19 Friday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Fleurs de Villes, fourth, gift, moments, nature, Technology, The Leaf at Assiniboine Park, weather, widow
a few days ago I booked my fourth visit to Fleurs de Villes at The Leaf in January;-)…
it is always wonderful to see and I have given a number of friends tickets to go (with me of course)…
seems like a perfect Christmas gift for anyone who appreciates art, flowers, nature, and creativity… especially after looking out the window and seeing this, lol…
14 Sunday Dec 2025
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amaryllis, big girl pants, blessed, lights, melt, moments, nature, peek, plants, sleigh, snow people, solar, Technology, widow
I’ve been watching the amaryllis that I purchased in early November…
it is now in the sleigh with some of the snow people and it seems to be doing okay… I added some of the solar lights in and around the melt (group of snow people)… I kind of like it…
both of the little babies on the sides of the main bulb have started to shoot up, and even the original bulb is starting to have a bit of green peek out…
13 Saturday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, colleagues, commemorated, memories, moments, retirement, Technology, widow, work
Facebook reminded me that yesterday commemorated my last day of work six years ago… it was a special and fun day…
I spent the day saying farewell to my colleagues and had lunch out with a former colleague…
surprising to think that so much time has passed… and how much I have enjoyed these past years of retirement;-)…
11 Thursday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, display, enjoy, holiday display, lights, moments, nighttime, shift, Technology, The Leaf, volunteer, widow
so happy that my volunteer shift went until six…
got to see the new display when it was completely dark outside…
and the new hanging lights add such a delightful effect…
it is beautiful in the day, but if you have the opportunity to see it at night as well, go for it…
10 Wednesday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, championship, early, F1, F1 Qualifying, moments, snuggled, Technology, widow
got up early Saturday morning to watch the final F1 Qualifying of the season…
there is great excitement as these three were all in the hunt for the Driver Championship…
up a few minutes before to get a pot of tea ready, and then snuggled back into bed to watch the action…
watching live is much more fun than the PVRed version, although I do tape them to be sure to be able to see them if anything comes up and I miss the live show…
05 Friday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, completed, done, family, mailed, moments, presents, Technology, tree, widow, wrapped
enjoyed time in the computer room wrapping up the Christmas presents…
this year there was just a small box to go to Ottawa which went into the mail a few days ago… a few items were ordered and delivered directly to them…
the remainder of the presents are now under the tree…
happy to have this piece of work completed…
04 Thursday Dec 2025
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beloved, big girl pants, birthday, blessed, Christmas stocking, family, grandson, memories, moments, Technology, widow, widowhood, WordPress
as I sit here quietly in the living room I am thinking of two big events that took place in the last few days…
the first was a congratulatory note from WordPress… on December 1st, 2012 I began writing about my journey into widowhood… and have continued that since then, moving into commenting on my life…
the second was today, which would have been my beloved’s 77th birthday… this year we had burgers here, one of his favourite foods, while the kids in Ottawa had an apple galette… he loved apple pie… we had a video visit between the burgers and galette, lol…
my grandson is going to use his Christmas stocking for the first time…
I sure do miss him🤗…
30 Sunday Nov 2025
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, boxes, family, happy, lights, moments, music, season, spirit, stairs, Technology, widow
waited till late in the day to fill the stairs with trees and Advent boxes…
should have started earlier because it took a while to get into the spirit, although I did enjoy the Christmas music I put on…
all of the lights worked right off the bat and eventually each box found a home…
the last few ended up by the front door…
the remainder of the forest found its way into the bathroom, the kitchen and onto the dining room table…
starting to feel like the season;-)…
27 Thursday Nov 2025
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, box, boxes, family, flattened, gifts, grandson, mail, moments, Technology, treat, widow
a very large, and heavy, box arrived in the mail…
I am sure that it is full of items for my Advent calendar… woohoo…
just yesterday morning I brought down the bag full of boxes which have been flattened…
my housemate will be rebuilding the twenty-four boxes and inserting the various items from my daughter into them…
then I will get the boxes and set them out to be opened one at a time during Advent;-)…
23 Sunday Nov 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, friend, happy, moments, play, PTE, setting, Technology, thought-provoking, widow
I am always interested in the setting for each of the plays we attend at PTE…
this one was neat and it was cool how they changed the setting with tables and chairs…
both funny and thought provoking and the actors changed from one character to another smoothly…
really enjoying this season;-)…
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