18 Saturday Sep 2021
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last night I had dinner with my grandsons and one of their friends… we finally all got together at the same time…
I roasted two small chickens, made mashed potatoes, turnips, carrots, cranberry jelly, gravy, and stuffing with a Caesar salad…
it was fun to think of them as I did all the prep work… and to make sure everything was ready at the same time, lol…
we ate in the garage and had a lovely time together…
what a wonderful treat;-)…
29 Sunday Aug 2021
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had a burst of energy and spent a couple of hours in the garage cleaning…
was able to give away a few outdoor games to a neighbour… filled up the garbage and recycling bins… and cleaned off about half of the bench and one shelf…
thinking about painting the bench purple;-)…
every little step feels like progress;-)…
24 Tuesday Aug 2021
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had a lovely dinner tonight with the kids…
they brought me a bunch of mums for the garden… I had been collecting parcels for them over the last few weeks, so we traded, lol…
we ate in the garage as it was a bit cool out and rain threatened… I am still nervous about having people in the house for any length of time…
even put one of the plants on the table to provide some ambiance;-)… looks good with the tablecloth, but we won’t mention all the “stuff” that is everywhere…
we spent time remembering how grandpa knew where every single thing was located and planning the organizing and decluttering that has to happen…
13 Thursday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garage, garden, moments, nature, pond, repair, son-in-law, steps, tools, vanishing, waterfall, widow
this afternoon my son-in-law came over and got the waterfall going… looks like he has also solved the vanishing water problem by moving the large standing stone and levelling it… this is very exciting as we’ve been struggling for a few years trying to fix it…
he also spent a bit of time in the garage sorting the tools to give away, toss, and the items he wants to keep… we already have a couple of toolboxes with most of the things I might need…
finally, he did a quick fix of the step so I can use it until he brings over the board to repair it properly…
so happy to hear the water running in the garden;-)…
28 Wednesday Apr 2021
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busy day yesterday…
spent time in the garage bringing the floor back into view…
the car hasn’t been here for an overnight since the fall so the garage has filled up with a number of things… a couple of the chairs waiting for their new brackets, a table with bits and pieces on top, numerous boxes, a few cushions not put into their proper place and some pumps…
I had moved a few items around the day before and yesterday I finished and was able to put the table away…
then I even swept the floor… Indi may not have recognized the space when she showed up this afternoon… my grandson didn’t even open the door when he arrived because he had been in it recently, lol…
had him put her into the garage and I opened all the windows and hope that any aerosols will be gone by morning when I need to head to an appointment…
27 Tuesday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garage, house, neighbour, repairs, siding, son-in-law, vinyl, weather, widow
a week or so ago, the doorbell rang and a person asked if I wanted my vinyl siding fixed as they had noticed a couple of loose pieces…
I was thrilled, as in the fall my son-in-law and a neighbour had both tried to fix a couple of pieces on the front…
this person was working on a house down the street and came back on Saturday to do the fixes…
they also added more flashing to the garage so that the water won’t drip down behind the eavestrough…
so happy to have these pieces of siding put back into place and that I won’t have to listen to flapping in the wind anymore;-)…
27 Saturday Mar 2021
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well, it took most of the day, but I got the obelisk put together;-)…
started first thing in the morning… put a couple of layers together and then made a mistake and couldn’t remove a pipe that was stuck… left it and kept thinking about it… was really missing my beloved… he had the strongest hands and that was what I needed…
eventually I remembered the clamp that is attached to the workbench in the garage…
after using cloth, the clamp and pliers, I was able to separate two of the pieces… finally was able to add a piece upside down and connect the remaining pieces together…
looks great;-)… hoping for a few warmer days so I can set it into the pot on the deck… the morning glories are going to look great on it…
way to go me…
19 Tuesday Jan 2021
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was a busy day yesterday… very few people are coming into the house nowadays…
once a month the cleaners are here and during that time I am in a room they don’t clean…
my grandson sometimes steps into the house, although he usually just leaves things for me on the front step…
other than that, no one crosses the threshold…
yesterday two people come into the house… I had planned to meet with both of them in the garage, but it was too cold for that so they both came in…
a lot of cleaning after they each left, with no help from these guys…
21 Saturday Nov 2020
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yesterday I woke up to a world covered in snow… so beautiful, particularly as I didn’t have to go anywhere or should leave the house…
my grandson arrived in the morning to collect Indi’s winter tires and get them put on, and he brought me a beautiful orchid… he works for a store that, as of yesterday morning and the lockdown, couldn’t sell many of their items, so they gave the orchids to staff… such a lovely treat…
just before he left, he shovelled the sidewalk for me… I like to keep it clear for our mail carrier…
I went outside early, cleared the path to the garage, and moved a few chairs and other items, so he would be able to get to the tires without touching anything else… it was nice to see him, even if we didn’t get within 10 feet of each other…
later in the afternoon, I shovelled the deck so that I can get to the feeders I have set up… although, not sure I will be able to obtain sunflower seeds for them now that everything is locked down…
happily for me, the snow was light…
14 Wednesday Oct 2020
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big girl pants, camera, catching, family, garage, garden, goldfish, grandson, lunch, moments, mulching, plants, pond, Technology, widow
what a lovely afternoon… my son-in-law and youngest grandson came over with lunch… we had burgers and subway sandwiches in the garage…
then my son-in-law installed a new security light and camera on the garage… biggest issue was getting it to connect to the app, lol…
while he was doing that, my grandson took on mulching the leaves in the front yard… it was his first time mowing… he is getting big…
and the two of them caught eleven of the nineteen fish in the pond… it was great fun to watch them work together to capture the individual fish…
they also pulled out the plants that I am going to try to overwinter…
what a treat;-)…
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