26 Monday Oct 2026
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20 Tuesday Oct 2026
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almost complete, bathtub, big girl pants, blessed, cure, family, moments, project, silicone, widow
one of our recent projects was in the bathroom…
we had some mould around the tub and the silicone along the sliding doors had given up the ghost so we had water leaking out during showers…
to start the process, the three doors were lifted out… then, the old grout was removed… next, the silicone was put all the way around the tub…
putting the doors back on while the silicone was still wet was a bit of a problem, but we got it done😊…
the silicone has to cure before the final removal of the excess takes place…
that should happen soon and then that project will be complete😊
12 Monday Oct 2026
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we are currently working on a fairly major project and it has meant moving a few things around…
so, the bookcase that held the new one hundred books was emptied and the books made their way to the stair library (via the dining room table)😳…
it has never been so full, lol…
25 Tuesday Aug 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, jigsaw, moments, project, rail, Technology, tools, toy, widow
in the final process of replacing the stairs to the side garden, we discovered we needed a jigsaw…
so, of course, we had to go shopping for a new toy, lol…
in the end we found a reciprocating saw which would work for the current project and a variety of future projects…
and I thought it was much cuter than a boring old jigsaw…
we have learned to always buy the same brand as our other battery operated tools😀…
and now, the deck, stairs and rail project is completed… yay…
09 Saturday May 2026
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yesterday we began the newest garden project…
we started with trimming the cedars at the back of the garden…
we filled two bags with branches…
it is always a process to decide when enough has been trimmed, and it is time to stop, lol…
step one, done…
08 Sunday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, cold plunge tub, family, garden, happy, hot tub, ice, moments, nature, project, topped up, water, weather, widow
it was a lovely day so we spent some time on the deck, in between Olympic events…
first project was to top up the hot tub and clean all the ice off of it…
next, we emptied, cleaned, and filled the cold tub… a new pump has gone into it to keep the water moving…
it is always amazing how long it takes to fill up tubs, particularly in the cold, lol…
but, the jobs are done;-)…
01 Saturday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, building, family, garage, garden, lawn furniture, moments, moving, organizing, persevered, project, shelves, tarp, tidying, weather, widow
finished up the project in the garage Wednesday evening…
I spent some time earlier in the day, moving as many boards as I could out of the way so the table was usable for sawing, lol…
it was rather chilly out there, but we persevered and finished the new shelves…
then we spent time organizing all the shelves along that wall…
in the end it looks very tidy… wonder how long it will stay that way…
on a roll, “we” then moved a few items from the garage and all of the lawn furniture into the shed…
the garden will look much nicer over the winter without all the furniture covered in a big tarp on the back deck…
22 Monday Sep 2025
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, carpet, family, grandsons, moments, nature, project, replaced, weather, widow
since the spring, we’ve been working on a few projects outdoors and one of them involved removing a rusted out planter from the front steps…
next was to be removing and replacing the carpet which has been on those same steps for thirteen years…
I remember a friend of mine coming and replacing it while I was in hospital, not long after my beloved’s passing… it was such a treat to walk up the tidy steps when I returned home…
over the last few winters the carpet has been breaking down, particularly from my shovelling I think, lol…
we emptied the rusted out planter and dumped it right into the garbage can, kind of in pieces… we had a new one all ready to go but planned to wait for the carpet to be removed and replaced before putting it on the top step…
we picked up carpet and glue… next we planned a day when we had help to remove the old carpet and lay down the new one… unfortunately, it rained for most of that day, but during a break my housemate was able to remove the old layer…
that was on July 21st… it looked dreadful but we anticipated that it would happen soon…
every single time we planned to get the job done, it rained… I was starting to believe my grandson is a rain magnet…
well, yesterday, September 21st, it finally happened…
scraping, glueing, and laying down the carpet took a good portion of the day and there are a few bits that need to be trimmed…
can’t walk on it for a few days, but it already looks a thousand percent better;-)…
11 Thursday Sep 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, contaminants, fish, fish tanks, goldfish, koi, moments, pond, project, pumps, water, weather, widow
finally got around to filling the fish tanks yesterday…
the process took over an hour, as each tank had to be filled and then the pump was cleaned, plugged in and turned on…
I was pleased as after each pump was cleaned, it started up without any issues…
now the pumps will run for three or four weeks before any fish come inside, to be sure that the water has no chlorine or other contaminants in it…
happy this piece of work is done and I don’t have to think about the fish coming inside until much later;-)… woohoo…
06 Wednesday Aug 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, fence, garden, gate, housemate, impact drill, moments, project, sunk, Technology, wheel, widow
our most recent project was fixing the back gate… one end had sunk down and it was dragging on the ground, making it difficult to open and close…
day one, session one, involved removing it from the fence and cutting a portion off the bottom… at the end of the day we put the garbage and recycling bins in the opening so it didn’t feel so open, lol…
session two was removing nails and finding a board to go from corner to corner to help keep the gate from sagging as well as one to go along the bottom… and purchasing screws and a gate wheel…
day two, session one, involved figuring out the angle of the cross board and reattaching all the pieces… and purchasing an impact drill…
we aren’t going to talk about how someone gave away the first one, sigh…
session two involved reattaching the gate to the fence and making sure the wheel was in the correct spot… sounds easier than it actually was, lol…
and job done…
this will make taking out and returning the bins much easier in summer and winter;-)…
