09 Wednesday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, camera, cleaning, moments, squeegee, Technology, weather, widow, windows
Sunday I cleaned the windows on the patio door, inside and out… used a squeegee that I found when cleaning out a cupboard… it was a beautiful day…
also finished the inside of the living room window… I had done the outside a few days before… the camera kept showing the dirty spots when I viewed it on the screen, lol…
pretty and bright…
05 Saturday Dec 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, deck, garden, happy, hot tub, light, memories, miss, moments, nature, Technology, time, widow
sitting in the hot tub last night, remembering my beloved on what would have been his 72nd birthday, I was reminded of all the fun things we have done together during our forty plus years…
I’d been wanting a hot tub since our anniversary many years ago when he rented one for a weekend, but we couldn’t afford one until 2009…
once I chose the one I wanted, he built a deck to put it on, and then a deck to go in front of it… easy to get to, it is now perfect for dips… he never loved the hot tub the way I did, but wanted me to be happy…
when we had friends over (you remember that, right?) for a hot tub, if we needed a drink or towel or anything, we’d bang on the wall of the house and he would come out to see what was required, lol… he’d also take photos when I wanted them…
with the new security light/camera on the garage, I have to go to the side door of the garage and turn off the power so that the light doesn’t keep coming on while I’m in the tub… thankfully the deck goes right there so it is easy to get to and from…
some of our best talks happened late at night in this hot tub… I sure do miss him…
30 Monday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, fishing line, friends, moments, plants, steps, swag, Tea, treat, visit, weather, widow, yard
had a lovely front yard visit with a friend who dropped off some items from an online fundraiser…
before she arrived I put one of the deck chairs out by the bird feeders… she sat there and I sat on the steps… luckily, we each had our own tea, so that kept us warm…
got two poinsettias and a swag for the front door…
after she left, I spent quite some time hanging the swag on the door… there is quite a bit of fishing line holding it up, lol…
it was nice to have a face-to-face with another person…
25 Wednesday Nov 2020
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alarm, Big Brothers Big Sisters, big girl pants, blessed, boxes, camera, dark, early, moments, motion, pickup, reuse, treasures, weather, widow
last night I set my alarm for the first time in ages… Big Brothers and Big Sisters were doing a pickup of donations and I’d been gathering things for weeks…
had to turn on all the lights because it was so dark… went out to sweep off the step but the thin layer of snow was frozen, lol…
I moved all the boxes from the den closet onto the front step… took a while…
then I turned on the motion sensor for the front camera and had a cup of tea while I watched my morning news program…
good thing I got up early because they arrived just after eight…
happy to see things that I no longer need, but are in excellent condition, get to be reused ;-)…
24 Tuesday Nov 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, cold, family, moments, present, trouble, weather, widow
got in a bit of trouble when I mentioned that I had purchased a fuzzy vest…
I was reminded that there are just a few weeks until Christmas and I should not be buying things for myself…
it did remind me of how my beloved would do that and it would really tick me off, sigh…
but it is cozy, and I did need the warmth, lol…
23 Monday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, family, journey, moments, new ways, process, safe, Technology, tires, widow
our new process when the kids come by is that they leave whatever they have brought for me on top of the hot tub, while I stand inside the back door…
then I put the items I am sending with them onto the front steps and come into the house and watch out the front window…
they were here today to put the summer tires into the garage, return some mugs and drop off meds for me…
feels safe and also gives me an opportunity to see them;-)…
20 Friday Nov 2020
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ambiance, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, cold, decorating, fish, Friday, friends, Google Home Speaker, happy, memories, moments, music, remembering, trees, visit, widow
spent a wonderful hour in the living room decorating the Christmas tree…
the fish were swimming around happily and there was Christmas music from Spotify blasting on my Google Home…
I missed my decorating buddy as she always does an amazing job and we have great visits while we are working;-)…
once I was done, I sat and read for quite a while, enjoying the ambiance…
16 Monday Nov 2020
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I brought in one of the pots with datura in it, hoping it would last through the winter… I didn’t spray it with soap like I did for the other plants I brought in…
I have now discovered that it brought aphids into the house and they were feasting on my avocado plant…
I put the avocado in the tub and soaked it with the soapy water and covered it with a bag… after leaving it for a day I removed the bag and put the plant in a room without any plants in it… there were still lots of aphids so I cut off some leaves and nearly drowned it in the soapy water…
then I cut down the datura to the base… after soaping it up I will watch to see how it does…
fingers crossed that this will get rid of them and the avocado will be happy…
15 Sunday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, fireplace channel, memories, moments, moving, pictures, reindeer, sleighs, trees, widow
today I decided to reorganize the den and put out a few Christmas decorations…
I don’t think we have ever had any decorations there, so it was a clean slate and I had to decide which pieces to use…
I started by moving the couch forward and putting the massage table behind it… this sounds simple, but it involved climbing under counters, unplugging cords and cables, rolling up the rug, moving furniture into the hall and then returning it all…
this has helped keep the cold air from reaching the spot where I sit, lol… and given me a spot to add a tree…
then I brought up some of the trees, sleighs and reindeer… as I find other reindeer I will add a few more into the space…
once I was done (for now) I decided to take a few photos… spent a bit of time finding the Fireplace channel on the tv… I could almost smell the smoke as I listened to the crackling;-)…
certainly missing my decorating buddies…
14 Saturday Nov 2020
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beach, big girl pants, blessed, family, flew, Hawaii, hot tub, Maui, memories, moments, nature, sand, travel, water shoes, widow
last night, as I was putting on my water shoes to go out to the hot tub, I spent a few moments thinking of when I wore them in Hawaii…
I have two pair… the others are in perfect shape, but don’t fit as well or feel as comfortable on my feet… even though these ones have holes in the toes, they were the ones that flew to Hawaii…
when I put them on here, it is to protect my feet from the cold and snow… it was my son-in-law who suggested I wear them rather than slippers which could get filled with snow, or might not be in the right spot when I get out of the tub… they work perfectly and I wear them right into the tub and back to the house…
on Maui I wore them to keep sand off my feet and to keep from being burned on the boiling hot sand…
from minus 20 to plus 20 and back…
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