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harbinger…

31 Sunday Dec 2023

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on Thursday the blue screen of death showed up on the laptop…

apparently on Monday, when the camera kept failing during our video call, it was a harbinger of the computer’s end of life…

I spent quite a bit of time on Friday morning searching for the sales slip from January 2nd, 2020, when I purchased it in Ottawa, without success… I did find the record in my credit card statements, but after contacting Best Buy, discovered there was no extended warranty…

did some research and went to Best Buy… had a plan to purchase the same computer, but an updated version…

in the end I found a slightly higher quality machine and was happy they actually had it in the store… after consulting with my two computer geeks, brought it home and we spent time in the afternoon getting it filled with all “the stuff” I need…

the old machine fit beautifully into the box the new one came in, and will take a trip to my son-in-law to see if he is able to save anything on it…

I had some fun in the evening doing some personalization and making it my own, lol…

it will be interesting to see what I forgot I needed, lol…

reads…

30 Saturday Dec 2023

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I love to read, so was very happy that one of my presents was a gift card to Chapters…

we went shopping and I found five books, and a series which will be a gift…

not exactly sure why we went on Tuesday (Boxing Day), but it was worthwhile… the books were all 30% off with another 10% because of my membership, and then the gift card…

was pleased with the great savings, and looking forward to some good reads…

last…

20 Wednesday Dec 2023

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out shopping on Saturday morning for the last of the Christmas presents…

went to two stores, neither was overly busy and everything on the list was obtained…

happy to be finished …

then spent a bit of time wrapping;-)…

all of the parcels are now under the tree;-)…

wax…

29 Wednesday Nov 2023

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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;-)

collected…

15 Sunday Oct 2023

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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;-)…

eclipse…

12 Thursday Oct 2023

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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…

cucumbers…

04 Monday Sep 2023

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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;-)…

extension…

31 Thursday Aug 2023

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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;-)…

potted…

13 Sunday Aug 2023

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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;-)…

runner…

12 Saturday Aug 2023

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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;-)…