25 Thursday Aug 2022
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ashes, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, creek, family, flowers, memories, moments, monarch, nature, remembering, walk, widow
today we walked by the spot along the creek where we scattered my beloved’s ashes…
it was nice to wander past…
just a moment later I spotted this monarch in a field of wild flowers…
felt like a sign from him;-)…
22 Monday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, extender, family, giveaway, happy, moments, quicker, Technology, widow
yesterday most of the day was spent doing computer things…
transferring 300 gig of photos to a separate drive… that takes a while, lol…
purchased a few needed items…
hooked up the cutest little repeater that looks like a little robot, lol… which makes the wifi camera connect so much quicker…
sorted through two boxes and saved a few items and added others to the giveaway box…
21 Sunday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, moments, nature, plants, son-in-law, tamed, virginia creeper, weather, widow
here is my son-in-law trimming up the Virginia creeper which has absolutely loved the weather this year, lol…
but, it has been tamed…
for now…
20 Saturday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, jobs, moments, projects, son-in-law, switch, Technology, walk, widow
my Ottawa son-in-law arrived today to spend a few weeks with me…
he has plans to help get a few jobs done around my house…
we had breakfast out and then he changed the light switch in the kitchen to one that is compatible with my Google Home…
it felt like I pushed every one of the switches in the basement before we found the correct one to be sure the power was off, lol…
got out the tools Kasa recommended and in a few minutes he had it switched out and working…
then he changed the bulb on the ceiling fixture and put the cover back on… it has been off for months as the Philips Hue I was using needed airflow around it…
looks so much better now…
one job done… not saying how many are left on the list😂…
15 Monday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, clutter, computer room, cushions, desktop, effort, family, memories, moments, widow
spent time in the computer room this morning when it looked like it was going to rain… although it didn’t at that time…
cleared off the desktop, threw out paper, gathered a few items for the giveaway box, put cushions in the closet (possibly I have a cushion problem, lol), and moved a few things around…
even found a few things I’d forgotten…
a few more hours of effort before my son-in-law arrives from the east on Saturday and it should be comfortable for him to work in, lol… I hope…
11 Thursday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, Blizzards, Dairy Queen, dinner, family, food, grandson, moments, treat, widow, zucchini
had the kids over for dinner…
we had steak and zucchini, which they barbecued…
mushrooms that my grandson cooked, even though it was his birthday;-)…
salad as well as twice stuffed potatoes, which I made;-)…
everything was delicious and we all enjoyed it…
then we went for blizzards…
I haven’t had one for many years and it was delicious… I ate more than half of it before putting the rest in the freezer, lol…
05 Friday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, family, flowers, moments, subscription, travelling, widow
I’ve been enjoying my flower bouquets…
last week’s is still doing rather well in the living room…
and this week’s has been travelling around with me in the garden…
such a wonderful treat;-)…
01 Monday Aug 2022
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anniversary, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, car, family, garden, grandson, memories, moments, morphed, paper flowers, photos, pond, remembering, Technology, time, walk, widow
started the day looking at photos of my beloved…a few tears were shed in the process… we were married 52 years ago today… I still remember looking out the window of the apartment to see him dropping off the decorated car… in those days, getting the car turned out with paper flowers was the thing to do, lol…
then I had a walk around the garden… in the 49 years we’ve been in this space, it has morphed from a square green grass covered area, to a swing set with some cedars, to a small swimming pool space, to a huge sandbox with a two story playhouse, to a parking area for a camper trailer… to a space filled with ponds and lovely gardens…
thanks to the help of Hilda the Gardener, a lawn service, and the kids, it is looking wonderful and I know that he would be pleased…
I am truly blessed, but I miss him every day…
30 Saturday Jul 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, chance, family, fear, heights, lake, memories, moments, Mount Washington, new things, pictures, wakeboard, water, widow
this picture came up on my Facebook memories a few days ago…
it was a reminder of the frightening ride we had on the chairlift at Mount Washington eleven years ago…
we sat at the bottom of the chairlift for a long time… both of us had a fear of heights… but we decided to do it…
we got on the lift and started up, but the person who helped us didn’t put the bar down…
I felt so scared that I may have bent the side and back bars on the chair, lol… when we came down they were careful to make sure all the safety features were in place…
we were proud of one another;-)…
this photo came up too…
it was from a few years ago when my kids tried to get me up on a wakeboard…
we tried for what felt like hours to do it… one was in the water with me and one was driving the boat carefully… it just never happened…
but, once again, I was pleased that I had taken the chance and tried new things, lol…
my beloved would have laughed and laughed, although he didn’t love being on the water…
10 Sunday Jul 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, car, family, garden, moments, motorcycle, napping, nature, rice, tired, weather, wet, widow
had quite the day on Wednesday…
I was dropped off by a friend for a doctor’s appointment and got my 2nd Covid booster…
my grandson picked me up and we ended up with subs for lunch…
we traded vehicles again, so he took back his motorcycle and left me with the car…
spent time in the garden while the house was getting cleaned…
put away the cushions and went in for a nap… slept through a thunderstorm and woke up to a soaking wet garden…
it occurred to me how tired I was when I spent five minutes after napping reaching around for my glasses before realizing I had my contacts in…
realized that I’d left my camera and book on the table on the back deck… and they were both soaked…
once I brought the camera and book in, I set them on towels to dry… the book did fairly well, but when I turned the camera on it was like looking through fog…
I used a baggie and the last of my rice to cover the camera and left it to sit for a few days…
this morning I removed it from the bag and was thrilled to see that there was no more fog… yay…
