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firepit…

13 Wednesday Oct 2021

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brought the firepit onto the deck and have used it a couple of times already…

on Monday we sat around it before and after our dinner… even the dog enjoyed it…

Tuesday, my regular group sat around it in the afternoon as we met on the deck… we also had blankets if required as the temperature was around plus 10 Celsius… but it warmed us up a little and made us feel cozy… I enjoyed it as I awaited their arrival…

I’ve left it on the deck and think I might use it more there… will see how it goes when the rain stops, lol…

terrine…

12 Tuesday Oct 2021

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decided to make a vegetable terrine for our dinner…

I thought I had the recipe in my cookbook, but not so much…

it had come from an old Company’s Coming cookbook… I am sure I photographed the recipe before giving the cookbooks away… unfortunately, I didn’t mark them as recipes and had no idea when I gave them away, lol…

I had looked online at various recipes, but none of them were even close…

I checked the computer, contacted my sister-in-law and even called the Company’s Coming company…

the person on the other end of the phone was very helpful… I was wanting to know which book the recipe was in so that I could order it online… once she knew what I was looking for she hung up and started searching… she called back within a few hours to let me know which book it was in, but that the book was no longer sold, and that the recipe wasn’t in any of the new books…

finally my sister-in-law sent me a text with a photo of a handwritten copy of the recipe…

yay, made it and enjoyed it with dinner… lots of memories…

treadmill…

04 Monday Oct 2021

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recently I’ve got back on the treadmill…

I had stopped walking on it because every time I was on it my knee and hip would end up sore…

so for a long time figure eights around the living and dining rooms were how I got my steps in… recently I began taking walks outside with my daughter on the phone (in my ear)…

as I have reintroduced walking on the treadmill, I am using a much slower speed… that seems to be working well…

I am also only walking for a short period because I don’t want to hurt myself again…

I am careful that I don’t get so engrossed in the show I’m watching that I stay on it for too long, lol…

ballot…

20 Monday Sep 2021

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I received my vote by mail ballot at the end of August…

once I knew who was running in my area I filled in the ballot with the first and last name of the person I decided on and filled all of the various envelopes being sure to follow all the directions…

eleven days ago I gave the envelope to my wonderful mail carrier who dropped it into the mail for me…

think I have now voted in all the ways you can, lol… at the polling station, at an advance poll, and now by mail…

marketplace

17 Friday Sep 2021

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learned something new as I went onto Facebook Marketplace and sold a coffee table…

was nervous about the whole process, but after talking with a few people and getting some pointers I jumped in…

I had ordered a lift top table so needed to make room for it…

after I put the table up, many people wanted to buy it… the first two ended up not able to come and get it but the third person offered more than I had asked for and came and picked it up in the evening… others made offers for less and some seemed rude just wanting to pick it up…

the person who arrived was lovely and had been watching for just this type of table…

it had belonged to my parents and has been used in our house until I took it outside for her to check it over…

happy that it has gone to someone who appreciates it;-)…

I might try selling something else, lol…

building…

15 Wednesday Sep 2021

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I’ve spent the last two days building a coffee table… well, putting it together, lol…

I’ve been thinking I would like one where the top lifted so that I could work more easily on my laptop as well as use it to put my plate on when I am eating in the den…

I spotted one a few weeks ago and decided to order it… yesterday, it arrived, in a flat box… it hadn’t said anything about that when I ordered it but I figured this is how it would arrive…

I learned, after about 45 minutes and some YouTube videos, how to change the bit on the cordless drill… I learned that a rubber mallet is a handy tool, and I shouldn’t get rid of it… I learned to read between the lines when following picture directions… I also learned that it isn’t likely going to work out perfectly the first time…

but, after two days, and a lot of putting in and taking out of screws, I have a table that I am very happy with…

I’ve been thinking how my beloved would have had it together in a short time, and also how proud of me he would be…

mow…

04 Saturday Sep 2021

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this morning when I looked outside the sun was shining and it was a nice temperature…

but, the grass was so tall I didn’t want to go into the garden… since we’ve had a bit of rain and cooler weather it has grown like crazy and my grandsons hadn’t been able to come over and mow for me…

I decided that I would mow it myself… I did buy a lawnmower that starts easily and doesn’t have any cords for just this situation…

so, I moved furniture, mowed, whippersnipped, put furniture back, brought out cushions and finally sat down with a cup of tea to enjoy the space…

it looked spectacular;-)…

and I spotted a water lily bud… yay…

crossword…

01 Wednesday Sep 2021

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the cleaners were here today and while they were inside the house, I was in the garden on the back deck spending time with googly finding the answers to the Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers crossword that I received in an email mid-August;-)…

it was fun learning new facts about the various places where cacao grows…

safely…

28 Saturday Aug 2021

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after considering all the options I applied online to safely vote by mail…

thanks to an email from the David Suzuki Foundation I was able to get to the correct spot without difficulty and submit the application fairly easily…

we shall see if I get the ballot in time and how this new way of voting (for me) goes…

wish me luck, as once you’ve applied to vote by mail you cannot vote in any other manner;-)…

I received my voting package the next day… wow 🤩…

now to find out who is running in my area…

laughter…

18 Wednesday Aug 2021

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had a lovely in-person gathering with my BS buddies…

Monday evening is our usual time to gather, and we’ve been doing that for many years…

since the lockdown we’ve been connecting via Skype, but for the last number of weeks we’ve been meeting on the deck in the garden, unless the weather doesn’t cooperate…

it is wonderful to be together again… we sit apart, but are able to enjoy each other with a cup of tea or coffee…

laughter fills the air…