08 Thursday May 2025
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aquasize, beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, enjoy, garden, hot tub, leaves, middle, moments, nature, ride, weather, widow
Wednesday morning, as I was waiting for my ride to aquasize, I realized that the trees across the creek were covered in leaves, woohoo;-)…
it was a beautiful day and I had a hot tub in the middle of the afternoon…
can’t even remember the last time I’ve done that…
what a treat… I am doing my best to enjoy every minute of these delightful days…
28 Monday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, connected, empty and fill, filter, garden, hot tub, moments, pump, Technology, time, water, weather, widow
it was time to change the water and filter in the hot tub…
once I brought out the pump and connected it to the hose, I started the process at 10:20 am… twelve minutes later the pump came out and I emptied the last little bit of water with a pail and cloth… that took another twenty minutes…
once the new filter was in, I brought out the hose from the basement, repaired a piece of it, and hooked it back up to the outside tap…
filling the tub took about an hour and a half and just after 1 pm, the electricity was back on and the heating up process began…
it took just over a day to heat to 103°C…
10 Monday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, daytime, garden, hot tub, lens, moments, nature, pictures, shovelling, snow, Toque, weather, widow
went out for a hot tub on Sunday afternoon… and tested out my new toque…
can’t even remember the last time I was out in the daytime… it has been too cold at night and when it wasn’t the deck hadn’t been shovelled, lol…
I went out a few days ago and got the space cleared off so it was ready…
it was only -21°C and I had a lovely time, although the mitten that I had put the phone into got wet while I was taking pictures, lol…
sometimes the lens gets a bit foggy when taking pictures from the tub…
the mountain of snow is quite high and I am hoping we can move some of it because it is getting difficult to throw the snow over the top of it;-)…
30 Thursday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cap, crystals, garden, hot tub, ice, icicles, moments, nature, snow, Technology, weather, widow
Monday night I went out for a hot tub…
it had been warm during the day and there were a ton of icicles over the tub, so I sat in the opposite corner from usual so nothing could fall onto my head, lol…
as I stepped outside I could hear the ice crystals falling so I grabbed my cap to protect my glasses…
it was a bit chilly for anything above the water as the ice crystals continued to fall…
I am still having trouble with the Ring light, which I have to turn off from the garage, no matter what I try on the app…
I was out for quite a while and when I came inside I realized how much snow had come down, lol…
27 Friday Dec 2024
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seems like we were busy today…
took a trip to Canadian Tire to find a new hookup for the hose… we weren’t sure if it was the actual hose or the valve… happily it was the valve, which was much more economical than a new hose, lol…
the new one turns much easier so the old pliers can make it back into the toolbox…
then, the hot tub was topped up… it was rather low… and the cold tub was dumped and refilled…
finally, the new saucepan and small frying pan got added to the kitchen wall;-)…
20 Friday Dec 2024
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bedsheets, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, cushion, family, gift, grandson, hot tub, Jysk, moments, shopping, snowflakes, widow
checked out the new Jysk on Wednesday…
had a walkabout and found paper napkins at a great price, so I picked some up… I only use them for special occasions, as I use cloth regularly…
then I treated myself to snowflake flannel bedsheets and a sweet red heart-shaped cushion… merry Christmas to me;-)…
didn’t wait for Christmas morning, lol…
fun times…
07 Thursday Nov 2024
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cold, complaining, garden, hot tub, moments, nature, Toque, water shoes, weather, widow
well, last night, when I went out for a hot tub, I put on my water shoes and toque…
the toque always reminds me of my beloved;-)…
when I’d gone out the night before and climbed up the steps in my bare feet, they were cold;-(…
and so it begins…
I was feeling bad about needing them already, but when I looked at previous times I’d started wearing them it had been towards the end of October, so I guess I shouldn’t be complaining…
25 Saturday May 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, clean, empty, fill, garden, hot tub, late, moments, quicker, Technology, water, weather, widow
at 5:30 Tuesday night l started to change the water in the hot tub…
a bit late to start the process, but that was how the day had gone, and it really needed to be done…
turned it off, brought up the pump, connected it to the large hose and within twenty minutes it was almost empty… it is so much quicker with the larger hose…
next I had to climb in and scoop out the last of the water and give it a good wipe down… that part always takes time, usually half an hour or so…
finally, after putting in the new filter, the water started to go in…
forty-five minutes later it was full and ready to be turned back on…
plugged back in and by Thursday morning it was ready for chemicals… it takes about five different ones, which go in one every twenty minutes or so, to get it ready for jumping in;-)…
had a nice time in the hot tub that evening, especially after all the work that had gone on over the last week…
tonight I enjoyed another visit to the tub and although it was overcast, it wasn’t raining or windy, lol… yay…
02 Thursday May 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, circle, cleaned, creeper, garden, hot tub, leaves, moments, nature, plant, shelf, weather, widow
spent a little time the other day cleaning the shelf beside the hot tub…
there were tons of vines from the Virginia creeper and dead leaves around the circle of friends…
it looks so much tidier now…
thinking about what plant might go on the shelf when the weather starts and stays warm…
25 Thursday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, expanded, garden, happy, hose, hot tub, moments, nozzle, time, weather, widow
started the day with topping up the hot tub… it is always interesting as to how often it needs to happen…
I am very happy with the new nozzle…
the hose is still in the basement, so it took a bit of time to get it expanded and up the stairs…
hoping to get it moved outside by the end of the week;-)…
will have to see if the temperature has returned to 103° by bedtime, so I can have a hot tub…
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