22 Saturday Feb 2020
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I was recently reminded how important it is to hear that you are valued…
if others only point out negative things, even if they aren’t true, it is easy to fall into the trap of believing them and forgetting your best qualities…
don’t let the negativity make you forget your own value;-)…
remember your worth, because you have many excellent talents…
19 Wednesday Feb 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, birds, blessed, grandson, grateful, Japanese Maple, memories, moments, nature, orchid, rainbow, reminder, sunshine, widow
this morning my Seize the Day calendar reminded me to start each day with a grateful heart... it was a good reminder…
I am grateful for the birdseed in the feeders in the front and back yards… thanks to my middle grandson who filled them all on Saturday…
so far only the squirrel has found the one in the front, I had a quiet time watching for the birds through the window as I sat in the sunshine…
both birds and squirrels have found the one in the garden…
I am grateful for an early morning rainbow on the kitchen floor, new leaves on the Japanese Maple, and sunlight shining on orchids…
I am grateful for time to read, food to eat, a comfortable home to live in, and wonderful memories…
sometimes a reminder is just what’s needed…
18 Tuesday Feb 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, Christmas, craftsperson, decorations, February, Heart & Stroke month, hearts, memories, moments, ornaments, purple, quadruple bypass, widow
I was looking through some albums recently and came across this photo from Christmas…
it was an ornament on one of my daughter’s presents… a family tradition has been to give an ornament to each person on one of their gifts…
made me think of all the love signs around the house which I have put out for the month…
there are hearts all over the place… in the kitchen, bathroom, dining, living room, bedroom… and on the stairway…
these two hearts are within eyesight in the bedroom… I bought the purple one, and the wooden one was made by my beloved… he was a very talented craftsperson…
I put up some pictures of the various hearts when I wrote this post… I enjoy seeing them and will leave them up for the month…
February is also Heart and Stroke month… a reminder of my beloved, who died just two years after a quadruple bypass…
14 Friday Feb 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blown, flowers, moments, purple, Valentine, weather, widow, windy
went out in the very cold weather this morning and was nearly blown into a fence… put on my warmest jacket but didn’t realize that the hood wasn’t attached… yikes…
spent the remainder of the day remembering my beloved and how we enjoyed this particular holiday… found this photo from our last Valentine’s Day…
besides the rose, he gave me a beautiful purple jacket which I put on this morning;-)…
13 Thursday Feb 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, cookies, family, food, friends, fun, heart, memories, sugar cookies, treat, Valentine, widow
a few days ago I dug out my sugar cookie recipe…
I’d had a conversation with a friend about how great my sugar cookies tasted… I’ve made thousands of them over the years, mainly when the girls were in school… I would produce cookies for their classrooms for each and every holiday that occurred…
she suggested I might like to make some for Valentine‘s Day;-)… and also volunteered to lend me a heart-shaped cookie cutter…
I thought I had one so didn’t take her up on the offer…
on Sunday I decided to make them and discovered that I did not have the appropriate cutter…
I went online, found a few different sized heart templates and made a cardboard heart-shaped template…
then I made the recipe and laughed throughout the whole process because it didn’t seem familiar at all…
it took a while as I used a knife to outline each one, but they came out pretty good…
I’d given away all the food colouring and sprinkles a while ago, thinking I wouldn’t need them…
the cookies look rather plain… but taste delicious…
then I had some fun packaging them up for a few gifts…
and enjoyed some with my kids and BS buddies;-)…
11 Tuesday Feb 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, celebrate, cleaning, corningware, eraser, hands, memories, moments, Mr. Clean, strength, treat, Valentine's Day, widow
been thinking of my beloved a lot lately… Valentine’s Day is coming up and we always celebrated…
as I was washing dishes I was reminded of his strong hands and how he always dealt with the seriously dirty pots…
he could clean them up in no time, unlike me who used the same items to clean them but they never came out as good as when he did it, lol…
today I was scrubbing one of the Corningware pots that we’ve had since we were first married… it looked terrible so I dug out the Mr. Clean eraser…
I didn’t take any photos before I started, just part way through, and at the end…
with a bit of elbow grease I was able to improve the look a lot… not as good as he would have done, lol…
not sure what is in them, but they are rather amazing and the pot looks excellent…
those big girl pants…
31 Friday Jan 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, cluttered, fun, hearts, memories, moments, Valentines, widow
had some fun when I was tidying up the tv/guest room… the cleaners are coming on Monday and it was a bit cluttered in there…
put many things away and in the process found some valentine hearts and other items and put them out;-)…
love is in the air;-)…
27 Monday Jan 2020
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one of the reasons I went shopping on Sunday was to get flowers…
it is that season again when I really need them to brighten the atmosphere in the house… it is also a time when I particularly miss my beloved…
he always made sure I had flowers all the time during these cold and dreary months… and all over the house…
I can see and smell them in every room;-)…
I hope you have something in your life that brings you happiness…
18 Saturday Jan 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, complicated, family, LRSP, moments, pension, signing, trees, widow, work
recently I spent an hour with my finance guy signing what felt like a million papers… felt sorry for all the trees we destroyed…
complicated business to start collecting locked in RSP money… of course I didn’t remember to take a pic of the very large pile of papers that were taken away, lol…
these are just a few of the ones that were left for me…
good thing he understands this stuff and can explain it so well…
I will be thanking my beloved every day as the reason I am able to retire is due to his pension which came directly to me on his death…
15 Wednesday Jan 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, decluttering, friends, good times, Instant Pot, journey, moments, retirement, sky, sun dog, widow
had a very productive and enjoyable day…
spent time in the morning decluttering, deep-cleaning and reorganizing a rolling cupboard that my beloved built many years ago…
felt very pleased with the outcome… got rid of some stuff and made space for the Instant Pot;-)…
then had a delightful visit and some treats with a dear friend…
followed by some reading and a few phone calls… caught this sun dog as I looked out the window;-)…
enjoying the moments in this new portion of the journey;-)…
herbiggirlpants 