22 Wednesday May 2024
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23 Saturday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, boots, family, fixed, grandson, happy, moments, Rona, snow, weather, widow, worry, zipper
last winter I was having trouble zipping up my boots… they still fit fine, but it was getting more and more difficult to zip them up… I tried running a candle up and down them and then being sure to zip them closed as soon as I took them off, but it was still a worry when I went to put them on…
I purchased these boots Dec 2, 2015, so they didn’t owe me anything, but I didn’t want to replace them…
not long ago, when we were at Rona, we found a spray (similar to WD40), and used it on the zippers…
they work perfectly now and I am very happy about that;-)…
25 Wednesday Oct 2023
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14 years, bathroom, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, broken, family, fit, grandson, handwritten, Home Depot, medicine cabinet, moments, new, plastic, Rona, search, stock, widow
been having trouble keeping one of the medicine cabinet doors closed for the last few weeks…
I thought it was because the magnet on the mirror was separating from the plastic behind it…
the other morning I looked at it and thought it was no longer level…
at which point I discovered that the plastic where the door attached to the cabinet had broken… it took two of us to remove the broken cabinet…
what a treat to discover my beloved’s handwritten measurements inside the hole🤗…
after measuring the space, it was off to Home Depot to see if we could find something that would fit into the hole in the wall… and of course I needed two, sigh…
we found a cabinet that should work, but the store we were at didn’t have any in stock, so it meant another trip… after trying two other stores it was off to Rona, where we found two of the same cabinet at an even better price;-)…
it has been fourteen years since my beloved installed these cabinets when we redid the bathroom, so I guess it did pretty well, being opened more than ten thousand times, lol… that wasn’t a bad run…
and, just like that we have two new cabinets, although the space inside them is smaller, but they will work fine;-)…
16 Saturday Feb 2019
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spent some time with my son-in-law yesterday…
one of the things we did was go to RONA and pick up a new cover and clamp for the dryer vent…
we’ve figured out a different way to add water to the hot tub, so that the vent doesn’t have to be removed for the hose to go through it…
as soon as we got home, he popped it into place and hooked up the inside vent…
while he was doing that, the bunny was sitting under a tree on the other side of the yard, watching;-)…
today, when I returned home from brunch out, she was sitting in the same spot… I feel a bit sorry for her…
but not enough to let her back into the house, lol…
06 Monday Nov 2017
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bedroom, big girl pants, colour, drawn, paint, paint chip, pink, Rona, welcome, widow
spent some time at Rona on Saturday looking for just the right colour of paint for the bedroom…
brought home this paint chip and think it may have just the right colour…
I am often drawn to a colour by the name…
the one I am leaning towards is Angel’s Gaze… cool for a bedroom and has a slight pink tone…
for years the living room was painted a lovely pale pink which made it so welcoming and comfortable…
looking forward to the changes…
11 Sunday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, ChefsPlate, clothes, IKEA, quiet, Rona, sky, snow, Superstore, widow
was anticipating a quiet day but it didn’t turn out that way… did take a few pictures of the gorgeous snow…
worked on a project and then headed out to meet my kids…
we met up at IKEA, did a little shopping and then headed to Moxie’s for lunch… a wander through Rona and then I headed toward home as they went off to a soccer game…
stopped at Superstore to pick up a few groceries and some clothes jumped into my cart…
couple of pairs of leggings and three long-sleeve tops… with the cold weather haven’t seemed to have enough warm things for work…
bit of a nap and then I made Lemon Chicken and Rosemary Pappardelle from my ChefsPlate box…
the sky was beautiful again tonight…
finished work on the project and watched a bit of tv…
off to clean up from supper…
09 Saturday May 2015
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last night I was at the computer and for some reason decided to see if George’s obituary was still online…
it was, and I cried as I read it and the condolences that people wrote online about my beloved…
was at Rona today to look for a planter pot and saw a few people who had worked with him, although most of them seemed to be new… things change in three years… it was a scratch and save day and I remember how he always had to work on those Saturdays and Sundays…
picked up a few African violets for the office… also got a pink mandevilla…
all of these reminded me of the many flowers George has brought me over the years…
also picked up some solar lights which I put outside to see if I turned them on correctly…
tried on lots of clothes but only found two things I liked… a nice pair of soft pants to wear around the house and some cute purple shorts…
came home and took it easy for the rest of the day…
will be missing my beloved tomorrow…
14 Sunday Sep 2014
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had a quiet morning, taking it easy… then I cooked the meat for our taco supper…
kids picked me up and we went to Rona to get screws and anchors to hang up the shoe storage containers at the front door… still find it difficult to go there without seeing George… today one of the people helping us said I looked familiar, and when I said I was George’s wife, he said they still miss him… while we were out we ran a couple of errands, got home and finished the prep for dinner while Jeff put up the units…
Jeff figured out how to give me access to the plug through the first bin… still have to put a board across the top to finish it off…
the front area looks great and I got most of the shoes in and put a couple aside to give away… think I will hang scarves in front of these…
26 Wednesday Feb 2014
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beloved, benefits, big girl pants, health insurance, Manulife, no waiting period, Rona, Sun Life
well, after weeks of waiting and comparisons I think I have a plan for my health insurance…
when my beloved left me, RONA provided me with two years of survivor benefits and they run out next Thursday…
I didn’t realize what a complicated process it was to get insurance…
for a while it looked as though I was going to have to wait for three months once I got the insurance…
I was also worried as to whether I would qualify if I had to go through a medical… although I am cancer free it was worrisome if having had uterine cancer would disqualify me from insurance…
I also had no idea about the cost… after speaking with the Sun Life people, where the RONA plan was, I discovered that it would cost me $200 a month for similar benefits to those I’ve had over these last two years… thanks RONA, for those benefits…
eventually I found a broker who was able to find a roll-over program which will cost about $117 a month… no more dental coverage, but medical/pharmaceutical which is more important…
good news, it will take effect next week and there isn’t a waiting period… AND there is no medical required…
those big girl pants have been well used recently…
03 Tuesday Dec 2013
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air miles, air miles card, big girl pants, cupboards were bare, diamonds in the snow, Food for Thought, glittering snow, grocery delivery, Original Joe's, Rona, Safeway
on Saturday I went to Safeway to get some groceries… a good thing, because I hadn’t been out shopping for about 3 weeks and the cupboards were rather bare…
happily it was one of the weekends where there were bonus air miles available…
I decided to do a good size shop and get some staples to be sure I spent sufficient money to get the deal…
kept track of what I was spending as I went through the store… did I mention that I got there at 7:30 am… had them delivered which is very handy, particularly when buying lots…
after my surgery two summers ago, I couldn’t lift anything over 5 pounds for a few months and that is when I tried having the groceries delivered…
ran to Rona and picked up a few small trees instead of a large one and was able to use my air miles card there as well…
arrived home in time for the delivery of frozen meals from Food for Thought who do a great job with single meals… I haven’t had any desire to prepare dinner recently so haven’t been eating well… when I have some of these dinners in the freezer I can pop something into the oven, have a nap and get up to dinner…
then the furniture fiasco…
diamonds in the snow…
today I woke up to diamonds glittering all over the snow… even in the dark it was very lovely so I took a few pictures before getting picked up for work…
glittering snow…
wasn’t quite dark when we left work and headed out for dinner at Original Joe’s where we had a great visit… but it was very dark when we blasted home so I would be here to receive my hide-a-bed… the guys were late getting here which gave me time to go out and shovel the sidewalk for them…
finally the living room is complete…
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