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persevered…

01 Saturday Nov 2025

Posted by sulis303 in business, family, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, building, family, garage, garden, lawn furniture, moments, moving, organizing, persevered, project, shelves, tarp, tidying, weather, widow

finished up the project in the garage Wednesday evening…

I spent some time earlier in the day, moving as many boards as I could out of the way so the table was usable for sawing, lol…

it was rather chilly out there, but we persevered and finished the new shelves…

then we spent time organizing all the shelves along that wall…

in the end it looks very tidy… wonder how long it will stay that way…

on a roll, “we” then moved a few items from the garage and all of the lawn furniture into the shed…

the garden will look much nicer over the winter without all the furniture covered in a big tarp on the back deck…

tour…

14 Wednesday Jun 2023

Posted by sulis303 in garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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back lane, big girl pants, blessed, building, family, fence, garden, gates, goldfish, happy, interest, moments, neighbours, pond, tour, waterfall, widow

it has been fun watching neighbours check out the construction of the new back fence…

from stepping into the lane to see what was happening, to offering advice and tools to aid in the process, to checking out the ponds when they were easy to see without any obstacles in the way, to sweeping up some of the final debris…

I met a few that I hadn’t known before and enjoyed a tour of one of their gardens… wow, it certainly puts mine to shame, lol… flowers everywhere and dear little wooden items they build to add to the beauty of the garden…

it is quite amazing what can be found behind garden gates;-)…

building…

15 Wednesday Sep 2021

Posted by sulis303 in business, life, loss, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized

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beloved, big girl pants, building, coffee table, happy, moments, Technology, widow

I’ve spent the last two days building a coffee table… well, putting it together, lol…

I’ve been thinking I would like one where the top lifted so that I could work more easily on my laptop as well as use it to put my plate on when I am eating in the den…

I spotted one a few weeks ago and decided to order it… yesterday, it arrived, in a flat box… it hadn’t said anything about that when I ordered it but I figured this is how it would arrive…

I learned, after about 45 minutes and some YouTube videos, how to change the bit on the cordless drill… I learned that a rubber mallet is a handy tool, and I shouldn’t get rid of it… I learned to read between the lines when following picture directions… I also learned that it isn’t likely going to work out perfectly the first time…

but, after two days, and a lot of putting in and taking out of screws, I have a table that I am very happy with…

I’ve been thinking how my beloved would have had it together in a short time, and also how proud of me he would be…

mask…

26 Friday Jun 2020

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, technology, Uncategorized

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appointment, big girl pants, building, changes, doctor, giggle, inside, iPhone, mask, moments, purple, Technology, waiting, widow

yesterday I went for a doctor’s appointment… had arranged to get my car back from my grandson who has been using it while I’ve been staying home…

it was the first time in three months that I have entered a building that wasn’t my house, lol…

this was also the first time I’ve worn my mask and had it on the whole time I was there…

had to manage a few new processes… only one door is used to enter and exit the building… and it wasn’t the one I was used to… got in a few extra steps…

the process for bloodwork is basically the same – waiting… although there are way fewer chairs, the gate is partially closed, and there was sanitizer everywhere…

I did giggle looking at the chairs in all the waiting rooms… to ensure separation, for every chair you could sit in, two or three were turned to the wall… looked like a snake, lol…

the other thing that made me giggle was the fact that my iPhone didn’t recognize me with my mask on, lol… if I am going out more, I might need to add me with a mask on for it to recognize me, lol…

CMHR…

27 Thursday Jun 2019

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, building, CMHR, garden, iPhone, photos, rain barrel, squirrel, widow

out and about today…

this morning caught a few shots of the CMHR as we were driving by…

I’ve tried many times to get a good photo of this building but still haven’t taken one that really makes me happy…

while I was waiting for my supper to cook, I got a few photos of this squirrel… it has taken a fancy to the rain barrel and I’ve spotted it quite a few times but this was the first time I got a picture…

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