08 Sunday Sep 2024
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big girl pants, IKEA, jug, measuring cup, moments, smoothie, Technology, widow
had a laugh this morning when I realized I had made my smoothie in the suntea jug instead of my usual IKEA measuring cup…
couldn’t see the measurements on the side which tell me how much almond milk to add…
apparently I was only half awake…
26 Thursday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, covers, fabric, family, grandson, happy, hard work, IKEA, moments, purple, Technology, upholstery, widow
a while back, I removed the cover on one of my IKEA chairs and arranged to have two new ones made…
I used the company that did such a great job on the garden chair cushions…
we picked a pretty fabric and then waited… and waited… and waited…
the first piece of fabric that arrived was defective and it took a while to get the replacement, lol…
got the email advising the covers were done and raced over to pick them up…
then it took us quite some time to get the covers on the chairs as it was snug… good that there were muscles in the room, lol…
but they look great… and I am very pleased with the colour;-)…
12 Saturday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, carpet, family, happy, IKEA, kitchen, moments, purple, rug, runner, shopping, widow
on Thursday, amongst all the shopping, we ran over to IKEA to pick up a lamp…
while we were there we came across a runner that was purple and gray-blue, and just the length I was looking for… on sale, it jumped right off the shelf into my arms…
when I got home I realized that the two ends were a shade of yellow and wondered if it would spoil the look…
but that bit of yellow goes perfectly with the wood on the wall…
it took a while for it to flatten out, but I am very pleased with how it looks…
what do you think;-)…
27 Thursday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cork, family, IKEA, jug, moments, shopping, suntea, useful, widow, wisk
went to IKEA on Saturday… hadn’t been for ages…
it was fun to wander through the store and check out all the stuff…
was happy to replace the wisk that stopped working while my daughter was visiting… it is very handy for combining chocolate in warm or cold milk;-)…
the other item I found was a new jug for making suntea… the one I’ve been using didn’t have a lid and it was plastic…
this one is glass, but quite light and it has a cork stopper… it also fits very nicely in the fridge as it is much thinner than the plastic one…
I think it was a good purchase;-)…
11 Sunday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, ChefsPlate, clothes, IKEA, quiet, Rona, sky, snow, Superstore, widow
was anticipating a quiet day but it didn’t turn out that way… did take a few pictures of the gorgeous snow…
worked on a project and then headed out to meet my kids…
we met up at IKEA, did a little shopping and then headed to Moxie’s for lunch… a wander through Rona and then I headed toward home as they went off to a soccer game…
stopped at Superstore to pick up a few groceries and some clothes jumped into my cart…
couple of pairs of leggings and three long-sleeve tops… with the cold weather haven’t seemed to have enough warm things for work…
bit of a nap and then I made Lemon Chicken and Rosemary Pappardelle from my ChefsPlate box…
the sky was beautiful again tonight…
finished work on the project and watched a bit of tv…
off to clean up from supper…
21 Wednesday Sep 2016
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this morning before I left home I took some pictures of the October orchid… the one I got from IKEA last October… which has been blooming since I brought it home… except for a few weeks… it has been amazing…
it almost looked artificial as the blooms stayed perfect for months at a time… when it finally dropped the last blossom, a new branch emerged and these blossoms have been open for months as well…
my beloved brought me orchids on a fairly regular basis… some for home and some for my work space as well…
he also picked them up for some of my colleagues…
one of my colleagues is away this week and I am orchid-sitting… can’t remember if this is one that he picked up for her… anyway it has seven blossoms on it…
have made sure the light is on in the office and the blinds open… even put the heater on for a while…
it has been so long since it bloomed that we can’t remember what colour it is going to be…
very exciting, although I do hope it waits until her return before opening…
12 Monday Oct 2015
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beloved, big girl pants, dinner, family, IKEA, orchid, sleepover, thanksgiving, Thermea
got picked up by the kids on their way home from a family dinner last night…
had a sleepover at their house and this morning my daughter, a friend of hers, and I, went to Thermea…
it was windy first thing when I woke up…
trees swaying in the backyard…
blowing in the front…
pouring as we drove there, but we went anyway… when we came out of the locker room the rain had stopped and there were few people around… wind was a bit strong but we had a great time and had most of the areas to ourselves… even got to sit around one of the fire pits…
lovely start to our Thanksgiving day…
from there we popped over to Ikea to take back a few surplus items from their kitchen reno… I usually try not to go to stores on holidays but this was the only time we could get there…
picked up a couple of cushion covers and a lovely orchid…
reminded me of my beloved who was always bringing orchids home to me… seemed like a great thanksgiving treat…
ended the day with a wonderful turkey dinner…
03 Saturday Oct 2015
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barbecue, basil, big girl pants, busy, fire, fire pit, IKEA, table, volleyball
worn right out…
worked on a project first thing…
my daughter picked me up and we went to IKEA to purchase a table and chairs for their new house…
it is a housewarming, anniversary and Christmas gift…
rushed over to the other side of the city for a volleyball game…
had to get reacquainted with the rules, but enjoyed watching it… bonus was that they won this one…
stopped off for a few groceries after the game and picked up a basil plant… going to keep this one in the house… the ones that were on the deck didn’t do well with the frost last week…
had a lovely barbecued steak for dinner at the new table…
I don’t get much cooked on the barbecue these days, so really enjoyed it…
after dinner we sat around their new fire pit… beautiful end to a very busy day…
my son-in-law drove me home and I am headed to bed…
27 Thursday Aug 2015
started the day with a lovely photo of the pond… spent some time talking with a friend about possibilities for this area as I am still not happy with how it looks…
had a lovely lunch out and supper at IKEA…
very happy because I also picked up some of the potato pancakes they have… I love them and had run out…
also picked up a couple of plant pots…
on our way home the sun was quite lovely with a bit of a haze…
was having a lovely phone conversation with my daughter in Ottawa when I felt something brush against my arm…
I looked down thinking it might be a ladybug only to discover a huge spider which was on the side of the couch…
screamed a bit and ran around trying to figure out how to deal with it… tried a Kleenex which didn’t work and then lost sight of it… finally found it again on the side of the couch… took a shoe and didn’t care if it was going to leave a mark because I wanted to be rid of it…
thankfully my daughter stayed on the phone, even if she was laughing… felt much better having someone with me…
still feeling kind of creepy…
12 Saturday Jul 2014
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went to IKEA with the kids this morning and they bought a bedside table for me that I’ve been looking at for a while… I saw it online but they didn’t have one put together in the store so that we could see what it really looked like… we’d searched for it last time we were there but couldn’t find it… today it jumped off the shelf as we walked by…
stopped at Rona for a few things for their kitchen and then on to Kum Koon Garden for dim sum with a young friend, who then dropped me at home…
had a nap and did a bit of housework…
after which, this box and four hours produced a very cute bedside table…
woo hoo, way to go me and my big girl pants…
there are many tools in the garage and a couple of toolboxes in the basement, but I used my tools… this hammer, which was made by George in shop class, and a small pink screwdriver that has multiple heads… George wasn’t allowed to use them and so they never got lost, lol…
rather happy with my project… and it fits perfectly…
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