12 Saturday Jan 2019
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on the first day back to work, as I stepped out of the house, the ground was covered with a light dusting of snow…
I was at the garage door when a sweet bunny hopped into the garden…
had to stop and get a few photos, even though my hands were full, lol…
this morning as I was standing at the kitchen sink I noticed a bunny and a squirrel having a tiff in the neighbour’s backyard… seems like the squirrel won because the bunny went and hid behind a shed…
such fun to watch the critters…
27 Thursday Dec 2018
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Best Buy, big girl pants, breakfast, cleanup, computer, Freshii, Google Home, grandson, music, pictures, rest, shopping, Technology, trash, widow
another wonderful day…
grandson slept over… we made breakfast and then spent a few hours doing a cleanup in the computer room… filled bags of garbage, recycling and a few boxes of giveaways…
my grandson figured out how to get my 500 plus songs onto Google Play… it took about four hours… I am so happy to have them available…
he took out all the trash and then we ran over to Best Buy to pick up a few more plugs for my Google Home… had lunch at Freshii and then back home to connect one of the plugs…
the Himalayan Salt Lamp is now able to turn on and off by voice…
then my work computer person came over and moved computers, drives, pictures and got Outlook working for me… I am very pleased…
now to rest;-)…
23 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, family, filled, flowers, nature, orchid, pictures, preparations, shopping, snow, supper, widow
today was filled with activity…
started the day with a few pictures of my orchid…
then I prepped potatoes, turnip, stuffing for Christmas dinner and prepared twice stuffed potatoes for tonight’s supper…
it had snowed more overnight and in the morning… there was a lot of snow out there…
the kids arrived and we ran around getting a few last minute items… there were many, many people in all the places we went… particularly the parking lots…
home, dinner cooked, eaten and a bit of relaxing before everyone headed home…
last picture of the orchid…
22 Saturday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, brunch, giant, pictures, pretty, shovelling, snow, snowflakes, widow
this morning giant snowflakes were gently falling when I first got up…
my friends were coming for brunch, so I was busy getting a few things done…
I eventually took a few pictures but by that time the snow had changed so wasn’t nearly as pretty, lol…
just before my company arrived I went out and shovelled the sidewalk as the snow clearer hadn’t turned up…
it sure was pretty, before I shovelled…
the driveway and sidewalk are now cleared, hurray;-)…
30 Tuesday Oct 2018
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big girl pants, computer, connect, conversation, pictures, telephone, widow, work
in the middle of a telephone conversation tonight I realized I needed to look for something on the computer I’d brought home from work a month or so ago…
what a process… had to find a spot on my desk… find the slots to plug in the keyboard and mouse and get them in the right way… search through the files only to discover that what I was hoping to find was not there;-)…
in the end had both computers going and kept using the wrong mouse or keyboard and wondering why they weren’t working, lol…
now to get some help transferring everything from the old computer to the new one… not even gonna think about how many pictures I have to move…
25 Thursday Oct 2018
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early morning… beautiful sky… changed every few minutes as I drove downtown…
saw dozens of geese flying low overhead… what an amazing sight… and a wonderful way to start the day…
had a smoothie for breakfast, butternut squash soup for lunch and ended the day with a late supper of jumbo shrimp and wild rice… healthy and tasty…
good way to start off my weekend;-)…
08 Monday Oct 2018
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big girl pants, dinner, family, pictures, prep, thankful, thanksgiving, widow
had fun setting the table over the last few days for Thanksgiving dinner…
spent some time printing pictures of things that I am thankful for… then had some fun making word art…
had a lovely afternoon and delicious dinner with family and a new friend…
everyone has gone, dishwasher is going, soup is on, and I am resting;-)…
13 Thursday Sep 2018
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angry, big girl pants, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, pictures, sky, stash, storm, Technology, treats, widow
two storms during the night and the power was off… not sure for how long, but it came back on at 6 am… I know that because I heard what sounded like a car not starting… after a few minutes I realized it was the printer coming on line…
the sky was still quite angry…
when I got home had a beautiful view as I came out of the garage into the garden… even after an all-day overcast sky, the morning glories were smiling at me…
ended the very long week with a delicious treat… a bit of chocolate, almonds and two shortbread cookies from my stash, lol… 
happy weekend;-)…
21 Saturday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, family, funny, Grandpa, grandsons, leggings, lemon, lunch, moments, pictures, shopping, son-in-law, supplies, widow
yesterday I got to spend time with my son-in-law and younger grandsons…
we checked out supplies for a project my son-in-law is working on and then went out for lunch…
I had fish and chips which were tasty… shared half the chips and saved one fillet for another meal……
we talked about the lemon on the plate and how Grandpa had laughed when the youngest bit into one for the first time…
didn’t get any photos of the guys but just managed to take this photo of the dessert – gummy worms, Oreo cookie dirt, whipped cream and chocolate pudding – before it was gobbled up…
then, we stopped at a store I rarely shop in, to look for sandals for the youngest…
and, I found some leggings and a t-shirt;-)…
the funny thing is that last week my other son-in-law texted me a picture of the same leggings that he saw on a person walking through a mall which he thought I would like, lol…
17 Tuesday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, cement, family, flowers, garden, happy, mandevilla, moments, pictures, purple, supper, treat, water, widow
started my day watering planters on the deck and getting a shot of the second mandevilla flower…
from there it was off to work, where my colleague replaced the seat on my office chair… so happy and comfortable;-)…
at lunch workers were putting down cement on the Millennium Library ramp and I so wanted to put my footprints into it…
but, I didn’t…
ended the day with the most delicious dinner… summer in a bowl… new potatoes from the local grocery store, with small beets and purple beans from my daughter’s garden… what a wonderful treat… that first meal of fresh vegetables is always memorable… no meat required…
