22 Wednesday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, decorations, iPhone, memories, moments, photos, purple, viewpoints, widow
had some fun wandering around and taking a few pictures of the various decorations…
nice to enjoy them close up…
who knew there were so many dragonflies;-)…
of course the purple was no surprise…
it always reminds me to look at things from different viewpoints;-)…
21 Tuesday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cement, mistake, moments, nature, shovelling, sidewalk, snow, solstice, weather, widow, winter solstice
enjoyed the winter solstice by going out and shovelling the sidewalk…
also took a few photos while I was outside…
last night there was just a skiff of snow so I decided to clean the sidewalk… I hadn’t done it for a few little snowfalls and as I worked away at it I realized that was a mistake…
some of it was acting a bit like cement and was rather difficult to remove…
good thing I didn’t need to do the driveway 🤪…
20 Monday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, celebrate, Christmas, DeLuca's, elves, food, friends, happy, lunch, moments, treats, widow
had a wonderful time with my BS buddies to celebrate Christmas, even after the decision to stop gathering in person…
this morning a charcuterie board arrived from DeLuca’s and I divided it into five along with a veggie tray, crackers and pistachios… there was ranch dip with it and I made some fresh hummus to go along with all the other goodies…
a couple of elves fetched gifts and then dropped them off at other locations with the boxes of food…
shortly after that we gathered by Skype and enjoyed our meal… there was lots of conversation and laughter… eventually we went around the rectangle and opened gifts…
lots of thought had gone into each offering… there were cozy things, handmade goodies, items for the kitchen, donations and love;-)…
we slid back into Skyping without a hitch… we had only been meeting in person since the end of July…
these are some of the most special people in my life…
I am blessed…
19 Sunday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, COVID, dinner, family, food, friends, grandson, health, lockdown, moments, time, widow
yesterday I made the decision to go into my own personal lockdown…
it was a very hard decision at this time of year, but I have been struggling with the worry of getting sick after all these months of taking such care…
so, my Monday/Tuesday group will meet by Skype tomorrow for our Christmas celebration… I’d ordered a charcuterie board and I will divide it up with some veggies… two of my friends will pick up gifts and then drop off the snack packages before our call…
lunch and goodies via Skype… just like we’ve done before, lol…
and I won’t be having my grandson over for lunch on Christmas Day, although possibly he will stop by for a short visit in the garage… or go to my daughter’s for Christmas dinner…
presents will be picked up, phone and video calls made…
I have all the things I need in the freezer (I think) to make a lovely chicken dinner on Saturday…
another solo Christmas, and although I will miss everyone, I feel I will be safe…
and at this point that seems the most important thing;-)…
18 Saturday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, helicopter, kerfuffle, light, moments, night, police, sounds, widow
in the middle of the night I woke up to what sounded like the snow plows cleaning the street…
but there hadn’t been any snowfall that needed removal…
I lay there listening for a while, but eventually I had to see what the kerfuffle was all about…
I could see lights through the bedroom window so went downstairs to have a better look…
it was a bit disconcerting because I could see a police car sitting down the street in the middle of the road…
there were flashing lights on the next street from another police or fire vehicle…
and a spotlight was shining down from the police helicopter…
as I watched for quite a while, and eventually listened from back in bed, the helicopter flew in circles with the light shining down all around the houses close to me…
the light flashed into the bedroom a number of times…
I felt nervous and didn’t want to sleep for a while so I watched a cooking show until all was quiet and hopefully whoever or whatever they had been looking for was caught or gone…
haven’t heard anything about it today…
17 Friday Dec 2021
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16 Thursday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, booster, Christmas, family, friends, gathering, happy, moments, pharmacy, surprise, vaccine, widow
got a great surprise today;-)…
I’ve had a booster shot scheduled for the second week of January at my doctor’s office and had checked with a nearby drugstore to see if I could get one sooner as the rules recently changed… unfortunately there were no appointments left at the moment…
got a call this morning from a friend as one of them wasn’t able to get the vaccine today and they offered me the spot, after checking with the pharmacy…
left home at 10:30, wearing my KN95 mask and was back, all boosted, by 10:50;-)…
just last night I heard that this mask is currently the best protection…
very relieved to have all 3 shots as there are plans for a small gathering on Christmas…
what a great feeling…
15 Wednesday Dec 2021
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Advent, big girl pants, birds, blessed, Christmas, fortunate, happy, living room, moments, nature, reading, weather, widow
I’ve been thinking a lot about how blessed and fortunate I am… and I’ve been taking time to focus on gratitude…
yesterday I spent a few minutes enjoying this sunrise from the bedroom window…
it was so pretty and the fact that I had the time to enjoy it is such a gift…
today I spent a good portion of the day sitting in the living room, beside the Christmas tree, reading a book by one of my favourite authors, and watching the various birds come and go from the feeders… even though it was foggy outside it was a lovely way to spend time…
I took this photo this evening…
most presents are wrapped, nearly all cards are written, and advent treats have been opened for the day…
now it is off to bed I go;-)…
14 Tuesday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, bins, birds, birdseed, blessed, broken, feeders, garage, garden, moments, nature, pictures, recycling, widow
brought in the garbage and recycling bins yesterday afternoon…
while I was in the yard I changed out the broken bird feeder with a purple one that was in the garage…
I also filled all the feeders…
then I took a few photos of the new planter that is now sitting at the front door;-)…
it looks great…
13 Monday Dec 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, cards, crafting, embroidering, gift tags, hands, Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers, inspired, memories, moments, nature, snowflakes, washi tape, widow
while I was setting out decorations for Christmas I came across snowflake cards that I’ve saved over the years…
I decided to put them up on the bathroom door and they looked pretty good…
today, I was doing a little crafting – embroidering a couple of gift tags that were part of my Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers envelope…
once I finished that, I felt inspired to put a frame around the snowflake cards… used some of the washi tape that my daughter has sent me over the years…
might have been better with a wider frame, but there wasn’t enough of the tape…
fun to do a bit of work with my hands…
