07 Friday Apr 2023
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while going through stuff in the computer room, I came across a few items from my work life…
was so excited to find two Pentel RSVP pens… it wasn’t till I tested to see if the ink still flowed that I remembered how much I loved them… I made it a habit to be sure there were a couple of the purple/violet ones in my desk at all times, lol…
now I have one in the computer room and one in the kitchen, so I can access them at any time…
simple things can make me so happy…
04 Tuesday Apr 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, box, camera, found, Freebird, garden, lost, moments, nature, Technology, widow, wifi, wifi camera, window
been laughing for a few days… not long ago I was searching for the box that the Freebird camera came in as we were having trouble reconnecting it to the wifi…
I always keep the boxes of any technology in the Computer Room, even though I get teased about it… so, it was really frustrating when I couldn’t find the box…
so, looked out the window in the den, which I have done every day, and realized the box was under the camera that looks into the garden, lol…
I knew I hadn’t thrown it out…
03 Monday Apr 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bonus, chairs, deck, delivery, garden, happy, moments, pallet, planter, widow
was making my morning tea the other day, when I looked outside and noticed a delivery truck slowing down and stopping in front of the neighbours’ house…
kept watching, to see what they were getting, lol… then he pulled out a pallet with four chairs on it…
they were for me, but there were vehicles in front of the house so they had to park that little bit further…
the driver got them down and brought them up the driveway, but felt he couldn’t carry them along the path between the driveway and house because it wasn’t shovelled to the ground… so he left them there…
I put my coat on, went out, cut away the plastic holding them to the pallet, and carried them in, two at a time… then I brought in the pallet… at which point my grandson came up the basement stairs to see what was going on, lol…
I am very happy to get them because I’ve been looking for replacements since the fall for the 13 year old ones on the deck which have given up the ghost… all the ones I had seen couldn’t be delivered so I was very happy when I found these on sale the other day… and there was no delivery fee;-)…
I think I will make a planter with the pallet… bonus…
30 Thursday Mar 2023
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arched, big girl pants, blessed, box, fit, garden, instructions, moments, online, pieces, snow, Technology, trellis, widow
well, that was fun;-)…
ordered an arched trellis online and it arrived a few days ago… I was a little worried because the package was taped up a lot and I wondered if all the pieces were going to be inside…
I hadn’t planned to put it together until the snow was gone, but was a bit worried about missing pieces and what I would do if I didn’t sort it out till later…
when it was undone, some of the bags appeared to have been opened and then re-closed… and, there were no instructions…
took a while, but after looking at the information from the link where I bought it, it came together nicely…
currently it is in three pieces… the two sides and the arch… not sure I could get it outside if I join it all together… the final two cross pieces and screws are waiting to finish it up…
might take the pieces out to the garage and finish it, or just wait for the snow in the side garden to melt so I can put it in its new home…
sure hope it fits the way I want…
27 Monday Mar 2023
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AirPods, bicker, big girl pants, blessed, Chinese food, driveway, family, food, grandsons, happy, lost, moments, shovelled, snow, supper, time, treat, visit, weather, widow
got to have my grandsons over for dinner…
haven’t seen them for ages, so it was a wonderful treat;-)…
we caught up and they shovelled part of the driveway for me…
the shovelling was a big job as the driveway hasn’t been cleared for months, but it was a beautiful day… and, in the process, the youngest lost his AirPods… in a white container;-(… we spent quite some time digging through all the snow they had moved but did not find them…
we had Chinese food for supper…I’ve been craving it for a while so that made it especially good…
after supper I dug out a set of earbuds from my collection of ones that don’t fit my ears and gave him those… everyone played on their phones for a while as we chatted before they headed home;-)…
they have become lovely young men, although they still bicker like brothers, lol…
26 Sunday Mar 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, friends, happy, moments, PTE, set, Space Girl, Technology, unique, widow
went to PTE with my theatre buddy and another friend to see Space Girl…
the show was terrific and the set was quite unique… there was a great deal of technology used, which made it even more fun…
ordered a water and paid using technology for the payment system as well…
amazing how this type of technology has improved over the last few years… seems like it is everywhere now;-)…
23 Thursday Mar 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, deleting, flowers, garden, moments, Mylio, nature, photos, pictures, remembering, Technology, widow
after some issues with the computer upstairs, it finally connected to the internet so I was able to work on the Mylio photo program I’d purchased a few months ago…
at last, after trying for a long time, it was able to delete duplicates pictures in my computer and laptop… I knew there were a lot and of the 192,000 images, it deleted 98,543…
it took hours, but the process has now been completed…
although, it found a whole bunch more photos… yikes…
going to need to spend some time deleting some of the multiples of various shots…
I am getting better at deleting excess shots right after I take them;-)…
22 Wednesday Mar 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, disconnected, internet, moments, something, technician, Technology, widow, work
I’ve been having trouble with the computer upstairs… for the last few weeks it kept advising that it wasn’t connected to the internet… tried many things, but nothing seemed to work… the wifi had been coming and going as well…
a few days ago I went to call MTS about my services and thought I should just take a quick look to be sure it was still disconnected…
and, of course, it connected right away, lol…
when I spoke with a technician, they advised they did something while we were on the call and it shouldn’t be a problem anymore…
I guess we will see;-)…
17 Friday Mar 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, colour, fish, green, happy, memories, moments, Patrick’s Day, rash guard, shirt, St., widow
I have always dressed for special days, such as red on Valentine’s Day, green on St. Patrick’s Day, etc…
today, I spent a number of minutes looking through the closet in search of something green… this is rather funny considering I am home alone all day, lol…
what I found was the blue and green rash guard shirt that I got in Hawaii… so that’s what I put on… this shirt doesn’t get much wear…
certainly not a bright green, but still green… and I’m sure the fish are pleased with my choice;-)…
27 Monday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, fun, iPhone, light, memories, moments, nature, Photography, pictures, red, shadows, sunshine, vase, widow
had some fun with shadow pictures… it reminded me of the great photography class I took with a colleague many years ago… we had so much fun…
the vase looks pretty cool in these photos…
enjoying the afternoon sunshine…
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