07 Saturday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, family, flowers, gift, moments, nature, pass-through, subscription, widow
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…
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;-)…
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;-)…
17 Saturday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, Bruce Park, ditched, family, grandson, moments, nature, the "A", trailer, walk, widow
had breakfast with my grandson at the “A” a few days ago…
it was a nice walk there and back…
we had the breakfast special, our usual…
on our way home we had a good look at a trailer that has been sitting near the end of the street…
it has been there for a long time… we are wondering if it has been ditched…
16 Friday Aug 2024
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15 Thursday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, crayons, daughter, family, garden, moments, paper, rubbings, time, widow
had fun documenting my daughter’s activities as she made various rubbings in the garden for a book she is making;-)…
she has been doing this all the way from Vancouver Island…
she wandered around the garden using sheets of paper and the side of different coloured crayons…
some of the rubbings worked beautifully, others, not so much… she also took a few items to add into the book…
but I am sure that the finished product will be beautiful;-)…
14 Wednesday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, daughter, dog, family, friend, friends, garden, macaroni and cheese, moments, pancakes, trip, visit, whirlwind, widow
my daughter came to town and was here for about 12 hours between Saturday and Sunday…
she was passing through, helping a friend drive from B.C. to Ontario… the friend, her dad, and their dog spent the night with us…
we had supper when they arrived, enjoyed some garden time that evening and the next morning and then they headed off after breakfast;-)…
both meals were requested and it was fun to make her favourite macaroni and cheese and satisfy her friend’s desire for pancakes…
such a treat to see her and meet this friend who I’ve heard much about, but never had the opportunity to meet…
it was a whirlwind…
08 Thursday Aug 2024
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author, big girl pants, blessed, books, family, Fern Michaels, grandparents, grandson, happy, library, moments, Nora Roberts, reading, stair, supper, treat, visit, widow
we went to the oldest grandson’s other set of grandparents the other day for supper and had a lovely visit…
before we left I had access to their library where I got a bunch of books by an author that I had just discovered – Fern Michaels… the shelves looked much tidier before all the books came out, lol…
she also had two new Nora Roberts books I have been waiting for…
we filled a grocery box, woohoo…
I added them to the stair library in order and now I have reading material for the remainder of the summer;-)…
what a wonderful treat;-)… once the Olympics are over I will get down to some serious reading…
06 Tuesday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, digging, family, garden, garden bed, grandsons, heavy, help, moments, nature, plants, project, rock, rocks, weather, widow
doing the happy dance…
Monday, the weather was perfect for being in the garden and my middle grandson came over and worked on the most current project… the soil in this garden bed kept sliding down and covering the stepping stones…
he removed some miscellaneous rocks, dug a trench and then, with my oldest grandson, moved and placed large rocks, which were located all around the garden…
it was interesting to watch as they decided together which rock worked and looked best where…
with my direction, of course…
the rock wall looks good…
so pleased that this project, which has been on my list for quite some time, is now completed…
18 Thursday Jul 2024
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, health, hernia, hysterectomy, memories, moments, remembering, surgeons, surgery, widow, without
it was twelve years ago today that I had surgery for a hernia and a hysterectomy… it took a while to get organized as two different surgeons were required to work together so that both issues could be taken care of at the same time…
it was particularly difficult because it was the first time I went through a serious health issue without my beloved there to support and look after me…
thinking back to that time, I realize how far I have come and how well I am doing now…
I still miss him every single day…
