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vacillating…

25 Saturday Dec 2021

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today I’ve been vacillating between joy and sadness…

joy at spending time this morning online with the kids in Ottawa as we opened our gifts;-)… they were in the sleigh, lol…

sadness that I am here alone, even if at my own choice…

joy, at spending time with my grandson and his girlfriend in the garage around the fire pit exchanging presents…

sadness that my beloved isn’t here…

joy, that my dinner was delicious… my favourite roast chicken, homemade stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy and turnip…

it looked a little beige, but tasted delicious…

sadness that I wasn’t able to see the rest of my Winnipeg family…

and back to joy as I remember I am home safe and healthy on this Christmas Day…

yup, up and down…

fairy…

23 Thursday Dec 2021

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it snowed quite a bit overnight and when I looked out the bedroom window this morning I thought I had best get out and clear the sidewalk… particularly after my learning earlier about not leaving the snow to get stuck, lol…

when I arrived in the living room the sidewalk was clear;-)… obviously the snow clearing fairy had come by…

that was nice and I sent a text to my neighbour, who may have been that fairy…

later I went and shovelled the deck and hot tub area as the tub needed water… I hadn’t realized how much snow had fallen…

I am so pleased with my extendible hose as it makes adding water much easier…now the hose runs up the stairs and out the back door, instead of through a vent in the wall…

then, while the tub was filling, I shovelled as far back as the garbage can…

a bit later, while I was eating lunch, I heard a snowblower going and thought it was the neighbour behind doing his driveway, but when I checked my garage camera discovered it was the snow clearing fairy cleaning my driveway…

what a generous gift;-)… the driveway is long and this will save my grandson’s back when he stops by for a short garage visit in a few days…

what a kind Christmas gift…

bins…

14 Tuesday Dec 2021

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brought in the garbage and recycling bins yesterday afternoon…

while I was in the yard I changed out the broken bird feeder with a purple one that was in the garage…

I also filled all the feeders…

then I took a few photos of the new planter that is now sitting at the front door;-)…

it looks great…

finally…

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;-)…

burst…

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;-)…

mum…

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…

vanishing…

13 Thursday May 2021

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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;-)…

overnight…

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…

vinyl…

27 Tuesday Apr 2021

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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;-)…

clamp…

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…