miles…

29 Saturday Jan 2022

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these days I get my steps walking the figure eight in the living and dining rooms…

I was wondering how many trips have been made around these two rooms…

they started when my beloved returned home from his heart surgery, and were short and slow as he regained his strength…

then there were the walks I took as I slowly regained my strength following my cancer surgery just months after he had gone… again, the steps were slow and difficult… took a long time before I could climb the stairs or go out onto the deck…

I walked on the treadmill in the basement before work since being diagnosed with diabetes… I overdid it for a while and my hips and knees can get a bit grumpy if I walk too fast, or too long, so I spend less time on it now…

during the cold weather over the last few years this has been my track… I find walking in the light is a positive encouragement to get the steps in…

how many miles has it been… maybe it is good that it is hardwood and not a carpet that might have ended up with a path in it, lol…

toss…

28 Friday Jan 2022

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the kids came over on Tuesday to do some shovelling…

I am usually able to do the sidewalks and decks, but there is so much snow out there now that I can’t toss the snow high enough to get over the drifts, lol…

the driveway got cleared, which was nice, although as I don’t go anywhere, that isn’t so important these days…

part of the job was to level the tops of some of the piles in the back so I can manage again without the snow sliding back to where I had moved it from…

they were also able to widen the space where the windrow was at the front… it is much easier to walk to the front door now…

blessed to have the help;-)…

sharpened…

09 Sunday Jan 2022

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a while ago my grandson took a few of my knives to sharpen for me…

they were from the WearEver collection that had belonged to my parents…

recently he dropped them back off… he had sharpened them and cleaned and oiled the one with a wooden handle…

today, I finally used a couple of them…

they were so sharp and cut beautifully… reminded me how good sharp knives are, lol…

instant…

07 Friday Jan 2022

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got a text from my grandson advising he would be dropping a few things off for me today… he was supposed to let me know the day before he was coming, lol…

I had promised to make red curry lentils so I got started…

usually I put the uncooked lentils into the sauce to cook slowly as they simmer, but as I wanted to be sure they were cooked in time, I did them separately…

while the sauce and lentils were cooking, I made the rice in the Instant Pot…

felt a little more rushed than normal, but I had everything cooked and in containers in about an hour…

he picked the containers up along with some other treats when he dropped off items he had collected for me;-)…

he also brought a couple of gifts from my younger grandsons… an Indigo gift card and a monopod for my camera;-)…

lovely to get a few late gifts…

toothbrush…

06 Thursday Jan 2022

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so excited to get an electric toothbrush for Christmas… I’ve been wanting one for a number of years, but just hadn’t gotten around to doing anything about it…

once I figured out how to get it put together, I sat it on the edge of the sink and plugged it in…

it took quite awhile to charge, but once it was done I unplugged it and put the charger away… I didn’t want it sitting so close to the water…

eventually I figured out that it could sit in the cabinet to charge, so that is what I did when it needed to be recharged… feels safer as it charges, without being near the water;-)…

once fully charged, I will move the charger back under the sink…

cavalry…

05 Wednesday Jan 2022

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for the first time since my beloved left me, I was able to change a lightbulb in the bathroom…

doesn’t sound like much, but I have tried numerous times without success and had to call in the cavalry to fix the problem…

but, I did it;-)…

felt like one of those big girl pants moments…

first-foot…

01 Saturday Jan 2022

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had a lovely New Year’s day…

I watched the Rose Parade which was something we’ve done with my parents for years…

dear friends stopped by to first-foot me… and brought the usual coal, orange, cookies, alcohol, with a beautiful card… and a gorgeous bouquet of orchids and allium… my bouquet from last week is just on its last legs so the timing was perfect…

orchids are one of my favourites and allium was one of my beloved’s…

after that, I made a delicious steak and lobster meal for my lunch… it is usually the meal for New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day dinner…

I decided on lunch so the day would be easier… and to broil instead of barbecue as it was so cold out…

it turned out delicious and then I spent the day watching movies…

and carrying the flowers from room to room, lol…

runners…

29 Wednesday Dec 2021

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my middle grandson arrived yesterday afternoon to do some shovelling…

he made a path from the house to the garage… and then to the back lane… all around the hot tub… and the top deck…

there was a lot of snow and it hadn’t been touched since Thursday…

he, of course, arrived with runners on his feet, lol… he had good gloves but his hands got cold, so for part of the job, he used grandpa’s garbage mitts that I had brought outside…