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shelves…

05 Wednesday Feb 2020

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filled nine boxes with books a few days ago…

the computer room looks like a bomb went off in it, so I am rather pleased to have started the cleanup process…

happily, it was easy to pack them up… I spent many years collecting books on religion, feminism and spirituality… now seems like a good time to pass them along to someone else…

I also gathered many books on children and worship…

planning to drop them off at the Fire Station in the next while…

put aside a few that covered Celtic writings…

once I find a few more empty boxes I will continue with the decluttering;-)…

looking forward to having shelves with space on them, not crammed with books I no longer read…

curtains…

19 Sunday Nov 2017

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spent the last few days taking most everything out of the bedroom, so it could get painted today…

made me review each of the items as I was moving them out of the space… there will be less coming back in… more items for the pass along box;-)… actually I’ve already filled two boxes up…

shopped for some different window coverings and came up with these curtains…

I think I like the second option of how to hang them… will leave them this way for a while and see how it feels…

so, the room is very bare and unfortunately the painting didn’t happen today…

trying to decide how much to put back in while I wait for the new look, lol…

moved…

12 Sunday Nov 2017

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a lot of furniture was moved today… seemed simple…

it was that little thing where to make one change you had to make another and then another… thankfully my son-in-law and grandson were up for the job and made it happen…

ended in the living room… I am very happy with the outcome… need to change out the plants and the items in the drawers of the table…

this is the tv/guest room now…

and finally this is the downstairs look…

although when I am on the treadmill I face the tv, this does point out that I need to get some art up on these walls, lol…

now some decluttering and it will be all good…

beloved…

09 Saturday Jan 2016

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this morning I spent a bit of time in the kitchen… while I was cleaning the stove I was thinking of my beloved…

he had the strongest hands and arms… anything that needed serious scrubbing ended up as his job… that stove would have been spotless had he cleaned it, lol… he could also wring things out so there was no water at all left in them…

 
for breakfast I cooked some spinach in my new cute purple steamer… second time using it and it worked much better than the first time… cleaned up nicely as well… also used some of the frozen spinach for my lunch smoothie… came out great, so I can use frozen next time I run out of fresh, lol…

sun was shining all day, although it was -34 with the wind chill… got a nice shot of a couple of garage roofs which have squirrel paths all over them… not sure I’ve seen tracks on the neighbour’s garage before… 

  
while I was doing laundry I also went through all of the tops in my closet… filled a box with things that are too big… a friend is going to pick them up for a swap event they are having…

  
always happy when I’ve been able to do a bit of decluttering… George would have been proud…

sharing…

29 Wednesday Jul 2015

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an automated reminder phone call this morning had me digging through my closets looking for things to share… 

sometimes it seems hard to declutter and other times it is easy… today was one of those easy days… filled two boxes and will put them out first thing in the morning…

later I took a walk to the Park to wander through the English Garden and the Leo Mol Garden… it had been overcast and rainy in the morning but the sky cleared up and there was a nice breeze…

the breeze got a bit crazy but eventually I made it to the Gardens…

  
the hydrangeas were beautiful… 

the water lilies looked wonderful with the light shining on them…

 
the rose standards were almost done and I had to stand in front of this one for about five minutes to get a shot… the wind was really blowing, lol… shared a lovely conversation with a woman who was enjoying their perfume… 

 

these lisianthus were absolutely stunning… I really need to plant some in my garden…  

wonderful day…

appliances…

02 Saturday Aug 2014

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checked the pond this morning and some of the string algae is gone…

sadly, the plants that got the powder on them are covered with big black marks… think the powder burned them…. good news is that the fish are all fine…

20140802-192959-70199721.jpgoutside for a while this morning, came in, and have been watching a Criminal Minds marathon ever since…

had tiny new potatoes, beans, and peas along with a brie and apple stuffed chicken for my dinner…

20140802-193036-70236896.jpgtested the old full size freezer this afternoon to make sure it would still run… I’ve been trying to get rid of it for a couple of years but haven’t been able to find anyone to come and take out the freon and then cut it up… when we redid the basement we knew it wouldn’t come out in one piece, lol… I contacted Hydro last week to have them come and remove an old fridge and asked for a referral at which time they advised that they could do it, as long as the freezer still worked…

I am very happy as this will make space to store things I still want to keep and hopefully em>encourage me to do some more decluttering…

wish me luck, lol…

sorting…

01 Tuesday Apr 2014

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in the process of decluttering, I came across some sheet music books and the lovely recipe book from our cruise last May/June…

took them to work to share with my colleagues… always easier to let something go if you know it will have a good home…

reminded me of what a great time we had on the cruise and all the new experiences and fun we had…

just heard about my income taxes and I only owe a few hundred dollars this year… much less than last year when we had to file for George as well…

missing my beloved so much… some days it feels as though the pain is more than I can handle…

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need to focus on the positives… like the fact that I actually finished the hallway shelves…