10 Monday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, game, moments, Technology, tricky, tv, widow
the tv in the den has been playing a game with me…
I turn it off… and then it often turns itself back on…
but it doesn’t do it every time…
and not always right away…
I might have left and suddenly notice there is a light in the space…
tricky…
07 Friday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cook, curry, family, gifts, instant, Instant Pot, lentils, moments, red curry lentils, Technology, treat, widow
got a text from my grandson advising he would be dropping a few things off for me today… he was supposed to let me know the day before he was coming, lol…
I had promised to make red curry lentils so I got started…
usually I put the uncooked lentils into the sauce to cook slowly as they simmer, but as I wanted to be sure they were cooked in time, I did them separately…
while the sauce and lentils were cooking, I made the rice in the Instant Pot…
felt a little more rushed than normal, but I had everything cooked and in containers in about an hour…
he picked the containers up along with some other treats when he dropped off items he had collected for me;-)…
he also brought a couple of gifts from my younger grandsons… an Indigo gift card and a monopod for my camera;-)…
lovely to get a few late gifts…
06 Thursday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, charger, electric, family, happy, moments, Technology, toothbrush, tricks, widow
so excited to get an electric toothbrush for Christmas… I’ve been wanting one for a number of years, but just hadn’t gotten around to doing anything about it…
once I figured out how to get it put together, I sat it on the edge of the sink and plugged it in…
it took quite awhile to charge, but once it was done I unplugged it and put the charger away… I didn’t want it sitting so close to the water…
eventually I figured out that it could sit in the cabinet to charge, so that is what I did when it needed to be recharged… feels safer as it charges, without being near the water;-)…
once fully charged, I will move the charger back under the sink…
05 Wednesday Jan 2022
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bathroom, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cavalry, family, happy, lightbulb, loss, moments, proud, Technology, widow
for the first time since my beloved left me, I was able to change a lightbulb in the bathroom…
doesn’t sound like much, but I have tried numerous times without success and had to call in the cavalry to fix the problem…
but, I did it;-)…
felt like one of those big girl pants moments…
03 Monday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, fish tank, goldfish, grandson, light, moments, nature, pump, sucked, tank, Technology, water, widow
very happy that the pump on the small fish tank is working once again…
had to have it replaced as it just stopped a week or so ago…
I was able to use the old (and rather large) pump while waiting for the replacement…
happily, no fish were sucked up into the much larger and stronger system…
they are happy and enjoying the better light, as the big pump blocked a lot…
and I can see them much better;-)…
28 Tuesday Dec 2021
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two of my presents were new Benji sheets and a comforter set…
washed the sheets and then put them and the comforter on the bed…
it looks great and then I had a short rest while watching some tv…
I even matched, lol…
the sheets were beautifully soft and comfortable…
yay… wonderful presents…
27 Monday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, chicken soup, friends, moments, simmering, sleigh, snow, Technology, time, widow
my friend dropped a bag of coffee off a bit before Christmas…
it was for our weekly gathering…
today, we met by video call… so I did not make coffee…
my friends were in the sleigh and I was beside the tree… good thing they were in that sleigh because there was a lot of snow outside…
as always, we caught up on everyone’s life and had some fun remembering winter sports we had taken part in, lol…
the entire time I could smell the delicious chicken soup that was simmering on the stove…
friends;-)…
25 Saturday Dec 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, family, food, garage, gifts, happy, joy, memories, moments, remembering, sadness, sleigh, vacillating, weather, widow
today I’ve been vacillating between joy and sadness…
joy at spending time this morning online with the kids in Ottawa as we opened our gifts;-)… they were in the sleigh, lol…
sadness that I am here alone, even if at my own choice…
joy, at spending time with my grandson and his girlfriend in the garage around the fire pit exchanging presents…
sadness that my beloved isn’t here…
joy, that my dinner was delicious… my favourite roast chicken, homemade stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy and turnip…
it looked a little beige, but tasted delicious…
sadness that I wasn’t able to see the rest of my Winnipeg family…
and back to joy as I remember I am home safe and healthy on this Christmas Day…
yup, up and down…
24 Friday Dec 2021
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a few days ago I shovelled a path to the garage and then moved a chair and table inside it… also put cushions on a few chairs in the space…
a bit later I dragged the propane fire pit from the deck, down the steps, across the lower deck, and into the garage…
took a few minutes to get the flames going, but eventually I figured it out…
just before my friend arrived, I took out a few blankets and got the fire started…
we had a lovely visit, distanced, masked and fairly warm… eventually my feet got cold – no socks – and she headed off…
she brought me an amazing bouquet of flowers that isn’t just beautiful, it smells delightful…
I had been thinking that we wouldn’t be able to visit, as I am not having anyone in the house for the next few weeks, so it made it a particularly special time…
23 Thursday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, fairy, garage, garden, grandson, hose, hot tub, moments, nature, neighbour, shovel, snow, snowblower, Technology, treat, water, weather, widow
it snowed quite a bit overnight and when I looked out the bedroom window this morning I thought I had best get out and clear the sidewalk… particularly after my learning earlier about not leaving the snow to get stuck, lol…
when I arrived in the living room the sidewalk was clear;-)… obviously the snow clearing fairy had come by…
that was nice and I sent a text to my neighbour, who may have been that fairy…
later I went and shovelled the deck and hot tub area as the tub needed water… I hadn’t realized how much snow had fallen…
I am so pleased with my extendible hose as it makes adding water much easier…now the hose runs up the stairs and out the back door, instead of through a vent in the wall…
then, while the tub was filling, I shovelled as far back as the garbage can…
a bit later, while I was eating lunch, I heard a snowblower going and thought it was the neighbour behind doing his driveway, but when I checked my garage camera discovered it was the snow clearing fairy cleaning my driveway…
what a generous gift;-)… the driveway is long and this will save my grandson’s back when he stops by for a short garage visit in a few days…
what a kind Christmas gift…
herbiggirlpants 