30 Tuesday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, Dairy Queen, doors, ice cream, kitchen, moments, projects, screws, son-in-law, washers, widow
Thursday, the actual paint went on the shelves and doors…
the dishes that weren’t staying were all packed up and a pickup scheduled for next week…
we had to run out to pick up some washers and screws to use on the doors…
we also stopped for ice cream… I got a blizzard and my son-in-law a banana split… yum…
what a great treat after all the work…
29 Monday Aug 2022
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arrange, big girl pants, blessed, cupboards, dishes, family, foodstuff, kitchen, moments, painting, widow
Saturday morning, all the dishes went back into the cupboards… woohoo…
it was fun to arrange, and then rearrange, everything until it was just right;-)…
we left the doors off to be sure there is good airflow to get rid of any paint smell…
then we removed all the foodstuff from the cupboards on the other side of the sink… and put them on the table in the dining room… it was a bit of a process, but we eventually removed the shelf liner… what a difference between the dark and light insides…
once the doors came down, I took them outside to remove hinges and knobs and then cleaned them…
while that was happening, the shelves were sanded and two coats of primer put on them…
coming along nicely…
28 Sunday Aug 2022
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27 Saturday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, happy, interior, moments, painting, projects, son-in-law, Technology, widow
Thursday started with breakfast at the “A”…
once we got home the ceiling received its second and final coat of paint… looks great…
and the new light fixture is super bright and very cool looking… by accident, the Tp-Link switch we put in a few days ago makes the light dimmable… woohoo…
we moved all the dishes from the upper cabinets to the dining room table and then I went through everything and was able to delete about a third of it…
now to box those items up and arrange to give them away…
while that was happening, the doors on the cupboard were removed, the inside sanded and two coats of primer rolled on… what a difference it has already made to the dark red interior…
next will come the actual paint, lol…
26 Friday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, installed, kitchen, moments, painting, screen, son-in-law, Technology, widow
busy day Wednesday… we went to Rona and picked up paint and a few other bits and pieces… then Best Buy for a couple more switches… finally Safeway for the last item for our supper…
once we got home, plastic was put all around the kitchen… the ceiling was scraped and sanded… plastic came down, floors were swept, paint went up and a new light fixture was installed…
it works perfectly with the switch that went in a few days ago, and which has a dimmer in it… it is beautiful and puts out a great deal of light…
the screen door was removed and had a good scrub down before going back into its track…
almost invisible now, lol…
the new switches were installed and we had bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches for supper…
woohoo…
25 Thursday Aug 2022
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ashes, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, creek, family, flowers, memories, moments, monarch, nature, remembering, walk, widow
today we walked by the spot along the creek where we scattered my beloved’s ashes…
it was nice to wander past…
just a moment later I spotted this monarch in a field of wild flowers…
felt like a sign from him;-)…
24 Wednesday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, flowers, friends, garden, memories, moments, nature, Park Cafe, pictures, stroll, treat, usher, walk, widow
on Monday morning we went to the Park Café for breakfast with my BS buddies and then took a stroll around the English and Leo Mol Gardens…
my son-in-law and I walked over and met the rest of the group inside the restaurant… it was wonderful to finally get there, as it had been a long time… breakfast was tasty and my favourite server mentioned how she had missed seeing me😊…
it was the first time I’ve been back in the Gardens for at least a few years and they were full of colour and blooms…
what a lovely way to usher in the week…
23 Tuesday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, combining, drill, flowers, glads, happy, moments, weather, widow
started the morning gathering up all my bouquets, combining a few together, and tidying up another…
a bit sad as the glads were done…
then I took out the drill and put the second screw into the motion sensor on the deck… angling it as my son-in-law suggested… and it worked perfectly…
the rocks that were holding it up are now back in amongst the trees…
22 Monday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, extender, family, giveaway, happy, moments, quicker, Technology, widow
yesterday most of the day was spent doing computer things…
transferring 300 gig of photos to a separate drive… that takes a while, lol…
purchased a few needed items…
hooked up the cutest little repeater that looks like a little robot, lol… which makes the wifi camera connect so much quicker…
sorted through two boxes and saved a few items and added others to the giveaway box…
21 Sunday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, moments, nature, plants, son-in-law, tamed, virginia creeper, weather, widow
here is my son-in-law trimming up the Virginia creeper which has absolutely loved the weather this year, lol…
but, it has been tamed…
for now…
