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31 Saturday Jan 2026

Posted by sulis303 in business, family, life, moments, nature, retirement, technology, travel, Uncategorized, weather

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adventure buddy, big girl pants, blessed, driven, family, grandson, moments, Technology, tesla, Uber, weather, widow

I don’t think I’ve driven at all this winter…

since the snow started, I have been relying on my housemate and Uber to get me where I need to go… and my adventure buddy who always does the driving (yay to her!)…

my newest process is to volunteer at The Leaf from three until six… that way I can Uber there and my housemate can pick me up… seems to be working quite well…

recently I had a ride in a Tesla, which had the entire roof made of glass… I knew how to get in, from a previous encounter, although the driver automatically opened the door, but it took a while to figure out how to open the door from the inside to exit at my destination, lol……

I was thinking how cool it would be to drive out of the city and watch the stars or the aurora in comfort from the back seat without having to leave the vehicle, lol…

discovered…

29 Thursday Jan 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, discovered, frozen, garden, hot tub, lid, moments, nature, water, weather, widow

went out to shovel the steps to the hot tub and discovered that the lid is frozen to the tub…

might be a while before I can have another hot tub…

locations…

26 Monday Jan 2026

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big girl pants, cold, door, hibiscus, locations, mandevilla, moments, move, nature, plants, weather, widow

moved a couple of the bigger plants this morning…

swapped the hibiscus and the mandevilla… the mandevilla has been looking very sad, possibly because of the cold air coming in when the front door opens…

took a few moments to shake off the dead leaves, and then sweep them all up…

the hibiscus didn’t really want to move, even though it is on a rolling platform…

the mandevilla rolled across the floor without any problems…

fingers crossed that both of them will be happy in their new locations…

pace…

25 Sunday Jan 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, crafty, crocheting, dishcloth, fingers, moments, pace, purple, weather, widow

the weather has been crazy cold and I’ve been hibernating in the house… so I finally finished the first dishcloth…

it ended up being a bit on the large size, lol…

so now I’ve started on the next one, which I am making smaller…

my fingers get a bit uncomfortable if I work on it too long, so I am having to pace myself…

feeling very crafty 😊…

laughs…

21 Wednesday Jan 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, Fleurs de Villes, flowers, friends, laughs, moments, The Leaf, time, weather, widow

had a wonderful time today with friends at The Leaf…

we travelled together and had a lot of laughs in the process, then checked out all of the displays, and had one of the volunteers take our photo…

ended the day with a lovely lunch and visit at Gather;-)…

dropped off one of us and had a short visit…

what a fun time we had;-)…

phases…

14 Wednesday Jan 2026

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advent calendar, big girl pants, blessed, calendar, moments, nature, phases, phases of the moon, weather, widow

one of my Advent calendar items was a phases of the moon one page calendar…

it is very cool and it has taken a while to decide where to put it…

it finally went on the bathroom door…

it is the one place that I pass all the time…

nonetheless…

07 Wednesday Jan 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, hoarfrost, moments, nature, nonetheless, rime, trees, walk, weather, widow

went for a walk the other morning and admired the gorgeous trees…

I’m not sure if it was hoarfrost, or rime, or something else, but it was beautiful…

the ones on my street were lovely;-)…

this one was clearly snow but beautiful nonetheless;-)…

and this morning there was more beauty…

trimmed…

06 Tuesday Jan 2026

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big girl pants, family, haircut, moments, trimmed, Ultracuts, weather, widow

got a ride to Ultracuts for a haircut… apparently the last time I was there was early October which explains why my hair seemed to have grown like crazy…

had to have the top trimmed a second time as it was still a bit long;-)…

what a difference a trim makes…

I feel much more tidy;-)…

blowing…

04 Sunday Jan 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, blowing, family, leaf blower, moments, nature, shovelled, snow, weather, widow

Saturday morning I wandered around the house going to each window to look out and take photos of the beauty outside…

it snowed a lot overnight, but the lovely light kind of snow… the trees were gorgeous…

sometime later my housemate was outside blowing the steps and sidewalks…

he doesn’t like to be photographed, lol…

on his return home later he made sure the driveway was shovelled…

I truly am blessed;-)…

picky…

01 Thursday Jan 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, first-foot, hot tub, moments, picky, weather, widow

prepped my first-footer bag with a few additional items… besides the usual coal, an orange, and a little bottle of Bailey’s; added in some cookies, a toonie, salt, and chocolate…

then, just after midnight, I put on my coat and boots, walked around the house from the backdoor and first-footed myself;-)…

I used to be very picky and insisted on a dark-haired male, but have come to the realization that a dark-haired woman is equally as good;-)…

after that I changed and went out for my first hot tub of the new year…

the temperature was -32° C with the windchill, but once I got in, it was quite lovely… it was overcast, so no stars, and I could hear fireworks going off in various areas, lol…

what a lovely way to begin the year;-)…

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