19 Friday Aug 2022
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one of today’s projects was to change the water in the hot tub…
started this morning… brought out the sump pump, hooked up a hose and then relaxed for an hour as it emptied out the water…
the next step was to wipe everything down and then use the wet vac to suck up the last of the water and grunge…
after I put away the vac, I spent another bit of time filling up the hot tub…
now I am waiting for the temperature to make it to the 102°C that I keep it at in the summer…
14 Friday Jan 2022
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art, big girl pants, blessed, card, flowers, garden, gift, moments, photos, pictures, poppies, project, purple, widow
this year my Christmas project was Post-It notes made with one of my photos on them…
took a while to decide on just the correct picture… in the end I chose a picture of a poppy that I took in the garden this summer… my Ottawa kids did some work removing the background for me…
always happy when I am able to use one of my photographs for a project…
I also produced cards with four different winter pictures to go with them…
working with my art always fills me with happiness…
25 Thursday Feb 2021
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09 Wednesday Jan 2019
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beloved, berries, big girl pants, frost, garage, help, kindness, meals, project, Tea, widow, window, wreath
in December we had a Random Acts of Kindness contest at work… we added berries to the wreath whenever we did something kind, or saw someone else doing something kind… at the end of the contest we sent a donation to a local charity…
have been thinking a lot about kindness lately…
from friends taking meals to support others…
to someone bringing me a cup of tea while I was deep in a project…
to the person who brought me my favourite lunch treat for no reason…
whenever I see frost on my garage window I remember the kindness of someone who invited me to their house not long after my beloved died… the frost on the window in their garage was stunning and I will always remember taking some pictures of it…
people are kind…
23 Sunday Sep 2018
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, garden, grandson, headboard, plants, printer, project, rain, rest, Technology, to do, widow, window
amazingly productive day… out and about for groceries and items for a project… it was rainy and cold;-)…
back home I started two types of soup – chicken and vegetable, as well as zucchini basil… made rice and started red lentil curry…
my grandson arrived mid afternoon and helped with a rather long list of to do items…
he helped bring a mattress up from the basement that I am trying out as a headboard… I’ve been wanting a new headboard for ages… think it might work…
plants were brought into the house and feeders were filled… the printer is working again, a light got hooked up in the kitchen, and the living room window is clean…
he left around three hours after he arrived… I’m exhausted, lol… now for a rest before I finish the soup…
18 Tuesday Jul 2017
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big girl pants, blessed, friends, iPhone, laptop, lunch, meeting, project, telephone, The Forks, widow
wonderful day…
lunch out with a friend… went to The Forks…
ordered a tasty lunch…
caught up on our lives and discussed a project we are working on together… this is great because we haven’t worked together on anything for quite a while…
and then tonight I spent time with two wonderful women working on the same project… we had laptops, iPhones and telephones to get us through the meeting, lol…
so much more fun to work with others on any project…
pretty special day…
08 Monday May 2017
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great evening with my BS buddies…
tonight they helped me finish up a project for an event tomorrow… four sets of hands make any piece of work get completed much quicker…
never know what topics we will cover in our time together… tonight we touched on pianos, rubber coated driveways, housing, people skills, travel, teaching, busy schedules, sleep patterns, and chairs…
can’t even imagine where I’d be without these amazing women…
flowers make me happy too;-)…
26 Monday Dec 2016
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. soup, big girl pants, centrepiece, chocolate, crafting, Ferrero Rocher, New Year's, project, tree, turkey, widow
today I started turkey soup and worked on a craft project which my daughter gave me for Christmas…
the soup has simmered all day and soon I will separate the broth from the meat…
the crafting was fun… started with a box…
opened it to discover everything I would need to produce a Ferrero Rocher tree…
took out the bits and pieces…
pretty cool set up… way better than glueing them together, lol…
couple of levels done…
nice, eh… okay, okay, so all I did was put the chocolates on the layers, but it looks great…
my kind of craft… will use it as the centrepiece for New Year’s dinner…
I love Ferrero Rocher, but shouldn’t be eating them… will be great to have my family’s assistance in getting rid of them, lol… they are very helpful that way…
23 Friday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, colleagues, deciding, gifts, mouse pads, Photography, project, widow
one of my projects this Christmas was a gift for my colleagues…
after considering what to make for them, chose mouse pads with some of my photography… the pictures were from our visit to Atlanta in June…
once the photos were chosen, and the pads produced, I had to pick which one went to which person… sometimes I have the individuals choose, but decided this time to pick for each one…
set out the pictures and then used little notes to be sure I had just the right one for each member of the team…
once the decisions were made, I prepared a card and wrapped each one up…
at the end of the day on Monday I put them into their mail slots…
it is such fun to choose, prepare and give gifts… so blessed to have the time and resources to do this…
24 Saturday Sep 2016
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big girl pants, Fall, house, meals, project, Technology, variety, widow
very fall-looking day…
spent it indoors and the morning melted away as I worked on a little project…
wasn’t expecting it to take near as much time but working with a variety of technology is sometimes challenging, lol… although I always enjoy every minute when I am making something…
kept at it until it was done before I would let myself have lunch…
each meal today was a bit unusual… for breakfast I made zucchini pancakes to go with a poached egg… very tasty…
at lunch I had a whole wheat pita with lettuce and pâté and radishes alongside…
finally my dinner consisted of smoked goldeye with a stir fry of cauliflower, onion, eggplant and mushrooms…
although when I look at the pictures, there wasn’t much variety in colour except for the radishes… looking rather bland, lol…
took this picture of the house yesterday… looks pretty good, eh… thinking of the variety of looks it has had since September 1973…
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