28 Friday Feb 2020
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on my final day of work I took a selfie with each person on staff…
I’ve since used those photos to update their contact and address information in my phone…
at first I was cropping myself out of the pictures, but then I realized how nice it was to see us together;-)… so I’ve left them as I took them…
it is lovely when I am sending a text or email to see their faces;-)…
07 Friday Feb 2020
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mentioned to someone the other day that I had gone downstairs to the living room to sit in the sun, but it wasn’t shining on the couch…
today I went down earlier expecting to see sun on my spot..
no such luck… apparently the sun doesn’t hit the living room at that angle at this time of the year, lol…
it shines on the other side of the room…
so while the sun was shining, I sat in the chair by the window and then in one of the black chairs…
the sun felt wonderful;-)…
a bit later I got this picture as it was going down…
so blessed to be able to see the movement of the sun at this time of year…
30 Thursday Jan 2020
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I finally installed the Nest Hub I received as a Christmas present… it is on my bedside table and now it also acts as a clock and photo album…
I am learning to speak more softly as my friend Hey Google, is right beside me…
for quite a while I couldn’t figure out why there was still a big G in the middle… the one in the kitchen (which my grandson installed) didn’t have that… went in and reviewed all the set up info but no help!
then I realized it was the plastic cover for the screen, lol…
and of course I had to rearrange other pieces… the salt lamp moved to where the Mini had been and then the Mini moved into the computer room…
and they all connected and worked properly… yay…
today my new electrician came over and hooked up the tp-link light switch that I’ve had for ages… the process included going to HomeDepot to get another switch and faceplate cover, finding the correct connection on the electrical panel, replacing the switches and closing it all back up… he also checked and discovered that I can put a switch in the kitchen, but not the dining room…
so I am happy to report that now the bathroom light can be turned on and off with Google Home… will need to do a bit of drywall repair…
I am thrilled;-)…
16 Thursday Jan 2020
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saw the most amazing sky tonight as I was walking through the house…
it always amazes me when I just happen to look out and see a gorgeous sunset or sunrise… there are so many moments that we miss because we aren’t looking, lol…
here is one of the photos that I took, just before my camera advised me it was exhausted…
I am feeling that a pattern is appearing in my days… I am getting up around eight or nine and then having a relaxing breakfast… today I had some chicken soup I’d made a few days ago in the Instant Pot… I hadn’t tasted it when I made it so was pleased with it this morning… I’d woken up with a stuffy nose, so chicken soup seemed like a great start to my day…
for my lunch I had some of the Mexican Chicken Soup I’d made at the same time…. I will make this again as it is very tasty…
a bit later I spent some time working at cleaning out a kitchen drawer… even went as far as putting a liner in as well… took a while for everything to dry and be ready to go back into the drawer and a number of things hit the garbage and pass-me-over box…
reading, watching tv, tidying, napping and cooking take up the rest of the day…
so far I am enjoying the relaxed quiet days…
15 Wednesday Jan 2020
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had a very productive and enjoyable day…
spent time in the morning decluttering, deep-cleaning and reorganizing a rolling cupboard that my beloved built many years ago…
felt very pleased with the outcome… got rid of some stuff and made space for the Instant Pot;-)…
then had a delightful visit and some treats with a dear friend…
followed by some reading and a few phone calls… caught this sun dog as I looked out the window;-)…
enjoying the moments in this new portion of the journey;-)…
03 Friday Jan 2020
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well, I haven’t written a blog at the computer for absolutely ages… usually I write them using my phone…
but, yesterday, I got a new toy:-)… an Acer Aspire 5… it is a beauty… still haven’t connected a mouse to it but that will happen when I get home as I have a number there, lol…
I’ve been thinking about acquiring a new laptop for quite a while and finally made the decision yesterday while I had my son-in-law available to help me choose just the right one…
I had anticipated that it would be much more costly, but there were still sales on and we settled on this type… we had to go to two different locations before we found a store that actually had any as they’ve been selling like hotcakes apparently…
then we spent a good part of the evening getting it set up… the important things, like background and lockscreen, lol… also got my website and instagram connected… going to do as much setting up here as possible, while I have my geeky son-in-law to help…
this is only the second laptop I’ve owned… the first one was hacked many years ago and my nephew took it away to be fixed and never brought it back… it was also an Acer… he loaned me a different machine, but the screen started to go so it wasn’t very useful and I’ve only used it for a few particular jobs since then…
one of my retirement goals is to get caught up on technology as I have been too busy to fit time in to check out what’s new and improved out there… I think this is going to be a great asset in that process…
such fun:-)…
26 Thursday Dec 2019
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yesterday I travelled from Winnipeg to Ottawa to spend Christmas with my daughter, son-in-law and his mother… the flight was jam packed and I had the sweetest little person sitting beside me… if she asked why once, she asked a hundred times, lol…
when I arrived, we had a lovely dinner of appetizers… there were fancy cheeses, chocolate salami, coconut shrimp, chicken wings, many types of fancy crackers, fruit, veggies and hummus as well as a variety of home-baked cookies…
we had bubbly to celebrate my retirement…
stockings were hung on the mantle and the tree looked ever so festive with lots of gifts under it…
a wonderful start to my visit;-)…
20 Friday Dec 2019
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had the most delightful day with my grandson…
we had breakfast at one of our favourite places, ran a few errands and spent six hours at Thermea…
went in when it was light, and left in the dark…
today was the first time I’ve had a massage there and it was lovely… I like the Swedish, gentle, ones… my grandson had the deep tissue one, lol… I think he might be bruised, but he was happy…
then it was on to the thermal experience… even the Polar pool a few times… we attended an Aufguss ritual, spent time in nearly all the saunas, sat by the fire, enjoyed both pools, had supper and spent more time in the cool pool and hot tub…
just like his mother, aunt and grandfather, he can find people he’s met before in any place he goes;-)… and had a lengthy chat with them…
what a wonderful day it has been… on our way home he treated me to a Dairy Queen ice cream cone – one of my favourites ;-)…
19 Thursday Dec 2019
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big girl pants, bouquet, flowers, memories, moments, orchids, retirement, roses, supplier, surprise, treat, weather, widow
yesterday I received a message that some flowers were coming my way…
I spoke with the florist who advised they would arrive before end of day…
but then, 6 pm came and went… they usually close at that time, so I figured there would be no flowers…
around 7:30 they arrived… still wasn’t sure who was sending them…
they were well wrapped because it was cold outside…
opened them up to discover a beautiful bouquet of orchids, roses and carnations…
they were from a Toronto supplier I had worked with over the last ten years…
a lovely surprise…
16 Monday Dec 2019
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today I started to make some of the needed changes around the house…
I’ve changed the schedule on my Nest thermostat so that the temperature stays the same throughout the day… previously I had it lower the temp while I was at work…
I am going to update the programming on my Google Home… used to have 2 different set ups in the morning… one provided information for a work day, and the other for “the weekend”… no more work days;-)…
my automatic timers currently turn the lights off at 8 am… going to need to change that too, lol… I cannot get those timers to cooperate no matter what I do…
today I changed from those automated timers to a TP-link smart plug… now I can tell Google when to turn them on and off…
and I finally got the tree lights to respond to commands as well…
next up I am going to check into lights for the chandelier and bathroom that will respond to verbal commands;-)…
so much to do, but lots of time…
