24 Tuesday Nov 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, cold, family, moments, present, trouble, weather, widow
got in a bit of trouble when I mentioned that I had purchased a fuzzy vest…
I was reminded that there are just a few weeks until Christmas and I should not be buying things for myself…
it did remind me of how my beloved would do that and it would really tick me off, sigh…
but it is cozy, and I did need the warmth, lol…
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
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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;-)…
07 Saturday Nov 2020
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06 Friday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, brainpower, lumbar, Modern Plate Catering, moments, purple, supper, Technology, treat, weatherstripping, widow
seemed like a busy day around the house…
up early and worked on a newsletter with a program I am still learning so it took a lot of brainpower, lol…
my handy person stopped by to check out the front door… he is coming back tomorrow with some weatherstripping which should fix the draft… and he is going to pick up some birdseed for me… yay…
a bit later Lyndsay, from Modern Plate Catering, dropped off supper for tonight – and tomorrow – which will be warmed in the oven… very happy about the fact that they deliver as I am without a vehicle or my personal shopper…
I also figured how to keep the lumbar pillow I am using in the den from falling down every time I get up… I came across it when I did some deep closet cleaning…
phew;-)…
29 Thursday Oct 2020
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Saturday I cleaned the filters for the fish tank…
ugh… not my favourite job, but we’ve decided that this needs to happen monthly…
I am feeding the fish twice a day to be sure they are getting enough to eat… they are quite big now, lol…
that means that the tank can get murky and it felt like that was happening… as time goes on, I should be able to get the feeding down so that there isn’t excess food in the water…
a bit of a balancing act… it seemed to be getting clearer…
I also put some shelf liner behind the tank to see if I like how it looks…
the water pumping into the tank doesn’t seem to be flowing probably and I can’t figure out why, sigh…
yesterday I took down the liner as it blocked the light… and I changed out two of the three parts of the filter for new pieces because the tank is not clearing up…
can’t decide today if it has improved or not… will see what happens in the next few days, sigh…
22 Thursday Oct 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, comfort food, family, garden, goldfish, lentils, mask, moments, nature, pond, safety, shubunkins, snow, Technology, trying, widow
last night my grandson came over just after dark to bring me a few items and do some jobs around the garden… here he is arriving, thanks to my new camera…
and the goodies he brought… I’m excited to try the purple popcorn…
he took the pump out of the pond, moved the heavy furniture onto the back deck, and then we spent time trying to catch fish…
two cellphone flashlights lit up the pond as he searched for the fish… amazingly he caught one of the shubunkins… quite a feat as they look mainly black in the pond and by then it was very dark out, lol…
I’ve been masking up now whenever he is over because of where he works… last night I ended up taking off my glasses as they kept fogging up, so I was trying not to fall into the pond… which was a feat as there are a bunch of rocks that have been pulled out of the water and are all over the deck, lol…
because I knew he was coming I had made our favourite red curry lentils and packaged up some for him to take home, along with a couple of items for the others… he was sad to hear he had to share the lentils;-)…
had some of mine for breakfast…
18 Sunday Oct 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, happy, moments, nature, squirrel, tripod, widow, woodpecker
yesterday a lot of time was spent at the front window with the camera on the tripod…
first up was this cute downy woodpecker… often hard to get a photo as they move fairly quickly, but caught this shot…
the gray squirrels have been busy at the base of the feeder… their tails are so pretty…
and finally, the red squirrels were around… they are very cute but not too friendly with the rest of the critters…
such fun to watch all of these visitors;-)…
16 Friday Oct 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blackcurrant, blessed, favourite, purple, Scandinavia, shopping, spot, storage, Tea, Technology, widow
the tea is here, the tea is here;-)…
the parcel arrived a couple of days ago and I didn’t get around to finding a place to store a dozen boxes of blackcurrant tea until today…
I’ve never had that many boxes at once but I wanted to be sure to get multiples as it isn’t available anyplace in Canada or the UK…
cleaned off a shelf above my mugs to fit them in…
this should last me at least six months…
so delicious;-)…
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