18 Thursday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, Hart Trail, moments, nature, Technology, walk, widow, wildflowers
had a lovely walk on the Hart Trail this morning with my adventure buddy, and enjoyed checking out all the wildflowers…
a lovely and relaxing walk…
what a treat;-)…
17 Wednesday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, flats, moments, ordered, shoes, Technology, Vessi, widow
I ordered a new pair of shoes from Vessi as I have really enjoyed the ones I ordered previously and wore all winter… and, they only took ten days to arrive;-)…
these ones are flats, and, of course, waterproof…
they fit a tiny bit snug, but I think they will stretch… my plan is to wear them in the house and garden for a while to break them in…
I think they will look good with my new outfits;-)…
14 Sunday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, family, grandson, moments, monstera, moss, nature, plants, repotted, Technology, widow
the monstera has been struggling and leaning forward…
we picked up hardware cloth and made a tube for moss which apparently the monstera will cling to and grow up higher…
then we wedged in a few 2x4s to keep the moss tube centered in the pot…
the plant was divided into two pots and fastened to the pole… rocks, soil, and coconut husks were added and the two new plants moved into the living room…
we will see how they do;-)…
08 Monday Jun 2026
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air conditioner, big girl pants, blessed, family, fixed, garden, happy, moments, old, repaired, splits, Technology, virginia creeper, weather, widow
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…
21 Thursday May 2026
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big girl pants, fish, leak, lower, moments, pump, Technology, water, widow
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 😊…
12 Tuesday May 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, family, grandson, housemate, moments, noisy, repaired, Technology, threshold, video call, widow
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 🤪…
05 Tuesday May 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, hummingbirds, moments, plastic bottles, purple, recycled, scarf, soft, Technology, The Leaf Gift Shop, widow
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…
22 Wednesday Apr 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, cookie, moments, paw, Technology, thanking, volunteer week, widow
got a lovely thank you from APC in a note this week thanking us for being volunteers;-)…
then, on our shift, we discovered these delightful cookies in the fridge;-)… the paw is so cute…
17 Friday Apr 2026
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big girl pants, bruise, deck, Dynacare, garden, moments, nature, supposed, Technology, weather, widow
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…
15 Wednesday Apr 2026
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big girl pants, birthday treat, blessed, daughter, family, gift certificate, Julia, moments, paraffin, pedicure, purple, Technology, Total Wrapture Spa, widow
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…
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