10 Tuesday Jan 2023
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yesterday my new swim gloves arrived…
and they happen to be purple;-)…
our instructor recommends them as essential gear… can’t wait to try them out later in the week…
25 Sunday Dec 2022
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banging, banging pots, big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, Christmas, Christmas Day, dinner, early start, family, food, friends, gifts, grandson, kids, moments, purple, reading, relaxing, special day, Technology, treats, tree, visits, widow
I wasn’t expecting to get up early, but apparently my body remembers previous Christmas mornings, lol… although it was 6:47 am when I woke up, for many years it was often around 4… and I would eventually start banging pots in the kitchen to encourage all of the sleepers to wake up…
around 7:30 I got up, made breakfast and then read for a while in the living room enjoying the tree lights…
there were matching pyjamas, calls, texts, visits and naps throughout the day… the naps may have had something to do with the 6:47 wake-up, lol…
spaced amongst all of that were relaxing dinner preparations… beautiful mashed potatoes, delicious stuffing and tasty gravy went perfectly with chicken, turnip, ham, and previously homemade cranberry sauce…
I was absolutely spoiled with a myriad of wonderful gifts…
a lovely day… amazingly blessed, as always…
18 Sunday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, Christmas, decorations, family, gifts, Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers, moments, paintbox, painting, plow, purple, shovelling, Technology, widow
had some fun this morning… after going out and shovelling the droppings from the city snow plows…
been planning to colour the letters for these chocolate ornaments that I received from Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers…
finally got around to it… sadly there was no purple in the paintbox🤪…
I am pleased with how they came out… I used some of my gifts from last year in a slightly different way and enjoyed the time…
now they are on the tree…
17 Saturday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, delicious, friends, fun, garden, good times, goodies, moments, neighbour, purple, trays, treats, widow
had a lovely visit with my neighbour…
she brought over a cute purple tray filled with delightful homemade goodies…
she makes a number of cookie trays for family and usually puts them on red trays, but had to go out and find a purple one for me😊… what a sweetie…
we usually meet for a little glass of something in the garden, lol, so it was good to get together in the house…
we snacked, chatted and had lots of laughs… and there are still some of the goodies left for me to eat and share🤭…
30 Wednesday Nov 2022
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Advent, advent calendar, big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, Christmas, family, food, memories, moments, purple, quick, ready, Technology, treat, widow
I received a box of individually wrapped pieces of chocolate in the mail to fill my Advent calendar…
was very happy and quick to pop one into each of the twenty four squares in the box… and there are two on the last day so that I can enjoy one on Christmas Day;-)…
now to wait for tomorrow, when I get to open the first one;-)…
29 Tuesday Nov 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, getting ready, Goggle, memories, moments, plugged, purple, stairway, trees, unpacked, widow, wood
the trees made their way up the stairway…
found the box and had some fun placing them…
have one that needs to be plugged in, so I need to figure out how to get it connected…
the rest look great… Facebook told me I had done the same thing on this date two years ago… and I was thinking it was kind of early, lol…
a final few went onto a table by the front door… these include a few that my beloved made many years ago…
I like how they look, and they are connected to Google;-)…
27 Sunday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cards, Christmas, decorations, drawers, getting ready, memories, moments, ornaments, purple, table, widow
the decorating is taking shape…
worked on the living room table…
removed all the pictures, angels, sarongs, and stones…
found the bags filled with ornaments that have gone into it for the last few years…
got them into three of the squares and saved the last square for cards;-)…
and I also received the first card… woohoo…
18 Friday Nov 2022
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Advent, advent calendar, arrive, big girl pants, blessed, calendar, Canadian Chocoholic, chocolate, Christmas, Decadence Chocolates, family, food, happy, hibiscus, moments, purple, Technology, treat, widow
the Advent calendar has made its way back into the living room… it looks so great in that spot…
last year it was filled with yummy bonbons from Decadence Chocolates…
this year it will be filled with bits and pieces from Canadian Chocoholic’s stash…
now I just have to to wait for the parcel to arrive with the chocolate to go into it😊…
21 Friday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, data, family, grandson, iPhone, moments, new, photos, purple, Technology, transfer, widow
a few days ago my new iPhone arrived…
my grandson arranged the whole thing and brought over the new phone…
he transferred all the data, made sure everything was working and added a protective screen…
transferring from one phone to another is certainly much easier than the last time I upgraded my phone…
I’ve taken a few pictures and am very impressed with the results…
now I will have to learn what is new and different…
wish me luck🤪
15 Saturday Oct 2022
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angels, big girl pants, blessed, display, family, gemstones, happy, lane, living room, memories, moments, photos, purple, stones, widow
had an idea the other day when I was watching tv upstairs… I’ve been thinking it was time to change up the display in the living room table, so I got started…
found a number of framed photos from the computer room and my collection of fancy gemstones…
I gathered up some of my angels… I have given away most of them, but kept a few of my favourites, lol…
brought everything to the living room table and had a lovely time putting them into the squares…
remembering where they came from and why they were special to me…
such a lovely walk down memory lane;-)…
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