12 Saturday Mar 2022
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11 Friday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, in-person, moments, nature, Piccola Cucina, purple, sidewalk, Tea, treats, tulips, weather, widow
what a delightful afternoon…
a friend was coming over so I went out and did a quick shovel of the snow… there wasn’t really much out there, although the wind was a bit chilly… it was nice to be outdoors for a few minutes…
when she arrived we had tea in the living room and a great visit… multiple topics were covered as we discussed life and the odd times we are living in…
it was so lovely to have an in-person conversation…
she brought me a lemon loaf and also picked up some tulips and hyacinth at my request…
after she left, I had a fun time filling vases with tulips and distributing them in every room in the house…
there might still be huge amounts of snow outside, but in here it is Spring;-)…
10 Thursday Mar 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Build-A-Bear, bunnies, bunny, bypass, family, grandsons, heart, memories, moments, remembering, shopping, surgery, Technology, widow
this morning I watched a couple of bunnies on the deck looking for something to eat, so I tossed out a few carrots that I broke up for them…
I checked back a bit later and discovered one enjoying the treat…
reminded me of the bunny in the den… it is one of those Build-A-Bear animals that the boys and I had made when my beloved had his heart surgery…
the staff in the cardiology unit had recommended a pillow for him to hold against his chest when he coughed and we thought the bunny would be great… it worked well and he liked it;-)…
it wears scrubs, although a few pieces of the clothing have gone missing, lol…
it is a sweet reminder of a difficult, but special, time…
09 Wednesday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, garden, moments, nature, snacking, snow, solar, squirrel, weather, widow
enough snow has melted on the table on the deck so that the squirrels have been able to find the sunflower seeds again…
this little guy was busy snacking away…
the snow is going down very slowly… this is a picture taken February 20th…
and this photo shows the back corner of the yard last night… for the first time the solar dragonflies were lit…
encouraging to see a tiny bit of melting…
08 Tuesday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, car, driving, drove, grandson, Indi, moments, nature, out and about, snow, snowbank, weather, widow
yesterday I drove the car… woohoo… it has been four months since I was last in it… I see the doctor every three or four months and that is the only time I am out and about on my own…
the drive was fine, although the corners were difficult to maneuver with so much snow making it hard to see if other vehicles were coming…
in the afternoon I also drove to the eye doctor’s office to have my glasses tightened… been a very long time since I’ve been in a store… they had excellent procedures in place which made it feel safe… and the great news is that now my glasses don’t fall off my face when I bend over, lol…
seems like everywhere I went there were big trucks that were being filled with snow on street corners…
spring is coming… there were puddles right next to huge banks of snow…
and then, my grandson arrived and off went the car;-)…
07 Monday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, grandson, happy, iPhone, moments, Technology, tp-link, widow, wifi, working
I am so happy…
over the last week more and more of my Google Home products have gone offline…
at first it was 2 tp- link plugs, then a switch, then more of the plugs and finally my Geeni cameras… made me crazy…
and then the printer stopped because it couldn’t find the wifi…
my grandson got the printer going… yay…
the suggestion was that I should delete and then add all of the products back in… I did not want to do that… my plan was to call my provider to see if there was an issue with my internet…
was waiting for another call so didn’t get around to contacting the provider…
just for fun, I went in and turned off my wifi and then turned it back on…
getting ready for bed, I went to turn one of the plugs off manually only to discover that its light was blue, not the orange that meant it wasn’t connected…
checked all the others and they were fine too…
yay 😀…
06 Sunday Mar 2022
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backed, big girl pants, blessed, car, driveway, family, flowers, grandson, in the house, Indi, moments, shovelling, snow, treat, weather, widow
today the kids came to drop off the car… and shovel the driveway… it was sunny and a balmy -16C…
there was a lot of snow because it hadn’t been cleared for at least two big snows…
didn’t take them very long and then they backed Indi in so it will be easy for me to get out tomorrow… seems strange to see her in the driveway, lol…
and, they brought me flowers… what a delightful treat…
we had a short visit in the house before they headed off for the rest of their busy day…
05 Saturday Mar 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, love, memories, moments, remembering, shredding, time, widow
ten years since my beloved left this earth…
as the day has gotten closer I have felt less myself and more out of sorts…
when he died, I felt as though I didn’t love him enough, because why did I keep living without him…
now, this anniversary has come and I miss him so much… oddly, I know I will start to feel better now the day is here…
spent time recently going through and shredding documents from the weeks following his death… it was a treat to see his handwriting on pieces of paper… gave me a warm hug…
of course going through the reminders of all that happened during that time was difficult…
I know there are a few things in my life that would make him sad, but many others that would make him proud of me…
life goes on… those big girl pants, sigh…
04 Friday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, fun, moments, nature, seeds, snow, snowbank, squirrel, stretching, weather, widow
today I had fun watching a squirrel eat from the feeder at the front…
it was basically just stretching up from the snowbank…
I’ve been waiting to see that as the snow has gotten higher and higher…
looking forward to some melting;-)…
03 Thursday Mar 2022
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artwork, beloved, big girl pants, fishing line, hanging, home, hook, memories, moments, pictures, trim, widow
recently I was asked for information on the picture hangers used in the living and dining rooms…
pieces of trim board are attached at the top of the ceiling or under the crown moulding that is already there… they are a bit like cove moulding as there is a little space behind the top of the rail…
we have S hooks that fit over the lip and hold up the fishing line that is attached to the artwork…
we found it works very well and means pieces can be moved around without marking up the walls… I even attach two pictures to the same hook…
it is pretty neat;-)…
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