26 Thursday May 2022
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on Tuesday, my grandson arrived with his bike in the back of the car…
he had spent hours over the weekend getting the inside and outside of Indi cleaned for me…
I had spent the morning finding space in the garage so that she would fit as she has returned home… very exciting…
looking good…
14 Saturday May 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, moments, nature, plants, protection, shopping, snow, treat, weather, widow
spent time out and about recently, shopping…
my grandson arrived with breakfast from McDonald’s… and his laundry…
after eating, and getting a load into the washer, we headed out to Rona looking for a repair kit for the hose that goes to the pond…
after a bit of fun there… and a few plants… we moved on to Costco… found more plants…
and some pants, all of which had pockets;-)…
throughout the day the laundry got done and a few projects as well… unfortunately, not the hose as it was smaller than normal hoses…
popped all the plants in the garage for the night for their protection… will bring them out into the sunshine on nice days until time to plant…
using the soil we picked up, I filled the pots in the shade garden so they are ready for veggie seeds…
wonder when that might be…
13 Friday May 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, fish, garden, goldfish, grandson, moments, moving, nature, plants, pond, tank, treat, water, weather, widow
well, the big excitement is that the fish are now in their summer home…
my grandson didn’t have any difficulty catching them, although he did mention that some of them were fast, lol…
we got some great photos of them sliding into the water…
the water lilies also made it into the pond… this is their third year…
I am pleased that they have overwintered well;-)… hoping they will produce flowers again this summer…
29 Friday Apr 2022
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what a busy day…
this morning I was picked up and dropped off downtown at my dentist‘s office for a cleaning… I was early so I walked around a bit and got a few photos of the golden guy…
been a really long time since I was downtown…
from there we went to Superstore where I found a few dishes and a little Tradescantia Nanouk…
then I drove home, emptied out the car, and took Indi to get a bath…
seemed as though most of the city decided to do the same thing, lol… got there at 12:11, into the wash at 12:32 and was out by 12:51… I walked outside while the car was inside…
back home, had lunch, and then drove to an appointment… from there it was back to Superstore to collect my grandson and return home…
a lot of driving and it was fun to be behind the wheel…
but now I am tired, lol…
05 Tuesday Apr 2022
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beta fish, big girl pants, blessed, family, fun, grandson, hat, memories, moments, nature, river, tubing, widow
recently my grandson and I had a conversation about some fun times… two of the things he remembered are below…
one was a tubing trip down the river in Courtenay, BC, where I was knocked off the tube by a tree branch and lost my new hat… everyone but me was quite happy as they hadn’t liked it, lol… he was around seven at the time… I ended up with a bruised leg and a gash on my head… it certainly was something I won’t forget, and apparently neither will he…
the other memory was around a beta fish in a vase that I kept on my desk at one of my workplaces… he has always been interested in fish and is a great collaborator with the goldfish…
so interesting to hear the things he remembers;-)…
24 Thursday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, computers, family, garden, grandson, hot tub, moments, nature, networked, snow, the Chocolate Lab, time, widow
another good day with my guest…
started it off with a smoothie, cashews, tea and the last of my Calgary bonbons…
had a hot tub and put chairs on the deck in anticipation of warmer weather and more melting snow…
got a new external drive hooked up remotely, and the various computers networked, thanks to my computer geek in Ottawa…
had a bit of a rest while my guest was out for a few hours with a friend…
and then we had dinner with the oldest grandson…
it was delicious…
on our way out for an end of day hot tub;-)…
08 Tuesday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, car, driving, drove, grandson, Indi, moments, nature, out and about, snow, snowbank, weather, widow
yesterday I drove the car… woohoo… it has been four months since I was last in it… I see the doctor every three or four months and that is the only time I am out and about on my own…
the drive was fine, although the corners were difficult to maneuver with so much snow making it hard to see if other vehicles were coming…
in the afternoon I also drove to the eye doctor’s office to have my glasses tightened… been a very long time since I’ve been in a store… they had excellent procedures in place which made it feel safe… and the great news is that now my glasses don’t fall off my face when I bend over, lol…
seems like everywhere I went there were big trucks that were being filled with snow on street corners…
spring is coming… there were puddles right next to huge banks of snow…
and then, my grandson arrived and off went the car;-)…
07 Monday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, grandson, happy, iPhone, moments, Technology, tp-link, widow, wifi, working
I am so happy…
over the last week more and more of my Google Home products have gone offline…
at first it was 2 tp- link plugs, then a switch, then more of the plugs and finally my Geeni cameras… made me crazy…
and then the printer stopped because it couldn’t find the wifi…
my grandson got the printer going… yay…
the suggestion was that I should delete and then add all of the products back in… I did not want to do that… my plan was to call my provider to see if there was an issue with my internet…
was waiting for another call so didn’t get around to contacting the provider…
just for fun, I went in and turned off my wifi and then turned it back on…
getting ready for bed, I went to turn one of the plugs off manually only to discover that its light was blue, not the orange that meant it wasn’t connected…
checked all the others and they were fine too…
yay 😀…
06 Sunday Mar 2022
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backed, big girl pants, blessed, car, driveway, family, flowers, grandson, in the house, Indi, moments, shovelling, snow, treat, weather, widow
today the kids came to drop off the car… and shovel the driveway… it was sunny and a balmy -16C…
there was a lot of snow because it hadn’t been cleared for at least two big snows…
didn’t take them very long and then they backed Indi in so it will be easy for me to get out tomorrow… seems strange to see her in the driveway, lol…
and, they brought me flowers… what a delightful treat…
we had a short visit in the house before they headed off for the rest of their busy day…
02 Wednesday Mar 2022
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apartment, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, grandson, memories, moments, moving, stuff, ticking, widow
my grandson moved on the weekend… he went from one apartment to another…
it reminded me of our move from our only apartment to our house… moving into the apartment had been an easier time as we were both coming from our parents’ homes and all of the furniture was delivered directly from the stores..
when we left the apartment, we didn’t have that much stuff and had friends to help us with the big things…
we arrived at the house eagerly around 9 am and discovered the elderly couple having tea at the kitchen table… they didn’t appear to be packed and may have forgotten they were leaving that day… yikes, it made for a stressful morning as we waited at the basically empty apartment, hoping they were going to be out in time for us to get in…
we had to be out of the apartment at the end of the day, so it did feel as though the clock was ticking…
when we turned up again at 3 pm they were gone and the house was empty…what a relief…
I have not moved since then… now there is a lot of stuff, lol…
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