13 Tuesday Dec 2022
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been wrapping presents and in the process, making a bit of a mess, lol…
things are now ready to pop in the mail and the finished parcels have found their way into the living room…
Christmas is coming and things are getting organized;-)…
almost ready;-)…
05 Monday Dec 2022
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I was watching tv and all of a sudden decided I needed to dig out the Christmas mugs… they haven’t been used for a few years as they were at the bottom of the overflowing closet in the computer room…
so I spent a couple of hours purging…
got down to the mugs, ran them through the dishwasher and changed them out for the current mugs…
in the process, I gathered up six or eight boxes of goodies for the giveaway pile, including two boxes of mugs…
way to go me, lol…
although there are still items all over the room that need to be dealt with…
that is a tomorrow project;-)…
30 Wednesday Nov 2022
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I received a box of individually wrapped pieces of chocolate in the mail to fill my Advent calendar…
was very happy and quick to pop one into each of the twenty four squares in the box… and there are two on the last day so that I can enjoy one on Christmas Day;-)…
now to wait for tomorrow, when I get to open the first one;-)…
18 Friday Nov 2022
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the Advent calendar has made its way back into the living room… it looks so great in that spot…
last year it was filled with yummy bonbons from Decadence Chocolates…
this year it will be filled with bits and pieces from Canadian Chocoholic’s stash…
now I just have to to wait for the parcel to arrive with the chocolate to go into it😊…
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;-)…
02 Thursday Dec 2021
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, bonbons, Canadian Chocoholic, Decadence Chocolates, family, moments, treat, widow
last year I had a great advent calendar and when it was finished I saved the wooden box it came in…
Canadian Chocoholic made inserts for it and mine came last week… it took me a good portion of an afternoon to construct the paper drawers… lots of folding and bending, lol…
my grandson took the calendar to Decadence Chocolates and Helen filled it with her bonbons…
got it back yesterday and had my first bonbon… yum…
what a lovely treat;-),,,
01 Wednesday Dec 2021
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, family, found, fridge, get ready, happy, list, magnets, memories, moments, purple, remembering, widow
a week or so ago, I cleaned all of the various bits and pieces off the front of the fridge…
put the container with the 24 magnets on it ready for Advent… my daughter sent them to me years ago… they covered two muffin tins and each held a tiny treat as they were opened daily during Advent…
then I put them away carefully🤪… and I didn’t find them until last year, lol… I am happy to use them this year, especially as I still knew where they were…
I think I might start with the 24th and then count back until Christmas;-)…
guess I better turn the magnets around, lol…
this morning I put up the first one…
12 Saturday Dec 2020
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Advent, big girl pants, calendar, family, fish, fish tank, food, forget, moments, nature, starving, tricky, water, widow
my morning schedule is to put on the kettle for my tea, choose my Advent treat for the day, feed the fish, and prepare my breakfast…
when I get to the calendar, which is on top of the fish tank, the fish are running back and forth to make sure I know they are there… and starving...
I can practically hear them, lol… later in the day, they will rush over as I enter their space to see if they can convince me that they haven’t been fed…
07 Monday Dec 2020
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Advent, always learning, big girl pants, blessed, email, lights, moments, music, playlist, relaxing, Technology, treats, widow
one of my advent treats was an email (31 Days of Gifts) that comes every day with different things in it…
the second day included a Spotify playlist…
I spent a lovely evening sitting in the living room, enjoying the tree lights and listening to the playlist, as I read a novel on my tablet…
the best thing about the list is that it showed me the option of where to play it… previously, I was only able to play on the device in the room where I was… now I can play it anywhere or everywhere…
sounds lovely when it is playing all through the main floor…
technology;-)…
08 Saturday Feb 2020
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a few days ago I received my second Advent All Year parcel from my daughter… (here’s the story of the first one)…
in it were a beautiful handmade card; my favourite Raspberry Chocolate bar (including one for my grandson, who also loves it); and a box of bonbons she chose from a recent visit to Soma chocolatemaker… the box had the coolest extra packing paper as she mentioned she would be mailing it…
one thing I’ve learned from her is that great bonbons need to be eaten quickly before they expire… particularly when they are made with only fresh ingredients…
so, every morning I’ve been choosing one and eating it before I have my breakfast…
such a delicious way to start the day when my taste buds aren’t muddied with other flavours…
I am blessed;-)…
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