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check-up…

30 Friday Jan 2026

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this morning I had an appointment with my doctor for my regular blood pressure check-up, as well as hearing my A1C results…

as we went into the exam room he mentioned to his staff person that I always wear purple, lol…

he started out asking if I had been to Fleurs de Villes and we chatted about that for a few minutes… I wondered why he had asked and finally realized I was wearing one of my Fleurs de Villes t-shirts, lol…

he had to take my blood pressure a few times to get a good reading… I mentioned that my housemate was waiting for me and I was worried he wouldn’t get to work on time, lol…

my A1C had gone down and has been trending downward which made me happy as I feel I am eating in a more normal fashion… he was pleased with that…

we also discussed that those numbers could go as high as 8.1 before it would be a problem as I age… of course, neither one of us plan to let that happen…

on the way home we picked up a favourite breakfast as a treat;-)…

way to go me😊…

pace…

25 Sunday Jan 2026

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the weather has been crazy cold and I’ve been hibernating in the house… so I finally finished the first dishcloth…

it ended up being a bit on the large size, lol…

so now I’ve started on the next one, which I am making smaller…

my fingers get a bit uncomfortable if I work on it too long, so I am having to pace myself…

feeling very crafty 😊…

dishcloths…

05 Monday Jan 2026

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I ordered and received a skein of cotton and a fancy crochet hook last week…

since then I’ve tried to make a circle or square without success…

the plan is to make dishcloths for the kitchen, lol…

now I am making straight rows and hoping that will work… the good news is they don’t need to be perfect 🤩…

instructions…

18 Thursday Dec 2025

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I’ve been enjoying my Advent calendars for these past eighteen days…

the boxes for the one have been on the stairs with a few elsewhere when all 24 wouldn’t fit…

as they’ve been opened I’ve rearranged them until now there aren’t any on some of the steps…

they have been filled with items from paper clips, a label maker, seeds, purple and handmade items, as well as a favourite chocolate bar ;-)…

the ones on the wall are turned once opened and I’ve enjoyed all the treats in them as well… from a variety of nuts to a few with chocolate in them;-)…

these are the hands that have filled all of them, some with instructions from far away, lol…

restrung…

03 Wednesday Dec 2025

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spent Sunday setting up the Christmas tree…

first I had to move the plants in the front window to other spots and move two tables out of the way…

then I spent some time removing two strings of lights… one that didn’t work and one that I restrung on the tree…

then, six or seven boxes came upstairs and were gone through to see what was in them and decide on the theme for this year’s ornaments…

chose glass pieces that have rarely been out since my beloved’s passing…

once it was decorated, I was advised that it needed more purple🤪… can you believe it, lol…

so I added more purple…

squares…

29 Saturday Nov 2025

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finally got around to changing the living room table…

it has been the same since springtime, yikes…

took a little while to put away the shells, crystals, stones and books, as well as the sarongs that had been on the bottom of each of the four areas…

next, I found the Christmas box that had all the smaller purple, silver, white, and clear ornaments…

filled three squares and then brought down three angels that have special meaning for me to complete the last spot…

I’m pleased with the result although I haven’t quite decided what goes on the top, lol…

thaw…

24 Monday Nov 2025

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bought a few tree greens while at the grocery store…

dug out two birch branches, some small white twigs, and a stem of red berries from the shed…

went through a Christmas box and brought out some large ornaments…

last week I’d brought in the planter from the top step so it could thaw out so all the dead plants could be pulled out…

took the planter into the garden, removed all the dead plants and added in the greenery…

after everything was included, it was carried to the front steps…

added some solar lights…

looks good…

coatrack…

03 Monday Nov 2025

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so happy when a tidying streak continues, lol…

spent some time in the front door area sorting through bins and baskets…

filled another box with pass-alongs without any difficulty… including purses and bags…

all of the gloves went into one of the Ikea bins which will make them much handier and easier to find…

one basket holds all the hats, a second one all of the bags (some of which had been hanging from the coatrack taking up space), the third one holds all of the bottles and sprayers for critters and fancy shoe cleaners, and the last one holds binoculars and extra tape measures…

much more organized and easier to see which one holds which items…

just noticed how many purple things there are, lol…