this, after over an hour on the phone with my son-in-law as he climbed into my desktop and laptop to sort out the issue…
this new printer leaves the paper tray open about two inches… the strangest thing I have seen…
but it prints perfectly using the laptop and the iPhone… still not so happy when the main computer gives the order… we may have to delete the driver and reinstall, but it will do for now…
I’ve been frustrated for a long time because I couldn’t find my Kobo reader… I think I started the search around May…
I came across it ages before that and put it away carefully, sigh… at that point I also had no idea where the charger was for it…
so, I knew it was here, and I’d been searching everywhere for it, particularly after my daughter suggested that one of the universal chargers would likely power it up…
I’ve been using the tablet, but that only works in the house due to the way that the light bounces off it outside… so that meant I needed paper books all summer, lol… I still have one last book from my last online summer purchases…
this morning I was tidying in the bedroom and there it was tucked in along the edge of one of the shelves…
honestly…
and I even found a charger that worked, from my old Blackberry, lol…
yesterday I had delicious snacks and dinner thanks to the kids in Ottawa…
early in the afternoon I started with some Prosecco popcorn, followed by sardines, olives, crackers and a bit of zucchini basil soup I prepared…
my supper consisted of beef bresaola, canned lobster, truffle potato chips and red peppers… it was a play on our usual New Year’s Eve dinner of steak and lobster…
then for dessert there were some delicious star shaped shortbread with a piece of chocolate in my holiday cracker…
of course, I couldn’t get the cracker to snap, as per usual…
throughout the day we chatted off and on and I focused on their time zone so that I could get to bed, lol…
ended the night with some sparkling wine and their voices…
this morning the living room looked lovely and I enjoyed the serenity as I sat in the quiet and enjoyed the lights…
the Ottawa kids and I Skyped and we opened our presents together… following our usual pattern, in this unusual time, we opened the gifts one at a time… it was great fun… they liked all their gifts, which made me happy…
one of my gifts from them was all the fixings for my New Year’s Eve dinner… usually on New Year’s Eve we have steak and lobster, although for the last number of years that meal has happened on New Year’s day… there was beef carpaccio, lobster, truffle chips, olives, red peppers, cookies, a lovely glass of wine (with gold in it) and a festive cracker…
there were also gifts from a number of friends, filled with goodies… I am blessed…
a bit later the Winnipeg kids FaceTimed as they opened the gifts I had sent over… I didn’t do so good with their gifts as two of them had received the same gift from their parents, lol…
yesterday I peeled potatoes and turnip, made stuffing, and produced Thai Shrimp soup so that there wouldn’t be too much to do today… I had decided that, even though I would be here alone, I wanted a proper Christmas dinner… it was delicious;-)…
on Tuesday my shopper/courier arrived after stopping at the liquor store to pick up some beverages;-)… little bottles of wine, not sure why, lol… and a bottle of my favourite sherry, which I haven’t had for years…
he took away a parcel for Canada Post and a couple of treats for him…
a bit later I received a delivery of groceries from Diversity Foods which included eggs for their house…
last evening my son-in-law stopped by on his way home from work and brought me some sidewalk salt… he took home the eggs…
still waiting on four deliveries from online purchases and thinking we might start a new tradition of after–Christmas presents…
Sunday I cleaned the windows on the patio door, inside and out… used a squeegee that I found when cleaning out a cupboard… it was a beautiful day…
also finished the inside of the living room window… I had done the outside a few days before… the camera kept showing the dirty spots when I viewed it on the screen, lol…
one of my advent treats was an email (31 Days of Gifts) that comes every day with different things in it…
the second day included a Spotify playlist…
I spent a lovely evening sitting in the living room, enjoying the tree lights and listening to the playlist, as I read a novel on my tablet…
the best thing about the list is that it showed me the option of where to play it… previously, I was only able to play on the device in the room where I was… now I can play it anywhere or everywhere…
sounds lovely when it is playing all through the main floor…
recently had a phone call with a friend… she was stressing about getting gifts for Christmas… I suggested she do a bit of online shopping although she hasn’t done much of that…
made me think about all the items I have purchased online over the last month in preparation for the big day…
and how I learned from someone else that I could order from IKEA and have items delivered directly to my house…
very happy to replace my broken measuring cup and think this steamer will work well in my Instant Pot…
I have ordered from many places I didn’t even know existed… and have also been able to get some local items delivered across the country…
sitting in the hot tub last night, remembering my beloved on what would have been his 72nd birthday, I was reminded of all the fun things we have done together during our forty plus years…
I’d been wanting a hot tub since our anniversary many years ago when he rented one for a weekend, but we couldn’t afford one until 2009…
once I chose the one I wanted, he built a deck to put it on, and then a deck to go in front of it… easy to get to, it is now perfect for dips… he never loved the hot tub the way I did, but wanted me to be happy…
when we had friends over (you remember that, right?) for a hot tub, if we needed a drink or towel or anything, we’d bang on the wall of the house and he would come out to see what was required, lol… he’d also take photos when I wanted them…
with the new security light/camera on the garage, I have to go to the side door of the garage and turn off the power so that the light doesn’t keep coming on while I’m in the tub… thankfully the deck goes right there so it is easy to get to and from…
some of our best talks happened late at night in this hot tub… I sure do miss him…
with everyone learning how to connect with family and friends over the last six months or so, my daughter reminded me that we have been doing this for years…
just today, a Facebook memory was of a gathering we had eight years ago… my daughter was in BC, my son-in-law was in northern Alberta, and the rest of us were here…
technology has come a long way since then and there are many ways to connect… the main ones I currently use are Skype, Google Duo and FaceTime… I’ve been using Skype Organize a Conference Call without going through my Skype account, but over the last few weeks going through my account is working much better… I think I need to learn a bit about Zoom…
