11 Saturday Jul 2026
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air conditioner, big girl pants, garden, hot, humidity, moments, nature, outside, Technology, weather, widow
it was hot and humid out there today…
I didn’t spend much time in the garden, although when I first got up and ran the irrigation system, I did put out the cushions, but didn’t sit out for too long…
even at 7 when it is usually quite pleasant, with the humidity, it felt like 42°C, sigh…
may have to leave the air conditioner on all night…
08 Monday Jun 2026
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air conditioner, big girl pants, blessed, family, fixed, garden, happy, moments, old, repaired, splits, Technology, virginia creeper, weather, widow
great anticipation and excitement on Saturday…
we’ve been looking into air conditioner splits, as well as a new air conditioner for a while now…
the current air conditioner hasn’t worked for at least three years, and maybe even five… I can’t remember…
when I had someone in to look at it, they said it was leaking freon and couldn’t be repaired… it has sometimes been very hot upstairs but I managed with a tower fan…
last year I’d been quoted around $5,000 to replace it and that just seemed too much, particularly as the cold air never really made it upstairs, lol…
we had an HVAC person in the other day and the splits just weren’t going to work here… before moving forward with a new air conditioner, they suggested trying to get the old one working… they came back on Saturday to see if they could get the old one going…
they were here for a couple of hours and got it working😁😆😄…
the problem was the virginia creeper which had wound its way around the motor… I guess the other company was just wanting me to purchase a new air conditioner…
it is recording 13 something and the optimum is 20, so that sounds quite wonderful to me…
my housemate is going to be exceedingly happy…
12 Friday Jul 2024
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air, air conditioner, barbecue, Barbie the Barbecue, big girl pants, blessed, delicious, garden, grandson, hot, moments, nature, option, weather, widow
it has been very hot here for the last few days, with no rain, woohoo…
last night’s supper was pork tenderloin with potatoes, onions, and mushrooms and asparagus…
all cooked on Barbie the Barbecue…
nice to have an option for preparing supper in this heat…
sadly, it appears that the air conditioner has shared its last cooling;-(…
11 Tuesday Jul 2023
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air conditioner, big girl pants, blessed, cleaned, family, garden, gate, growing, handier, moments, nature, trim, virginia creeper, widow
we got a few of the projects off the list on Saturday…
the Virginia creeper had a haircut, thankfully, as when our neighbour came through the gate with his little guy, he had to duck under it, lol…
looks much tidier now…
we cleaned out the area around the air conditioner and attached the hose connectors on the side of the gate…
I think it is going to be much handier in the new spot…
28 Friday Jun 2013
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started the long weekend off with appies on the patio at The Keg… that was my dinner…
brie and tiny toasts…
the sun shone, birds flew by, wind blew, rain came down gently amid the sunshine… all in a couple of hours, lol…
chicken wings…
a lovely interval…
cute little hot dogs…
enjoyed the warm Brie and tiny toasts and the salt and pepper chicken wings… cute little hot dogs and the always popular stuffed mushrooms…
stuffed mushrooms…
then home for a nap…
put on the big girl pants last night and got the air conditioner going… ran it all night to be sure everything was working… temperature has been around 28C last few nights when I got home… bit too warm…
great ending to a busy week…
herbiggirlpants 