02 Monday Mar 2026
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always with me, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, memories, moments, passed, remembering, widow
it is the beginning of March and I realized I hadn’t remembered that this week marks 14 years since my beloved passed…
at first I felt bad because I hadn’t remembered, but then I realized how often I think of him during each and every day and no longer focus on the day he died…
09 Sunday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, bird feeder, blessed, button, garden, memories, moments, poppy, remembering, Remembrance Day, widow
on Thursday I cleaned the poppy bird feeder and attached it to the front rail…
I noticed that I’d set it out a bit earlier last year…
I also dug out two poppies to put on my jacket and t-shirt…
last year I had purchased some little button pins to keep from losing them, lol…
I still make sure to make a donation as, before the pin, I ended up losing a couple and needing to replace them, lol…
01 Wednesday Oct 2025
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basement, big girl pants, changes, family, fireplace, friends, grandson, memories, moments, pet, redecorated, remembering, widow
last year, around this time, my housemate decided to redecorate his space…
from removing the fireplace, to drywalling, to putting in new ceiling tiles, to painting the space with two colours, and reorganizing his stuff, he worked hard with help from friends and family…
it came out very nicely…
and he has enjoyed the space…
this fall he has been preparing for an interesting pet…
03 Sunday Aug 2025
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anniversary, beloved, big girl pants, body, family, gone, left, meltdown, memories, moments, remembering, widow
earlier this week I had a bit of a meltdown…
it wasn’t until Wednesday that I realized the reason for the meltdown was my body getting ready for Friday…
would have been our 55th wedding anniversary… we only made it to 42 together…
it is hard to believe that 13 years have gone by since my beloved left me…
01 Friday Aug 2025
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55th, anniversary, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, giggles, leaking, love, memories, moments, morning glories, nature, pond, remembering, squirrels, time, widow
today I’ve been giggling over a couple of things as I remember 42 years together, on what should have been our 55th wedding anniversary…
first thing I wandered the garden and took pictures of the morning glories…
some, where they were planted, and some that have just found a spot they like, lol…
I remember my beloved bringing me pictures of the ones blooming in the garden each day when he came to visit me in hospital around our fortieth anniversary…
he was just getting used to the camera on his phone, so it was a big deal for him to take the time to take pictures of flowers…
the second thing is the pond…
it has been leaking for ages, but only when the waterfall is running…
we had the leaking problem for a year or so before he died and it was driving him crazy, trying to figure out the problem…
finally, as I was reading on the back deck, two red squirrels were having a battle over one of the feeders… he and squirrels never got on, so it was funny to have them yelling at each other today…
25 Friday Jul 2025
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albums, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, designed, fun, lawn signs, memories, moments, party, pictures, remembering, searching, widow
spent time with old photos today as I was searching for some particular pictures…
a neighbour was having a party and had signs on the lawn which made me think of the business we had for a number of years…
we designed and produced (well my beloved did the making, lol) different signs and words and snuck into yards to set them up for special occasions…
it was fun and at the time no one else was doing that…
going through photos to find a few of the ones we’d set up was enjoyable and a reminder of some amazing times in our lives;-)… some of those albums were kind of dusty…
10 Thursday Jul 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, cheese, dad, family, food, lunch, memories, memory, moments, remembering, sandwich, sardines, widow
today, as I was making my lunch, I was reminded of my dad…
he loved sardines and would often make a sardine sandwich for his lunch when he was home…
when he worked he had a cheese sandwich every single day🤪…
back to the sardines, lol…
he would smash them up in a bowl with a fork and a bit of the oil from the container and then put the mix onto white bread…
I mashed mine up and then topped up some premium crackers with the mixture… tasty and went well with the cucumber, onion, tomato salad which I also made…
sweet memory;-)…
03 Thursday Jul 2025
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blooming, coneflower, family, flowers, garden, memories, moments, nature, plant, remembering, weather, weed, widow
the coneflower has finally bloomed… this one was planted on the south side of the house, next to the furnace vents… I think this is a much better spot than the pergola garden…
whenever the hose has been put out it has gotten water and has been growing nicely since it was planted…
not too long ago it produced a bud and it has slowly been opening over the last few weeks…
the petals still need to bend completely, but it is looking pretty good now;-)…
seeing it reminds me of how every year I would buy one, we’d plant it in the garden, and then in the spring my beloved would pull it out thinking it was a weed, lol…
memories 😉…
23 Monday Jun 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, moments, nature, neighbour, plants, remembering, rosa, rose, weather, widow
happy to discover that the red rose bush in the front garden has begun to bloom…
it came from my neighbour (and very good friend) who lived next door for many years…
it always makes me smile and remember the good times we had together over the years;-)…
brought a few in and put them in the den…
19 Wednesday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, carbs, family, food, meatballs, moments, remembering, sauce, spaghetti, supper, widow
this morning I dug meatballs out from the freezer…
then I made a sauce to go with them and decided to add the spaghetti to cook in the sauce…
once it was cooked, it went into the fridge to cool down which helps reduce the carbs…
when I reheated half of it for my supper, it was delicious;-)…
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