

after putting river rocks in it, I ran the hose from the outside tap through the house and was able to fill it up in nine minutes… it probably took me that long to fill the small one as I used a pail and walked back and forth to the kitchen sink for that one, lol…

had a bit of an issue with the pump as there wasn’t quite enough room in the large tank for it on the edge, but we were able to remove a piece of plastic and now it fits perfectly…

once the water was in and circulating for a few days we began catching the fish… we have been at it for quite a while… we started on October 22nd and today I think we caught the last one… I had to break ice for the last few collections, lol…

it was quite a process because since about the middle of October the water has been brown as leaves have fallen into it so it has made spotting fish difficult…

we also brought in some of the water lilies, which hopefully will survive until next spring when they can go back into the pond…

the tanks look great and I am pleased with all of our work…

we have 12 large fish and 14 babies;-)…

plastic…

03 Wednesday Nov 2021

Posted by in business, life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , ,

I’ve been having fun watching the birds coming to the window feeder in the living room…

so far there have been chickadees, house finches, nuthatches, and blue jays… I had hoped to be able to take photos but the plastic distorts the pictures…

now I just sit and enjoy them;-)…

I’ve had to go out and wash the glass as they have made a mess of the window…

they make quite a noise as they decide which seed is the one they need and then sometimes open it right there by tapping it on the edge of the drawer…

they have also knocked out the little drawer that sits in the feeder… eventually I taped it down and so far it hasn’t fallen out again…