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forty-seven…

24 Thursday Dec 2020

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tonight, as I sit in the living room listening to Christmas music and enjoying the lights, flowers, and tree, I am remembering many Christmas Eve’s that have taken place in this house over the last forty-seven years…

once the girls arrived, our parents came here to celebrate the season…

when the kids were on their own and some had their own children, they came here for years… there were family members sleeping everywhere… had to be careful where you walked to be sure not to tread on anyone…

only in the last few years have we gone to the kids’ place which made it easier for everyone…

so many wonderful memories and fun times…

elves…

22 Tuesday Dec 2020

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today my two older grandsons came by… one got dropped off so he could shovel, while the other went out for a few last minute items I needed… the main one being food for the fish;-)…

while he was out and about, the younger was shovelling… there was a lot of snow and it was heavy… put out some hot chocolate to warm him up…

the shopper returned and the elves loaded up the car with presents and goodies for their house…

a bit sad to see Indi with snow on her… she doesn’t have a garage for protection these days…

good news is that all the gifts have been sent on their way;-)…

beverages…

17 Thursday Dec 2020

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on Tuesday my shopper/courier arrived after stopping at the liquor store to pick up some beverages;-)… little bottles of wine, not sure why, lol… and a bottle of my favourite sherry, which I haven’t had for years…

he took away a parcel for Canada Post and a couple of treats for him…

a bit later I received a delivery of groceries from Diversity Foods which included eggs for their house…

last evening my son-in-law stopped by on his way home from work and brought me some sidewalk salt… he took home the eggs…

still waiting on four deliveries from online purchases and thinking we might start a new tradition of after–Christmas presents…

swept…

14 Monday Dec 2020

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yesterday my middle grandson came over to shovel for me… there wasn’t too much snow, but after the last snowfall, everything froze and the sidewalk was crazy icy… I didn’t want that to happen again, lol… there had been a skiff of snow and I had gone out and swept the sidewalk just the day before…

it was cute watching him put his hoodie up over his baseball cap, which he had on backwards, lol… of course there were earbuds in as he listened to his music while doing the job… he did have gloves because I couldn’t give him grandpa’s to wear which often happened before when he forgot…

he did the front, the driveway and all of the back decks and pathways… the garage camera even got a few photos for me… he was happy to get the December payment which will help with his Christmas gift shopping…

it was wonderful to see him, even though it was only through the windows… and now all of the spaces are cleaned…

parties…

13 Sunday Dec 2020

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came across some photos of a visit with Santa at a Rona Christmas party eleven years ago… it was such fun to take our grandkids and we had a great time…

it was before the store opened and was in the back… there were decorations and lots of gifts for all the kids with treats for everyone… iPhone pictures have certainly improved since then…

reminded me of the CN parties we used to go to when the girls were little… our dear friend Margaret took us for a number of years… they were fancy and great fun too, and the girls always enjoyed them…

I also have a dim memory of kids’ Christmas parties with my dad, where I helped him with set up… I can particularly remember the full size popcorn machine and making popcorn for everyone during the party;-)…

starving…

12 Saturday Dec 2020

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my morning schedule is to put on the kettle for my tea, choose my Advent treat for the day, feed the fish, and prepare my breakfast…

when I get to the calendar, which is on top of the fish tank, the fish are running back and forth to make sure I know they are there… and starving...

I can practically hear them, lol… later in the day, they will rush over as I enter their space to see if they can convince me that they haven’t been fed…

connecting…

04 Friday Dec 2020

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with everyone learning how to connect with family and friends over the last six months or so, my daughter reminded me that we have been doing this for years…

just today, a Facebook memory was of a gathering we had eight years ago… my daughter was in BC, my son-in-law was in northern Alberta, and the rest of us were here…

technology has come a long way since then and there are many ways to connect… the main ones I currently use are Skype, Google Duo and FaceTime… I’ve been using Skype Organize a Conference Call without going through my Skype account, but over the last few weeks going through my account is working much better… I think I need to learn a bit about Zoom…

still, always happy when it works fine…

61st…

03 Thursday Dec 2020

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it would have been my beloved’s 72nd birthday tomorrow… we’ve commemorated it a number of ways over the years and this year I plan on dinner from Modern Plate Catering, with my Ottawa kids on Google Duo…

we’ve had some wonderful birthday celebrations over the years…

one of my favourites was his 61st birthday… he was recovering from quadruple bypass on his 60th, so we couldn’t do anything special, lol… on his 61st we had dinner out at Fusion Grill with his boy friends and their partners…

during his illness he had three particular friends who went for walks, coffee, talks and visits with him on a regular basis… it was such fun to spend time with them all together… it was a great surprise for him and everyone had a lovely time…

last night I spent ages searching for this picture and did not find it… this morning it came up in my Facebook memories, lol…

fun to remember some of those special times… makes the days happier;-)…

eighth…

02 Wednesday Dec 2020

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yesterday marked eight years as a blogger and WordPress reminded me in the evening…

kind of amazing to think I have been writing nearly every day for all that time… it started with information about all the challenges and things I learned after my beloved died… from needing numerous death certificates, to knowing the right answers for insurance forms, to how to get the car transferred to my name, to setting up an estate account at the bank… there were so many things that I didn’t know I didn’t know and had to figure out…

I wanted to help others who might be going through similar circumstances…

it has moved from that to sharing a view of my journey as I move through life without my other half…

those big girl pants continue to be difficult to get into some days…

woes…

28 Saturday Nov 2020

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technology woes…

I consulted with my son-in-law about my printer, which says it wants to talk to a technician, lol… sadly, it is dead and I need to replace it… that exact one isn’t available and there are so many options which I have to decide on, and most importantly, will I be able to connect a new one… on to the homework…

recently I’ve been using my landline number on purchases as I am basically always in the house…

a few days ago I received a call and none of my portable phones worked… they all say “out of range”… I tried unplugging and replugging them in, but to no avail…

luckily, I have two phones upstairs that actually connect with a phone plug and so I brought one down to the main floor while I try to figure this out…

technology is such a gift when it is working, but a pain when it isn’t, particularly when no one can come into the house…