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22 Friday Mar 2024

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I’ve been trying to note how long I am out in the hot tub each night, so I take a screenshot of the time as I leave the house and another once I come in…

tonight I made it out to the hot tub in time to watch the Space Station fly over… I haven’t seen it for quite a while…

this time, as it came over the house it was a bright light, but about halfway across the open space above me it started to dim and then it vanished…

it has done this before and I wonder if it is rotating a bit and then doesn’t have the sun shining on it…

it always makes me happy to see it, especially on such a beautiful evening…

blown…

20 Wednesday Mar 2024

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I’ve been watching Blown Away on Netflix…

it is on my housemate’s computer and as I’ve watched season one and two I’ve been walking on the spot… getting lots of steps… I am now on season three and hope to catch up to the current episodes on season four…

the show is about glass blowing and has been great fun to watch…

I have loved Dale Chihuly’s work and it is so fun to watch the participants produce their art…

element…

19 Tuesday Mar 2024

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so, this morning at 8:15, Ron, from Hameed Appliance Repair Inc. arrived…

forty-five minutes, and $250 later, he was gone…

in between, he fixed a foot that had come off the stove and replaced the bake element…

woohoo…

at first I thought he was taking the stove’s blood pressure as he had these nifty little pads that pumped up and raised the side of the stove so he could get in to work on the foot, which fought pretty hard, but he won the battle, lol…

the element was an easy fix as he had one in his vehicle, it took minutes to replace…

we had a lovely conversation about the lifespan of older versus newer appliances and I got a card for someone they recommend for refurbished appliances… hope I don’t need that for a long time;-)…

so I think I will roast something for supper…

tended…

16 Saturday Mar 2024

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spent time today with my tech specialist as they worked on a few problems with my main computer…

technology is always a wonderful thing when it is working and a pain in the butt when it isn’t…

took us a while, but eventually we were able to get everything on the list tended to…

some of the issues revolved around the way I enter some apps…

now I have to remember the new ways, lol… wish me luck…

Pi…

14 Thursday Mar 2024

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today was Pi day, lol, so we decided to bake a frozen pizza for supper… it wasn’t cooked after the correct amount of time, nor after more time… eventually we realized that the oven wasn’t heating…

tried using the frypan, but that did not work…

so, then we ordered…

it was tasty, particularly after we’d been trying to have supper for a long time, lol…

now to figure out why the oven isn’t working…

documentation…

08 Friday Mar 2024

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have spent time over the last week gathering and preparing all of the information required to complete my 2023 taxes…

getting the documentation ready always reminds me of how difficult doing this work was for my beloved… he really disliked getting the bits and pieces collected…

for the last few years of his life we had others complete the paperwork, although it was still a problem to put it together…

it still surprises me how simple it is for me now… for the first few years after he died, I would gather up paper bits and courier them to my amazing accountant, who would then process everything…

then she connected me to this great technology where I was able to upload all the information and they complete and submit it all online…

it still takes a bit of work to scan, save, and upload everything, but I am getting better at it each year…

and, it is done;-)…

fiddle…

07 Thursday Mar 2024

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woooo, my Fitbit was mad at me Monday morning…

the battery was so low it didn’t want to charge so I had to fiddle with it quite a few times to get it started…

apparently I should have plugged it in before I went to bed 😳…

didn’t get a picture at the time, lol…

pit-stops…

05 Tuesday Mar 2024

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the new season of F1 racing has begun…

Saturday morning I was up a bit before the actual race and watched some of the pre-race show, before the main event…

I am enjoying learning more about many of the drivers and being able to recognize them…

and then the race was on…

it is still amazing how quickly the pit-stops happen and how much depends on which type of tire the teams are using…

it is also fun to try to get good photos from the tv…

one down and twenty-three to go;-)…

narrow…

01 Friday Mar 2024

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I’ve been looking for ages for a narrow table to go behind the couch in the den…

at one point I even considered having one made by my handyperson…

then I found one that I liked the look of online and eventually decided to order it… it had a spot for a few plugs and usb ports as well…

the package arrived on Wednesday evening and my housemate took it downstairs and put it together while I was reading…

it came up on Thursday morning and went into the living room as I cleared off the table that was currently behind the couch…

after moving many pieces, the new table made it into its final spot…

electrical items were plugged in and then the plants made it onto it and the couch moved back into place…

it is the perfect height and length and looks excellent…

always happy when a project works out well…

Penny…

29 Thursday Feb 2024

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over the last week I have read three Louise Penny books, one after the other…

it appears that I like her writing, lol, so will be picking up a few more…

today I was sitting in the sunlight reading the last one…

I had fun setting up the selfie stick to get this shot, particularly considering that I don’t use it too often…

but I can now set it up, connect the button to Bluetooth and take photos easily;-)…