03 Saturday Feb 2024
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Awakening, big girl pants, blessed, book, great read, happy, moments, Nora Roberts, reading, time, widow
I spent a good part of Wednesday and basically all of Thursday reading The Awakening by Nora Roberts…
I literally couldn’t put it down, lol…
it was delightful and I enjoyed every page…
now to get the next book in the trilogy;-)…
02 Friday Feb 2024
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, donation, family, friends, health, Heart and Stroke Foundation, hearts, house, love, memories, moments, remembering, touched, widow
first thing I did on Thursday was put the heart wreath on the front door…
a little later, I brought down the rest of the love items and set them around the house…
that was fun;-)…
February is Heart and Stroke month and a time when I make a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation in memory of my beloved and those who have been touched by heart disease…
lots to think about…
01 Thursday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, kernels, moments, popcorn, seeds, smouldering, Technology, tissues, widow
recently I saw something on social media about popcorn…
it recommended soaking the kernels in water for a while before draining and popping them and there would be less unpopped kernels…
so I gave it a try and it worked great… it did take longer to get popped but there were less leftover kernels and the popped corn seemed larger…
a couple of days ago I used this method again… while the last bit of it was popping I ran downstairs to bring up the laundry…
when I got upstairs, it smelled odd and as I opened the microwave the Kleenex that covers the spout on the glass measuring cup was smouldering… tossed it into the sink…
I’ve used folded Kleenex for at least six or seven years…
so, don’t think I will use that system again, lol… took some time for the smell to leave both the microwave and the house…
31 Wednesday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, coyote, creek, daytime, moments, nature, snow, streets, weather, widow, wildlife, worry
as I was walking on the spot looking out the living room window this afternoon, I watched a coyote across the way… it was headed towards Portage Avenue along the creek…
I didn’t have time to get the camera out, but took a photo with my iPhone, which is cropped a bit here…
when I was up in the middle of the night, not too long ago, I watched one walk up the street…
fun to see wildlife but a bit of a worry that they are having to come out in the daytime and amongst the city streets…
30 Tuesday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, bird seed, blessed, garden, grass, hot tub, ice, moments, nature, removing, shovelling, slush, snow, squirrel, warm, weather, widow
went out and shovelled up some of the slushy snow/ice… it was getting very slippery beside the hot tub, so I am happy this got done…
it will be much safer when I am uncovering and covering the hot tub…
it didn’t take too long as it was warm out, so after that was done, I filled all the bird feeders…
then I uncovered the seeds in the “house” on the deck at 11:44 am and by 2:30 pm it was completely covered over again…
for a little while I kept going out and removing the grass that the squirrel was adding, but I gave up…
29 Monday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, chemicals, chlorine, empty, experimenting, grandson, health, hot tub, Krevco, moments, nature, plunge tub, water, widow
the decision was made to empty the plunge tub and refill it with fresh water…
after a visit to Krevco to get some chemicals for the hot tub, we got information on what to use for the plunge tub…
we picked up liquid chlorine and will do some experimenting as to how much to add, and how often, lol…
we used the pump that usually empties the hot tub and then dumped the last bit… wiped it out and then spent a while refilling it…
cover and bungee cord went back on and it is ready for plunging…
at Krevco we saw a plunge pool… it was $10,000, 😳…
28 Sunday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, caddy, grandson, happy, light, moments, plants, shelves, shower, shower caddy, space, Technology, widow
not too long ago I saw a cool use of a shower caddy…
it had been tucked in a corner of a room and had puck lights under the shelves to provide light for each of the plants…
I’d been looking online but hadn’t yet ordered one… here’s the spot where it will go…
today I got a shelf from Home Depot and we made a few adjustments as we put it together;-)…
ended up leaving the top portion of the pipe off and using some cord holders and zip ties to attach the pipe to the wall…
I decided not to use any additional lights as the spot this is set in gets a lot of light…
I am pleased with how it came out… and may have to get a few more plants, lol…
27 Saturday Jan 2024
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beams, bedroom, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, hot tub, light, moments, moon, nature, sun, sunshine, weather, widow
at last the sun came out late yesterday afternoon…
instead of a nap, I decided to read in the beams of light… and when I went out for my hot tub, the full moon was visible, woohoo…
this morning the sun was out again and I was so excited that I took a few photos in the bedroom as I admired the sunshine on the bed…
that sunlight makes the flowers even more beautiful;-)…
I have spent as much time as possible in the light, even spent some time on the deck…
26 Friday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, bosses, friends, hot tub, memories, moments, patience, remembering, strength, stretch, taught, thinking, time, widow, worked
last night as I was in the hot tub, I was thinking of some of the amazing people I have worked for and with…
the one whom one of my daughters is named after…
the one who became a substitute father…
the one who taught me about strength…
the one who reminded me of all my abilities and encouraged me to stretch…
the ones who taught me patience, lol…
the ones who have become part of my life;-)…
as I contemplate them I realize again what a blessed life I have led…
25 Thursday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cushions, fern, health, Japanese Maple, leaves, moments, nature, overcast, plants, purple, rearranging, weather, widow
I am getting very tired of the overcast days;-(… today it was dreary even though the temperature was near 0°…
I spent time rearranging some of the plants in the living and dining rooms…
I added a couple of plants to the area around the Japanese Maple…
the fern from the den was taken outside and shaken because it was losing fronds like crazy…
after getting the loose pieces off, I moved it to the living room, hoping it might like the new spot better, although I’m not sure I like that spot, lol…
the dracaena got moved into a less bright space and I am contemplating a stand to go where it had previously been that would hold more plants, lol…
after that I rearranged and put away pillows…
now, if we could just have some sunshine…
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