05 Thursday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, bloom, fuzzy, garden, pond, Technology, water lily, weather, widow
been rushing out to the garden every time I get home to see if the water lily has bloomed…
it has opened up quite a bit… weather has been cool which doesn’t help… not sure if it is finished or not…
and for whatever reason I haven’t been able to get good pictures… the yellow in the centre always turns fuzzy… weird…
19 Monday Aug 2019
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big girl pants, easy, iPhone, iXpand, pictures, SanDisk, speedy, storage, Technology, widow
so excited because I found a new way to download my iPhone photos in a quick and simple way…
picked up this iXpand Flash Drive SanDisk which holds 64 gb…
while I was sitting in the parking lot of the store, I downloaded the app and saved 1800 photos to the drive… all in about five minutes…
previous methods I’ve used have taken way longer to copy pictures…
easy to find the pictures by date and then copy them back to the iPhone if needed…
oh, I think I’m going to have lots of fun…
17 Monday Jun 2019
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android, big girl pants, Excel, internet, iPhone, Outlook, quest, tabs, Technology, tips, widow, work
I was scrolling through facebook the other day and came across some tips…
the absolute best one was about closing tabs when on the internet, thanks to diply.com…
we’ve been on a quest at work to find ways to save time and I’d found a great one about closing all open Excel files at once… then I found the one that lets you close all open emails in Outlook…
this one is even better, because I often have many internet tabs open, particularly on my phone…
I just tried it now and there were eighty open… see how handy this is going to be for me!!
on the bottom right of your screen you see the icon that looks like a couple of pages… hold it down and it will offer options… one of which is close all tabs…
it also appears to work on androids, maybe at the top of the screen…
I love technology;-)…
08 Saturday Jun 2019
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basement, big girl pants, colleagues, pvr, Technology, tv, widow
I watch tv a lot and I PVR tons of shows…
over the last week I’ve noticed that the tv is saying it is recording shows, but the next day they are not there… seemed very odd…
finally took the time on Thursday night to poke around and see if I could figure it out…
what I discovered was a place telling me that the PVR was nearly full… a big red bar all the way across the screen, lol…
there was no place to clean it out and all the programs get deleted as soon as I watch them, so it was odd…
Friday morning I called BellMTS for help… after running all through the house to find the main PVR, in the basement of course, I had to turn it off and back on… when it rebooted it was fine…
the technician advised that it shouldn’t have happened and it would be fine in the future… but as I look at it now it says there is something PVRed, but there isn’t, sigh…
at least I know what to do when it happens again;-)…
I did giggle after he told me to unplug it…
turning equipment off is one of the first suggestions I make to my colleagues whenever they are having technical issues…
18 Saturday May 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, family, happy, iPhone, iPhone X, photos, research, tablet, Technology, toys, walk, widow
busy day as I researched and decided on which version of iPhone X I would upgrade to…
walked up and down Polo Park a few times as I checked out the various options…
one of the things I was most interested in was the quality of the camera, as I take many photos…
also, size of the phone was important… I didn’t want something too large for my hand and that would feel uncomfortable…
and then there was the issue of the case… I have the most wonderful case now, but it isn’t available for an iPhone X…
I want something that doesn’t cover the front of the phone as I do take so many photos…
in the end I chose the iPhone X and purchased it from The Source… picked up a Huawei tablet and a Kate Spade cover…
I also found a case that holds a few credit cards… not sure yet which case I will use most, lol…
then I came home and figured out how to move my data from the old to the new…
even got the tablet working with all the apps I use… it will be fun to learn the android system…
looking forward to playing with these new toys;-)…
11 Saturday May 2019
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big girl pants, family, laundry, memories, mom, Technology, widow, wringer washer
spent time doing laundry today…
made me think of my mom… she loved doing laundry… she liked being able to get stains out, the tidy piles of clean and fresh smelling clothing, and the pleasure of knowing that items were ready for everyone to wear…
she worked with a wringer washer for many years…
I had to search to find a photo of what the one we had looked like… something like this one which I found on the internet…
during her last years she had to use a laundry room just across from their apartment…
I wonder how she would have liked the new washers and driers…
I don’t dislike doing laundry, but certainly don’t love it, lol…
23 Saturday Mar 2019
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accountant, beloved, big girl pants, cell phone, discount, happy, iPhone, landline, loyal customer, memories, MTS, system, taxes, Technology, upsell, widow
couple of great things over the last few days…
yesterday I was on the phone with MTS to check out some information about my cell phone…
the woman I spoke with was ever so helpful and didn’t try to upsell me during our discussion… really appreciated that…
at the end of our call she asked if there was anything else and I mentioned that I’d like to talk about the cost of all my services… I pay a lot for one person… she transferred me to another person…
that person noted that we’ve been loyal customers for over forty years and was impressed with that… he was able to provide an excellent discount for a whole year which made me exceptionally pleased… in the process, gave me a good discount on the house phone… I know, I know, how many of us are there left, lol…
made me happy…
and today, I received my tax information back and was pleased to discover that once again I am getting a refund… phew… my accountant has figured out exactly what I need to have deducted so that I don’t end up owing money at the end of the year…
the process of submitting them is so easy now… I courier the papers to the office, receive the documentation electronically, sign it, scan it, and send it back electronically as well, and then it is sent to CRA…
I think back to when my beloved did our taxes… he really disliked doing them and we were always searching to find all the documents we needed and do all the calculations… then put it in an envelope and mail it off, or drive to the Tax Office and drop it off because it was kind of late, lol…
I’ve found a system that helps me gather everything so that when it is time to do them, all the bits and pieces of paper are together;-)…
all good…
02 Wednesday Jan 2019
Posted in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, email, NASA, sky, station, Technology, view, widow
I get an email whenever the space station flies over the house…
there will be a week or so when the messages come once or twice a day and then weeks go by with no notifications…
I’ve had a number of emails over the last week, but as the fly past has been first thing in the morning I haven’t gotten up to look for the station…
but the emails last night mentioned two fly-bys this morning… one at 6:21 and the second at 7:55, which is just about when I leave for work…
so I headed outside to watch for it… stayed out for about five minutes but didn’t spot it… think it might have been behind the neighbour’s tree…
it is always exciting when I do see it;-)…
27 Thursday Dec 2018
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Best Buy, big girl pants, breakfast, cleanup, computer, Freshii, Google Home, grandson, music, pictures, rest, shopping, Technology, trash, widow
another wonderful day…
grandson slept over… we made breakfast and then spent a few hours doing a cleanup in the computer room… filled bags of garbage, recycling and a few boxes of giveaways…
my grandson figured out how to get my 500 plus songs onto Google Play… it took about four hours… I am so happy to have them available…
he took out all the trash and then we ran over to Best Buy to pick up a few more plugs for my Google Home… had lunch at Freshii and then back home to connect one of the plugs…
the Himalayan Salt Lamp is now able to turn on and off by voice…
then my work computer person came over and moved computers, drives, pictures and got Outlook working for me… I am very pleased…
now to rest;-)…
25 Sunday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, devices, family, grandsons, movie, popcorn, shopping, snow, steak, supper, Technology, time, walk, widow
well, what a busy and fun day with my boys…
they came over after an early soccer game and we met for breakfast at the “A“… first time I’ve walked over there in ages…
from there we went shopping and then to the movies… saw Fantastic Beasts, which was great… then back to the mall…
on our way home we stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few final ingredients for our supper…
the oldest grandson arrived just before our meal…
great dinner, the boys tidied up and everyone spent some time on their devices before they headed home…
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