18 Saturday Sep 2021
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last night I had dinner with my grandsons and one of their friends… we finally all got together at the same time…
I roasted two small chickens, made mashed potatoes, turnips, carrots, cranberry jelly, gravy, and stuffing with a Caesar salad…
it was fun to think of them as I did all the prep work… and to make sure everything was ready at the same time, lol…
we ate in the garage and had a lovely time together…
what a wonderful treat;-)…
17 Friday Sep 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, friends, happy, home, marketplace, moments, selling, table, Technology, widow
learned something new as I went onto Facebook Marketplace and sold a coffee table…
was nervous about the whole process, but after talking with a few people and getting some pointers I jumped in…
I had ordered a lift top table so needed to make room for it…
after I put the table up, many people wanted to buy it… the first two ended up not able to come and get it but the third person offered more than I had asked for and came and picked it up in the evening… others made offers for less and some seemed rude just wanting to pick it up…
the person who arrived was lovely and had been watching for just this type of table…
it had belonged to my parents and has been used in our house until I took it outside for her to check it over…
happy that it has gone to someone who appreciates it;-)…
I might try selling something else, lol…
16 Thursday Sep 2021
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begonia, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, nature, purple, rainy, weather, widow
yesterday I went around the garden and gathered all of the open dahlias and one of the begonia flowers…
made a lovely little bouquet…
I am happy to see that the begonia has stayed fresh looking…
on this rainy day I have enjoyed these flowers…
they look great on the new coffee table;-)…
15 Wednesday Sep 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, building, coffee table, happy, moments, Technology, widow
I’ve spent the last two days building a coffee table… well, putting it together, lol…
I’ve been thinking I would like one where the top lifted so that I could work more easily on my laptop as well as use it to put my plate on when I am eating in the den…
I spotted one a few weeks ago and decided to order it… yesterday, it arrived, in a flat box… it hadn’t said anything about that when I ordered it but I figured this is how it would arrive…
I learned, after about 45 minutes and some YouTube videos, how to change the bit on the cordless drill… I learned that a rubber mallet is a handy tool, and I shouldn’t get rid of it… I learned to read between the lines when following picture directions… I also learned that it isn’t likely going to work out perfectly the first time…
but, after two days, and a lot of putting in and taking out of screws, I have a table that I am very happy with…
I’ve been thinking how my beloved would have had it together in a short time, and also how proud of me he would be…
14 Tuesday Sep 2021
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while at the cottage my friend gave me a haircut… it started out as a trim around my neck, but turned into a full blown cut… yay…
fun to sit outside as she worked and then just walk away from all the mess, lol…
loving how it looks… might have to hire her on a regular basis;-)…
13 Monday Sep 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, food, friends, fun, lake, memories, moments, nature, time, vacation, walk, water, widow
recently home, following a two day vacation, which easily felt like four days…
drove up to the cottage with a friend one morning and returned home the next evening…
we had a wonderful time… we sat on the beach for a while, spent time walking and beachcombing, spotted numerous mushrooms, watched a wonderful display of pelicans and cormorants, ate great food, relaxed, and talked by the fire…
what a delightful break…
12 Sunday Sep 2021
a few nights ago I got some lovely pictures of the sky thanks to my grandson…
he pointed the clouds out as he was mowing the front yard…
he had to do it twice to get it cut because it had grown so long, so fast…
quite a difference from the many weeks this summer when it didn’t grow at all and was rather brown due to the high heat and lack of water…
11 Saturday Sep 2021
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beach, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, coal, family, first footing, happy, lobster, memories, moments, nature, remembering, treasure, van, widow
we took a trip to the East Coast in 1988 or 1989 – amazing what I forget these days, lol…
the four of us, plus my beloved’s mom… we had bought a tricked out van and the trip was great…
when we got to the coast we had lobster at every stop because the four of us loved it… George’s mom couldn’t figure out why we kept eating it as she didn’t like it that much, lol…
while we were there, we found a beach that had coal all over it… we had such fun collecting a bagful to bring home to use for first footing…
I’ve been down to one fairly large piece for a a few years now, so I’ve been careful with it…
as I was working away in the garage, cleaning, sorting, dumping stuff, I found the original bag filled with a whole lot more…
what a treasure, so exciting…
10 Friday Sep 2021
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big girl pants, birdies, birds, blessed, garden, migration, moments, nature, photos, pond, reading, widow
had an enjoyable time watching all my feathered friends flitting about the garden…
I think the birdies were happy that the grass has been mowed as well, lol…
dirt baths, bug collecting in the grass, checking out all the feeders, and drinking at the pond…
some guests who haven’t been around all summer are stopping by so I think we are getting close to migration time…
some days it is nearly impossible to focus on my book because there is so much going on;-)…
09 Thursday Sep 2021
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I went for a walk… outside… in the neighbourhood… no idea when I did that last…
walked with my daughter in my ear…
didn’t go too far, up to and around Bruce Park… it was lovely to see flowers, the creek, and get some photos…
felt fine at the end… only met a few people and they weren’t close to me…
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