bookshelf…

06 Saturday Jan 2024

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big girl pants, blessed, books, bookshelf, Christmas, cold, encourage, friend, moments, reading, share, stairs, widow

I haven’t been doing much reading lately… I was not enjoying the book I was working on and it really slowed down my desire to read…

also, it was cold in the living room in December, so that kept me from reading a bit also…

for Christmas I got a biography and it has been slow going, lol… a good friend brings me books all the time and there is quite a stack…

I decided to put all the books I have to read up the stairs… they had been looking kind of empty since the Advent boxes were emptied;-)…

a new version of a bookshelf;-)…

I think this is going to encourage me to get back into the reading habit…

giveaway…

09 Friday Dec 2022

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alarm, big girl pants, blessed, closet, decluttered, giveaway, memories, moments, share, treasures, widow

spent time in the computer room again yesterday and found additional items for the giveaway collection… happily there were a number of Christmas treasures amongst them…

eventually I was able to bring down the last of the boxes… it was filled with books and was really heavy…

added it to all the other items and had quite the pile…

set the alarm and got up early this morning to get everything onto the steps before eight… in the dark, sigh…

took a while to get them all out there, lol, and by nine they were gone…

it sure feels great to have the closet cleaned out and more space…

shelves…

05 Wednesday Feb 2020

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big girl pants, blessed, books, cleanup, clutter, collecting, declutter, happy, memories, packed, share, shelves, widow

filled nine boxes with books a few days ago…

the computer room looks like a bomb went off in it, so I am rather pleased to have started the cleanup process…

happily, it was easy to pack them up… I spent many years collecting books on religion, feminism and spirituality… now seems like a good time to pass them along to someone else…

I also gathered many books on children and worship…

planning to drop them off at the Fire Station in the next while…

put aside a few that covered Celtic writings…

once I find a few more empty boxes I will continue with the decluttering;-)…

looking forward to having shelves with space on them, not crammed with books I no longer read…

share…

10 Tuesday Sep 2019

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back to it, big girl pants, dark, early, Google Home, share, widow

so… all summer I woke up in the morning and the light from outside was enough to start my day…

now I am talking to Google so she can turn on the lights, advise the temperature in the house, share information about the weather and the drive to work…

as I leave the house I have to remember to tell her I am out of here so she turns everything off, or down, for the day…

feels too soon to be back into this practice…

chocolate…

24 Thursday Aug 2017

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beginning preparations for my visit to Ottawa soon…

gathering items to take with me and on the list is chocolate… my daughter is becoming an expert on the subject…

she has a few favourites from various chocolate shops around town…

today I picked up a few things from Morden’s…

arrived two minutes before they closed as traffic was bad because of all the construction… they were so gracious and provided excellent customer service, even at those last few minutes before closing…

picked up a few bars and the darkest chocolate they had… also got some of their cashews…

George loved cashews and they made me think of him as I was snacking on a handful tonight…

on a roll with chocolate today… last night on our way home we stopped at a new bakery in the neighbourhood and I picked up this chocolate ganache tart…

took it to the office, cut it into eight tiny pieces and shared it with my colleagues… this works very well for me because I get a taste of something but then don’t have tons of it… and it’s fun to share…

still have a bit of time to get to her other favourites so I have the necessary items when I arrive there, lol…

looking forward to the shopping and the trip…

knife…

28 Friday Oct 2016

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big girl pants, ChefsPlate, Jacques Pépin, knife, share, supper, tilapia, widow

really enjoying the ChefsPlate food boxes…

ordering things I wouldn’t usually eat so have been feeling adventurous and appreciating every meal…

tonight’s supper menu featured tilapia… I’ve never tried it before but will certainly have it again…

laid out all the items from the bag on the counter…

followed the directions, which are clearly written out… been testing myself with some ingredients I’m not that fond of… learning to appreciate ginger and even liking lemon rind…

yesterday I watched a video on Facebook of Jacques Pépin demonstrating how to use a knife properly… it was originally from Food52… tonight I did a much better job of chopping after watching it…

was doing really well not grating/slicing myself with the mandolin…

oh well… won’t take too long to heal, lol…

after my prep work and good job at following the directions my supper was delicious…

will have the leftovers for lunch or dinner tomorrow…

thinking I might see if a friend would like to come over on an evening I am making one of the meals…

would be nice to share the fun with someone…