14 Tuesday Jan 2025
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finally got around to making some red lentil curry…
hadn’t made this recipe for a very long time, so had to follow the recipe so as not to miss anything, particularly as there are many spices in it…
ended up using two pots so that it wouldn’t overflow the pan I started with, lol…
five and a half containers in total…
13 Monday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cabinets, cleaning, excess, family, grandson, hoarder, housemate, kitchen, moments, organized, widow
my housemate and I spent quite some time in the kitchen Sunday afternoon… someone suggested I might be a kitchen hoarder;-(…
we went through all the bottom cabinets, cleaned, added to the pass-along box, and threw out or recycled excess plastic…
took most of the afternoon but it looks lovely and all the shelves are newly organized…
I’m hoping that I can remember where everything is now, lol…
12 Sunday Jan 2025
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another fish tank pump cleaned…
I think that I’ve been feeding them too much as there is a lot of gunk when the filters are rinsed…
I have come a long way with cleaning the tanks… now it is just another job on the list, lol…
11 Saturday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, books, later, library, moments, read, Technology, time, widow
the stair library has returned;-)…
now to get back to the work of reading them all;-)…
see you later…
10 Friday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, computer room, desktop, happy, moments, properly, tidy, widow
Wednesday I spent time in the computer room…
usually I take time at least once a month to tidy the space…
the desktop gets a bit messy as I am very good at bringing things up, but often leave them on the desk without putting them away properly, lol…
it looks so nice when it is tidied up…
my next project will start shortly as I begin sorting and organizing tax documents to send off to the accounting folks;-)… at that point there may be quite a few pieces of paper all over the place…
09 Thursday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, Canada Post, house, insurance, mail, moments, paid, Technology, uninsured, widow
so, in today’s Canada Post mail, I received a letter from my house insurance company advising that a payment was due on December 14th…
the date on the letter was November 23rd…
I called my insurance company right away and paid the invoice over the phone…
my first question to my agent was whether the house had been uninsured since mid December…
thankfully the house was covered…
I have now entered the date for the next payment to be sure it doesn’t get missed, lol…
08 Wednesday Jan 2025
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what a lovely treat on Saturday evening…
I got to meet a delightful one month old who stopped by for a visit along with her sibling and parents…
she is sweet and agreeable and we had some lovely cuddles before she fell asleep in my arms…
so I just sat there, happy as a clam;-)…
looking forward to more cuddles;-)…
07 Tuesday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, Christmas, family, flowers, moments, newer, purple, rearranged, widow
had fun with flowers Monday morning…
picked up the bouquet on December 29th when we were out grocery shopping;-)…
as there were already flowers in the living room, the bouquet went into the den…
the living room flowers were done, so I rearranged the newer flowers into three little vases…
playing with flowers makes me so happy;-)…
06 Monday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, comforters, flowers, moments, purple, shopping, Technology, treat, widow
I’ve been looking at comforters for the last while and decided to order one for a January treat, but waited in case I got one for Christmas…
it arrived a few days ago in a tiny package which happily swelled up considerably when the plastic was removed…
once everything was laundered it was put on the bed…
I am very happy with how it looks;-)…
05 Sunday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, dressers, drywalling, family, grandsons, laundry room, lighter, moments, mudding, prep, sanding, widow
my middle grandson came over on Friday to do some drywalling in the laundry room…
earlier, I took a few photos to have a before and after…
first they moved the dressers out of the space…
a large cable was moved, insulation was installed, and plastic added…
then the drywall was measured and screwed onto the walls…
finally the screw holes and joints were filled with mud, tape went over the seams, and more mud added…
that was it for the day as the mud needed to dry before the next steps…
this morning my housemate sanded, vacuumed, and wiped down the new drywall…
in the afternoon, we shortened one dresser, sanded the bottom of it (with a new Christmas present), and then returned both of them to their usual location… and with the one being shorter we now have access to the plug that was hidden behind it;-)…
I am amazed at how much brighter it looks;-)…
we plan to reorganize the drawers and I think I will find some nicer containers to hold the various cleaning products…
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