09 Tuesday Dec 2025
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had a fun time outside a few days ago when snowflakes were gently falling from the sky;-)…
caught a few on my parka…
and spent time finding snowflakes along the stair rail…
they really are works of art;-)…
08 Monday Dec 2025
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recently I purchased a few pairs of wide leg pants…
of course they had to go to be shortened…
it only took a few minutes for them to be pinned…
one of the pairs is cargo pants… I am excited to have them for volunteering… it will be great to have a few more pockets to pop things into, lol…
just got them back and they look great…
excited to wear them at my next volunteer shift at The Leaf;-)…
07 Sunday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, friends, fundraiser, moments, ornaments, planter, put away ornaments, weather, widow
went to Shelmerdine with a friend to pick up some items from a fundraiser she was connected with…
always a treat to wander through all the areas of the greenhouse… even found a little something for someone’s next year’s Christmas present…
this planter was so pretty and the balls were so nice, especially with the snow on them…
when I got home I hung the swag that came from the fundraiser on the front door… not sure if the cord needs to be shorter…
lovely treat;-)…
06 Saturday Dec 2025
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adventure, big girl pants, blessed, fish and chips, friend, liver, moments, onions, widow
after aquasize, my adventure buddy and I did some Christmas shopping…
then we had lunch out…
we chose Silver Heights Restaurant and had a great meal…
she had fish and chips and I was so happy to have liver and onions in gravy with mashed potatoes…
meals that we had each been craving;-)…
it was delicious and we are planning another lunch there as there were a few other items on the menu that were calling to us…
05 Friday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, completed, done, family, mailed, moments, presents, Technology, tree, widow, wrapped
enjoyed time in the computer room wrapping up the Christmas presents…
this year there was just a small box to go to Ottawa which went into the mail a few days ago… a few items were ordered and delivered directly to them…
the remainder of the presents are now under the tree…
happy to have this piece of work completed…
04 Thursday Dec 2025
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beloved, big girl pants, birthday, blessed, Christmas stocking, family, grandson, memories, moments, Technology, widow, widowhood, WordPress
as I sit here quietly in the living room I am thinking of two big events that took place in the last few days…
the first was a congratulatory note from WordPress… on December 1st, 2012 I began writing about my journey into widowhood… and have continued that since then, moving into commenting on my life…
the second was today, which would have been my beloved’s 77th birthday… this year we had burgers here, one of his favourite foods, while the kids in Ottawa had an apple galette… he loved apple pie… we had a video visit between the burgers and galette, lol…
my grandson is going to use his Christmas stocking for the first time…
I sure do miss him🤗…
03 Wednesday Dec 2025
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas tree, decorated, family, lights, moments, ornaments, purple, restrung, widow
spent Sunday setting up the Christmas tree…
first I had to move the plants in the front window to other spots and move two tables out of the way…
then I spent some time removing two strings of lights… one that didn’t work and one that I restrung on the tree…
then, six or seven boxes came upstairs and were gone through to see what was in them and decide on the theme for this year’s ornaments…
chose glass pieces that have rarely been out since my beloved’s passing…
once it was decorated, I was advised that it needed more purple🤪… can you believe it, lol…
so I added more purple…
02 Tuesday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, glittery, moments, rearranging, sleigh, snow people, widow
Monday morning I ran around… brought up the snow people and the big sleigh from the basement…
a glittery cloth, a stool, and the setting was ready…
took awhile, and a few bits of rearranging, but eventually they were ready to go…
from the window, to the table under the tree, to those in the sleigh on the floor, the snow people took over the front window area…
01 Monday Dec 2025
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advent calendar, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas gifts, draft stopper, family, grandson, moments, sheep, shopping, stopper, weather, widow
ran around Saturday morning and basically finished my Christmas shopping…
a beautiful outdoor tree tried to seduce me at Canadian Tire, but I walked away, lol…
we also had a lot of fun at BulkBarn finding things for a couple of Advent calendars…
the last few books were picked up at Chapters for my littlest friends and we found the last sheep door draft stopper…
so, I guess now I have to wrap things, lol…
30 Sunday Nov 2025
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, boxes, family, happy, lights, moments, music, season, spirit, stairs, Technology, widow
waited till late in the day to fill the stairs with trees and Advent boxes…
should have started earlier because it took a while to get into the spirit, although I did enjoy the Christmas music I put on…
all of the lights worked right off the bat and eventually each box found a home…
the last few ended up by the front door…
the remainder of the forest found its way into the bathroom, the kitchen and onto the dining room table…
starting to feel like the season;-)…
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