24 Friday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, foot, happy, health, massage, moments, pedicure, purple, touched, treat, widow
can’t think of the last time I had a pedicure so it was such a treat to have one on Tuesday afternoon…
surprisingly, my toes got painted purple, lol…
as always, my favourite portion of the experience is the foot and leg massage;-)…
and I am getting much better with having my feet touched, lol…
23 Thursday Jan 2025
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app, big girl pants, blessed, family, handy, learning, moments, nature, ride, snow, Technology, Uber, weather, widow
had my first Uber rides in Winnipeg…
went from home to Total Wrapture spa for pedicures, then on to San Vito for lunch, followed by a return trip home from Foodfare…
it was the perfect day for it as it was very cold, snowy, and windy…
one of the vehicles had automatic sliding doors, which was kind of fun…
after being trained in the process of ordering the ride, and other information on the app, I tried to sign up for it, but it was using my old email address, so we have to get that sorted out and then I will try it on my own…
a great experience, particularly with how quickly they pick you up after contacting them…
22 Wednesday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, chimney, freaked, hot water tank, leaking, moments, Next-Gen, problems, solutions, stress, weather, widow
Wednesday morning I went downstairs to do some laundry and found water following a path between the carpets in the back room…
the water was coming from under the hot water tank…
this freaked me out as in 2013 a leaky hot water tank flooded the basement… drywall had to be cut out, huge fans brought in and everything in the basement put into boxes and moved out while the remediation company returned the basement to normal…
two technicians arrived from a neighbourhood company and spent a day and a half in the basement and up a ladder to the top of the chimney…
after numerous issues – the wrong type of tank being delivered, too short a ladder, screws sticking out all the way down the chimney –
finally the new gas water heater is installed and working… throughout the process the technicians continued to find new ways to deal with the problems…
I am pleased with the final result;-)…
21 Tuesday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, details, display, exhibition, Fleurs de Villes, flowers, friends, memories, moments, nature, plants, Technology, The Leaf, treat, widow
Monday was another delightful day at The Leaf…
our group went to view the Fleurs de Villes display after our birthday lunch at Gather…
as always, a walk through the Tropical Biome is rejuvenating…
we had such fun as each of us shared different points of interest as we wandered through the lush vegetation…
we visited the cacao trees, saw coffee beans, enjoyed new vistas of the fish, chatted about the banyan tree, spotted many heliconias, and got dripped on a few times, lol…
we moved on to the Mediterranean Biome for the Fleurs de Villes exhibition…
all of the mannequins (that represent the arts in the city) were very nicely done… we met two of the designers and spotted things we liked at every display… it was amazing to see the details that had been included…
after we’d been around once, most of us went around one more time, as we each made a decision on our favourite and filled out the ballot which we received as we entered the space…
the Fleurs de Villes exhibition is always stunning and such a delight to have had here two years in a row;-)…
one more visit to the exhibition in a few days…
21 Tuesday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, birthday, birthday bag, blessed, food, freshly, friends, Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar, lunch, moments, widow
Monday we celebrated a birthday…
we had lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar…
the food was tasty and we had an excellent time…
I had:
and vanilla coconut ice cream…
we sang and presented the birthday bag, which was freshly made by one of our crafty group… our last one had completely worn out…
such a fun time…
19 Sunday Jan 2025
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spent time in the den, getting it ready for a guest…
furniture was rearranged and a few tables moved out of the space, lol… it was interesting to figure out where to put them…
once the couch was opened up, an extra mattress was brought downstairs, thankfully I had help with that…
next sheets, a quilt, comforter, and pillows were added…
then I tested out the bed, to be sure it was comfortable;-)…
some flowers and we will be ready;-)…
18 Saturday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bunny, early, feeders, health, moments, moon, nature, sky, tail, weather, widow
woke up early, and for whatever reason, decided to look out the front window…
the moon was still up and shining brightly, and at the bottom of the bird feeders I spotted a bunny friend…
it was busy eating the seeds that had blown out of the feeders during all the strong winds over the last day or so…
I stood watching it for quite a while, before heading back to bed… it is very interesting to watch the way they move…
and I love that cute little white tail…
17 Friday Jan 2025
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adventure, backtracked, big girl pants, blessed, blizzard, blowing, moments, nature, shovelling, snow, weather, widow
at 6 am, it looked great out the window… when I woke up again at 8, the window was covered with snow and it was blowing like crazy outside…
but my buddy and I went on an adventure anyway, lol…
when I started down the sidewalk I realized how deep the snow was, so backtracked and went down the driveway, which was clear…
as soon as I arrived home, I shovelled the sidewalk… some places were six inches deep…
didn’t do anything else as I assumed it was still going to blow more snow around…
looked good, especially from in the house, lol…
we will see how it looks tomorrow;-)…
16 Thursday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, date squares, family, friends, garden, health, integral, moments, plants, time, visit, widow
had a most wonderful visit with a dear friend who I haven’t seen for ages…
one of those people where the conversation just continues as though you’d seen one another the day before…
lots of talk about plants and gardens and how integral they are for both of us…
health and family also were covered…
and I received a container of delicious date squares…
so blessed to have time with special people…
15 Wednesday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, blossoms, ending, flowers, losing, moments, nature, orchid, plants, starting, widow
as the last couple of orchids are losing their final few flowers, I am watching four plants which have begun new buds…
two are quite a way along…
one is a bit further behind…
and the final one has just barely begun…
most of them are in the den, which is interesting, as I would have expected the ones in the front rooms to do better…
looking forward to the new flowers;-)…
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