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splits…

08 Monday Jun 2026

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great anticipation and excitement on Saturday…

we’ve been looking into air conditioner splits, as well as a new air conditioner for a while now…

the current air conditioner hasn’t worked for at least three years, and maybe even five… I can’t remember…

when I had someone in to look at it, they said it was leaking freon and couldn’t be repaired… it has sometimes been very hot upstairs but I managed with a tower fan…

last year I’d been quoted around $5,000 to replace it and that just seemed too much, particularly as the cold air never really made it upstairs, lol…

we had an HVAC person in the other day and the splits just weren’t going to work here… before moving forward with a new air conditioner, they suggested trying to get the old one working… they came back on Saturday to see if they could get the old one going…

they were here for a couple of hours and got it working😁😆😄…

the problem was the virginia creeper which had wound its way around the motor… I guess the other company was just wanting me to purchase a new air conditioner…

it is recording 13 something and the optimum is 20, so that sounds quite wonderful to me…

my housemate is going to be exceedingly happy…

lower…

21 Thursday May 2026

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once I got up on Tuesday, I decided to feed the fish…

usually they get fed around 10:30, but it was just before nine when I got out the food and discovered that the water in one tank was way lower than the others…

it had been leaking out from the very top of the pump:-(… very unusual spot for a leak… I don’t think it had been spewing water for very long and set out to sort out the situation…

turned the pump off, used towels to mop up as much of the water as possible and then took out the filters and cleaned them… oddly, algae had blocked the bottom of the filter pack…

after cleaning the filters, they went back into the pump and everything seemed fine although it took a few hours to soak up all the spilled water…

whenever there is a leak, I am nervous for the next few days and constantly checking to make sure everything is fine, lol…

so far, so good 😊…

threshold…

12 Tuesday May 2026

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for many, many, months the threshold on the front door has been loose…

this week my housemate removed the metal and the old wood…

there was a bit of laughter regarding the tiny size and rustiness of the screws that were taken out…

a new piece of wood was positioned, which sits on the top step of the stairs and should provide more strength in the future… stronger screws and the metal strip reinstalled…

looks great and there is no longer any movement when it is stepped on…

woohoo;-)…

of course, this all took place while I was on a video call with my kids in Ottawa… there was hardly any noise, except for drilling and hammering 🤪…

soft…

05 Tuesday May 2026

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today, while I was working an early shift at The Leaf, I spotted this beautiful hummingbird scarf, which I then had to buy;-)…

it is made out of plastic bottles and is sooo soft and lightweight…

one of the great things about the Gift Shop there is how often they change the products…

and, if you see something you want, you need to buy it right away, because it might not be there the next time you go, lol…

supposed…

17 Friday Apr 2026

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was hoping to sit on the deck Wednesday morning while I was waiting for Dynacare to turn up… the weather was supposed to be warm and sunny…

the sun did shine on and off, but the wind was chilly, so I didn’t sit out for long, lol…

the Dynacare technician arrived and took some blood for my next doctor’s appointment… they had trouble getting into the vein and told me I would have a bruise…

and I do…

paraffin…

15 Wednesday Apr 2026

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decided that the first treat of my birthday week was a pedicure at Total Wrapture…

I’ve been going there for many years, but haven’t been for months…

when I arrived, I was handed a gift card… my daughter had called and paid for my pedicure…

what a lovely surprise…

Julia did a wonderful job… she was very gentle and her foot and leg massage was excellent… I also had a paraffin wax treatment before the colour was put on;-)…

and guess what colour I chose, lol…

case…

02 Thursday Apr 2026

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my phone case was starting to show its age, so I spent time researching what was out there to replace it…

having the spot where cards and a bit of money fit makes it easy for me just to take the phone and not need a purse…

took quite a while, but eventually I found two that I thought might work…

ordered both and discovered, for now, that the smaller one will work perfectly;-)…

the best thing is that it doesn’t have a zipper, like my last one, where the pull tab kept finding its way into my photos, lol… and it is very slim…

the part that makes me giggle is that it is harder to tell the top from the bottom when I take it out of my pocket…

broom…

01 Wednesday Apr 2026

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got to sit outside on the deck Sunday morning… yay:-)…

moved the chairs into their usual spots, took off the covers, brought out the clean cushions, and put them on the chairs…

got out the broom and swept up the cedar bits and elm leaves that were all over the deck… even used the leaf blower to finish up…

put on a light jacket and brought out tea and my book and enjoyed the sun, birdsong, and my book for a wonderful hour and a half;-)…

haven’t made it out since then, what with the snow and overcast skies🥺…

upload…

14 Saturday Mar 2026

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been putting off dealing with the taxes, sigh…

finally sat down in the computer room and got to work on all the documents I needed to send in…

just recently a friend shared that the pharmacy could provide a list of all my prescriptions for the year… saved me a lot of pasting, as I would organize and stick all the receipts in date order from the pharmacy on letter paper and then scan the pages, lol…

thankfully I had printed a hard copy of most of the donation receipts which was handy when I was searching for all of them in my email, lol…

took a minute, but eventually I figured out how to scan things to the computer and locate where they landed…

then shockingly, I also remembered how to get into the Portal and was able to upload all of the pieces of information…

I think, 🤞…