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lively…

02 Wednesday Oct 2024

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Wednesday was a lively day…

started off with an early breakfast and quick inspection of the house to make sure everything was tidy as the cleaners were coming at nine…

it was raining out when they arrived so I headed up to the computer room to get out of their way… while there I filed paperwork, put items in a pass-along box and tidied the desk… it always surprises me how that desk can get cluttered, all by itself, lol…

as they left, Hilda the Gardener arrived for a final cleanup of the garden… pots and planters were emptied in preparation for our next season, irises were planted around the garden, and the strawberry plant went back into the ground to overwinter…

while she was here, my grandson’s grandfather arrived to work a bit on the newly drywalled sections of the basement…

as they were working inside and outside, I began bringing in the plants that will live indoors during the next few seasons and setting them up in their winter locations…

this year I have set up a few grow lights in the spot where the small fish tank had been located… it will be an interesting experiment to see how they will do in this location…

so, the inside and outside of the house are both lovely, tidy, clean and organized…

then I had a nap;-)…

maneuver…

01 Tuesday Oct 2024

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, changes, family, fireplace, friends, grandson, maneuver, memories, moments, remembering, widow

the fireplace is gone…

in 2019 the chimney came down…

currently my grandson is redoing his space and part of the plan was to remove the fireplace to make a bit more room, as it was a corner unit…

it was quite the job, as they had to saw through the pipe where it went through the wall…

then they recruited some additional muscle and rigged up ropes to help with the weight of the unit… quite a process…

it was touch and go as they maneuvered the stairs and just made it through the doorway…

from the door to the garage was a piece of cake, lol…

now it is waiting for a new home… hopefully someone out there will be able to make use of it;-)…

I don’t remember it being so difficult to bring into the house, but that was years ago when my beloved brought it in😊…

drum…

22 Sunday Sep 2024

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belt, big girl pants, blessed, drum, dryer, family, grandson, Hameed Appliances Repair, moments, repair, Technology, widow

on Tuesday, September 11, the dryer stopped working… they had been here almost exactly a year ago to repair it the last time it stopped working… at that time it needed a belt somewhere in the back…

my grandson took a look and discovered that the belt that goes around the drum had broken… he looked on YouTube and figured he could fix it if we got the part…

I contacted Hameed Appliances Repair by email and asked if we could just get the part or whether they needed to come out to fix it…

they were quick to respond and agreed to drop off the part the following Monday once they received it…

$30 later, and six days without a dryer, the part was delivered to the house…

we were very happy, but when my grandson looked at it he realized it wasn’t the correct belt…

this time he contacted them by phone as I wasn’t sure what was wrong with the one we got, lol…

after a conversation with them, including sending photos, they ordered a different belt and it was delivered on Friday…

as soon as my grandson got home he headed to the dryer and with me holding the top open, and him following a YouTube video, he had it attached in about fifteen minutes…

and it is working perfectly… now he says he is an appliance repair person, lol…

eventually we realized that my description hadn’t been clear enough and they had sent the same belt that was used to repair it the first time…

even though it took quite a while to get it all sorted out, I was pleased that they hadn’t insisted that they needed to come out and fix it;-)…

flapping…

21 Saturday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, family, flapping, house, ladder, moments, neighbours, siding, weather, widow

this afternoon the doorbell rang and it was my neighbour…

he and his helper had come to see if they could fix the two pieces of siding which have been flapping on the side of the house for ages…

he had already moved the plunge tub and wheelbarrow to get to the ladder which hangs on the outside of the garage and then he got right to work…

it took awhile to get both pieces back in place and he had a tool in his hand that I couldn’t quite make out, but after moving the ladder a number of times in both places, he got it done…

I am so happy because now I won’t have to listen to the flapping anymore when it is windy…

what a treat…

jammed…

16 Monday Sep 2024

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it was hot but we had a crazy busy and productive day yesterday… the shed, which I haven’t been to the back of for over fifteen years, got emptied…

it had been jammed with all kinds of goodies over the years… let’s be honest, my beloved was a pack rat… and, I may have added a few items…

part way through the process it looked a bit better…

once all the “stuff” was removed, they had to shovel out twelve garbage bags filled with seeds, nuts, bits of cardboard, chewed up wood, and insulation…

when all was said and done, the space looks huge…

on to next part…

supply…

11 Wednesday Sep 2024

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was very happy on Sunday afternoon when a new supply of Fern Michaels books arrived…

I was on the last two books, so it was perfect timing;-)…

I also got a container of homemade potato salad, woohoo…

took a bit of time on Monday to add them to the stair library;-)… before setting them on the steps, I had to sort them in order…

lots of great reading ahead;-)…

traverse…

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, landscape pins, leaves, lost, moments, nature, netting, pond, Technology, traverse, weather, widow

finally got the net down to protect the pond from all the falling leaves…

we ordered netting online awhile ago and I had some landscape pins which we used to fasten it around the pond… I had to remove ones that were holding down a drip hose around the main deck because I have managed to misplace the box which has at least twenty-five more pins in it, sigh…

it was an interesting process as we figured out the best spots to attach it… my housemate did most of the work, but I did help…

so happy that we can still traverse the bridge without having to walk on the net…

it is the perfect length so that we didn’t have to go back and forth across the water to cover the whole thing… it doesn’t even look too bad…

and, of course, since then, hardly any leaves have fallen, lol…

pass-through…

07 Saturday Sep 2024

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spent a little time with the last of my bouquet subscription flowers…

I had divided the bouquet into two vases, but they were pretty much done, so I collected the last of the good ones and put them into two small vases…

one in the bathroom and one on the pass-through…

I am already missing the weekly beauties…

landmarks…

03 Tuesday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, boat tour, CMHR, early, family, fun, landmarks, moments, nature, treat, water, weather, widow, Winnipeg Waterways Tours

went for a ride on one of the Winnipeg Waterways Tour boats yesterday morning…

while we waited to board, saw some ducks and geese and had to take a few pics, lol…

our driver, Pete, shared lots of interesting facts, many I wasn’t aware of, as we travelled along the Assiniboine and Red rivers…

it was fun to see some of the city landmarks from the water…

I was happy to get a few nice photos of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights…

and this one from the back of it…

a lovely treat;-)…

knob…

27 Tuesday Aug 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, door, family, fixed, front door, handle, Home Depot, house, knob, moments, repair, widow

today, as we were heading out to do a few errands, the doorknob came off in my grandson’s hand as he was locking the door…

so, besides the planned errands, we also went to Home Depot to get a new handle for the door…

I was very happy that this happened when he was home as I wasn’t sure that I could fix it…

once we returned home, my fancy screwdriver came out, pieces were removed from the door…

the new pieces were installed…

and voila, a beautiful new handle on the door…

it feels much sturdier, and although the handle is a bit stiff, I think the door is closing and locking better;-)…

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