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dressers…

26 Tuesday Aug 2025

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big girl pants, blessed, clean, cut, drawers, dressers, family, fishtanks, fixed, friends, moments, normal, open, paint, plywood, projects, repair, sort, widow

a big project over the last week was fixing the three dresser drawers along the inside wall so that they would open…

a while ago, a pump was leaking from one of the tanks and the water ran down the front of the drawers… the other problem was the weight of the tanks on the dresser…

we started by emptying the water in two tanks and then removing them… after that the three drawers were yanked out, lol…

a 2×6 went under the corner of the dresser to raise it up a bit, and then the edges of the three drawers were cut down a little which means they will open easily in the future…

while the drawers were out, I went through them one-by-one (as well as the three next to them) and made piles for saving, giving away, and garbage… then each of the six drawers was reorganized… that was like a whole different project, lol…

then we got help to pick up a piece of plywood to go on the top of the dressers, it was cut, after which the pieces were painted and put on top of the dressers…

after all that work, the fishtanks were cleaned, and then put back (another project, lol)… in the next few days, they will be filled with water and the pumps started to clean the water before the fish come in…

at last the living and dining room have been returned to normal;-)…

sectional…

29 Tuesday Aug 2023

Posted by sulis303 in family, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, blessed, declutter, delivery, family, furniture, give away, happy, happy camper, living room, moments, normal, resided, sectional, truck, widow

I have had this six piece sectional couch for close to thirty years (according to my daughter)…

it had resided in the living room, and for the last number of years, in the basement family room…

a few years ago I brought up three pieces for the living room again, as the hide-a-bed was moved into the den…

in the recent decluttering process downstairs, the three remaining pieces needed to find a new home… two came up to the living room and one was already in the back storage room… the living room was overflowing, lol…

I thought about putting two in the office, but that was really going to fill up that small room…

so I decided to give them away… my daughter was very proud;-)…

a few days ago they were stuffed into the truck and delivered to someone who could use them…

between that, and the chair being fixed, the living room has returned to normal and I am one happy camper;-)…

masking…

28 Friday Oct 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, driving, getting out, Life, masking, moments, normal, Staples, vote, widow

was out and about like normal people on Wednesday…

walked to the community club to vote, then to the IDA drugstore and back home…

after lunch drove to Staples, Home Depot, and Chapters…

wore my mask whenever I was inside and felt pretty good about the whole business, lol…

gave my hands a good washing each time I arrived home…

macarons…

17 Monday Oct 2022

Posted by sulis303 in business, food, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, BS, delicious, doors, food, friends, gather, inside, macarons, meet, moments, normal, pandemic, together, treat, weather, widow, zoom

today, my BS group gathered in the living room…

we’ve been meeting in the garden but it was only going to 2 degrees Celsius so we decided it was time to come inside…

one person joined via Zoom and had dropped off a lovely treat for us beforehand… boob (for breast cancer awareness month) and regular macarons from Jenna Rae Cakes…

I left the front and back doors open to move fresh air… everyone wore masks until we were all seated…

it was the first time we’ve met in the house since the pandemic began…

felt lovely and odd at the same time, lol…

soon we will all have had the fifth shot which will make us feel a bit more confident about being in a closed space together…

so happy to be getting back to more ‘normal’ times…

days…

24 Sunday Jan 2021

Posted by sulis303 in garden, health, life, loss, moments, Uncategorized

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, days, friends, garden, happy, meals, memories, moments, neighbours, normal, widow

today, as I sat in the living room looking out the window I spent a few happy moments remembering the wonderful neighbours we have had over the years…

our next door neighbours became our very good friends… when the girls were first born they would take them home so that we could eat our supper without interruption… the girls would go over to their house to see if “Uncle Buzz could come out to play?” and he did… we fed them on Wednesday nights and they babysat while we went bowling… at one point Ellen produced a cookbook for each of them with all of the recipes she made that we all loved…

the neighbour across the street made Barbie clothes and we shared many meals and coffee on the deck…

the neighbour a few houses down the lane would come and help my beloved with whatever project he was working on and they had such fun together…

the neighbour across the back lane shared their pool…

these days we aren’t quite as close to the neighbours, as all of those have gone, but they are all kind and caring in their own way…

made me think of today’s contemplating card;-)…

maybe, if the world ever returns to some semblance of normal, I will have them all over for a meal and time together;-)…

normal…

14 Tuesday Feb 2017

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized

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appointments, big girl pants, CancerCare, doctor, normal, surgery, taxi, widow

had my tenth visit to CancerCare yesterday…

have the process down fairly smoothly… I walk over to the hotel that is just a block away from the office and take a cab to the CancerCare building…

much simpler than taking the car and trying to find a parking spot… also saves time…

arrived right on time only to hear that their records had me scheduled for half an hour later… sat down and in just a few minutes I was called…

had the usual weigh in and height measurement and was put into a room… about five minutes later a nurse came in to get the basic info… she asked if I’d come on my own today and if there were any changes to my medical history… I said no, that I’d mentioned my diabetes previously… she says that’s not on your chart… then she asks for my birthdate and says what’s your last name… at which point we realize that there were two of us with the same first name waiting to see one of the doctors…

she left and after quite a long wait one of the doctors came in… it was the doctor who did my surgery and I think this might be the second time I’ve seen her since my actual surgery…

there are four surgeons and you see whoever is working that day…

she asked the usual questions and did the usual exam… she advised that everything looked normal and said she always used those words so that the patients’ know they are doing okay…

she talked about the fact that my next appointment will be my last, at which time I will be released back to my family doctor for yearly follow ups…

a quick walk through HSC and out to the taxi stand where the driver had me sit in the front with him… first time a cab driver has ever offered that option…

he was very friendly and we chatted all the way back to the office…

ten down and one left to go… let’s keep on with the normal…

normal…

25 Saturday Oct 2014

Posted by sulis303 in life, Uncategorized

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beloved, big girl pants, chores, garden, normal, Saturday

spent my Saturday in my new normal… a quiet day to recharge my batteries…

a few chores – watering the plants, putting chemicals in the hot tub, laundry… chatting with my girls on the phone or by text…

the garden needs work before the weather changes, but this Fall I am not motivated at all to get the work done…

George loved to putter around on Saturdays… cleaning the garage, working in the garden… going for bike rides… he liked TV as well…

watched some skating and a few cooking shows…

made coleslaw and used up a few frozen wieners which I cooked with brussel sprouts and a baked potato…

IMG_8973.JPG pleased that I’ve been using up things in the freezer…

used to run around and do shopping and errands and use Sunday to relax…

missing my beloved… don’t really love my new normal…

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