20 Wednesday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, busy, Christmas, done, gifts, happy, last, moments, presents, shopping, tree, widow, wrapping
out shopping on Saturday morning for the last of the Christmas presents…
went to two stores, neither was overly busy and everything on the list was obtained…
happy to be finished …
then spent a bit of time wrapping;-)…
all of the parcels are now under the tree;-)…
19 Tuesday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bubble, bubble wrap, covering, happy, hearts, light, moments, weather, widow, window
been doing a bit more window covering with bubble wrap…
it has worked great on the front and back doors…
yesterday, I put some up on the bedroom window, after I took off the screen… I covered one completely and did half of the second one so I could still see out…
I was thrilled to discover that the bubbles for these two panels were heart-shaped;-)…
how cool is that…
17 Sunday Dec 2023
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adventure, balcony, big girl pants, blessed, friend, memories, moments, Royal MTC, Sound of Music, staging, students, treat, widow
Wednesday, I went to see The Sound of Music at the Royal MTC with my adventure buddy;-)…
we were in the last row of the balcony behind two different groups of students…
we enjoyed the show and as always the staging held my attention…
the last time we were there was for Come From Away, many years ago, lol…
the show held everyone’s attention and the students were clearly enjoying it…
it was a nice treat…
16 Saturday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bow, decorations, door, glitter, moments, snowflake wreath, tulle, weather, widow, wrap
been wanting to wrap the door with fabric, like ribbon on a present…
consulted with a friend and went online to find just the right fabric…
was looking for silver, but in the end ordered some glittery tulle…
it arrived last week and I decided on a plan…
first I removed the curtain that had been hanging over the window and replaced it with bubble wrap to act as insulation;-)… that was fun and it is just held there with water…
next I unwrapped the glittery tulle and figured out how much I needed… I tied it but with the knot on the inside of the door and I realized it needed to be on the outside, so I undid it and then redid it the other way…
then it looked a bit empty so I dug out a wreath made from three others… removed one and hung the other two on the tulle…
and to finish it off, hung a glittery bow on the inside…
looks pretty good;-)…
15 Friday Dec 2023
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Advent calendars, anticipation, big girl pants, blessed, memories, moments, revelling, time flies, widow
the time is flying by and on Tuesday we were already halfway through Advent…
I have been enjoying all my treats and am looking forward with anticipation to the next ones;-)…
I took this photo of the calendar hanging on the living room wall that had the first two rows turned around to remind me that they have been opened…
and the stairway is looking rather bare, with the bottom steps cleared of their gift boxes…
both, a reminder of how quickly time passes and to make the most of each moment you have;-)…
revelling in the wonderful treats I have already received, as each day provides an opportunity to reflect on how blessed I truly am…
14 Thursday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, efficiency, furnace, heat, high efficiency, installation, M1 Mechanical, moments, nature, replacement, Technology, warm, weather, widow
yesterday morning the furnace people arrived around 8 am, just when they said they would… the temp had made it up to 18°C…
people came and went, bits and pieces were removed and then the new high efficiency furnace made it into the basement after tarps were laid down to protect the stairs… Harry worked all day, with helpers coming and going as needed…
it took two of them to get the heavy oldie out of the house…
I was out for the afternoon and when I arrived home the temperature was at a toasty 20°C…
the basement was perfectly clean, all of the bits and pieces which had gone into the backyard were gone and the vents had been raised so the snow shouldn’t be a problem in the future…
and this pretty thing was snuggled into the space… reminds me a bit of Barbie, the barbecue;-)…
I am very pleased with the whole process and would happily recommend M1 Mechanical for furnace replacement or repair…
12 Tuesday Dec 2023
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Advent, advent calendar, big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, family, fluttering, fun, happy, kaleidoscope, mirror, moments, purple, widow, wings
this morning in my Advent box I received a kaleidoscope of butterflies…
I love that name for a group of butterflies;-)…
some of them had broken free of their original home and had stuck themselves all over the inside of the box… it took a bit of time to get them all out, lol…
the glue on them is just down the centre of each one so their wings raise up a bit and they do look as though they are fluttering…
I put them on the bathroom mirror and they look very sweet there…
we will see if they stay or flutter to the ground as there isn’t much stickiness to them;-)…
11 Monday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, bird feeders, birds, blessed, bodes, fur, garden, grass, leaves, moments, nature, seed, squirrels, strange, weather, widow
so, the strangest thing happened…
I looked out at the bird feeders and discovered this…
I think that maybe the squirrel has stuffed the feeders full of grass and fur…
I have never seen this before…
wonder what it bodes for the winter…
10 Sunday Dec 2023
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well, last Sunday I finally made it into the plunge tub…
didn’t get as deep as my neck… it was chilly, but I made it to two minutes…
maybe, if I do it again, I will try to get down to my neck, lol…
certainly did wake me up, but I was still shivering and my legs were cold half an hour later;-)…
fun😳🤪🤔…
09 Saturday Dec 2023
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battery, big girl pants, blessed, charger, counting, Fitbit, moments, nature, shovelling, snow, Technology, weather, widow
waited for my Fitbit to charge before going out to shovel the sidewalk today…
and when I got back into the house, there was the Fitbit, sitting on the counter, still attached to the charger…
really not counting the steps, lol…
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