01 Sunday Dec 2019
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went to the Outlet Mall with my grandson… had savoury crepes for lunch… very tasty, but a little messy to eat, lol…
from there we visited quite a few shoe stores before he found just the right pair…
then we spent some time in the Calvin Klein store… the shopping didn’t take long, prices were great, but the line-up to pay was rather tedious…
there were lots of beautiful decorations wherever we walked…
always great to spend time with this kind young man…
24 Sunday Nov 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, decorations, friends, friendship, fun, memories, moments, purple, season, team, time, treat, widow
had a delightful afternoon with a dear friend…
she makes decorating for the season so much fun… both of us are team players and we work well together…
we did some of the usual set-ups and then tried something new… we hung a collection of wreaths together on the wall… looks good…
I can’t even say how many collections I have… more and more I am bringing out less and less… I think that January and February might be a good time to go through the boxes and pass many items along to others…
the living room looks lovely and spending time together brought out my holiday spirit;-)…
14 Friday Jun 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, capped, chimney, chimney sweep, Christmas, fireplace, Gas, removed, roof, rusted, safety, widow, Ye Olde Soot Sweepers
today the chimney came down…
just before Christmas I had planned to get a chimney sweep out to make sure it was safe to use the fireplace as I hadn’t used it since my beloved died… decided to wait until the weather was more conducive to someone climbing up onto the roof…
I finally made an appointment a few weeks ago for someone to come out to inspect and clean it… they looked at the fireplace and said we needed to go outside so I could see why they weren’t going to clean it…
they explained that the chimney had rusted out and would either need to be replaced or removed…
in the end I chose removal as the cost of a new chimney was prohibitive for the amount the fireplace is used…
this morning they came and took it down…
apparently the chimneys of this era rusted from the inside and out… my beloved would have realized that the rust on the outside of the chimney was a sign that it needed to be checked… I was just lucky that I didn’t start a fire…
now that it is capped there won’t be any drafts, lol…
maybe in the Fall I will have Ye Olde Soot Sweepers out to show me options for changing it to gas… will have to see…
29 Tuesday Jan 2019
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yesterday, mid morning, all of sudden the display on my Charge 3 stopped working… my battery was fully charged and it continued to record and buzzed at appropriate times… just couldn’t see anything… Fitbit foibles…
so I called the Fitbit support line and they told me to hook up to the charger and push the button for 8 seconds… sadly I didn’t have the charger at the office, but connected it when I got home… that didn’t fix it…
it was late when I emailed the person who had sent me the directions, but I got an email back this morning… another set of directions… this time held the button for 15 seconds…
it worked… hurray… don’t realize how much you depend on it until it isn’t working…
hope this isn’t a sign that it is going to have problems… the kids gave it to me for Christmas and I love it;-)…
22 Tuesday Jan 2019
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big girl pants, Christmas, flowers, hot chocolate, hyacinth, long, long day, odd, treat, widow
my hyacinth is growing, but it sure looks odd… last night we had quite the conversation about it, lol…
had some hot chocolate and a tiny slice of the last bit of my Christmas treats…
nice end to a long day…
19 Saturday Jan 2019
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admire, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, dishcloth, gifts, handmade, late, purple, spoiled, tree, widow
had a few late Christmas gifts over the last while…
so nice when that happens and you get to enjoy new treats…
I’d been admiring the tree for quite a while, so it was wonderful to have it given to me…
the purple piece under it is one of those lovely handmade dishcloths… I find them excellent in the kitchen and this one is a great shade…
spoiled, lol…
06 Sunday Jan 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, Chihuly, Christmas, clean, family, friend, grandson, moments, pjs, tidy, twinkle lights, un-decorate, widow
spent the day in my pjs…
also un-decorated all of the Christmas bits and pieces… had hoped to have my oldest grandson help me, but he wasn’t available, so I did it all on my own…
worked away at it off and on all day… had given myself a deadline of tonight as the cleaners are coming tomorrow, lol…
not ready to give up the twinkle lights just yet, lol…
redid the living room table… this time with family and Chihuly…
always remember my friend who would clean up before her housekeeper came and I always thought that was so odd…
of course, now that is exactly what I do;-)… well, tidy…
30 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, breakfast, cake, Christmas, Facebook, family, grandsons, hot tub, lonely, memories, missing, snow, tasty, widow
I’ve been a bit lonely over the last week or so… most Christmases my older daughter and her husband have come home… it didn’t work out this year…
was out in the hot tub this morning, first time in ages… a bit later these two pictures came up in my Facebook memories…
the first is deadly chocolate mousse cake, her favourite… I always make sure to have it in the house when she comes… in fact whenever I go to visit her, I take some as well… we always have the cake for breakfast, which the grandsons think is amazing;-)…
the second is of our water boots from last Christmas… she loves the hot tub and our usual pattern is a late night dip before bed…
it was my other son-in-law who suggested water boots many years ago… they work perfectly so that my feet never get cold or snowy…
today I spent some time cooking… turkey and dumplings, and mashed potato and garlic soup…
they both came out pretty tasty, although I am not going to be able to have the potato soup for work lunches because it reeks of garlic, lol…
26 Wednesday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, books, bookshelf, Christmas, cupboard, dishes, give away, place, plates, tidy, widow
on Christmas Eve day I bought some new plates I’d been eyeing for a while…
last night we used them for Christmas dinner…
today I had to find a place to put them… had a good time going through one of the kitchen cupboards and making space… was able to let a number of things go which always makes me happy…
later in the day I spent some time searching for something on the hallway bookshelf… and in the process was able to set aside a number of children’s books… again, way to go me…
dishes have been put away, give aways packed up, and books ready to be picked up by a young friend…
25 Tuesday Dec 2018
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blessed, Christmas, dinner, FaceTime, family, Fitbit, grandsons, Grinch, heron, lovely, moments, movie, recliners, thoughtful, tree
had a lovely day…
up at 5 to FaceTime and exchange gifts with the Ottawa kids…
my son-in-law was working so he left the house around 6… this year it wasn’t nearly as cold as last, lol… which was good… last year when he headed off it was -40 with the windchill… this morning, when I checked a while after he’d gone it was only -18… practically a heat wave…
everyone was up by about 7:30, so I didn’t even have to bang pots…
thoughtful gifts were shared and everyone was pleased with their haul…
one of my gifts was a lovely top with herons on it and another was a Fitbit Charge 3 which I have been eyeing for quite some time;-)…
we had a sausage, potato, spinach and cheese casserole and then headed off to the movies…
went to see The Grinch at Grant Park… the theatre has what appear to be recliners for everyone to sit in and you pick your seat ahead of time (like on planes)… we sat in the wrong ones but eventually got to the right spot…
then it was on to my house where naps were had by many as the dinner cooked…
supper was ready as the daddy arrived just after 7… delicious turkey dinner followed by his presents, a few minutes of device time and away they went…
a bit of time tidying up and now I am relaxing in front of the tv… wondering how long I will stay awake, lol…
