24 Friday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, foot, happy, health, massage, moments, pedicure, purple, touched, treat, widow
can’t think of the last time I had a pedicure so it was such a treat to have one on Tuesday afternoon…
surprisingly, my toes got painted purple, lol…
as always, my favourite portion of the experience is the foot and leg massage;-)…
and I am getting much better with having my feet touched, lol…
23 Thursday Jan 2025
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app, big girl pants, blessed, family, handy, learning, moments, nature, ride, snow, Technology, Uber, weather, widow
had my first Uber rides in Winnipeg…
went from home to Total Wrapture spa for pedicures, then on to San Vito for lunch, followed by a return trip home from Foodfare…
it was the perfect day for it as it was very cold, snowy, and windy…
one of the vehicles had automatic sliding doors, which was kind of fun…
after being trained in the process of ordering the ride, and other information on the app, I tried to sign up for it, but it was using my old email address, so we have to get that sorted out and then I will try it on my own…
a great experience, particularly with how quickly they pick you up after contacting them…
16 Thursday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, date squares, family, friends, garden, health, integral, moments, plants, time, visit, widow
had a most wonderful visit with a dear friend who I haven’t seen for ages…
one of those people where the conversation just continues as though you’d seen one another the day before…
lots of talk about plants and gardens and how integral they are for both of us…
health and family also were covered…
and I received a container of delicious date squares…
so blessed to have time with special people…
13 Monday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cabinets, cleaning, excess, family, grandson, hoarder, housemate, kitchen, moments, organized, widow
my housemate and I spent quite some time in the kitchen Sunday afternoon… someone suggested I might be a kitchen hoarder;-(…
we went through all the bottom cabinets, cleaned, added to the pass-along box, and threw out or recycled excess plastic…
took most of the afternoon but it looks lovely and all the shelves are newly organized…
I’m hoping that I can remember where everything is now, lol…
07 Tuesday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, Christmas, family, flowers, moments, newer, purple, rearranged, widow
had fun with flowers Monday morning…
picked up the bouquet on December 29th when we were out grocery shopping;-)…
as there were already flowers in the living room, the bouquet went into the den…
the living room flowers were done, so I rearranged the newer flowers into three little vases…
playing with flowers makes me so happy;-)…
05 Sunday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, dressers, drywalling, family, grandsons, laundry room, lighter, moments, mudding, prep, sanding, widow
my middle grandson came over on Friday to do some drywalling in the laundry room…
earlier, I took a few photos to have a before and after…
first they moved the dressers out of the space…
a large cable was moved, insulation was installed, and plastic added…
then the drywall was measured and screwed onto the walls…
finally the screw holes and joints were filled with mud, tape went over the seams, and more mud added…
that was it for the day as the mud needed to dry before the next steps…
this morning my housemate sanded, vacuumed, and wiped down the new drywall…
in the afternoon, we shortened one dresser, sanded the bottom of it (with a new Christmas present), and then returned both of them to their usual location… and with the one being shorter we now have access to the plug that was hidden behind it;-)…
I am amazed at how much brighter it looks;-)…
we plan to reorganize the drawers and I think I will find some nicer containers to hold the various cleaning products…
04 Saturday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, dinner, family, food, happy, memories, moments, New Year’s dinner, prime rib, process, widow
for New Year’s dinner we tried something new…
we had prime rib… for many years we would have steak and lobster with twice-stuffed potatoes…
so this was fun to try… cooking the prime rib was interesting… first, it had to sit on the counter for six hours to reach room temperature, then it went into the oven at 500°F for half an hour, and finally the oven was turned off and it sat inside it for two hours…
quite the process, but it came out perfect for those of us who enjoy rare meat;-)…
there were mashed potatoes, mushrooms, Brussels sprouts with carrots, little Yorkshire puddings, and gravy…
delicious…
02 Thursday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, first footing, front door, memories, moments, new year, shovelling, snow, tradition, widow
on New Year’s day in the morning, I went out the patio doors and shovelled the decks…
then I walked around to the front and did the sidewalks and steps…
I used the shovel by the back door and it was very noisy, lol… it has a metal piece along the front and makes a scraping noise as it is used…
the one I normally use is plastic and much quieter…
I started at the back because I was waiting for my first-footer to arrive so didn’t use the front door…
twice during the day people commented that I was the only person they knew who followed this tradition, and also that when I was gone, the tradition would probably go with me, lol…
29 Sunday Dec 2024
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24 Tuesday Dec 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, display, family, lights, moments, nature, plants, poinsettias, Technology, The Leaf, widow, wreaths
made it to the most recent display at The Leaf…
we went around 7 so it was fairly dark in the Tropical Biome… a great time to go as there weren’t many visitors…
there were a few lit up flamingo topiaries and throughout the space there were lit signs about various birds…
there was also a cute Christmas tree made from individual plants…
the display in the Mediterranean Biome had lots of trees, lights, and poinsettias…
I also spotted a few amaryllis… some just starting to open, others in full bloom…
the trees were filled with ornamental birds and some birdhouses…
only spotted one of the seven succulent wreaths…
my plan is to go again in the daytime to see how it looks in the light;-)…
always a treat…
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