29 Wednesday Nov 2023
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amaryllis, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, gifts, growing, moments, Shelmerdine, shopping, wax, widow
had a fun trip to Shelmerdine today…
wasn’t going to get anything, but three Christmas gifts jumped right into the cart…
and I found one of the amaryllis plants coated in wax, that grow without water… hummed and hawed, but in the end had to get one…
it is now sitting on the living room table and I can’t wait to see it grow and produce some flowers;-)
15 Sunday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, books, busy, collected, haircut, little library, moments, morning glory seeds, post office, shopping, Ultracuts, walk, widow
went for a walk on Friday… it was lovely out…
first stop was the Little Library I usually stop at… when I was last there, there were only a few books, so I went through some of mine and filled a backpack to drop off…
I also included a couple of the extra bookmarks I made last Christmas…
from there I walked to the Post Office to drop a package in the mail and on my way back stopped into Ultracuts for a haircut…
since my last visit, I may have taken the scissors to my hair a few times, lol… didn’t take long, or really that much hair being snipped, to look tidy again…
as I walked home, I stopped and collected some morning glory seeds from the outside of a fence… these flowers are a lighter purple…
I’ve been watching them for a while, waiting for the pods to be ready for picking;-)…
got lots done;-)…
12 Thursday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, eclipse, friends, garden, glasses, moments, nature, party, protective gear, shopping, sky, sun, Technology, watch, weather, widow
October 14th there will be a solar eclipse…
I was able to purchase some eclipse glasses from Manitoba Museum and have them mailed to me…
since then I’ve given some to my BS buddies…
we are thinking about an eclipse party on the 14th, although the weather may not cooperate…
looking forward to the day…
04 Monday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cucumbers, Farmers Market, food, Foodfare, grandson, happy, lunch, moments, shopping, veggies, widow
spotted the Farmers Market by Foodfare on our way home last Saturday, so popped in to see what they had… and there were cloth vegetable bags in the car;-)…
picked up pickling cucumbers (my favourite), tiny red potatoes, a cabbage, and a cauliflower…
I keep forgetting that this market is here…
then for my lunch I had some cucumbers, cherry tomatoes from a friend, avocado, and a bit of cheese… yum…
what a treat;-)…
31 Thursday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, drive, eavestrough, extension, friend, garden, grandson, happy, Home Hardware, moments, Selkirk, shopping, sunburst, water, widow
went for a drive to Selkirk with a friend and found the eavestrough extension that I’ve been looking for…
once at home we extended it, drilled holes in the bottom, and laid it out along the back of the pond garden…
a few twist ties and the trough portion came down straight along the sun’s rays and then was hooked into the extension…
we might straighten it out a bit more once everything dies back in the garden, but by next spring it won’t be visible at all and will put rainwater all along the garden;-)…
13 Sunday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, family, happy, light, moments, nature, plant light, plants, pots, potted, rocks, shopping, Technology, widow
had some fun on Thursday…
had breakfast out and then we went to Home Depot, found plants, pots, and rocks… then it was on to Rona to check for different pots, and back to Home Depot to pick up the first one, lol…
when we got home the plant light that had been ordered had arrived…
at last, everything was potted, put together, and set up;-)…
I think it was a good birthday for the twenty-three year old;-)…
12 Saturday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, carpet, family, happy, IKEA, kitchen, moments, purple, rug, runner, shopping, widow
on Thursday, amongst all the shopping, we ran over to IKEA to pick up a lamp…
while we were there we came across a runner that was purple and gray-blue, and just the length I was looking for… on sale, it jumped right off the shelf into my arms…
when I got home I realized that the two ends were a shade of yellow and wondered if it would spoil the look…
but that bit of yellow goes perfectly with the wood on the wall…
it took a while for it to flatten out, but I am very pleased with how it looks…
what do you think;-)…
11 Friday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, dryer, fixed, fritz, Hameed Appliance Repair, Home Depot, moments, repair, shopping, Technology, tube, widow, working
the dryer has been on the fritz for a week or so… we’d tried a few things, but nothing made a difference…
I sent a message to Hameed Appliance Repair on Wednesday and this morning Ron arrived and had a look…
he was able to replace a piece (even for this old dryer) and got it working;-)…
he advised we needed to change the vent tube, so we went to Home Depot again, lol… we’ve been there a number of times in the last few days…
now the tube has been replaced, the dryer is back in its spot, and laundry is being done;-)…
27 Thursday Jul 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cork, family, IKEA, jug, moments, shopping, suntea, useful, widow, wisk
went to IKEA on Saturday… hadn’t been for ages…
it was fun to wander through the store and check out all the stuff…
was happy to replace the wisk that stopped working while my daughter was visiting… it is very handy for combining chocolate in warm or cold milk;-)…
the other item I found was a new jug for making suntea… the one I’ve been using didn’t have a lid and it was plastic…
this one is glass, but quite light and it has a cork stopper… it also fits very nicely in the fridge as it is much thinner than the plastic one…
I think it was a good purchase;-)…
25 Tuesday Jul 2023
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bathtub, big girl pants, blessed, caulking, family, grandson, moments, shopping, silicone, widow
the bathtub needed to be re-caulked so we picked up some silicone while we were out the other day…
after cleaning the edges off we went looking for the caulking gun… without success… I’m sure it will turn up one of these days…
happily, our neighbours’ lent us theirs and the job got done…
later I was checking it out and realized that it was vanishing… only to learn that, even though it went on white, it ended up clear, so it was actually just drying, lol…
too funny…
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