26 Thursday Sep 2024
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arranged, big girl pants, blessed, Fall, garden, houseplants, mandevilla, moments, nature, plants, vacation, weather, widow
had a bit of fun moving plants around…
I’ve started to bring some of the houseplants in from their summer vacation in the garden…
the mandevilla came in and then plants from around the house were rearranged…
more will be coming in so I will have to decide where they will all go…
25 Wednesday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, grandson, help, house, leak, moments, NextGen, repair, sink, technician, toilet, tushy, water, widow
well today there was another repair person in the house…
we had ordered a tushy to put on the toilet, but when he hooked it up my grandson encountered a leak he could not figure out how to fix…
we contacted NextGen who have recently located to a shop at Bruce and Albany…
Tony arrived just ninety minutes later and had the leak fixed and a second problem in the kitchen sorted out inside forty-five minutes…
he was a knowledgeable technician, explained as he went along, and cleaned up all the mess before he left…
now I have a fan blowing into the cabinet and am waiting for the space under the sink to dry out so I can put everything back;-)…
24 Tuesday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, caulk, fix, friend, front door, house, moments, nature, neighbour, purple, retractable, rot, weather, widow
this morning, my former neighbour and friend came by, removed the front door, and took it to his house where he replaced the bottom board which had rotted…
we had put a sweep on the bottom of the door and rainwater had been going into it which caused the rot…
we stuck a table in the space, put a chair up against it on the inside, and closed the retractable screen while the door was gone…
I sat and read in the living room as it was a bit nerve racking to not have a door, lol…
and, of course, a meter reader came to the door and I had to call through the table for them to go to the back…
when the door returned a few hours later, a new sweep was put on, screwed in, and caulked so it won’t get water in and should last for as long as I do in the house, lol…
what a blessing to have friends and neighbours who can help deal with some of the issues that take place in the house…
23 Monday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, change, deck, friends, garden, gathering, moments, nature, quick, raindrops, setup, weather, widow
today I had to make a quick change, lol…
I had set up the deck for our weekly gathering with cushions on the chairs, a table for coffee cups and blankets because it was a bit cool…
once everything was set up, just before everyone was scheduled to arrive, I sat out and was reading…
when big drops began to fall…
brought in the chair with the blankets on it, covered two of the chairs and brought in the cushions…
set up the snacks in the living room and sat down to read just before everyone arrived, lol…
22 Sunday Sep 2024
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belt, big girl pants, blessed, drum, dryer, family, grandson, Hameed Appliances Repair, moments, repair, Technology, widow
on Tuesday, September 11, the dryer stopped working… they had been here almost exactly a year ago to repair it the last time it stopped working… at that time it needed a belt somewhere in the back…
my grandson took a look and discovered that the belt that goes around the drum had broken… he looked on YouTube and figured he could fix it if we got the part…
I contacted Hameed Appliances Repair by email and asked if we could just get the part or whether they needed to come out to fix it…
they were quick to respond and agreed to drop off the part the following Monday once they received it…
$30 later, and six days without a dryer, the part was delivered to the house…
we were very happy, but when my grandson looked at it he realized it wasn’t the correct belt…
this time he contacted them by phone as I wasn’t sure what was wrong with the one we got, lol…
after a conversation with them, including sending photos, they ordered a different belt and it was delivered on Friday…
as soon as my grandson got home he headed to the dryer and with me holding the top open, and him following a YouTube video, he had it attached in about fifteen minutes…
and it is working perfectly… now he says he is an appliance repair person, lol…
eventually we realized that my description hadn’t been clear enough and they had sent the same belt that was used to repair it the first time…
even though it took quite a while to get it all sorted out, I was pleased that they hadn’t insisted that they needed to come out and fix it;-)…
21 Saturday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, family, flapping, house, ladder, moments, neighbours, siding, weather, widow
this afternoon the doorbell rang and it was my neighbour…
he and his helper had come to see if they could fix the two pieces of siding which have been flapping on the side of the house for ages…
he had already moved the plunge tub and wheelbarrow to get to the ladder which hangs on the outside of the garage and then he got right to work…
it took awhile to get both pieces back in place and he had a tool in his hand that I couldn’t quite make out, but after moving the ladder a number of times in both places, he got it done…
I am so happy because now I won’t have to listen to the flapping anymore when it is windy…
what a treat…
20 Friday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, computer room, Excel, JD Robb, list, moments, number, reading, space, spreadsheet, Technology, widow
after getting the books yesterday, today’s project was to get the JD Robb Excel spreadsheet prepared… it was fun to spend some quality time with the laptop…
once they were entered, I had to sort them in order…
I laid them out by number and then found a place to line them up…
and they fit perfectly on the shelf in the computer room, although it may be an issue to add the rest, lol…
19 Thursday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, books, cash, GLOBOsapiens, JD Robb, Louise Penny, moments, read, shopping, Technology, trunk, widow
finally made it to GLOBOsapiens Used Bookstore, as a number of friends had told me about it…
took a box full of books that I had read, which have been rattling around in the trunk for weeks, and came home with a box full of books that I have been looking for…
they only take cash and luckily I had some on me… and, because I brought books in, most of the ones I purchased were half price…
I’ve been looking for the JD Robb In Death series for quite some time so was thrilled when I found twenty to add to my library woohoo…
now to add them to my list so I know which ones I have and which ones I still need;-)… and figure out where they are going to go…
18 Wednesday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, geese, inukshuk, moments, nature, orange, overcast, pavilion, pictures, rain, walk, weather, widow, yellow
went just a few streets further on my walk this morning…
it was overcast and a bit cool, which made it perfect for walking;-)…
today, orange and yellow seemed to be the colours that drew me…
it is fun to look at houses and how front yards are designed… even came across an Inukshuk…
caught some geese that were flying right above me…
and had a different view of the Park bridge, ice sculpture and pavilion…
glad I went early, as not too long after I got home it rained for ages…
17 Tuesday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, falafels, flowers, friends, gardeners, gardens, hummingbird, moments, nature, overcast, Park, Park Cafe, plants, purple, steps, stroll, weather, widow
met up with my adventure buddy and we went for a stroll through the English and Leo Mol Gardens at the Park…
it was an overcast day, but the rain held off…
there were gardeners working everywhere to keep the space beautiful…
here are a few things I took photos of…
we spotted a hummingbird and watched it for a few minutes amongst the purple flowers…
had a break on our bench before enjoying a bit of lunch at the Park Cafe where I had some tasty falafels…
it was spitting when I left the Park…
managed over 12,000 steps for the day, woohoo…
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