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Hue…

04 Friday Oct 2024

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during the basement changes the Philips Hue was unplugged…

once we realized that some of the lights weren’t working, it was plugged back in, but it would not start up again…

apparently this does happen, so we ordered a new one…

it arrived on Thursday and my grandson connected it and then had to add all of the units back in, lol…

took a while, but eventually everything was back up… then I added them to the automations and adjusted all their colours… kept having to add more units to the automations, as I remembered which ones were in which…

I was very happy because the lightstrip that runs up the stairs had been off and it has been the nightlight when I am using the stairs at night…

the lightstrip that goes over the fishtanks has been on all the time, so it was good to get it back to being off at night…

I do love technology;-)…

lively…

02 Wednesday Oct 2024

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Wednesday was a lively day…

started off with an early breakfast and quick inspection of the house to make sure everything was tidy as the cleaners were coming at nine…

it was raining out when they arrived so I headed up to the computer room to get out of their way… while there I filed paperwork, put items in a pass-along box and tidied the desk… it always surprises me how that desk can get cluttered, all by itself, lol…

as they left, Hilda the Gardener arrived for a final cleanup of the garden… pots and planters were emptied in preparation for our next season, irises were planted around the garden, and the strawberry plant went back into the ground to overwinter…

while she was here, my grandson’s grandfather arrived to work a bit on the newly drywalled sections of the basement…

as they were working inside and outside, I began bringing in the plants that will live indoors during the next few seasons and setting them up in their winter locations…

this year I have set up a few grow lights in the spot where the small fish tank had been located… it will be an interesting experiment to see how they will do in this location…

so, the inside and outside of the house are both lovely, tidy, clean and organized…

then I had a nap;-)…

drum…

22 Sunday Sep 2024

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on Tuesday, September 11, the dryer stopped working… they had been here almost exactly a year ago to repair it the last time it stopped working… at that time it needed a belt somewhere in the back…

my grandson took a look and discovered that the belt that goes around the drum had broken… he looked on YouTube and figured he could fix it if we got the part…

I contacted Hameed Appliances Repair by email and asked if we could just get the part or whether they needed to come out to fix it…

they were quick to respond and agreed to drop off the part the following Monday once they received it…

$30 later, and six days without a dryer, the part was delivered to the house…

we were very happy, but when my grandson looked at it he realized it wasn’t the correct belt…

this time he contacted them by phone as I wasn’t sure what was wrong with the one we got, lol…

after a conversation with them, including sending photos, they ordered a different belt and it was delivered on Friday…

as soon as my grandson got home he headed to the dryer and with me holding the top open, and him following a YouTube video, he had it attached in about fifteen minutes…

and it is working perfectly… now he says he is an appliance repair person, lol…

eventually we realized that my description hadn’t been clear enough and they had sent the same belt that was used to repair it the first time…

even though it took quite a while to get it all sorted out, I was pleased that they hadn’t insisted that they needed to come out and fix it;-)…

Excel…

20 Friday Sep 2024

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after getting the books yesterday, today’s project was to get the JD Robb Excel spreadsheet prepared… it was fun to spend some quality time with the laptop…

once they were entered, I had to sort them in order…

I laid them out by number and then found a place to line them up…

and they fit perfectly on the shelf in the computer room, although it may be an issue to add the rest, lol…

GLOBOsapiens…

19 Thursday Sep 2024

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finally made it to GLOBOsapiens Used Bookstore, as a number of friends had told me about it…

took a box full of books that I had read, which have been rattling around in the trunk for weeks, and came home with a box full of books that I have been looking for…

they only take cash and luckily I had some on me… and, because I brought books in, most of the ones I purchased were half price…

I’ve been looking for the JD Robb In Death series for quite some time so was thrilled when I found twenty to add to my library woohoo…

now to add them to my list so I know which ones I have and which ones I still need;-)… and figure out where they are going to go…

goodbyes…

13 Friday Sep 2024

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I have been a loyal MTS customer for 51 years…

over the last number of years I have been able to have a bit of a discount but they have come to the place where they are not providing anymore subsidies…

on top of that, the area I live in can only get 50 mbps, which is not really sufficient for all my Google Home units, tv, streaming, video games, etc…

one of the biggest changes has been the fact that I needed to change my email address, which I have had since email began (when dinosaurs strolled the earth)… a new address was set up many months ago, and slowly I have shared that information with others… over the last few weeks we have notified all of the organizations I am connected to as well…

today, I changed my provider to Shaw, who apparently can give me 1000 mbps, for less money…

so I am saying my goodbyes to MTS…

I didn’t want to make the change but felt there were no options… it was difficult as I am loyal to companies that I am connected to, but unfortunately MTS no longer seem to value longtime customers…

Tony, the technician, was here for over three hours and came across a number of complications, of course… but he was pleasant and got it done…

the Googles are all happy and changed over without any action needed on our part, woohoo…

and, I am beginning to learn how to use the new tv remote;-)… those big girl pants, lol…

above is the pile of things that we now have to send to MTS, by mail apparently…

traverse…

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

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finally got the net down to protect the pond from all the falling leaves…

we ordered netting online awhile ago and I had some landscape pins which we used to fasten it around the pond… I had to remove ones that were holding down a drip hose around the main deck because I have managed to misplace the box which has at least twenty-five more pins in it, sigh…

it was an interesting process as we figured out the best spots to attach it… my housemate did most of the work, but I did help…

so happy that we can still traverse the bridge without having to walk on the net…

it is the perfect length so that we didn’t have to go back and forth across the water to cover the whole thing… it doesn’t even look too bad…

and, of course, since then, hardly any leaves have fallen, lol…

Paralympics…

30 Friday Aug 2024

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I’ve been watching the Paralympics and enjoying every sport I’ve seen…

so far I’ve watched the opening ceremony, swimming, running, and rowing, learned about Boccia and wheelchair rugby, and look forward to learning more about other sports as the events go on…

this time there are way more hours of programming, which makes me very happy…

see you later, lol…