trekking…

08 Tuesday Sep 2026

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balance, big girl pants, Diamond Athletic Medical Supplies, moments, orange, physio, poles, Technology, trekking, widow

many of my friends have, and use, trekking poles (sounds much better than walking sticks)…

since my knee issues, I’ve wondered whether it might be an idea to get some if I’m doing any amount of walking…

the physio has certainly helped my balance, but I decided to check the poles out…

I went to Diamond Athletic Medical Supplies and got a pair that are orange and they have little feet on them…

the person helping me figured out how long they need to be, so I have to remember that number on the side of them…

I’ve since marked the line with a sharpie, following a recommendation from a friend…

much easier than remembering, lol…

plush…

07 Monday Sep 2026

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bed topper, big girl pants, cabin, great sleep, mattress, moments, plush, recycle, soft, Technology, widow

while we were at my friends’ cabin, I slept on a soft bed… I always bring a comforter and my own pillow, then just fold the comforter in half and treat it like a sleeping bag…

I realized after the first night that my back and knees didn’t hurt at all… and that kept up for the whole trip…

so, I decided to look for a topper for my mattress…

my daughter suggested I try using the thin mattress in the pullout couch… my housemate brought it upstairs and I got it onto the bed and put the sheets and covers over it…

after all that, it didn’t make a difference… so took it off and returned it to the den…

next we went looking for bed toppers…

they were rather expensive and made me wonder if I needed to replace the mattress, which is about twelve years old… when I saw my physio guy, he suggested most mattresses needed to be replaced after ten years…

so, we went shopping… in person and online… did you know that soft (or plush, to use the correct term) mattresses cost more than the 90% that are firm or medium firm😳…

we finally found a company that has been in business for over thirty years and make the mattresses right here in the city…

the person we spoke with, and bought from, was very knowledgeable and didn’t try to upsell us…

and it was ready and delivered in five days, so I could enjoy it (hopefully with happy knees and back)…

I also arranged for Mother Earth Recycling to pick up and reuse bits and pieces of the old mattress 🙂…

now I have a happy back and knees…

everything…

02 Wednesday Sep 2026

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big girl pants, crown, dentist, everything, moments, Technology, teeth, widow, x-rays

had a dentist appointment the other day, and it included what I call everything…

that means x-rays, scaling, polishing, and an exam by my dentist…

my hygienist is amazing and does a great job of making the x-ray process as quick as possible because I am a gagger, sigh…

once we got through everything the dentist discussed putting a crown on one of my front teeth… it has been filled a few times, but the fillings never stay…

happily, she agreed to do nothing right now, but likely in October we will need to move forward with this…

hopefully, some portion of it will be covered by the new dental plan…

🤞…

Libra…

29 Saturday Aug 2026

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A1C, affect, big girl pants, Libra, moments, Technology, widow

I am in the process of using a Libra 3 for the next few weeks…

the purpose is to see how the food I eat over that time affects my blood sugar…

it is kind of fun😊…

I’ve been taking photos of everything that has been going into my mouth and noting it down in the app…

still figuring out about how long it takes to go into my body and then cause a reaction…

over the two weeks, it is anticipated that I will have eaten the majority of my basic food intake…

settings…

28 Friday Aug 2026

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big girl pants, camera, lunar eclipse, moments, nature, settings, Technology, tripod, weather, widow

last night there was a partial lunar eclipse and, since it was lovely out, I sat on the deck with my camera and tripod and got a few pictures…

had some fun with different settings on the camera…

I spent about an hour and a half enjoying the show and only went in once it had reached the peak and my camera battery died, lol…

jigsaw…

25 Tuesday Aug 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, family, garden, grandson, jigsaw, moments, project, rail, Technology, tools, toy, widow

in the final process of replacing the stairs to the side garden, we discovered we needed a jigsaw…

so, of course, we had to go shopping for a new toy, lol…

in the end we found a reciprocating saw which would work for the current project and a variety of future projects…

and I thought it was much cuter than a boring old jigsaw…

we have learned to always buy the same brand as our other battery operated tools😀…

and now, the deck, stairs and rail project is completed… yay…

trip…

13 Thursday Aug 2026

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afternoon tea, Airbnb, big girl pants, blessed, Butchart Gardens, family, moments, Technology, train, trip, Victoria BC, widow

my daughter recently sent me this postcard to remind me how close we are to our big trip…

for my birthday – the big 75 – I decided to take the train through the Rockies and visit gardens on Vancouver Island…

planning started last summer, and we had to book our train trip by December to be able to travel in September… crazy, lol…

next we searched for gardens that we would like to visit, besides the Butchart Gardens, which were first on the list…

then came looking at other spots in and around Victoria that we would like to see… we are going to have as many afternoon teas as possible, lol…

finding accommodations for our stay took a bit of work, but we found a lovely AirBnB close to the Butchart Gardens (and a Butterfly garden)… our second place to stay is a cute little hotel that faces the ocean in Victoria…

and finally, first class flights were booked back home… as I haven’t travelled for ages, the flights were covered by points… how cool is that;-)…

now to think about what I need to pack for a train trip and fall on Vancouver Island…

reimbursed…

04 Tuesday Aug 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, exercises, insurance, moments, physio, reimbursed, Technology, widow

very happy to discover that the physio I’ve been paying for is covered under my insurance…

I had gone online to check for amounts and annual start date but couldn’t find any information…

I finally got around to calling and discovered, after talking to a very helpful woman, that I do have coverage and could submit my claims online to be reimbursed…

made me quite pleased as the visits are costly…

after filing the required information, it just took a few days for the money to make its way back into my credit union account…