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19 Sunday Dec 2021

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yesterday I made the decision to go into my own personal lockdown…

it was a very hard decision at this time of year, but I have been struggling with the worry of getting sick after all these months of taking such care…

so, my Monday/Tuesday group will meet by Skype tomorrow for our Christmas celebration… I’d ordered a charcuterie board and I will divide it up with some veggies… two of my friends will pick up gifts and then drop off the snack packages before our call…

lunch and goodies via Skype… just like we’ve done before, lol…

and I won’t be having my grandson over for lunch on Christmas Day, although possibly he will stop by for a short visit in the garage… or go to my daughter’s for Christmas dinner…

presents will be picked up, phone and video calls made…

I have all the things I need in the freezer (I think) to make a lovely chicken dinner on Saturday…

another solo Christmas, and although I will miss everyone, I feel I will be safe…

and at this point that seems the most important thing;-)…

booster…

16 Thursday Dec 2021

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got a great surprise today;-)…

I’ve had a booster shot scheduled for the second week of January at my doctor’s office and had checked with a nearby drugstore to see if I could get one sooner as the rules recently changed… unfortunately there were no appointments left at the moment…

got a call this morning from a friend as one of them wasn’t able to get the vaccine today and they offered me the spot, after checking with the pharmacy…

left home at 10:30, wearing my KN95 mask and was back, all boosted, by 10:50;-)…

just last night I heard that this mask is currently the best protection…

very relieved to have all 3 shots as there are plans for a small gathering on Christmas…

what a great feeling…

tags…

12 Sunday Dec 2021

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what a lovely day…

my grandson came over with a bunch of things I’d asked for…

one of which was this cute tree pillow to go with the Joy pillow from the other day…

we had a delicious lunch of roast chicken, potatoes, gravy and carrots…

a lovely visit and off he and Indi went…

then I spent time wrapping a number of presents… such fun… and I used some of my recent Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers gift tags…

those tags have come in very handy;-)…

joyful…

11 Saturday Dec 2021

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today there was extra joy;-)…

one of my gifts from Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers was the smallest gift tag with the word joy cut out…

and a bit later the Joy pillow I ordered online arrived… it is exactly what I was hoping for…

it was lucky that I looked out the window as two parcels were sitting on the step… no one rang the doorbell or knocked…

the second was a gift from my kids for me… I will wrap the box up tomorrow and put it under the tree;-)…

the day was joyful…

steps…

04 Saturday Dec 2021

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had a quiet day… spent it remembering all the wonderful Christmas and birthday memories with my beloved… he would have turned 73 today;-)…

just last night I hung up his stocking at the top of the stairs once the small trees were on the steps…

I did giggle a bit, because he had trouble with his balance and he always felt the stuff on the stairs took up all the space on the steps…

I made burgers and fries for dinner which was one of his favourite meals…

it was delicious…

lots of wonderful memories;-)…

beat…

03 Friday Dec 2021

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last week I put lights around the front windows…

it has been an interesting process as I used duct tape… sadly I’ve had to continuously press the tape back on as it doesn’t really want to stick…

anyway, after I finished I wanted some pictures so I put on my jacket, but left my slippers on as I was only going to be on the sidewalk…

once the pictures were taken I went to open the door and it wouldn’t… my heart skipped a beat as I stood there – in my slippers…

I tried a few times, but it just would not open… by chance I turned the handle up which was the opposite direction than normal and it opened… whew…

talked to my son-in-law, who suggested WD40, but that didn’t work… had to put a note on the door, lol…

my grandson and I picked up a new handle and he was able to change it without a problem…

a tiny piece of plastic broke off which is what caused the issue…

happy to have it working properly again;-)…

bonbons…

02 Thursday Dec 2021

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last year I had a great advent calendar and when it was finished I saved the wooden box it came in…

Canadian Chocoholic made inserts for it and mine came last week… it took me a good portion of an afternoon to construct the paper drawers… lots of folding and bending, lol…

my grandson took the calendar to Decadence Chocolates and Helen filled it with her bonbons…

got it back yesterday and had my first bonbon… yum…

what a lovely treat;-),,,

magnets…

01 Wednesday Dec 2021

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a week or so ago, I cleaned all of the various bits and pieces off the front of the fridge…

put the container with the 24 magnets on it ready for Advent… my daughter sent them to me years ago… they covered two muffin tins and each held a tiny treat as they were opened daily during Advent…

then I put them away carefully🤪… and I didn’t find them until last year, lol… I am happy to use them this year, especially as I still knew where they were…

I think I might start with the 24th and then count back until Christmas;-)…

guess I better turn the magnets around, lol…

this morning I put up the first one…

bin…

15 Monday Nov 2021

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the garden looked so beautiful after the snow on Friday…

of course it always looks beautiful as long as you don’t have to go out into it, lol…

I had taken out the garbage bin on Thursday, even though the pickup day had moved because of Remembrance Day… I didn’t want to struggle with the snow that was coming…

good thing I did that… a lot of snow came down… the pickup ended up being on Saturday, but I didn’t have my grandson bring it in while he was here shovelling…

this morning I went out and shovelled my way to the back gate so I could bring the bin back in…

shovelling was easier and I left the garbage bin just under the cedars so it won’t get too much snow on it… I followed the path that the bunnies had made so that there should be less drifting… except I ended up with my head in the branches…

had a snow hat for a few minutes…

poppy…

11 Thursday Nov 2021

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many in my family have served… both my parents, my father-in-law, uncles and my son-in-law… as I watched the service on Parliament Hill, as I have done for many years, I was remembering the sacrifices made by Canadians to make my life safe…

last year I put my poppy on the door as I didn’t leave the house at all…

this year I’ve worn it a few times when I’ve been outside…

then I put it back on the door…

I should have made a larger one for the door…

a moment to remember…