19 Thursday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, cameras, iPhone, moments, shopping, Technology, widow, wifi
today I was so excited when Virginia, my mail carrier, rang the doorbell as she dropped off a parcel… she always rings the bell when she leaves something that doesn’t fit into the mailbox…
it was the wifi cameras I ordered so I could watch the birds at the feeders;-)…
plugged them in, connected them to wifi, and then to the app on my phone… easy peasy;-)…
now to see if I can spot any birds, lol…
17 Tuesday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, doorbell, family, food, friends, lockdown, moments, neighbours, rang, Save-On-Foods, shopping, Technology, timer-whisperer, treats, widow
been a hectic day, not the norm around here…
a friend dropped off an item she had picked up for me and we had a short chat… she by her car, and I on the steps with my mask on…
time online on the laptop searching and ordering various things… maybe even some Christmas presents…
had a lovely conversation with my Winnipeg son-in-law who then FaceTimed me and maybe got the timer working, lol… fingers crossed…
and it worked… I had read the directions and tried it a few times before talking with him… he is the timer-whisperer, lol…
also spoke with my Ottawa son-in-law who helped me out with a different issue…
I was on a call and the bell rang… my neighbour brought me a cute little tin filled with fresh baking;-)… woo hoo… and I gave her some books which were needing a new home;-)…
I am now answering the door with a mask on all the time, not that the doorbell rings very often, lol…
final event was a delivery from Save-On-Foods with needed groceries… early in the pandemic, it was taking 2 weeks to get groceries once ordered… then it was down to the next day, but now that we are going back into a more serious lockdown, it is taking 4 or 5 days… so blessed to have this option… now I just need to plan a little further ahead…
certainly the busiest day I’ve had in ages;-)…
08 Sunday Nov 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, cleaning, family, glue guns, memories, moments, multiple, organize, paper products, shopping, widow, ziplock
had great success with another couple of cleaning projects…
cleaned and reorganized the paper product shelf in the basement… who knew I needed 4 boxes of large ziplock bags, lol…
then had a lovely time in the corner cupboard… this was one area that always made my beloved crazy;-)…
he might have been right as I don’t even want to say how many multiple glue guns I discovered…
16 Friday Oct 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, blackcurrant, blessed, favourite, purple, Scandinavia, shopping, spot, storage, Tea, Technology, widow
the tea is here, the tea is here;-)…
the parcel arrived a couple of days ago and I didn’t get around to finding a place to store a dozen boxes of blackcurrant tea until today…
I’ve never had that many boxes at once but I wanted to be sure to get multiples as it isn’t available anyplace in Canada or the UK…
cleaned off a shelf above my mugs to fit them in…
this should last me at least six months…
so delicious;-)…
30 Wednesday Sep 2020
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my personal shopper arrived with a few items I had missed from my grocery order the other day…
he came by motorbike and luckily I only needed a few items as he had to fit them all in his backpack…
he brought eggs, mushrooms, and the margarine that I use which is hard to find…
I am so thankful to have this wonderful young man in my life…
18 Friday Sep 2020
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big girl pants, blackcurrant, blessed, delicious, family, happy, moments, online, purple, shopping, Tea, treat, widow
months ago I ran out of my favourite tea – Twinning Blackcurrant… I was very sad… I went online to see if I could order it direct from the company, but they no longer carried it…
about a month ago my Ottawa son-in-law came across a site in Europe that appeared to have it… I went online and ordered one package as the photo looked slightly different and I didn’t want to get a ton of tea I might not like…
Tuesday a very sad package arrived in the mail in a ginormous plastic bag…
the big plastic bag was an apology from Canada Post regarding the state of the parcel…
thankfully the plastic covering the box of tea was still intact and the tea bags were fine…
I made a pot of tea and it is the right kind;-)…
so happy… I then went back online and ordered 12 boxes… yay…
11 Friday Sep 2020
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, COVID, family, grandson, moments, nowadays, shopping, treat, widow
had my quarterly doctor’s appointment yesterday…
nowadays it involves a bit of organizing… once I have the date, I have to go a week beforehand for my blood work… which means that my grandson and I have to sort out when I can get the car back twice…
yesterday morning he brought it early and went for a bike ride while I went for my appointment…
we met up at home and there was just enough time for him to run out and pick up breakfast for me before he headed off… a nice treat…
it is a bit of a pain to sort out when I need the car, but his having it and doing any shopping that I need is so helpful during these COVID times…
he’s planning to come over on Sunday, clean the aquarium and run out and replace the dead pump so it is ready for the fish to move in… time seems to be flying by…
we are also going to have lunch;-)… talk about being blessed…
03 Thursday Sep 2020
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adjust, band, beautiful, big girl pants, bracelet, Fitbit, purple, shopping, snazzy, Technology, widow
a few weeks ago I ordered a couple of new bands for my Fitbit… they arrived and were excellent…
one is very fancy, but needed to be adjusted… a few days ago I cut off a portion of it, but it was still too large…
yesterday I tried again and now it fits perfectly and looks great;-)…
very snazzy…
16 Sunday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, Black Market Provisions, blessed, delivery, food, friends, gift, gift certificate, provisions, retirement, salad, shopping, treat, widow
one of the gifts I received for my retirement was a gift certificate to Black Market Provisions…
a few days ago I ordered one of their Care Packages… it arrived right at supper time the next day and included the most delicious salad with beets, goat cheese, chicken, and greens… I also enjoyed some garlicky bagel crisps…
there were a few frozen items, more crackers and some delicious looking cookies…
I am excited to taste all of these as well…
07 Friday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, foaming, grandson, habit, personal shopper, shopping, soap, widow
I was so excited when I got a call from my personal shopper (oldest grandson) asking if I still wanted the soap that we’d been looking for since March… I had just started using another brand of foam soap which I was finding had an overpowering smell, lol…
I am a creature of habit and found this particular foaming soap quite a few years ago… it is light and doesn’t really have a scent… which makes it perfect for me…
he picked up three containers so that I will not run out…
hurray…
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