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rafters…

04 Saturday Nov 2023

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we were back in the garage last weekend and spent an hour reorganizing…

we planned to spend another few hours to make enough space to get the car inside, particularly as we have tons of snow already…

we did spend another focussed time in the space… this time all of the stuff that was in the rafters came down to be sorted…

there is a ton of wood and other items on the floor now, in various piles… for garbage, giveaway, and a small pile to keep… but the space above is cleared out and ready for whatever needs to go back up there…

no room for the car just yet…

giveaway…

09 Friday Dec 2022

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spent time in the computer room again yesterday and found additional items for the giveaway collection… happily there were a number of Christmas treasures amongst them…

eventually I was able to bring down the last of the boxes… it was filled with books and was really heavy…

added it to all the other items and had quite the pile…

set the alarm and got up early this morning to get everything onto the steps before eight… in the dark, sigh…

took a while to get them all out there, lol, and by nine they were gone…

it sure feels great to have the closet cleaned out and more space…

reuse…

25 Wednesday Nov 2020

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last night I set my alarm for the first time in ages… Big Brothers and Big Sisters were doing a pickup of donations and I’d been gathering things for weeks…

had to turn on all the lights because it was so dark… went out to sweep off the step but the thin layer of snow was frozen, lol…

I moved all the boxes from the den closet onto the front step… took a while…

then I turned on the motion sensor for the front camera and had a cup of tea while I watched my morning news program…

good thing I got up early because they arrived just after eight…

happy to see things that I no longer need, but are in excellent condition, get to be reused ;-)…

shells…

19 Thursday Jul 2018

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this morning I put all the shells that my kids brought home from their trip to the East coast on the table outside to dry in the sun…

they have been soaking in soapy water for a few days to clean them and get rid of the fishy smell…

when I arrived home they were rather wet from the afternoon rainfall…

I was thinking they would have dried out and been cleansed by the sun…

right now it is pouring out and I am hoping that the shells don’t blow away in the storm…

wish me luck;-)…

reflect…

10 Wednesday Jan 2018

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on Monday my BS buddies were over and we were catching up on our recent activities…

everyone drinks decaf coffee while I have tea…

I had my new mugs out and one friend was using the snowflake one…

it looks cool in the light and when it is full you can see the liquid through it…

I took this photo the other day of the light reflected in my tea…

made me reflect on how blessed I am with wonderful friends and so many treasures in my life;-)…

treasures…

16 Saturday Sep 2017

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got to enjoy a few treasures today…

this morning had my first taste of Michael’s Dolce Raspberry Chocolate Jam... oh my, it is delicious;-)… made with Hummingbird Chocolate… and it has very little sugar;-)… we picked it up when we visited the Hummingbird shop…

enjoyed it with tea in my new mug from The Windmill of Provence which I found at the Kingston Public Market, just a few weeks ago…

later in the day I had some Labooko 100% cacao bar from Zotter Chocolates…

this picture shows it with a beautiful piece of amethyst that I discovered in Kingston as well…

shopping…

06 Thursday Apr 2017

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been a long full week…

did have some fun at lunch when a few of us went shopping at the final Farmers Market at CityPlace…

picked up a gift, Aschenti chocolate, peach and ginger tea, and a cooling neckband…

at the end of the day I was exhausted, but my daughter called and wanted to meet and take a wander through the Home and Garden Show…

so, after work I met her and a friend and we walked over to the Convention Centre and toured the show…

found a few treasures… delicious fudge, very similar to what my dad would make… cool hooks that appear to be invisible… and some neat containers that flatten when not in use… and we ran into a number of people we knew…

on our way back to the cars we stopped at Boston Pizza for wings and nachos…

a very late supper… but a fun time with these young women…

here’s the loot;-)…

good thing I don’t get out much, lol… no longer tired and a great start to my weekend…

Mazatlan Day 3

19 Sunday Mar 2017

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as I write this I have walked 14,830 steps… 

we started out the day with breakfast at the hotel… I asked for poached eggs which may not have been the wisest move because it took about twenty minutes for them to be made, lol… but they were cooked perfectly when I did get them… 

then we gathered up our stuff and took two Pulmonias to the start of the Malecon… 

we walked about 7 miles, in the sun, with lots of cold drinks and a break for lunch… we found various treasures for the boys to bring home and I was very happy to find some shells to add to my collection… 

the sweet man found all kinds of small shells for me once he knew I had been collecting them since I was a kid… we had moved on to the next stall where a woman was making bracelets for the boys when he came over with two more small treasures…

after the incredibly long walk in the heat we took an Aurigas back to the hotel…

open truck riding… the boys loved it…

some of us headed to the ocean to play in the waves and the others went to the pool… 

my daughter caught these wonderful moments…tons of fun… then we went upstairs for a rest, had dinner and took a late night walk down the beach…

another wonderful day filled with great memories…

home…

27 Sunday Jul 2014

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finally home after a busy and fun weekend with the kids in the States…

we got up around nine this morning and after breakfast went for the last visit to the water park… it is lovely to watch how the boys spend time together as well as separately in the water…

final fun in the water park...

final fun in the water park…

then we packed up all of our stuff and headed to Grand Forks… visited three or four stores… had tacos for lunch and a very lovely dinner at a great steak house the kids had been to before… final few items picked up, and we were on the road home…

the sky was lovely…

clouds on our drive home...

clouds on our drive home…

the final purchase had been a few movies for the trip home…

"watching" a movie...

“watching” a movie…

happily we breezed through the border and drove past the wind mills (turbines) as the sun was setting… sadly the car windows were covered in bugs again, but I was able to get a few good shots…

sunset at the wind mills...

sunset at the wind mills…

kids dropped me off and I brought in all my goodies…

my shopping...

my shopping…

too late for a hot tub… I am going to bed!