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butt…

13 Thursday Mar 2025

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today’s project was to get all the tax documents gathered, scanned, and uploaded to the accountant portal…

seemed like a simple piece of work, but…

that business of changing my email address keeps biting me in the butt…

because it was changed, and currently, my new email isn’t available on the main computer, it involved a number of phone calls to get help…

eventually I was able to get into the portal, and after scanning all of the documents, upload everything…

I am always so pleased when everything is completed and on its way…

now to wait to hear back from them…

precise…

12 Wednesday Mar 2025

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when the cleaners were here last week, I heard a crash and one of them brought me this angel… in three pieces…

it was put on the kitchen counter and my housemate first glued on one piece, left it for a few days and added the other piece…

he is much more precise when putting things together, lol… reminds me of my beloved;-)…

she is now put together nicely, although missing a hand, but we haven’t found that piece…

still, she has joined her sisters on the bedroom shelf…

backs…

10 Monday Mar 2025

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the fireplace made its way to the garage on October first…

it stayed there for quite awhile… during that time my housemate put it on a few for sale sites…

there were very few inquiries, but we weren’t in any rush to get rid of it…

recently, a woman came, measured it, and arranged to pick it up when she found some strong backs to help with lifting/carrying, lol…

she arrived a few days later, with a helper, and with my housemate’s assistance, got it into her vehicle…

its new home will be at her dad’s cottage where it will be installed outdoors;-)…

automatically…

09 Sunday Mar 2025

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sprang forward this morning, lol…

it is so much easier these days… most electronics in the house automatically change…

now the only items I have to change are the stove, microwave, coffee pot, and grandparent clock…

I didn’t mind the process even before then because it was simple to change a phone, or anything else, by moving it forward, unlike changing it backwards in the Fall…

product…

03 Monday Mar 2025

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went to Costco on Wednesday morning and clearly picked a great time as parking was easy and the store wasn’t too busy…

I was very happy that the frozen raspberries I use were not a product of the USA, and neither was the Parmesan cheese…

it is kind of difficult on most packaging to find the information that tells you clearly where it comes from 😬…

impossible…

28 Friday Feb 2025

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it was much warmer for a few days last week and when I went to check the doorbell camera one evening, it was impossible to see anything…

after cleaning the camera portion, it was much easier to see…

made me laugh as it hasn’t been working due to the cold weather…

strength…

27 Thursday Feb 2025

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to continue with the strength of the sun, I got this photo of one of the solar-powered lights…

it is one of four that I received from the Ottawa kids… I had put three away, but left this one out…

rather excited to see the lovely pattern of light on the deck;-)…

spring is really coming…

burner…

25 Tuesday Feb 2025

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my favourite, and most used, burner on the stove stopped working all of a sudden…

I called Hameed Appliances, was sent a form to complete, and got an appointment the next day…

Ron, who has been here previously, arrived and had a look… to replace the piece with a new element was going to cost $500, so I am waiting to see if they might have access to a used element…

otherwise, I am going to leave it, thinking of my mother-in-law, who used to cook on a little stove that only had two usable burners… she could produce a meal with 3 vegetables, potatoes, and a roast, without any problem, lol…

we will see what I can do;-)…

deadline…

24 Monday Feb 2025

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my housemate has been picking up groceries for me so I haven’t ordered from Save-on-Foods for quite a while, but on Thursday I put an order in for delivery…

I had received an email advising of a $25 refund if I spent $75, so I went ahead and ordered some regular items on my shopping list, lol…

I made sure to call their info line because one item was buy-one-get-one-free, and I couldn’t remember if I should put two, or one, on the order…

the phone was answered quickly and the customer service person had the answer right away…

I also appreciate that they no longer use plastic bags, except for produce… I put out my own boxes and the driver transfers from their bins to mine…

when my order arrived, there wasn’t a credit so I went back to the email, only to discover that the deadline had just passed… by a few days, lol… apparently I should have read it better or put the order in sooner…

but, I did get the free item;-)…

shorten…

23 Sunday Feb 2025

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finally made it to Vicki’s Alterations Tailor…

had washed the two new long dresses so they would be ready…

after putting them both on and having May mark where to shorten them, I paid for them and expect they will be ready sometime next week…

apparently many of their clients are wanting their alterations done right away as they are in vacation mode and leaving shortly for warmer climes…