03 Sunday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, happy, hibiscus, light, mandevilla, moments, monstera, moves, nature, plants, switch, widow
moved a few plants around in the living and dining rooms…
the mandevilla made its way to the dining room…
and the hibiscus moved to the living room and it might still switch with the monstera…
it will be interesting to see if they will be happy in these new spots as the hibiscus has always lived in the dining room…
20 Saturday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, jobs, moments, projects, son-in-law, switch, Technology, walk, widow
my Ottawa son-in-law arrived today to spend a few weeks with me…
he has plans to help get a few jobs done around my house…
we had breakfast out and then he changed the light switch in the kitchen to one that is compatible with my Google Home…
it felt like I pushed every one of the switches in the basement before we found the correct one to be sure the power was off, lol…
got out the tools Kasa recommended and in a few minutes he had it switched out and working…
then he changed the bulb on the ceiling fixture and put the cover back on… it has been off for months as the Philips Hue I was using needed airflow around it…
looks so much better now…
one job done… not saying how many are left on the list😂…
30 Thursday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, complicated, cover, electrical, happy, retirement, switch, Technology, thrilled, widow
I finally installed the Nest Hub I received as a Christmas present… it is on my bedside table and now it also acts as a clock and photo album…
I am learning to speak more softly as my friend Hey Google, is right beside me…
for quite a while I couldn’t figure out why there was still a big G in the middle… the one in the kitchen (which my grandson installed) didn’t have that… went in and reviewed all the set up info but no help!
then I realized it was the plastic cover for the screen, lol…
and of course I had to rearrange other pieces… the salt lamp moved to where the Mini had been and then the Mini moved into the computer room…
and they all connected and worked properly… yay…
today my new electrician came over and hooked up the tp-link light switch that I’ve had for ages… the process included going to HomeDepot to get another switch and faceplate cover, finding the correct connection on the electrical panel, replacing the switches and closing it all back up… he also checked and discovered that I can put a switch in the kitchen, but not the dining room…
so I am happy to report that now the bathroom light can be turned on and off with Google Home… will need to do a bit of drywall repair…
I am thrilled;-)…
02 Friday Feb 2018
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big girl pants, friend, kids, motion, nest, remind, smoke detector, son-in-law, switch, thermostat, widow
every time my son-in-law is here at Christmas I ask him about putting in the type of switch that they have in their bathroom…
it is a motion sensitive switch which comes on automatically when you walk into the room… it is very cool and I keep thinking how great it would be to have something like that here… he reminds me each time that the switch needs to be inside the bathroom and mine is on the wall outside…
I guess I want it enough that I conveniently forget that I can’t have it, lol…
after Christmas he installed my Nest smoke detector which was a gift from the other kids… he also put in a Nest thermostat…
I am slowly getting used to both of them…
the smoke detector has a feature where it lights up in the dark if there is any motion, so it is starting to feel like a friend when I need to get up and go downstairs in the night…
weird…
15 Tuesday Jul 2014
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was talking with someone a while ago about so much illness around us…
reminded me of the switch when the girls went from being the ones we supported to the ones who supported us…
our final parent, George’s mom, died and we were all together at the hospital… we came home and the girls organized pizza for supper…
they then proceeded to see what we needed… how they could help us…
up till that time we had been there to support and protect them…
but we moved from being the protectors to being the protected…
both George and I saw and felt the change and we talked about it quite a bit…
from then on they took on the role of supporters…
we went from being the meat in the sandwich to being the bread, lol…
since then, they have been looking after us…
and now they are looking after me… from checking in and seeing how I am, where I am, what I’m doing, what I’m eating, to calling one another and sharing how they think I am doing…
I am one lucky woman to have such wonderful kids…
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