28 Friday Nov 2025
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Advent boxes, big girl pants, blessed, books, Christmas, den, library, moments, naked, trees, widow
the book stair library has been moved into the den in anticipation of trees and advent boxes…
I will just have to remember where they are when I finish my current book, lol…
right now the stairs look a bit naked…
19 Sunday Oct 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, company, den, family, guest, guest room, moments, preparation, ready, widow
took some time on Saturday turning the den into a guest room…
the sofa table makes its way to the dining room window as well as all the plants that are on it… tables and carpet are removed… the bed opens up…
the headboard mattress from the upstairs bedroom comes down to make the sofa bed more comfortable…
fresh sheets go onto the bed, a comforter, and pillows…
and it is done;-)…
all ready for company…
03 Monday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, coyote, den, garden, moments, nature, solar lights, strong, stunned, sunlight, tarp, weather, widow
I’ve been watching the solar lights in the garden over the last few days and have noticed that they are lighting up, having not been working for the last few months…
clearly the sun is getting much stronger, even though it has been cold…
so, tonight I was trying to get a shot of the solar light on the deck working and was stunned to see a coyote cross the pond and go behind the tarp which covers the outdoor furniture…
of course, I wasn’t fast enough to catch it in a photo…
I am a bit worried that it might be using the tarp as a den, so we will have to check into that in the morning 😬…
28 Tuesday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, carpet, couch, den, family, grandson, health, moments, nature, orchids, order, plants, widow
by Monday morning the den was back to normal…
the mattress had gone upstairs on Saturday, and the tables and couch put back in their usual space… I also changed the orchids on the sofa table, putting the ones that are blooming onto the dining room table and the ones that aren’t into the den…
it wasn’t until Monday morning that the carpet and coffee table made it back into their spots… my housemate had to lift the couch so I could slide the carpet under the feet to hold it in place…
I’ve now added a tray on the side table to keep it from getting scratched and added some flowers…
nice to have things in order…
19 Sunday Jan 2025
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spent time in the den, getting it ready for a guest…
furniture was rearranged and a few tables moved out of the space, lol… it was interesting to figure out where to put them…
once the couch was opened up, an extra mattress was brought downstairs, thankfully I had help with that…
next sheets, a quilt, comforter, and pillows were added…
then I tested out the bed, to be sure it was comfortable;-)…
some flowers and we will be ready;-)…
14 Monday Oct 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, brilliant, den, drapes, family, grandson, housemate, moments, step stool, struggling, widow
I’ve been wanting to change the drapes in the den for a while now…
I brought down the ones I wanted from upstairs and went to fetch the step-stool, that was currently in the basement, to get the job done…
my housemate noticed what I was doing and came upstairs…
he, very cleverly, took the rod off off the wall to add the new pieces… they are much lighter and go over the light blocking ones currently hanging there…
I was planning on struggling with them while they were still up on the wall..
how brilliant was he;-)…
24 Thursday Nov 2022
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behind, big girl pants, blessed, den, moments, moving, quilt, recuperate, sofa, table, time, widow
finally took the time to move the table behind the sofa in the den…
it sounds simple, but involved moving the table into the hall, pushing the sofa (and carpet) to the side of the room, getting the table past the edge of the sofa, and then putting everything back, lol…
got it all done, found a quilt to put on the table and sat down to recuperate from all that exercise;-)…
looks good…
09 Friday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, comforter, den, family, mattress, moments, son-in-law, widow, wrestled
last Saturday, after I got home from dropping my son-in-law at the airport, I wrestled the mattress upstairs … it was on the pullout couch while he was here to make it more comfortable for him…
that returned the den to normal…
Sunday I lay a comforter on the bed, got the mattress on top and secured the four corners… then I was able to move the bed away from the wall and slip the mattress behind it…
sounds a lot easier than it actually was, lol…
pleased with the results and rather proud that I did it on my own…
those big girl pants;-)…
27 Wednesday Jan 2021
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today, I wore those big girl pants again…
it started late yesterday when the light blew in the den… I went and got the kitchen step stool, but when I stood on the second step it made me too nervous to take down the cover…
after I thought about it for awhile, I decided the small ladder from the garage would work, so I had my grandson put it beside the back door while he was here shovelling… I brought it in and left it to warm up, as it is metal and it was very cold out today…
finally, I climbed up, changed the bulb, and returned the ladder to the back door… tomorrow will be warmer so I will return it to its spot in the garage…
I am having to figure out how to do more things as I am not having anyone in the house these days… looking forward to the time when people can come and do jobs for me…
15 Tuesday Sep 2020
Posted in business, life, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, den, gift, google, mini, Technology, widow
the other day I received a Google Nest Mini in the mail… it was a gift for joining a program…
after thinking about it for a short time, I decided to put it in the den… the other option was the laundry room, but I’ve been spending more time watching TV in the den, so we will see how it goes…
I didn’t even have to read the how-to instructions to set it up… the process is easy and it connects with all the others seamlessly…
hey Google;-)…
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