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lumps…

12 Tuesday Nov 2019

Posted by sulis303 in garden, life, loss, nature, technology, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, clear, garden, lumps, nature, shovel, sidewalk, snow, text, widow

was in the basement doing laundry when I heard scraping sounds…

excited to discover that my shoveler was in the backyard clearing snow from the deck…

I knew he was going to come again this year, but wasn’t sure of what it would cost so checked with him while he was here…

wrote cheques for the season and chatted with him for a few moments before he left..

this year I will text him as soon as the city clears the street… and produces the pile of snow at the end of the sidewalk… they are fairly good with clearing the driveway but do not even attempt the sidewalk… if you don’t clean it up quickly it turns into blocks of ice that are very difficult to remove…

my visitors use the sidewalk, so our plan is to get ahead of the lumps of packed snow if we can;-)…

very happy that he is thinking of ways to make the shovelling easier…

noise…

26 Saturday Oct 2019

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big girl pants, computer, creepy, Fitbit, moments, noise, sound, Technology, widow

been laughing off and on for days…

all of a sudden, a few days ago, it sounded like the computer was making a noise each time I received a text message or phone call on my iPhone…

it was kind of creeping me out…

a few nights ago, while I was on the phone with my daughter I heard it again and then I heard something fall…

that’s when I started laughing because I realized that it was the old Fitbit which I had put on the shelf in the hall and hadn’t disconnected…

it was vibrating and responding to each text and call and eventually vibrated right off the shelf…

found it on the stairs, lol…

version…

23 Wednesday Oct 2019

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big girl pants, blessed, customer service, Fitbit, moments, replacement, Technology, version, widow

I’ve had a Fitbit for 5 years and I really like it…

in that time I’ve probably had about three versions of them…

I’ve also had a few replaced due to various problems…

last week I sent them a photo of my Fitbit screen as it had been filled with gray lines for about a week…

they responded the same day and offered up a few suggestions as to what I might try… after I tried their ideas and nothing changed, they advised that my Fitbit was still under warranty so they sent me a replacement, which arrived yesterday…

last night I set it up and it is working perfectly…

they sure provide excellent customer service…

wire…

14 Monday Oct 2019

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big girl pants, blessed, cedars, garden, moments, nature, snow, sun, Technology, tree, widow, wire

Saturday the sun came out for most of the afternoon… wonderful after two days of snow…

watched the hydro power wires from the lane to the house off and on all day…

early in the day I noticed that two of the cedar branches were hanging on the wire…

checked online and with family but couldn’t decide whether it was safe to go out and knock the snow off so the branches would get off the wire and there wouldn’t be any problem with the house’s power…

as the day went on the snow melted and first one, then the other lifted off the wire… made me very happy…

many cedar branches in the yard have been bent way over but it looks as if they will all recover… that is not the outcome for many, many trees in the city;-(…

warmer…

05 Saturday Oct 2019

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big girl pants, blessed, cold, Corolla, hand, seat, Technology, warmer, weather, widow

as the weather is getting cooler (in what seems to be) daily, I’m enjoying some of the great benefits that Indi provides…

instead of turning up the heat, I just turn on the seat warmer… a toasty bottom makes all of me feel warm, lol…

and I love the warmer on my steering wheel… don’t need my little gloves just yet;-)…

although I wish the entire wheel was warmed…

technology;-)…

maps…

03 Thursday Oct 2019

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beloved, big girl pants, google, maps, moments, paper, Technology, widow

a few years ago my daughter introduced me to the Google maps app…

I have really found it to be helpful…

I’m a visual person and like to know where I am going, so looking up an address and then seeing a picture of the spot, or something close by is very reassuring…

I have to take back the crutches I rented from the hospital and now know exactly where I have to go… takes the stress out of finding a new place, lol…

reminded me of trying to find things in the past with a paper map… trying to unfold and refold, depending on the spot we were trying to get to… and rarely getting it put back correctly… sometimes there might have been some grumbling…

technology can be wonderful;-)…

helpful…

02 Wednesday Oct 2019

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, Photography, technology, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, blessed, ear, health, helpful, photos, Technology, widow

well, my ear is doing much better… so far the meds are working with no side effects…

my technique is to take a photo of the box just before or after I use the drops so that I can remember what time I need to take them next, lol…

took the shot in a hurry this morning…

helpful, though…

meds…

17 Tuesday Sep 2019

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big girl pants, drugs, friends, knee, meds, osteoarthritis, reaction, side effects, widow

anyone who knows me, knows that my body does not deal with drugs (medication, lol) at all well…

since I was small taking any prescription drug was difficult as before the time it should be taken until, my body would start to react… usually it would start to burn my body, or make me feel sick…

over the years I have been able to reduce the amount needed or just not take any… the side effects are usually much worse than the pain they might be blocking…

I’ve been taking something for pain and inflammation in my knee since Saturday… I was using pills that I’ve taken a few times and haven’t caused any problems for me…

a friend went looking for a new bottle as this one was nearly empty and I will likely need them for a few more days… and of course I also need something that is small so I can swallow it, lol…

she went to three or four places trying to find them, but couldn’t…

eventually we figured out that I might have picked up this bottle in Hawaii, lol…

I’ve felt like I burnt my tongue drinking my tea since yesterday, and have just come to realize it is a reaction to the drugs…

maybe the ointment she picked up will work sufficiently on its own, sigh…

share…

10 Tuesday Sep 2019

Posted by sulis303 in loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized

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back to it, big girl pants, dark, early, Google Home, share, widow

so… all summer I woke up in the morning and the light from outside was enough to start my day…

now I am talking to Google so she can turn on the lights, advise the temperature in the house, share information about the weather and the drive to work…

as I leave the house I have to remember to tell her I am out of here so she turns everything off, or down, for the day…

feels too soon to be back into this practice…

fuzzy…

05 Thursday Sep 2019

Posted by sulis303 in garden, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, bloom, fuzzy, garden, pond, Technology, water lily, weather, widow

been rushing out to the garden every time I get home to see if the water lily has bloomed…

it has opened up quite a bit… weather has been cool which doesn’t help… not sure if it is finished or not…

and for whatever reason I haven’t been able to get good pictures… the yellow in the centre always turns fuzzy… weird…

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