05 Friday Dec 2025
Posted in business, family, life, moments, retirement, travel, Uncategorized, weather
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, completed, done, family, mailed, moments, presents, Technology, tree, widow, wrapped
enjoyed time in the computer room wrapping up the Christmas presents…
this year there was just a small box to go to Ottawa which went into the mail a few days ago… a few items were ordered and delivered directly to them…
the remainder of the presents are now under the tree…
happy to have this piece of work completed…
26 Thursday Dec 2024
Posted in life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, Christmas tree, coming and going, moments, movement, parcels, presents, tree, widow
been thinking of the movement under the Christmas tree, lol…
from being empty, to a few parcels, to more parcels, to parcels leaving, to more added, more leaving, and finally, mostly opened presents with a few waiting for their final destinations;-)…
a fun and busy transition…
25 Wednesday Dec 2024
Posted in business, food, health, life, moments, Photography, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, food, friends, gathering, moments, photo, presents, Skip the Dishes, snowflakes, stress-free, Technology, treats, widow
had a lovely time on Sunday getting ready for a Christmas gathering with my friends on Monday…
dug out a snowflake tablecloth and discovered some stains on it so soaked, washed, and dried it before placing it on the table…
then I brought down Christmas plates to put on the table…
snowflake napkins and silverware, along with chopsticks finished the setup…
a bouquet of red and white flowers went into a low vase to finish off the display;-)…
we met on Monday and had a delicious lunch via Skip the Dishes… such a great way to share a meal together stress–free for everyone, lol…
before we ate, we took our annual Christmas photo, once I remembered which particular button to press on the camera, lol…
once we’d eaten, we moved to the living room to open our gifts to one another… always great fun and thoughtful presents…
such a special group of women…
21 Sunday Apr 2024
Posted in business, family, garden, life, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, casting, family, moments, pattern, presents, solar lights, Technology, widow
On Friday morning I turned the switch on one of the new solar lights that are currently hanging in the dining room…
later in the day it was lit for just a few minutes which was amazing as there hadn’t really been much sunshine…
when I looked into the living/dining area after dark, it was on again…
and casting a beautiful pattern on the floor…
on Saturday, I hung up two in the dining room and switched all on… then I put one outside by the backdoor…
lovely patterns everywhere…
20 Wednesday Dec 2023
Posted in business, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, busy, Christmas, done, gifts, happy, last, moments, presents, shopping, tree, widow, wrapping
out shopping on Saturday morning for the last of the Christmas presents…
went to two stores, neither was overly busy and everything on the list was obtained…
happy to be finished …
then spent a bit of time wrapping;-)…
all of the parcels are now under the tree;-)…
19 Wednesday Apr 2023
Posted in business, family, food, life, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
big girl pants, birthday, blessed, blizzard, bouquets, cards, dinner, family, flowers, food, friends, happy, hot tub, lobster, miraculously, moments, presents, Technology, treats, widow
had a lovely day yesterday…
started with an early morning hot tub as the sun shone… then had pie for breakfast…
there were phone calls, text messages, visits, it was great and a DQ blizzard miraculously appeared;-)…
I spent time reading, napping, and watching a few programs…
we had steak and lobster for supper and I didn’t even have to clean up;-)…
my kids gave me another subscription for eight bouquets this summer… I loved the ones last summer… and this afternoon flowers arrived to brighten the dull day…
all in all, a pretty fine few days…
birthday week’s are fun;-)…
28 Tuesday Dec 2021
Posted in business, family, life, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
Benji, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, comforter, family, gifts, moments, nap, presents, purple, sheets, widow
two of my presents were new Benji sheets and a comforter set…
washed the sheets and then put them and the comforter on the bed…
it looks great and then I had a short rest while watching some tv…
I even matched, lol…
the sheets were beautifully soft and comfortable…
yay… wonderful presents…
22 Tuesday Dec 2020
Posted in family, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, Christmas, elves, family, fish, gifts, grandsons, Indi, moments, nature, presents, shopping, snow, weather, widow
today my two older grandsons came by… one got dropped off so he could shovel, while the other went out for a few last minute items I needed… the main one being food for the fish;-)…
while he was out and about, the younger was shovelling… there was a lot of snow and it was heavy… put out some hot chocolate to warm him up…
the shopper returned and the elves loaded up the car with presents and goodies for their house…
a bit sad to see Indi with snow on her… she doesn’t have a garage for protection these days…
good news is that all the gifts have been sent on their way;-)…
15 Tuesday Dec 2020
Tags
chocolate, Christmas, fridge, gifts, her big girl pants, mail, memories, parcel, permission, presents, purple, ribbons, widow, wrap
a parcel arrived from the kids in Ottawa… once I received text permission to open it, I discovered 3 boxes, a package that said it needed to go into the fridge, and a small chocolate bar, lol…
I had fun wrapping them and put purple ribbons on them before adding them to the growing pile under the tree… they are the first gifts for me…
it was funny to wrap my own parcels, but was a reminder of the few times I might have purchased my own gift, wrapped and put it under the tree… although usually those items would go to my beloved and he would wrap them up, lol…
fun memories… nice that now I can mostly look back on them without tears…
27 Friday Dec 2019
Tags
beloved, big girl pants, breakfast, celebrations, Christmas, crepes, memories, moments, presents, widow
yesterday we celebrated Christmas… I arrived here the evening before, so we put Christmas off by a day, lol…
when we got up in the morning – not until 7 am;-)… we opened the very full stockings and then all the gifts under the tree were distributed… our family tradition is that the youngest passes out the presents and they are opened one-by-one around the circle so that we can see what everyone got…
the same process is followed for stockings (which come from Santa) and that happens first… it was a wonderful time and the gifts were all carefully chosen…
then we prepped for our Christmas breakfast… crepes, made the night before, in the crepe pan that my beloved gave the kids a number of years ago… to fill them there were scrambled eggs, cooked onions and peppers, turkey bacon, grated cheese, strawberries with whipped cream, apples and cinnamon…
delicious meal after all the fun of sharing gifts…
herbiggirlpants 