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Dynacare…

27 Thursday Oct 2022

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had bloodwork done again yesterday morning…

when I was at my appointment recently, the doctor advised they hadn’t received a report from Dynacare with numbers for my A1C…

I had it taken a week ago, so he checked online, and it said there was no sample… once I got home I gave them a call and was told someone would call and they would come out to take it again at no charge…

apparently, something happened in the lab…

I am still happy to pay for them to come to the house to get this done, rather than go to a busy lab…

needles…

26 Wednesday Oct 2022

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big girl pants, bivalent, COVID, flowers, garden, moments, nature, needles, Technology, vaccines, widow

got two shots…

both needles in my right arm…

the flu shot was at the doctor’s office, but then I had to go to a local drugstore for the Pfizer bivalent vaccine…

apparently the Manitoba immunization schedule says that six months is needed between the boosters although drugstores are allowed to give the vaccine after three months…

interesting times…

taxi…

24 Monday Oct 2022

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big girl pants, Delta, downtown, masks, moments, pandemic, taxi, Technology, travel, widow

took my first taxi since before the pandemic…

arranged ahead of time for a pickup to go downtown, and then walked to the Delta to get another one to come home…

had to go in and ask the concierge to call for one… I guess with less people downtown the taxis don’t sit outside the hotels all the time…

wore my mask for both trips and so did they…

beneficial…

23 Sunday Oct 2022

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beneficial, big girl pants, blessed, blow, decks, family, garden, leaf blower, leaves, moments, nature, snow, Technology, weather, widow

went out and took a few photos of the freshly blown leaves that my grandson dealt with the other night…

the plan was to clear off the decks and make a path to the back gate… that way it will be easier to shovel, sigh…

been doing lots of reading suggesting that leaving the leaves in the garden is beneficial to little critters…

this was how it looked before… lots of leaves, particularly as I don’t have any deciduous trees, lol…

data…

21 Friday Oct 2022

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a few days ago my new iPhone arrived…

my grandson arranged the whole thing and brought over the new phone…

he transferred all the data, made sure everything was working and added a protective screen…

transferring from one phone to another is certainly much easier than the last time I upgraded my phone…

I’ve taken a few pictures and am very impressed with the results…

now I will have to learn what is new and different…

wish me luck🤪

view…

20 Thursday Oct 2022

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big girl pants, bird feeder, birds, blessed, camera, garden, mandevilla, moments, nature, pond, Technology, tripod, view, weather, widow, wireless

now that the pond is empty and covered with the tarp, the camera isn’t really needed, so it came into the house…

happily, the bottom of it fit perfectly on the camera tripod…

set it up by the window where the bird feeder is attached…

this is particularly good now as the mandevilla blocks the view through the window…

looking forward to getting some great views of the guests at the feeder;-)…

regular…

10 Monday Oct 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, garden, happy, memories, moments, nature, plants, pond, projects, regular, remembering, summer, sun, Technology, thankful, time, widow

so much to be thankful for…

this year my daughter was here in March and my son-in-law in August…

I spent hours in the garden…

met my friends on a regular basis in the garden all summer… previously, we haven’t met very often during that time as everyone was busy…

saw, texted, and spoke on the phone with many friends… made a new one and enjoyed getting to know them…

worked on changes in the vegetable garden… grew peas, beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes…

was visited by monarchs and swallowtails and a beautiful little hummingbird…

enjoyed bouquets of flowers all summer, thanks to a birthday subscription from the kids…

had many projects completed, in the house and the garden…

life is very good…

levelled…

08 Saturday Oct 2022

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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, deck, door, family, garden, grandson, happy, levelled, memories, moments, Nathan the Handyperson, projects, repairs, Technology, tilting, tools, widow

sooooo happy…

today, three jobs that have been on the list for ages, got done, thanks to Nathan the Handyperson, and my grandson;-)…

first, the front door sweep got reset and the edging tightened to close up any open spots… happy this took place before the really cold weather… it was first worked on about a year ago and the piece came off early in the spring…

next, the deck got levelled…

it has been sinking more and more over the summer and when they got the underside open, there was the tiniest piece of rotten wood holding it up😳…

we’ve lived here for just over forty-nine years and the deck was probably built at least thirty-five years ago… the top has been replaced once and is still in excellent condition… there was one piece of the frame that had to be replaced, but the rest was in great shape…

the steps to the side garden were removed for the work and then reattached and feel much sturdier now…

and the rail was redesigned, is much more stable, and matches the rail on the other side…

I am so thrilled it has been fixed…

finally, the rotten section on the bathtub pond ledge has been repaired…

back to normal… safe and level;-)…

what a great day;-)…

reusable…

07 Friday Oct 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, cleaners, kleenex, LastObject, laugh, moments, reusable, Technology, widow

I’ve been laughing since Wednesday, when my wonderful cleaning crew came and cleaned the house…

I was in the bathroom after they left and realized that they had tossed the box I had been using for my reusable tissues… it was empty because all of the tissues were in the midst of being laundered…

I checked in the recycling bin, but they must have tossed it into the garbage bag and I wasn’t digging through that…

after thinking about it for a while, I opened the end of the actual Kleenex box that was there for anyone else who comes over and popped them into it…

think it should work fine and I will be careful not to let it sit on the shelf empty, lol…

swallowed…

21 Wednesday Sep 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, death, funeral, memories, moments, Olympics, swallowed, Technology, time, widow

I got swallowed up in the events around the Queen’s death and eventual funeral…

reminded me of the way I fall into the Olympics, lol… I always want to watch everything as it happens…

the good news is that these days I am able to be up in the middle of the night and sleep during the day if needed…

now to catch up on a bit of missed sleep…

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