10 Sunday Sep 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, cord, crochet, extension cord, Facebook, garden, hack, Instagram, it worked, moments, tangled, Technology, widow
I saw this hack on Instagram or Facebook a few weeks ago and then basically crocheted the extension cord…
wasn’t until last Sunday that I tried using it, and it worked perfectly…
the cord kind of folds into itself and nothing gets tangled… you just undo the amount of cord you need and once done, crochet it back up…
03 Sunday Sep 2023
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Assiniboine Park, beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, Diversity Gardens, fence, flowers, friend, fun, garden, grasses, guide, moments, nature, photos, plants, Pokémon, pond, purple, Technology, walk, widow
Tuesday, a friend picked me up and we had a wander through the Diversity Gardens…
it was her first time there and I enjoyed being the tour guide, lol…
we were so busy catching up that I barely took any photos…
I did take some of a few grasses we thought might work in the garden between the cedars which might cover it a bit more of the chain link now that the neighbours have removed their planters…
from there, we drove over and walked through the English sand Leo Mol Gardens…
we spent some time relaxing on a bench by the pond and learning about Pokémon as I have just started playing again and now have my own account;-)…
30 Wednesday Aug 2023
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allée, Assiniboine Park, benches, big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, grandson, happy, hot, long walk, moments, nature, path, people, plants, Pokémon, pond, sunny, Technology, water lilies, weather, widow
on Sunday we went for a walk around Assiniboine Park to catch Pokémon… apparently it was a special event around the world… it was hot and sunny…
there were people everywhere… many of them with their heads down, focussed on their phones, with cords connecting to power packs in their pockets, lol…
we walked around the allée that circles the Diversity Gardens… it was fully shaded and there were many people along the way…
from there we walked across the Park to the English and Leo Mol Gardens… it was a long way, lol… we stopped now and then for a rest and sip of our water, and got to walk down one of my favourite paths…
it has been months since I’ve been to the Gardens, so it was a treat… besides all the people, there were lots of flowers in bloom with beautiful water lilies, and frogs, in the English Garden…
the cricket fields had some good items as we headed back to the car…
nice to enjoy a walk, although my feet were a little tired;-)…
28 Monday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, closet, family, happy, light, moments, motion sensitive, Princess Auto, Technology, widow
on Saturday we went shopping at Princess Auto… lots of fun wandering around to see what they had…
in the process I found a light for the bedroom closet… there is no power in there and it is rather dull, lol…
this light is charged via usb and it is motion activated… didn’t take too long to charge it and get it installed…
I think it is going to be wonderful;-)…
20 Sunday Aug 2023
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apartment, big girl pants, blessed, declutter, family, goal, light, memories, moments, parents, put away, rearranging, Technology, widow, working
as we declutter the basement, we have found a few things to move into other areas of the house… and our goal is to set the items up as they get moved, lol…
most recently, a light fixture that originally came from my parents’ apartment made its way into the den…
it got screwed into the wall, a smart bulb was added to it and connected to Google Home…
working nicely and it will be great for guests when the couch transforms to a bed;-)…
18 Friday Aug 2023
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BBBS, big girl pants, blessed, boxes, dates, email, giveaway, house, moments, oops, preparation, surprise, Technology, widow
last night I ran around the house gathering all the boxes for a Big Brothers Big Sisters pickup today…
had all the boxes in the dining room and marked as required…
set the alarm to be sure I was up at 7:30 to put the boxes on the front steps…
made sure they were all on the steps before 8 but then when the boxes weren’t picked up by noon, I went back and reread the email from them…
apparently they are coming next Friday, not today… oops…
so I went out and brought all the boxes back in, lol…
13 Sunday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, family, happy, light, moments, nature, plant light, plants, pots, potted, rocks, shopping, Technology, widow
had some fun on Thursday…
had breakfast out and then we went to Home Depot, found plants, pots, and rocks… then it was on to Rona to check for different pots, and back to Home Depot to pick up the first one, lol…
when we got home the plant light that had been ordered had arrived…
at last, everything was potted, put together, and set up;-)…
I think it was a good birthday for the twenty-three year old;-)…
11 Friday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, dryer, fixed, fritz, Hameed Appliance Repair, Home Depot, moments, repair, shopping, Technology, tube, widow, working
the dryer has been on the fritz for a week or so… we’d tried a few things, but nothing made a difference…
I sent a message to Hameed Appliance Repair on Wednesday and this morning Ron arrived and had a look…
he was able to replace a piece (even for this old dryer) and got it working;-)…
he advised we needed to change the vent tube, so we went to Home Depot again, lol… we’ve been there a number of times in the last few days…
now the tube has been replaced, the dryer is back in its spot, and laundry is being done;-)…
09 Wednesday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, categories, computer, garden, learning, memories, moments, Mylio, photos, pictures, Technology, webinar, widow
had some fun the other evening when I watched a webinar on Mylio… it was a beautiful evening so I watched it on the deck…
I had tried the free version, and eventually bought the better one as I have so many pictures on my various pieces of technology…
one of the things it does is combine all your photos and remove duplicates… still working on that one, lol…
it also puts them in a calendar which can make finding them simpler than having to search through a bunch, guessing when the one you want may have been taken…
the photographer on the webinar mentioned that he no longer uses categories, because the program can find basically anything you ask for…
made me think I need to get back in there and play with it more;-)…
05 Saturday Aug 2023
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barrel, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, garden, irrigation, moments, nature, pictures, planters, rain barrel, rainwater, Technology, watering, weather, widow
spent the first part of this morning watering everything…
while the irrigation system was looking after the veggie patch and pond garden, I used the rain barrel at the front to water the planters out front…
I’ve been lazy and have been using the hose most of the time, but I did enjoy using the rainwater from the barrel… and I’m pretty sure the plants were happy;-)…
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