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04 Monday Dec 2023

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tonight we had supper with my son-in-law in Ottawa… earlier today my daughter, on vacation in Europe, texted me that she’d had a burger for her lunch, in memory of her dad;-)…

we tried a new app called Viper, and it worked great… think I will use it again…

burgers were had by all… ours came from one of my beloved’s favourite burger places… and we even shared a chocolate milkshake here… it was delicious…

birthdays often seem hard, but coming together to share a meal is a lovely tradition to remember him…

and it is always such a delight when the technology works, lol…

labelled…

03 Sunday Dec 2023

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I was happy to have my first cup of tea in one of the Christmas mugs last Friday…

for a few years I couldn’t find them as they had been put away carefully in a closet that was packed overly full…

when I found them a while back, I was careful to put them in a location which I labelled so I couldn’t miss them, lol…

the holiday season has clearly arrived…

versions…

01 Friday Dec 2023

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happy first day of Advent… it has always been a special time for me…

this year there are three different calendars for me…

the first is a digital version which comes via email every day with things to do or think about;-)… all focussed on chocolate, without any calories… this was the first one, which provides an opportunity to check items off over 25 days…

the second is on the wall in the living room and this year is filled with nuts and seeds and the odd bit of chocolate…

the third climbs the stairway… it is made up of twenty-four different sized boxes with items in them from the kids in Ottawa… last week a parcel arrived addressed to my grandson, who then filled each one… they look very cute on the stairs…

as I empty a box, I am breaking it down and stashing it at the top behind the last few… I don’t want to lose any of them…

every day is a treat;-)…

air…

28 Tuesday Nov 2023

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as the holiday season approaches, I’ve been thinking about friends who are going through difficult times…

seems the air is filled with illness… many are dealing with infections and some, even more serious stuff…

feeling like I should be doing more to support them, but not sure how to do that other than sending thoughts and prayers their way…

it also feels like it is becoming less safe away from the house, and I am moving back into hermit-ville…

disco…

27 Monday Nov 2023

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the Christmas boxes came out from under the staircase last Sunday… the goal is to reduce the size of the collection as each box is gone through…

Monday, the snow people were moved into the den… they look very cute in there… none were disposed of…

Tuesday, a great number of glass balls were hung in the dining room window… this involved separating ones which had been hung together previously and then hanging them individually… took some time, but came out nicely I think…

Wednesday, more ornaments were put up with the pottery and some of the most beautiful ones were hung on the dining room chandelier…

Thursday was about reindeer and sleighs… and even some snowflakes…

Friday involved the tree… it is filled with purple, silver and glittery ornaments… quite different from my usual choices…

there are lots of little disco balls on it and the ceiling and walls were quite sparkly as the sun shines through the window;-)…

I have been enjoying the process of focussing on one item each day and taking my time completing the decorating…

I did decide to give away some blue and red ornaments and a few wreaths, lol…

way to go me;-)…

carefully…

25 Saturday Nov 2023

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redid the living room table on Thursday…

usually for the holiday season I’ve filled it with glittery purple, silver, and clear ornaments…

this time I decided to change up the display…

first I found a nice piece of fabric and then a a collection of some of my favourite ornaments which would usually be hung on the tree but instead went into the drawers…

I took the glass off the top of the table and filled it with the ornaments before carefully putting it back on…

then three sleighs were set on top… looks good…

centre…

24 Friday Nov 2023

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decided that snowflakes and reindeer were not taking centre stage this holiday season… most were put away…

a few snowflake cards made it onto the bathroom door…

the Advent reindeer made it into the kitchen with a couple of others, mostly clear… and there appear to be chocolate droppings in the calendar…

bit by bit, the transformation is happening;-)…

father…

19 Sunday Nov 2023

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I don’t always remember, but first thing yesterday I realized it would have been my dad’s birthday…

my father was a special person and although he’s been gone a very long time, I still miss him…

a bit later in the day his picture came up in my Facebook memories…

this photo was taken not too long before his death…

selfie…

13 Monday Nov 2023

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had some fun with technology today…

met with my Monday group in the morning via Zoom… I set up a space in the living room for the laptop so others could see the fish, but they weren’t visible, lol…

during Covid we met via Zoom, so we have been happy to have access to it again as the group has been dealing with poor health and we don’t like to miss our time together…

hopefully everyone will be feeling better soon so that we can get back to meeting in person…

later in the day I used the selfie stick to take a photo of me reading in the sun… there hasn’t been much of it shining over the last few weeks…

I had tried to get it to work yesterday, without success… after going online and doing a bit of research, I figured it out, so today it took the photo easily;-)…

such a treat when technology works;-)…

WREN…

11 Saturday Nov 2023

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I’ve been thinking of my mom a lot in the last few days…

she spent the last months of her life at Princess Elizabeth Hospital, in the final stages of esophageal cancer…

I was blessed with the time to be able to spend those final days with her…

they were hard but so important…

she was a WREN during WWII, a survivor of mental illness, a caregiver for her husband, a poet, a proud Legion and Army and Navy member, and a participant in the organizing of the Women’s War Memorial by the Legislature…

she was strong, but it took me many years to really understand that;-)…