30 Friday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, boccia, Gem, learning, moments, Paralympics, Technology, widow
I’ve been watching the Paralympics and enjoying every sport I’ve seen…
so far I’ve watched the opening ceremony, swimming, running, and rowing, learned about Boccia and wheelchair rugby, and look forward to learning more about other sports as the events go on…
this time there are way more hours of programming, which makes me very happy…
see you later, lol…
13 Tuesday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, casting, coverage, moments, night and day, Olympics, sports, Technology, time, tv, wake-ups, widow
well, I have emerged from the Olympics cycle…
I have watched all kinds of sports, some for the first time…
as mentioned previously, I like to watch in real time and managed to do that for a good portion of the sports I was interested in… although I did sleep through one of the medals that Canada won, lol… it meant a lot of 2:30 and 4:00 am wake-up’s…
my hope for every event that I watch is that each person does their best and I like flipping between channels, if I can, to hear commentary from different points of view…
I am less interested in team sports such as soccer or basketball or football… and I’m not too fond of fighting in any of its numerous forms…
the technology at these games had some interesting highlights… I was particularly taken with the cauldron;-)…
I am happy that this portion is over and I have a few weeks before the Paralympics begin…
hopefully there will be lots of it on tv and Gem as well;-)…
11 Sunday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, Chihuly, hat, memories, moments, Olympics, shopping, Technology, widow, worn
I’ve been wearing this Chihuly hat since we visited Atlanta in 2016 and love it…
it has turned that very sad gray/black colour and looks completely worn out…
haven’t been able to figure out how to save it, sigh…
got this new hat a few days ago… it was part of the 2024 Canadian Olympics clothing line and I hope it lasts as long and as well as the Chihuly…
04 Sunday Aug 2024
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well, I pulled out those big girl pants and installed two glass shelves in the bedroom…
both shelves had been broken during cleaning over the last few years but I had one available to replace the first one…
after the second one broke, the cleaning company was able to find some that were similar, but they used different hardware than what was on the wall…
the shelves have been sitting in the box they arrived in for quite a few weeks, but today I brought out my screwdriver and the drill and went at it…
took awhile because I had trouble with getting just the right screw head for the screwdriver…
but I persevered and did it and they look good;-)…
I am very pleased because the bedroom has been looking untidy, which makes me a bit crazy, and I have spent a lot of time in it over the last week, with another one to go…
03 Saturday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, casting, learning, live, moments, night, Olympics, Technology, tv, widow
I’ve been spending a lot of time in the bedroom, lol…
during the Olympics I try to watch as many live events as possible… so this year that means quite a lot of middle of the night viewing…
and, if what is on isn’t one of my favourites, I cast shows to the tv… currently that only happens on the bedroom tv…
I do love casting… particularly as I’ve finally figured out how to do it easily, lol…
I’ve been able to watch surfing, sailing, equestrian, rowing, and trampoline that way…
I am sure I could win a medal if watching the Olympics was a sport🤪…
29 Monday Jul 2024
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big girl pants, car racing, F1, happy, moments, pre-qualifying, race, Technology, time, widow
Saturday and Sunday were complicated because not only were the Olympics on, but F1 qualifying Saturday and the actual race Sunday in Belgium…
had to PVR some of the F1 programs, including pre-qualifying, as I enjoy seeing what all the commentators have to say as I continue learning the ins and outs of the sport;-)…
happily I was able to find the time between the Olympic sports I wanted to watch, lol…
28 Sunday Jul 2024
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early this morning (Olympics!), about 5:30, I was in the kitchen making tea when I opened the patio door to see what the weather was doing…
I noticed that the back gate was open so I went out to close it… I also saw that the side gate was open… both had been closed when I went to bed…
once they were both secured, I checked the garage/driveway camera and found a photo of what appeared to be a young man with a backpack on, moving toward the front street…
the fuzzy picture shows how quickly he was moving…
then I checked the garage to be sure nothing had been taken, and everything was where it should be;-)…
later in the day, at someone’s recommendation, I called the police non-emergency number and spoke with an officer…
they checked their call records and advised that there had been a report and police had spoken with a person who said they were running away from someone…
the officer also advising that calling the police for something like this was a good thing to do…
the suggestion was to call as soon as I discovered the open gates, just in case the police were in fact, chasing a thief…
and maybe don’t go outside until after consulting the police, lol…
27 Saturday Jul 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cast, moments, Olympics, opening ceremony, silver, Technology, time, watching, widow
well, the Olympics have begun;-)… started with about four hours for the opening ceremony yesterday afternoon…
woohoo… I will spend the next two weeks in front of the tv watching all my favourite sports…
I like to watch as it happens as much as possible… so, there will be a great deal of middle of the night watching and daytime sleeping, lol…
looks like 4:00 am will be my start time although I did cast some rowing to the tv at 2:30 this morning… I’ve added a new Favourites list with just the six channels that have Olympic programming on…
I also have an app that shows the schedule and send me reminders when events I am interested in are starting…
happy, happy, happy;-)…
20 Saturday Jul 2024
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, cottage, fun, garden, hawk, moments, nattering, nature, remembering, song, sounds, squirrels, widow
had a bit of a giggle as I was sitting on the deck eating breakfast and listening for bird songs…
when we were at the cottage we would hear a huge variety within just a few minutes…
of course that was also at migration time so I’m not sure how many you might hear now…
here, I can hear house sparrows, chickadees, the odd crow, squirrels yelling, and recycling/garbage trucks going up and down the lane, lol…
it has also been quieter lately because there is a Cooper’s Hawk hanging around, which makes for some very quiet times when all the birds and squirrels go into hiding…
you know it has left the area when all of a sudden large numbers of sparrows start getting drinks and gathering seed from the feeders, nattering the whole time…
17 Wednesday Jul 2024
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I’ve been trying to figure out how to get another umbrella on the back deck to provide shade mid afternoon without a whole out of success…
I have an old umbrella, but no pole or stand for it… we went looking but weren’t able to find anything that might work and keep it stable…
in the end we purchased a 3-point sail… we also picked up a lot of rope to be able to connect the corners…
after considerable trial and error, we got it up and I think it is going to work quite well…
and it looks good;-)…
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