26 Monday Oct 2026
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03 Wednesday Jul 2024
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art, beach, big girl pants, blessed, cottage, door, family, friends, friendship, happy, memories, moments, painting, teens, time, widow
while we were at the cottage a dear friend of my daughter came to spend the day…
they had fun visiting, walking the beach, going in the water and playing with paint…
it was lovely to see them enjoy their time together…
I was reminded of the many times they spent together, and with their friends, when they were much younger, lol…
watching them painting brought back their project when they were in their teens… three of them spent a few days painting the bedroom door of my daughter’s room…
since then the door has moved every time she has…
currently it lives in her hallway…
it is so good to see these young people maintaining longtime friendships…
20 Saturday Jan 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cards, fun time, moments, painting, paints, purple, Technology, usable, widow
had some fun playing with my paints on Friday…
I haven’t used them for a very long time…
not sure that most of them will be usable for cards, but it was an enjoyable time…
haven’t put everything away, so may take another run at it in the next few days;-)…
18 Sunday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, Christmas, decorations, family, gifts, Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers, moments, paintbox, painting, plow, purple, shovelling, Technology, widow
had some fun this morning… after going out and shovelling the droppings from the city snow plows…
been planning to colour the letters for these chocolate ornaments that I received from Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers…
finally got around to it… sadly there was no purple in the paintbox🤪…
I am pleased with how they came out… I used some of my gifts from last year in a slightly different way and enjoyed the time…
now they are on the tree…
04 Sunday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, dreaming, family, finished, google, kitchen, moments, painting, son-in-law, Technology, widow
the kitchen is finished;-)… I am sooooo happy… my son-in-law has done a stellar job…
the ceiling was scraped, primed and painted…
the cabinet doors were removed…
everything came out, was sorted, and lots of things went into boxes to give away…
the doors were primed and painted…
the inside of the upper cupboards (which were red) were given two coats of primer and one coat of paint… I have been dreaming about this for at least the last five years…
the doors and drawers and front of the lower cupboards were painted…
the cutting board and end countertop got a coat of paint along the edges…
new hardware was installed on all the doors..
and the light switch (which works with Google) and new light fixture were added…
everything is bright and back where it belongs and I love it;-)…
29 Monday Aug 2022
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arrange, big girl pants, blessed, cupboards, dishes, family, foodstuff, kitchen, moments, painting, widow
Saturday morning, all the dishes went back into the cupboards… woohoo…
it was fun to arrange, and then rearrange, everything until it was just right;-)…
we left the doors off to be sure there is good airflow to get rid of any paint smell…
then we removed all the foodstuff from the cupboards on the other side of the sink… and put them on the table in the dining room… it was a bit of a process, but we eventually removed the shelf liner… what a difference between the dark and light insides…
once the doors came down, I took them outside to remove hinges and knobs and then cleaned them…
while that was happening, the shelves were sanded and two coats of primer put on them…
coming along nicely…
27 Saturday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, happy, interior, moments, painting, projects, son-in-law, Technology, widow
Thursday started with breakfast at the “A”…
once we got home the ceiling received its second and final coat of paint… looks great…
and the new light fixture is super bright and very cool looking… by accident, the Tp-Link switch we put in a few days ago makes the light dimmable… woohoo…
we moved all the dishes from the upper cabinets to the dining room table and then I went through everything and was able to delete about a third of it…
now to box those items up and arrange to give them away…
while that was happening, the doors on the cupboard were removed, the inside sanded and two coats of primer rolled on… what a difference it has already made to the dark red interior…
next will come the actual paint, lol…
26 Friday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, installed, kitchen, moments, painting, screen, son-in-law, Technology, widow
busy day Wednesday… we went to Rona and picked up paint and a few other bits and pieces… then Best Buy for a couple more switches… finally Safeway for the last item for our supper…
once we got home, plastic was put all around the kitchen… the ceiling was scraped and sanded… plastic came down, floors were swept, paint went up and a new light fixture was installed…
it works perfectly with the switch that went in a few days ago, and which has a dimmer in it… it is beautiful and puts out a great deal of light…
the screen door was removed and had a good scrub down before going back into its track…
almost invisible now, lol…
the new switches were installed and we had bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches for supper…
woohoo…
27 Saturday Feb 2021
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accomplished, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, food, grandsons, light, lightstrip, moments, painting, plants, Technology, widow
busy day yesterday…
in the morning I attached the Philip’s lightstrip that I got for Christmas from my grandsons… I had played with it a bit the day before…
I am pleased with how it turned out…
moved around more plants and made a meal that needs to sit for a day…
after that I finished with making a dozen cards from the watercolour painting I’ve been doing…
felt very accomplished, lol…
15 Monday Feb 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, doughnuts, family, flowers, grandson, heart shaped, lobster, moments, painting, SuzyQ, treat, widow
had a quiet Valentine’s Day…
my daughter called early as she was in a line waiting for heart shaped doughnuts in Ottawa, lol…
I watched sports and a movie, and spent a little time playing with watercolours…
my grandson stopped by with a few groceries… and he brought me flowers;-)…
what a treat…
made a delicious lobster sauce which I had with shrimp and crab ravioli for my supper…
a good day…
