06 Wednesday Nov 2019
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big girl pants, dark, light, moments, snow, street, Technology, walk, widow
this was the view as I walked up the street at 5:30 tonight, sigh…
sad about the time change… I am still waking up at 5 am…
been using my SAD light at work most days…
hope to be back to normal in the next few days, cause this is rather tiresome…
04 Monday Nov 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blog, followers, loss, memories, moments, Technology, widow
just reached 350 followers on WordPress…
laughed the other day when a friend introduced me and said that I had 3000 followers… really made me giggle, lol… 300… 3000… very close;-)…
it has taken six years to reach that number…
had me thinking of the changes over that time… how the blog has gone from information on what to do when you become a widow/widower to my daily life…
my life really has been blessed… as I continue to put on those big girl pants…
26 Saturday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, computer, creepy, Fitbit, moments, noise, sound, Technology, widow
been laughing off and on for days…
all of a sudden, a few days ago, it sounded like the computer was making a noise each time I received a text message or phone call on my iPhone…
it was kind of creeping me out…
a few nights ago, while I was on the phone with my daughter I heard it again and then I heard something fall…
that’s when I started laughing because I realized that it was the old Fitbit which I had put on the shelf in the hall and hadn’t disconnected…
it was vibrating and responding to each text and call and eventually vibrated right off the shelf…
found it on the stairs, lol…
24 Thursday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, health, immune, lucky, moments, Technology, vaccine, widow
interesting that today I got my flu shot… finally had the chance to check to see if the drug store across the street had the vaccine available…
all over the news tonight they have been talking about how tough and early this year’s flu season might be…
was part of a conversation about why a person might or might not get the shot…
for me, it has to do with my own health, but also with being in proximity of individuals who are immune compromised… I don’t want to cause someone else to get ill because I didn’t take preventive measures;-)…
23 Wednesday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, customer service, Fitbit, moments, replacement, Technology, version, widow
I’ve had a Fitbit for 5 years and I really like it…
in that time I’ve probably had about three versions of them…
I’ve also had a few replaced due to various problems…
last week I sent them a photo of my Fitbit screen as it had been filled with gray lines for about a week…
they responded the same day and offered up a few suggestions as to what I might try… after I tried their ideas and nothing changed, they advised that my Fitbit was still under warranty so they sent me a replacement, which arrived yesterday…
last night I set it up and it is working perfectly…
they sure provide excellent customer service…
14 Monday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, cedars, garden, moments, nature, snow, sun, Technology, tree, widow, wire
Saturday the sun came out for most of the afternoon… wonderful after two days of snow…
watched the hydro power wires from the lane to the house off and on all day…
early in the day I noticed that two of the cedar branches were hanging on the wire…
checked online and with family but couldn’t decide whether it was safe to go out and knock the snow off so the branches would get off the wire and there wouldn’t be any problem with the house’s power…
as the day went on the snow melted and first one, then the other lifted off the wire… made me very happy…
many cedar branches in the yard have been bent way over but it looks as if they will all recover… that is not the outcome for many, many trees in the city;-(…
12 Saturday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, cold, driveway, garden, groceries, moments, nature, online, Save-On-Foods, snow, Technology, widow
the snow fell for two days… my driveway is covered and I wasn’t sure that I could get out, and then back in…
I needed groceries for Thanksgiving dinner with my grandsons on Monday so yesterday I shopped online at Save-On-Foods…
you pick your items, many from the list of previous items you’ve purchased in the store, choose a delivery time (usually the next day), pay with your credit card and you are done;-)… it costs $10 for this service…
they call you in the two-hour window when they are nearly at your house, bring in the groceries and advise if there have been any substitutions…
then off the driver goes and you get to put away your groceries…
although, I need to work on figuring out how much things like mushrooms and Brussels sprouts weigh in kilograms, lol…
05 Saturday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, cold, Corolla, hand, seat, Technology, warmer, weather, widow
as the weather is getting cooler (in what seems to be) daily, I’m enjoying some of the great benefits that Indi provides…
instead of turning up the heat, I just turn on the seat warmer… a toasty bottom makes all of me feel warm, lol…
and I love the warmer on my steering wheel… don’t need my little gloves just yet;-)…
although I wish the entire wheel was warmed…
technology;-)…
03 Thursday Oct 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, google, maps, moments, paper, Technology, widow
a few years ago my daughter introduced me to the Google maps app…
I have really found it to be helpful…
I’m a visual person and like to know where I am going, so looking up an address and then seeing a picture of the spot, or something close by is very reassuring…
I have to take back the crutches I rented from the hospital and now know exactly where I have to go… takes the stress out of finding a new place, lol…
reminded me of trying to find things in the past with a paper map… trying to unfold and refold, depending on the spot we were trying to get to… and rarely getting it put back correctly… sometimes there might have been some grumbling…
technology can be wonderful;-)…
02 Wednesday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, ear, health, helpful, photos, Technology, widow
well, my ear is doing much better… so far the meds are working with no side effects…
my technique is to take a photo of the box just before or after I use the drops so that I can remember what time I need to take them next, lol…
took the shot in a hurry this morning…
helpful, though…
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