09 Wednesday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, birds, birdseed, blessed, heavy, moments, nature, Preferred Perch, shop local, shopping, widow
this morning I went into the garage and put birdseed into pails and a bin… I was very happy because the woman from Preferred Perch who delivered it last night put the bags on the table for me…
the bags weigh 50 pounds so that made it easier to fill the pails and bin and there is still one entire bag left…
I think there will be enough to last for quite a while…
30 Monday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, fishing line, friends, moments, plants, steps, swag, Tea, treat, visit, weather, widow, yard
had a lovely front yard visit with a friend who dropped off some items from an online fundraiser…
before she arrived I put one of the deck chairs out by the bird feeders… she sat there and I sat on the steps… luckily, we each had our own tea, so that kept us warm…
got two poinsettias and a swag for the front door…
after she left, I spent quite some time hanging the swag on the door… there is quite a bit of fishing line holding it up, lol…
it was nice to have a face-to-face with another person…
25 Wednesday Nov 2020
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alarm, Big Brothers Big Sisters, big girl pants, blessed, boxes, camera, dark, early, moments, motion, pickup, reuse, treasures, weather, widow
last night I set my alarm for the first time in ages… Big Brothers and Big Sisters were doing a pickup of donations and I’d been gathering things for weeks…
had to turn on all the lights because it was so dark… went out to sweep off the step but the thin layer of snow was frozen, lol…
I moved all the boxes from the den closet onto the front step… took a while…
then I turned on the motion sensor for the front camera and had a cup of tea while I watched my morning news program…
good thing I got up early because they arrived just after eight…
happy to see things that I no longer need, but are in excellent condition, get to be reused ;-)…
23 Monday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, family, journey, moments, new ways, process, safe, Technology, tires, widow
our new process when the kids come by is that they leave whatever they have brought for me on top of the hot tub, while I stand inside the back door…
then I put the items I am sending with them onto the front steps and come into the house and watch out the front window…
they were here today to put the summer tires into the garage, return some mugs and drop off meds for me…
feels safe and also gives me an opportunity to see them;-)…
21 Saturday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, garage, gift, grandson, Indi, lockdown, moments, orchid, path, sell, shovelling, sidewalk, snow, touching, treat, widow
yesterday I woke up to a world covered in snow… so beautiful, particularly as I didn’t have to go anywhere or should leave the house…
my grandson arrived in the morning to collect Indi’s winter tires and get them put on, and he brought me a beautiful orchid… he works for a store that, as of yesterday morning and the lockdown, couldn’t sell many of their items, so they gave the orchids to staff… such a lovely treat…
just before he left, he shovelled the sidewalk for me… I like to keep it clear for our mail carrier…
I went outside early, cleared the path to the garage, and moved a few chairs and other items, so he would be able to get to the tires without touching anything else… it was nice to see him, even if we didn’t get within 10 feet of each other…
later in the afternoon, I shovelled the deck so that I can get to the feeders I have set up… although, not sure I will be able to obtain sunflower seeds for them now that everything is locked down…
happily for me, the snow was light…
19 Thursday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, cameras, iPhone, moments, shopping, Technology, widow, wifi
today I was so excited when Virginia, my mail carrier, rang the doorbell as she dropped off a parcel… she always rings the bell when she leaves something that doesn’t fit into the mailbox…
it was the wifi cameras I ordered so I could watch the birds at the feeders;-)…
plugged them in, connected them to wifi, and then to the app on my phone… easy peasy;-)…
now to see if I can spot any birds, lol…
18 Wednesday Nov 2020
Posted in life, loss, moments, nature, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
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air, big girl pants, calendar, clogged, fish, fish tank, goldfish, moments, new skill, pump, widow
had a problem with the fish tank last week…
one of my fish was floating and it was hard to see through the water…
I finally figured out that the tube linking the bottom of the tank with the pump was clogged and they weren’t getting enough air in the water…
managed to get it out, cleaned and reinserted… after a few scary minutes the water started to flow over the edge and it slowly cleared… the rest of the fish were much happier…
I did have a giggle when I realized that the parrot feathers plant had been completely eaten, so I removed it…
today, I had to take the same steps, although the tank was still clear… having the water lilies in the tank are clogging it up more often…
but an easy fix, now I know what to do… maybe I will add this to the calendar and clean it once a week to be sure they stay healthy;-)…
17 Tuesday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, doorbell, family, food, friends, lockdown, moments, neighbours, rang, Save-On-Foods, shopping, Technology, timer-whisperer, treats, widow
been a hectic day, not the norm around here…
a friend dropped off an item she had picked up for me and we had a short chat… she by her car, and I on the steps with my mask on…
time online on the laptop searching and ordering various things… maybe even some Christmas presents…
had a lovely conversation with my Winnipeg son-in-law who then FaceTimed me and maybe got the timer working, lol… fingers crossed…
and it worked… I had read the directions and tried it a few times before talking with him… he is the timer-whisperer, lol…
also spoke with my Ottawa son-in-law who helped me out with a different issue…
I was on a call and the bell rang… my neighbour brought me a cute little tin filled with fresh baking;-)… woo hoo… and I gave her some books which were needing a new home;-)…
I am now answering the door with a mask on all the time, not that the doorbell rings very often, lol…
final event was a delivery from Save-On-Foods with needed groceries… early in the pandemic, it was taking 2 weeks to get groceries once ordered… then it was down to the next day, but now that we are going back into a more serious lockdown, it is taking 4 or 5 days… so blessed to have this option… now I just need to plan a little further ahead…
certainly the busiest day I’ve had in ages;-)…
16 Monday Nov 2020
Posted in garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
I brought in one of the pots with datura in it, hoping it would last through the winter… I didn’t spray it with soap like I did for the other plants I brought in…
I have now discovered that it brought aphids into the house and they were feasting on my avocado plant…
I put the avocado in the tub and soaked it with the soapy water and covered it with a bag… after leaving it for a day I removed the bag and put the plant in a room without any plants in it… there were still lots of aphids so I cut off some leaves and nearly drowned it in the soapy water…
then I cut down the datura to the base… after soaping it up I will watch to see how it does…
fingers crossed that this will get rid of them and the avocado will be happy…
15 Sunday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, fireplace channel, memories, moments, moving, pictures, reindeer, sleighs, trees, widow
today I decided to reorganize the den and put out a few Christmas decorations…
I don’t think we have ever had any decorations there, so it was a clean slate and I had to decide which pieces to use…
I started by moving the couch forward and putting the massage table behind it… this sounds simple, but it involved climbing under counters, unplugging cords and cables, rolling up the rug, moving furniture into the hall and then returning it all…
this has helped keep the cold air from reaching the spot where I sit, lol… and given me a spot to add a tree…
then I brought up some of the trees, sleighs and reindeer… as I find other reindeer I will add a few more into the space…
once I was done (for now) I decided to take a few photos… spent a bit of time finding the Fireplace channel on the tv… I could almost smell the smoke as I listened to the crackling;-)…
certainly missing my decorating buddies…
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