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emotions…

15 Thursday Aug 2019

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the other night when I got dropped off at home I couldn’t find my house key…

stood at the back of my friend’s vehicle searching through my bag in the dark, dumping everything out, with no success…

they waited while I turned on my iPhone flashlight and headed to the back of the house to dig out the spare key…

brought back lots of emotions because when my beloved died I realized that I couldn’t just call him if I lost or forgot it… found a spot to stash it so I would be safe if I came home without a way to get in…

rather happy I was able to find it as I haven’t needed to use it since I put it in its hiding spot…

it was a bit dirty, but worked;-)…

and the next morning I put it right back to keep me safe…

pleasant…

02 Tuesday Jul 2019

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well, what a pleasant surprise…

the cleaners came today… they usually come on the first Monday of the month and I expected they wouldn’t be here until next week as yesterday was a holiday…

luckily, I tidied up this morning before I left for work…

the house just feels better when I walk in and I know right away that they’ve been…

I always giggle when they rearrange the cushions, lol…

I am so blessed…

tent…

22 Wednesday Aug 2018

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was thinking about how our camping game has improved…

in August of 2015 we camped in two tents… one for the boys and one for the adults… we also had thick air mattresses and a tarp that covered both of the tents…

there was a humongous thunderstorm during the night and the tarp saved us from being drenched… after it started to rain again in the morning we decided to pack up and go home…

we camped the second night in the basement of the kids new house, lol…

August 2018… for the last ten days we were in this tent trailer… we bought it last year and after the first trip one of the ends broke…

the kids finished making repairs, painting and replacing the floor just before we left… so much more comfortable than the tents, lol…

it reminds me of the camping trips we made when the girls were young as it is very similar to the one we had then;-)…

my beloved would have enjoyed it…

roof…

19 Saturday Aug 2017

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rather sad today…

this was the scene from yesterday… the back side of the house is done but not the front, although apparently it is water tight…

was looking forward to it being all finished this afternoon… they told me they would be here around nine this morning…

this is what the roof looks like now, sigh…

they never came and their stuff is all over the yard so I can’t even sit out and enjoy the garden…

I’m fairly sure they aren’t going to come tomorrow and Monday’s forecast is for rain…

feeling rather grumpy and wishing my beloved was here to sort this all out…

variety…

24 Saturday Sep 2016

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very fall-looking day… 

spent it indoors and the morning melted away as I worked on a little project…

wasn’t expecting it to take near as much time but working with a variety of technology is sometimes challenging, lol… although I always enjoy every minute when I am making something…

kept at it until it was done before I would let myself have lunch…

each meal today was a bit unusual… for breakfast I made zucchini pancakes to go with a poached egg… very tasty…

at lunch I had a whole wheat pita with lettuce and pâté and radishes alongside…

finally my dinner consisted of smoked goldeye with a stir fry of cauliflower, onion, eggplant and mushrooms…

although when I look at the pictures, there wasn’t much variety in colour except for the radishes… looking rather bland, lol…

took this picture of the house yesterday… looks pretty good, eh… thinking of the variety of looks it has had since September 1973…

house…

08 Thursday Sep 2016

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before I left home on my vacation I took a few pictures of the house…

the trim has been peeling like crazy and the doors have both faded…

I’d arranged for it to be painted while I was gone, so wanted some pictures to remind myself of how it looked…

I had chosen a company that would let me pay over a period of up to ten months and only required 10% down… seemed worthwhile to have the professionals do the job… 

my daughter drove over the day after it was done and sent me some pictures…

looked nice from a distance and in the early evening light… she noticed a few things that needed to be touched up, but I was very happy to see how it looked…

as soon as I got home I took a few shots to show how good it looked…

tonight they came by to fix the few final bits… someone will be by first thing tomorrow to get the last piece put in around the window… 

looking very nice…

was a little disappointed to discover they needed cheques for the 6 payments… apparently they only take credit cards for the whole amount… that can be the problem with dealing with two different people… they each gave me different information…

happy it is done and pleased with the finished product…

Christmas…

25 Friday Dec 2015

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woke at five, then climbed back into bed to finally get up around seven…

  
my son-in-law worked the overnight shift and got home about 7:15 so we had tea and waited for the rest of the family to wake up… he’d seen the beautiful full moon on his way home and heard that it won’t fall on Christmas again until 2034 and that it hadn’t happened since 1977…

  
so I had to go out into the middle of their street to see it and get a few photos before it vanished… didn’t have my tripod so was pleased that this one came out…

then I took a few photos of their house in the early morning light…

  
everyone got up, with a bit of coaxing, and we opened gifts… we all did very well…

   
lots of technology this year with tablets and wired headphones for the little people…


and a wireless headset for the oldest, who was visibly pleased… which, for a teenager, is pretty spectacular… well done mom and dad…

  
my stash included some cool technology for meal prep and a few purple items, lol…

we sat down to freshly made waffles and covered them with fresh fruit and a bit of whipping cream…

  
by the time we finished making them no one was left at the table, so this is a picture of what I had, lol… it was delicious…

rests were had, games were played, books were read, naps were taken…

dinner was a lovely roasted chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, brussel sprouts, raw carrots and French fries made in the new fryer that only used a few tablespoons of oil…

quiet time with a bit of colouring after dinner…

  
home now and planning to head to bed… full day…

hoping that you were able to find some special moments in your day…