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15 Monday Sep 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, books, compare, family, JD Robb, list, moments, need, Ottawa, Technology, widow

been working on my list of needed JD Robb books…

my daughter found a bunch in a used bookstore on a walk in Ottawa…

that meant I had to find, and compare, my list with the titles she sent me… found the list, phew, and sent her four that I could use…

this morning my housemate helped me double check the books on the shelf with the list, and I forwarded that list to my daughter… she found another four…

so, now that the comparison has taken place, it appears that I only need ten to complete my collection;-)…

woohoo…

snaking…

21 Thursday Aug 2025

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big girl pants, blades, blessed, company, family, fans, fixed, help, list, moments, power post, projects, snaking, Technology, thermostat, widow

yesterday was a great day;-)…

my company magically touched the power box beside the pond and got it working…

we need a short extension as the pump in the pond has moved a little further away, and I will be very happy to remove the orange extension cord that has been snaking through the grass, lol…

I’d been hopeful that the photos which have been sent to my electronic frame could be copied before deleting from the frame, but it was clear that isn’t possible…

then, three rooms got new fan/light combinations to replace the thirty-year-old ones that were beginning to break down… my job was to join the blades to the connecting hardware;-)…

the thermostat, which since it was installed two years ago, hasn’t been able to run the fan continuously when the furnace was off was finally fixed, yay…

so happy to remove these items from the project list;-)…

list…

05 Tuesday Aug 2025

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spent a good portion of Saturday working through the project list…

the flat rock in the waterfall area was glued down…

the sad planter got a few coats of bright blue paint…

a used pond hose had clamps removed and was cut down into pieces that fit into the garbage can…

large pieces of tyndall stone were moved to tidy up the veggie garden area…

a board under the bed was trimmed so I won’t bang my shins on it…

a broken piece of 2 by 10 was removed from the bench and clamped together to produce a template for the replacement…

what fun to check off so many items from the list😊…

Excel…

20 Friday Sep 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, computer room, Excel, JD Robb, list, moments, number, reading, space, spreadsheet, Technology, widow

after getting the books yesterday, today’s project was to get the JD Robb Excel spreadsheet prepared… it was fun to spend some quality time with the laptop…

once they were entered, I had to sort them in order…

I laid them out by number and then found a place to line them up…

and they fit perfectly on the shelf in the computer room, although it may be an issue to add the rest, lol…

dresser

16 Monday Jan 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, Christmas mugs, dresser, label, list, memories, moments, mugs, remembering, widow

the project for Saturday was to return the regular mugs to the cupboard and put away the Christmas/holiday ones…

first thing I did was go into the office to get the boxes out from under the dresser…

and they weren’t there… even got down on my knees to be sure…

kind of freaked out wondering if I had accidentally put them in the giveaway pile which had gone out before the holidays;-(…

looked in the basement, kitchen and all over the messy computer room again… then I checked in the den closet and there they sat… clearly I put them in there knowing they would end up upstairs, but thinking I would save some steps when it came time to repack them…

whew… that got the blood pumping, lol…

didn’t take too long to get them changed over and looking good…

they sat on the stairway and then made it upstairs to wait for next Christmas…

and they will go to the spot I expect them to be…

in the dresser, in the office closet, not underneath it, with a label on the front🤪…

magnets…

01 Wednesday Dec 2021

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a week or so ago, I cleaned all of the various bits and pieces off the front of the fridge…

put the container with the 24 magnets on it ready for Advent… my daughter sent them to me years ago… they covered two muffin tins and each held a tiny treat as they were opened daily during Advent…

then I put them away carefully🤪… and I didn’t find them until last year, lol… I am happy to use them this year, especially as I still knew where they were…

I think I might start with the 24th and then count back until Christmas;-)…

guess I better turn the magnets around, lol…

this morning I put up the first one…

before…

22 Monday Jul 2019

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before, big girl pants, blessed, busy, flower beds, garden, gardener, grandson, hot tub, lawn, list, moments, pictures, widow

productive day on Sunday…

topped up the hot tub, did laundry, prepped a few meals for the coming week, spent some time relaxing in the garden…

finished a book, watered plants, cleaned the fish tank, and consulted with Hilda the Gardener…

she very kindly sent me some before pictures…

had lunch out with my grandson, grocery shopped and got home to see the beautifully tidied front flower beds…

put away the groceries while the lawn was being mowed… went out and took a few photos of the tidied front beds…

fit in a nap, warmed up some leftovers for supper and watched a few PVR’d shows…

phew…

list…

22 Tuesday May 2018

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big girl pants, family, fish, garden, goldfish, list, pond, sound, widow, work, yard work

I was so excited yesterday when the sound of the waterfall filled the garden…

the kids came over and did a number of jobs around the house and garden… I had made a list for each person of what needed to be done and the items were checked off one by one…

my son-in-law dealt with the pond… he did have a bit of help from the younger boys as they helped clean out the leaves…

the pond was up and running before supper… after supper the fish moved from their winter condo to their summer home… they are really big now although for a while they will be hiding as they get reacquainted with the space…

tonight all the windows are open and I can hear the sound of running water…

progress…

26 Saturday Nov 2016

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big girl pants, breakfast, ChefsPlate, Christmas, errands, hot tub, internet, list, progress, purple, smoothie, widow

knew I had lots to do today so was up early and made bacon and eggs with rösti and spinach… smoothies make up my morning meals on weekdays, so I always enjoy having time to make something special on the weekend…

made a list to be sure I remembered everything that needed to be done…

paid some bills, ordered a few things on the Internet and then headed out to do some errands…

picked up the cutest purple magnetic white board and put it up on the cabinet door by the stove…

then I spent quite some time emptying, and then filling, the hot tub… it is a process… first I had to check if I needed any chemicals, then had to pick up a filter… empty the tub which takes at least a few hours… wipe it down, put in the new filter and fill it up… when I restart the pump sometimes it takes a while for the jets to work… only had to reset it once tonight… it was getting dark as it filled up and I went flying when checking the water level… the deck had become slick as the temperature dropped…

now it is a waiting game as it warms up… always like to have a fresh filter and water for when my daughter comes home… she really enjoys the hot tub…

made supper with one of my ChefsPlate meals and used the new magnetic board… worked perfectly to hold the recipe out of the way, but handy…

exactly what I was hoping for… supper was good too…

made a lot of progress on my Christmas list, which makes me happy…

fixed…

13 Sunday Dec 2015

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beauty, big girl pants, blessed, fixed, lights, list, printer, project, timer

made breakfast when my daughter arrived this morning… she had been on a work related check-in close by… then she helped me with the printer which had started to misbehave about 11:30 last night, right in the middle of a project… 

once it was fixed she laid down for a nap and I proceeded to finish the project… 

realized last night how much has to happen before the kids arrive from the East and West on Friday and Saturday… made me a bit nervous, but I wrote a list and checked off a few items today, which made me feel better…

it has been a long time since the two of us have spent the day together, and I enjoyed it all… we met two dear friends for lunch and had a great time… special moments…

tonight my son-in-law fixed two different timers so that the various Christmas trees turn on and off without my help… yay… need to get about three more timers so that everything can be automated…

here are the bigger trees with presents under them now (one of the items checked off the list)…

 
tonight’s supper was a lovely treat… Chinese food, so all we had to do was set the table, lol… and eat…

now everyone has gone home and I am enjoying the quiet beauty of the living room…

 how blessed my life is…

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