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31 Saturday Jan 2026

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I don’t think I’ve driven at all this winter…

since the snow started, I have been relying on my housemate and Uber to get me where I need to go… and my adventure buddy who always does the driving (yay to her!)…

my newest process is to volunteer at The Leaf from three until six… that way I can Uber there and my housemate can pick me up… seems to be working quite well…

recently I had a ride in a Tesla, which had the entire roof made of glass… I knew how to get in, from a previous encounter, although the driver automatically opened the door, but it took a while to figure out how to open the door from the inside to exit at my destination, lol……

I was thinking how cool it would be to drive out of the city and watch the stars or the aurora in comfort from the back seat without having to leave the vehicle, lol…

check-up…

30 Friday Jan 2026

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this morning I had an appointment with my doctor for my regular blood pressure check-up, as well as hearing my A1C results…

as we went into the exam room he mentioned to his staff person that I always wear purple, lol…

he started out asking if I had been to Fleurs de Villes and we chatted about that for a few minutes… I wondered why he had asked and finally realized I was wearing one of my Fleurs de Villes t-shirts, lol…

he had to take my blood pressure a few times to get a good reading… I mentioned that my housemate was waiting for me and I was worried he wouldn’t get to work on time, lol…

my A1C had gone down and has been trending downward which made me happy as I feel I am eating in a more normal fashion… he was pleased with that…

we also discussed that those numbers could go as high as 8.1 before it would be a problem as I age… of course, neither one of us plan to let that happen…

on the way home we picked up a favourite breakfast as a treat;-)…

way to go me😊…

crisp…

15 Thursday Jan 2026

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my housemate decided to make apple crisp with all the apples he purchased and then forgot to eat, lol…

I found a recipe and we peeled, cored, and sliced what felt like a ton of apples before they went bad…

next he mixed in the sauce and then used the vacuum sealer to package two bags of the apples…

when he decided to make the apple crisp, he gathered the ingredients for the crisp portion, put everything together and baked it in the oven…

it came out delicious… reminded me of my beloved whose favourite thing to bake was apple pie;-)…

alphabetizing…

12 Monday Jan 2026

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we were looking for brown sugar and somehow decided to tidy the cupboards, duh…

everything came down, quite a few rather old items were discarded, and the remaining containers went back in…

then we headed to the grocery store and while we were there, found a couple of revolving trays and new spice jars…

once we were done putting groceries away, we added the trays, which of course meant taking all of the containers out again…

it is going to be so much easier to find the item I am looking for now…

then, we got out the label maker, which I am still learning how to use, and made labels as we filled the jars that would fit in the two spice racks…

now we are working on alphabetizing them;-)…

such fun, but we were both exhausted…

step-stools…

10 Saturday Jan 2026

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spent a little bit of time in the kitchen…

went upstairs and brought down the regular mugs and changed them out for the holiday ones…

next, with help from my housemate, I changed out the dinner plates and saucers… it is always a bit of a process as one set comes down from the top of the cabinet and the other goes up…

step-stools are involved and I am always surprised at how much the Christmas plates weigh, lol…

trimmed…

06 Tuesday Jan 2026

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got a ride to Ultracuts for a haircut… apparently the last time I was there was early October which explains why my hair seemed to have grown like crazy…

had to have the top trimmed a second time as it was still a bit long;-)…

what a difference a trim makes…

I feel much more tidy;-)…

blowing…

04 Sunday Jan 2026

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Saturday morning I wandered around the house going to each window to look out and take photos of the beauty outside…

it snowed a lot overnight, but the lovely light kind of snow… the trees were gorgeous…

sometime later my housemate was outside blowing the steps and sidewalks…

he doesn’t like to be photographed, lol…

on his return home later he made sure the driveway was shovelled…

I truly am blessed;-)…

loosening…

29 Monday Dec 2025

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went to finish the chicken soup, and noticed the oven was on, so I tried to open the door and the handle came right off…

it had been loosening before and I would just tighten it…

my housemate and I couldn’t put the handle back on because the oven was hot… we left it to cool and then tried again…

when we went to open it, the inside sort of separated… I was hoping this allowed us to get to the window that we could clean…

unfortunately, it was not the one, although we did clean this portion…

next he went out and bought some loctite to make sure the handle stayed on… we weren’t able to get to the really messed up window, but the important thing was to get the handle back on the door, which was being held closed by the stepstool…

now it is fixed… we will see if it comes loose again…

mid-day…

28 Sunday Dec 2025

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my grandson usually arrives here on Christmas day around noon…

our current tradition is to have appetizers for our mid-day meal as he may have already had breakfast and will be heading out for dinner a bit later in the day…

we had wandered the aisles at the grocery store picking up things that looked fun…

we had shrimp dumplings, fancy cheese fries, tempura shrimp, wontons, veggies and dip, sausage rolls, and a shrimp ring… lots of shrimp on that list, lol…

this year we did stockings for each other, which was great… it has been many years since I had a stocking…

it was filled with a great many treats…

then the second round of presents were opened, and I was royally spoiled;-)…

although he only had a few gifts he was very pleased with them…

we sat around and visited before he had to leave for his next engagement, lol…

I truly am blessed to have this thoughtful young man in my life;-)…