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big girl pants, blessed, happy, matched, moments, new clothes, sweater, widow
recently I got a new sweater which is very cozy and I have been wearing it a lot;-)…

this morning I realized it matched one of my tops, lol… how fun…
07 Sunday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, happy, matched, moments, new clothes, sweater, widow
recently I got a new sweater which is very cozy and I have been wearing it a lot;-)…

this morning I realized it matched one of my tops, lol… how fun…
04 Thursday Jan 2024
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for years the catches on the cabinet under the fish tank have not worked…
last week we picked up some new fasteners that I wasn’t sure would fix the problem…
Monday morning I took out the magnetized pieces, added gorilla tape to each of them and fastened them to the door after removing one magnet and cleaning off the tape and glue with one of my Christmas presents, a scraping tool…


such a little thing, but fixing it and having it work properly makes me so happy;-)…

30 Saturday Dec 2023
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, books, Boxing Day, Chapters, Christmas, gift card, grandson, happy, moments, reading, reads, shopping, widow
I love to read, so was very happy that one of my presents was a gift card to Chapters…

we went shopping and I found five books, and a series which will be a gift…

not exactly sure why we went on Tuesday (Boxing Day), but it was worthwhile… the books were all 30% off with another 10% because of my membership, and then the gift card…
was pleased with the great savings, and looking forward to some good reads…
25 Monday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, buddies, car trouble, friends, gifts, happy, moments, Olympia Diner, process, restaurant, time, treat, widow
on Wednesday I had a lovely lunch with my BS buddies… we went to the Olympia Diner and had delicious food, lots of laughs and shared great stories…
it was quite the process for us all to get there as car trouble caused a bit of excitement, but eventually we all made it…

the food is always tasty and the portions are large… I had spanakopita, with lemon potatoes and Caesar salad, and had leftovers for the next day…
parcels were exchanged (which will be opened on Christmas), and one gift was our lunch… a lovely treat…
we always try to get a holiday photo and our waitperson took a number of photos to be sure we had a good one…

these women are so important to me and such a gift;-)…
23 Saturday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, boots, family, fixed, grandson, happy, moments, Rona, snow, weather, widow, worry, zipper
last winter I was having trouble zipping up my boots… they still fit fine, but it was getting more and more difficult to zip them up… I tried running a candle up and down them and then being sure to zip them closed as soon as I took them off, but it was still a worry when I went to put them on…
I purchased these boots Dec 2, 2015, so they didn’t owe me anything, but I didn’t want to replace them…
not long ago, when we were at Rona, we found a spray (similar to WD40), and used it on the zippers…

they work perfectly now and I am very happy about that;-)…
21 Thursday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, dinner, family, grandson, grandsons, happy, moments, time, treat, visit, widow, wishlist
one of the items on my Christmas wishlist was a visit from my grandsons, so I was excited on Sunday to prep for their visit…
had fun setting the table all fancy for our dinner…

I haven’t seen them since the summer so this was a great treat…


it was fun to watch them open their Christmas presents after dinner…
thanks to the oldest for making this happen;-)…
20 Wednesday Dec 2023
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out shopping on Saturday morning for the last of the Christmas presents…
went to two stores, neither was overly busy and everything on the list was obtained…
happy to be finished …
then spent a bit of time wrapping;-)…

all of the parcels are now under the tree;-)…
19 Tuesday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bubble, bubble wrap, covering, happy, hearts, light, moments, weather, widow, window
been doing a bit more window covering with bubble wrap…
it has worked great on the front and back doors…
yesterday, I put some up on the bedroom window, after I took off the screen… I covered one completely and did half of the second one so I could still see out…

I was thrilled to discover that the bubbles for these two panels were heart-shaped;-)…

how cool is that…
12 Tuesday Dec 2023
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this morning in my Advent box I received a kaleidoscope of butterflies…
I love that name for a group of butterflies;-)…
some of them had broken free of their original home and had stuck themselves all over the inside of the box… it took a bit of time to get them all out, lol…
the glue on them is just down the centre of each one so their wings raise up a bit and they do look as though they are fluttering…

I put them on the bathroom mirror and they look very sweet there…

we will see if they stay or flutter to the ground as there isn’t much stickiness to them;-)…
25 Saturday Nov 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, carefully, decorations, drawer, fabric, favourite, happy, holidays, living room, memories, moments, ornaments, purple, sleighs, table, widow
redid the living room table on Thursday…
usually for the holiday season I’ve filled it with glittery purple, silver, and clear ornaments…
this time I decided to change up the display…
first I found a nice piece of fabric and then a a collection of some of my favourite ornaments which would usually be hung on the tree but instead went into the drawers…

I took the glass off the top of the table and filled it with the ornaments before carefully putting it back on…

then three sleighs were set on top… looks good…