14 Saturday Jan 2023
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08 Sunday Jan 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, difficult, flowers, growing, happy, moments, nature, orchid, orchids, plants, setting buds, widow
great excitement as I have discovered three orchids that are setting buds;-)…
this makes me very happy as January and February can be difficult months – usually cold and dull…
the one orchid which is blooming is sitting on the middle of the living room table and doing very well…
29 Thursday Dec 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, fish, fish tank, garden, happy, moments, murky, nature, outside inside, struggle, tank, water, widow
it has been a quiet few days here…
time has been spent watching bunnies and birds and squirrels through various windows…
but in the house there has been a problem with one of the fish tanks… it has been very murky… I’ve tried a few things without success…
Wednesday was spent taking about a quarter of the water out of the tank, deep cleaning the pump and filters and finally, adding fresh water…
yesterday I could see the difference… and I was very pleased with how clear the water is so far…
excited to see if it gets even better over the next few days…
28 Wednesday Dec 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cheers, computer, family, happy, internet, memories, moments, shopping, Technology, time, treat, widow
Sunday we opened gifts over the internet, lol…
we always like to cheers together and being 1330 miles apart doesn’t stop us although it took a bit of direction from the kids for me to get my mug in the right spot, lol…
there were lots of treats and great minds thinking alike as we all opened Chapters/Indigo cards…
technology has made such a difference in our lives…
what a treat;-)…
20 Tuesday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, Chihuly, food, friends, garage, garden, gathering, group, happy, home, longtime, meeting, moments, pandemic, treats, weather, widow
Monday afternoons our longtime group meets…
we used to meet in the evening when we all worked, lol… since we are all retired now, we’ve moved to the afternoon… for some of the pandemic we met online and since the spring we’ve been meeting in the garden… then we moved into the garage for a while…
we moved into the house in the fall… for a number of weeks, I left the front and back doors slightly open and we wore our masks until everyone was sitting down…
now, the doors are closed and we no longer wear masks, but I still bring the coffee into the living room, where we gather;-)…
everyone drinks decaf, except me and my tea…
we often have pistachios and sometimes folks bring other treats… a great time of conversation and sharing…
what a gift these women have been for me…
14 Wednesday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, happy, laundry, long sleeve, memories, moments, stain, sweater, Technology, widow
I’ve been taking the time to enjoy the moments…
one of those moments was my delight at finally getting a stain out of this sweater;-)…
seems like a little thing, but I had tried for ages to get it out… particularly as I have been wearing more long sleeved warm tops…
reminded me of my mom, who loved doing laundry, and could just about remove any stain…
07 Wednesday Dec 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, bird feeders, birds, blessed, happy, iPhone, memories, moments, nature, neighbour, particular, shovelling, snow, sun, sunshine, swept, weather, widow
stood at the window and watched chickadees, a nuthatch, and sparrows at the feeders…
and my neighbour shovelling his sidewalk… he is very particular and does a great job every time… it is fun to watch and makes me giggle every time, because my beloved would have been very impressed;-)…
besides shovelling, he also swept the front steps…
06 Tuesday Dec 2022
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Sunday we celebrated my beloved’s birthday…
the kids in Ottawa ordered A&W and I ordered it here… this was as close as we could manage to get burgers which were one of his favourites, lol…
ordering and having the meal delivered makes it easy to meet and eat at a specific time without going crazy in the kitchen trying to get separate meals ready…
we met online and enjoyed our burgers and chatted about him…
whenever we meet up we like to “cheers”… in person or over screens…
after we finished our call, I had one of their apple turnovers… he loved apple pie;-)…
it was a low key and enjoyable way to remember him…
05 Monday Dec 2022
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas mugs, giveaway, happy, memories, moments, mugs, purge, sudden, urge, widow
I was watching tv and all of a sudden decided I needed to dig out the Christmas mugs… they haven’t been used for a few years as they were at the bottom of the overflowing closet in the computer room…
so I spent a couple of hours purging…
got down to the mugs, ran them through the dishwasher and changed them out for the current mugs…
in the process, I gathered up six or eight boxes of goodies for the giveaway pile, including two boxes of mugs…
way to go me, lol…
although there are still items all over the room that need to be dealt with…
that is a tomorrow project;-)…
02 Friday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, Christmas tree, decorating, embroidered, friend, friends, getting ready, happy, main, moments, snowflakes, tree, widow
the main tree went up… and I even put one into the dining room…
a dear friend came over and decorated the one in the living room…
she did a great job, as always… especially since I didn’t contact her until noon once I decided that was the day, lol…
I brought up many, many, boxes of ornaments which we went through and decided on what to use this year…
once she left, I worked on the dining room tree and put most of the leftovers back downstairs…
in the morning I put up the snowflakes and put away the last bits and pieces…
I was especially happy when I found my embroidered snowflake picture…
which may have been hiding for a few years;-)…
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