29 Sunday Aug 2021
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had a burst of energy and spent a couple of hours in the garage cleaning…
was able to give away a few outdoor games to a neighbour… filled up the garbage and recycling bins… and cleaned off about half of the bench and one shelf…
thinking about painting the bench purple;-)…
every little step feels like progress;-)…
09 Monday Aug 2021
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busy time in the garden on Saturday…
my grandson came, whipper snipped, trimmed the weeds in the driveway, and blew all the leaves and detritus… we do like the blower, which can also act as a vacuum… everything looks tidy… he also helped get one of the bubble machines going…
a bit later Hilda the Gardener spent time weeding and tidying so that the garden looks well cared for… it is always such a treat to see how lovely everything looks after she’s been here…
meanwhile, I had lightly fertilized the plants that are heavy feeders, filled bird feeders and pulled out a few weeds in the new grass…
bubbles make me happy…
08 Sunday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, drink, fertilizer, flowers, friends, garden, moments, nature, plants, tidy, widow
I’ve spent a good part of the last few days cleaning up the flower pots, removing dead leaves, trimming, and deadheading as I went around giving the plants a drink of slightly fertilized water…
friends were coming over and I want everything to look its best;-)…
07 Saturday Aug 2021
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big girl pants, birds, birdseed, blessed, garden, nature, reorganized, table, tidy, widow
managed to get the table in the garage cleaned off, and reorganized my toolbox and drill in a corner…
good timing because The Preferred Perch will be delivering two fifty pound bags of birdseed and it goes on the table until I can put it into containers;-)…
then I finally cut back the Virginia creeper that was making it difficult to enter and exit the garage…
good day’s work;-)…
11 Friday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, company, dishes, fingertips, home, moments, plates, tidy, widow
finally put away some dishes the other day…
I figured I didn’t need thirty plates available at my fingertips for feeding all my company so I moved a number of plates and bowls and added a few Christmas ones where I can reach them;-)…
interesting how long it took me to let go of that stack… also moved some of my favourite dishes off a counter to fit in with the rest..
looking tidier in the kitchen…
29 Wednesday Jul 2020
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big girl pants, contractor, garage, garden, Indi, roof, shingles, tidy, widow
had someone come by and look at the garage roof…
when the house was reshingled a few years ago, they felt the garage would last for another five years… not!
over the winter I was able to see light through a couple of little holes when the sun was shining…
recently I realized that water was leaking in whenever it rained…
so, Monday, Brian, the contractor, came… he removed the old shingles and put them into his truck without leaving any mess… certainly much cleaner than the folks who did the house… there were shingle bits and nails everywhere when they were done…
after he made a trip to the dump, he picked up shingles that match those on the house, then removed every nail still in the roof and used a cool magnet that picked up any loose ones… then he swept the entire roof before placing down plastic sheeting over the entire surface… I was mesmerized with the light patterns when the shingles were off;-)…
Tuesday he returned and laid the shingles… there were a few problems including both roofing nailers jamming and having to remove all of the Virginia creeper that has grown into and over the eavestrough…
and then – it was done… and it looks wonderful…
Indi will be happy when she comes home;-)…
01 Friday May 2020
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big girl pants, box, chocolate, delicious, easy access, happy, moderation, moments, orange, quarantine, reorganized, tidy, treat, widow
the kitchen counter looked rather sad because it was covered in stuff… I’ve been setting things that have come in the mail onto it to quarantine until I can open them, lol…
happily there were two packages filled with chocolate bars sitting there that had served their time… they were ready to add to my chocolate stash…
previously I’d been using two small plastic containers, but clearly that wasn’t going to work now… I searched through the house looking for the right size container and came upon an orange flower box which had held a flower delivery… how happy is that…
cleaned off the shelf in the cupboard which held the chocolate and some larger mugs and then reorganized… I moved the mugs to the back as I haven’t been using them much lately and then put the lovely orange box, filled with all the chocolate, towards the front of the shelf…
looks great and now it will be easier to get to…
of course I have to make sure not to eat too much chocolate… but now there is easier access…
04 Saturday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, hallway, happy, hot tub, moments, proud, purple, shells, snow, sunshine, tidy, widow
rather proud of myself… I have barely done anything for ages, but today I was able to accomplish three things…
first, I went into the backyard and shovelled a path to the hot tub… my shoveler hasn’t been by… likely he is staying at home like everyone else;-)…
being very careful of my back, I worked slowly and made sure there wasn’t too much snow in each shovelful… now I can go out to soak my back if I want;-)…
came in, had a break, and then tidied the hallway bookshelf… I’d organized it back in 2014… made me laugh when I realized it was that long ago…
finally, I redid the living room table drawer… put sea shells in two of them and left the others as they were… one has all the retirement cards and the other has a number of pictures and maps from our trip to Hawaii…
looks good…
pleased with all that got done… maybe I will keep on getting things done;-)…
11 Sunday Aug 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, garden, hot tub, tidy, trimming, virginia creeper, widow
the Virginia creeper had completely taken over beside the hot tub… the tv room was basically always dark because the window was covered with vines…
I’ve tried to get it trimmed down by others, but timing hasn’t worked…
today I did it myself… put on those big girl pants and climbed onto the edge of the hot tub…
afterwards I went back into my photos to find some I knew were there of my beloved trimming the same area…
these photos were from July 2011… it is always bittersweet when I look through old pictures… fun to see and relive the memories, but missing him at the same time…
06 Sunday Jan 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, Chihuly, Christmas, clean, family, friend, grandson, moments, pjs, tidy, twinkle lights, un-decorate, widow
spent the day in my pjs…
also un-decorated all of the Christmas bits and pieces… had hoped to have my oldest grandson help me, but he wasn’t available, so I did it all on my own…
worked away at it off and on all day… had given myself a deadline of tonight as the cleaners are coming tomorrow, lol…
not ready to give up the twinkle lights just yet, lol…
redid the living room table… this time with family and Chihuly…
always remember my friend who would clean up before her housekeeper came and I always thought that was so odd…
of course, now that is exactly what I do;-)… well, tidy…
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