22 Tuesday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, card, health, moments, plastic, Technology, wallet, widow
I received a letter from Manitoba Health the other day…
in it was my new health card, woohoo…
I’d been planning to give them a call as I had gone online and filled out the application what seemed like many weeks ago, lol…
it looks great and I was quick to pull the old paper one out of my wallet and put in the new plastic one…
21 Monday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, cards, family, flickers, flowers, food, friends, geese, gifts, google, grandson, lobster, moments, Technology, treats, whoever, widow
on Friday, woke up to geese honking as they headed out looking for something to eat… and spotted flickers in the field across from the house;-)…
opened the beautiful cards and gifts from friends and family I’d been saving over the last few days, and laughed at Google singing to whoever was having the birthday, lol…
received a gorgeous purple handmade book, filled with photos of the garden and a book about monarchs with things I didn’t previously know… going to have to read that more thoroughly…
tried to vote, but the lineup was long, so headed out for breakfast at The Pancake House…
decided to vote Saturday when I would have more time…
friends arrived with cards and flowers and we had a lovely visit… the neighbour stopped by and gave an update on the house next door and collected Easter books for the littles…
received many texts and phone calls and had fun watching some F1 on tv…
cookies and hot cross buns arrived as I was reading in the living room, so I had to eat one of the hot cross buns, yum…
supper was steak and lobster, with fries and asparagus;-)… followed by a blizzard, yum…
what a delightful day it was…
19 Saturday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, family, food, moments, rolls, supper, sushi, Technology, treat, widow
my birthday week continued;-)…
went out for sushi on Wednesday and then took a drive to pick up a computer part for my grandson…
hadn’t had sushi for quite a while and the food was excellent… only had a few leftover rolls to bring home which is good because sometimes we order way too much, lol…
15 Tuesday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, enthralled, friend, moments, playwright, PTE, season, Technology, widow
a busy weekend;-)…
on Saturday we went to see Raised by Women at PTE… it was our last play of the season…
it was a seventy minute performance by the playwright Keith Barker… he did a great job and the time went by quickly as he held everyone enthralled with his stories…
14 Monday Apr 2025
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ankles, big girl pants, boots, Canadian, fit, happy, landfill, moments, shopping, snow, Technology, Vessi, waterproof, widow
so excited today to get my new winter boots…
the pair I’ve been wearing for well over twenty years have begun to fall apart in front of me;-(…
I wanted Canadian-made and decided to try Vessi… besides being made in BC, they are also waterproof…
I had hoped to try a pair on and went to the mall, but they aren’t carried in Manitoba…
so, I took a chance and ordered them online and was pleased to get free shipping…
I ordered them last week and they arrived today…
and they fit… I was worried as often when I’ve tried pull-ons, they wouldn’t go over my ankles, but I had no problem… yay…
now they will get put away for when the snow starts in the Fall and the falling apart pair will sadly head to the landfill…
08 Tuesday Apr 2025
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, clouds, flying, geese, moments, nature, sky, Technology, time, weather, widow
the sky was beautiful this morning when I looked out the window first thing…
a few minutes later I got another view…
the clouds were very interesting…
a bit later I watched geese flying low overhead as they headed out for a meal;-)… they were moving quickly and my phone was in my pocket…
but it is also great to just watch them and not worry about capturing a photo;-)…
the sky is so wonderful…
06 Sunday Apr 2025
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big girl pants, bird feeders, blessed, deer, doorbell cam, F1, moments, nature, raced, Technology, vanish, weather, widow
I was up late to watch an F1 race and got a notification from the doorbell camera advising there was an animal in view…
checked the app and spotted a deer, so I raced downstairs and watched a deer looking for a snack beside the cedar…
watched and followed it across the yard to the bird feeder…
and spotted a second one;-)… it was entertaining to watch their antics as they tried to get the sunflower seeds out of the feeders…
while I was watching, three more came into view👀…
such a treat to be able to watch them until all five headed off to follow the creek over towards the airport…
because I don’t pay for a subscription, the camera only shows the past three hours before activities vanish, so I don’t always get to see them, lol…
31 Monday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, changes, day-to-day, garden, look and see, moments, nature, plants, snow, Technology, weather, widow
just about every time I walk up or down the stairs to the second floor, I stop and look out the window…
watching the garden change from day-to-day…
maybe a bunny, a cat, solar lights, new flowers, squirrels, birds, so many changes take place if you take a moment to look…
this photo shows a few solar lights, one of which was under the snow, lol…
soon it will be green again… please🤪…
26 Wednesday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, gas hot water heater, gas hot water tank, happy, inspection, Manitoba Hydro, meter, moments, surprised, Technology, widow, wifi
last Thursday a person from Manitoba Hydro arrived at the door…
I was a bit surprised, because I was expecting an inspector on Friday to review, and hopefully, approve the gas hot water tank installation…
but the Thursday person was here to change the Hydro meter…
after they changed it they advised that it was wifi enabled and they would be able to read it from outside the house once it is hooked up to their system…
I was a bit worried because when I looked at the meter a while later it was still showing zeros across the board… but, by Friday, it was starting to move… woohoo…
and then on Friday, the inspector arrived late, but approved the work, whew… which is kind of good considering it was over a month since the tank was installed, lol…
18 Tuesday Mar 2025
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big girl pants, black, charger, connect, Fitbit, instructions, moments, online, screen, Technology, widow
a few days ago my Fitbit wouldn’t connect to my phone… very odd…
then, all of a sudden, the screen went black… I put it on the charger, but that didn’t make a difference…
eventually I went online and found instructions on how to restart the Charge 5…
I followed the instructions and put it on the charger overnight…
happily, it worked perfectly after that;-)…
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