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…
06 Thursday Apr 2023
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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, boots, feet, moments, nature, sandals, shovelling, snow, Spring, weather, widow, wore
this week we went to aquasize on Tuesday…
this is what I wore on my feet…
first time this year;-)… when I worked I wore sandals year round, but now they come out in the Spring and are around until the first snow…
on Wednesday, I stepped outside into this…
but it was back to my boots as I shovelled the sidewalk…
05 Wednesday Apr 2023
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I filled up another few boxes for the giveaway pile…
in the process I went through an already packed box from ages ago… there were mugs, some silver, and pottery…
as I moved them from one box to another I came across a few mugs which I decided to hold onto…
had my tea in this one as I waited for the boxes to be picked up from the front steps, lol…
of course the problem is I may need to get rid of two others to make room for these ones…
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…
02 Sunday Apr 2023
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, canopy, Diversity Gardens, exercise, food, frozen, garden, glove-free, ice, moments, nature, Park Cafe, photos, snow, trees, walk, weather, widow
on Thursday we walked instead of going to aquasize…
we had breakfast at the Park Cafe where we waited a few moments before getting our table…
I had falafel eggs Benedict without the English muffin and it was very tasty…
after that, we drove over and walked around the outside of the Diversity Gardens on the road which was clear of snow and ice… we went through the Gardens as well where most of the paths were snow free… it was cold, but basically the only frozen things were our fingers, lol… particularly when I was glove-free taking photos…
we enjoyed our half hour walk and are looking forward to more such walks as the weather improves;-)…
01 Saturday Apr 2023
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beige, big girl pants, blessed, cooking, dinner, family, food, grandsons, happy, home, home cooked, moments, widow
had a delightful day yesterday… got to cook for my grandsons…
made stuffing (one of their absolute favourites), prepped mashed potatoes, boiled a turnip (to use the water in the gravy), cut up cucumbers, cooked mushrooms, and opened a can of cranberry jelly…
such a treat to have them for a home-cooked meal, lol… and fun to make dinner for more than one or two people…
put the chicken into the oven and the final piece was to make the gravy and pull out the cranberry jelly (only two of us like that)…
as always, while I work away making the pieces of the meal, I am thinking about the people who will be eating the meal with me…
dinner turned out delicious, although it was a bit on the beige side, lol… sadly, only one of them was able to come as the other was home sick with a stomach bug;-(… I did send home a goodie bag for when he feels better…
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…
30 Thursday Mar 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, Canadian Tire, food, friend, fun, happy, moments, Paderno, pampushki, saucepan, shopping, The Butter Tart Lady, time, treat, widow
started Thursday morning with a stop at The Butter Tart Lady where we picked up some delicious items… pampushki and sausage rolls…
later we had a lovely wander through Canadian Tire as we had no time constraints… found the cutest hockey tape in rainbow and purple;-)… picked some scrubbies up and then found a new Paderno saucepan to replace one which had started to lose its non-stick coating, and was on sale…
no idea what I will do with the hockey tape, but I’m sure I’ll come up with something, lol…
and the lid from the old saucepan fits on the new pan so will continue to hang on the wall with the pots…. yay…
29 Wednesday Mar 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, grow-light, growing, light, moments, nature, planting, plants, seedlings, shopping, Spring, widow
been working on the seedling project… this is interesting because I had decided not to start any this year, lol…
not long ago I picked up a grow-light and finally got it up in the den…
for the last few weeks I’ve been collecting toilet paper rolls and cutting them down to be seed containers…
spent time putting them in the bins to keep them together, and filling them with soil…
next will be wetting them down so they will be ready for seeds in a week or so…
getting excited for spring and time in the garden…
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