04 Monday May 2020
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, feeder, garden, moments, moon, number, take the time, widow
saw a lovely view of the moon the other day while I was bird watching in the garden…
saw a number of birds… juncos, white throated sparrows, flickers and nuthatches…
03 Sunday May 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Canada Takeout, ChowNow, eat, food, meals, moments, pho, Pho Hoang, staying home, Technology, treat, widow
Wednesday was Canada Takeout day and I decided to support Pho Hoang, a local restaurant which always produces delicious food…
I used a different app than normal, which appears to make sure that all the money goes to the restaurant…
whenever I order I try to get enough for at least a couple of meals…
this time I got 3 different things… the pho soup is always enough for two meals…
I also got shrimp garden rolls which I had for my supper as they are best when eaten fresh… finally I ordered sweet potato and shrimp crepes… I had a couple with the rolls;-)…
my dinner was delicious…
since then I’ve had pho for two meals as well as enjoying the sweet potato and shrimp crepes for a breakfast…
02 Saturday May 2020
a very sad morning here…
three days ago I unplugged the pump on the fish tank as I was on a Zoom call and it was very noisy… I have often done this…
when I plugged it back in, nothing happened… I tried different outlets to no avail…
I decided to put the fish into the pond but had to do some cleaning of it first… got some done, but hurt my back so waited a bit…
they seemed fine while waiting… in the middle of the night it occurred to me that one of the smaller pond pumps might work in the tank…
first thing this morning I was out in the garage finding a pump… brought it in, tested it in the sink and put it into the tank… think it is going to work in the meantime…
the water is murky, which will not likely clear up as currently there is no filter… the fish seem to be swimming about and appear much happier… this pump is even noisier than the last one, lol…
unfortunately, the biggest fish died during the night;-(…
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…
30 Thursday Apr 2020
Posted in life, loss, moments, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, Birchwood Toyota, birthday, blessed, car wash, dirty, grandson, halt, Indi, memories, moments, purple, weather, widow
I started this post many weeks ago after Indi had a second bath in just over a week… that was all before the world came to a grinding halt…
after the first bath, she spent a few days with my grandson and I’m not sure what happened, but when I got back into her she was so dirty I couldn’t see out the windows, lol…
she looked beautiful afterwards and I anticipated that the mucky weather would get her dirtied up fairly quickly…
I haven’t been out of the house for 43 days so she’s been hunkered down in the garage although a few weeks ago I did move her onto the driveway for a short time as I cooked steak on the grill…
today I was reminded by Facebook, and an email from Nelson at Birchwood Toyota, that it is her second birthday;-)…
29 Wednesday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, blooming, colleagues, fish tank, flowers, memories, moments, nameless, purple, widow
my plant is flowering… I don’t know what it’s name is…
it was given to me four years ago for my sixty-fifth birthday by my work colleagues…
it is so purple… it was blooming then, but hasn’t bloomed since… I think it likes being next to the fish tank…
very exciting to watch it…
28 Tuesday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, cookbook, datura, friends, grandson, groceries, moments, nature, research, stalled, Technology, widow
the day went by very quickly…
set an alarm to be sure I was up for the 8-2 window for my Save-On-Foods delivery… they arrived around 9:30, and nearly everything turned up, including toilet paper…
after the groceries arrived, all the datura pots made their way outside for the day once the temperature hit 10 degrees Celsius… this is good weight training for me…
from there I worked on updating my cookbook…got quite a few pages done, which made me happy as it had kind of stalled…
a phone call and time online trying out and searching to find a particular resource… no luck so far, but I am not giving up, lol…
FaceTimed with my oldest grandson and a few PVRed shows finished the day;-)…
27 Monday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, dahlia, flowers, garden, growing, planted, purple, rain, tubers, weather, widow
had a busy morning in the garden yesterday…
opened my box from The Dahlia Expert and took out my eight new tubers… I’d set it on the floor out of the way for a few days after it arrived to be sure it was safe;-)…
found pots, cleaned them out and matched the tubers with the appropriate pot…
left them outside for the rest of the day hoping that the rain might give them a drink… it did rain for a very short time but not a lot…
took quite a while, but eventually all eight were nestled in their new homes…
brought them in just before dark and put them back out for the day this morning…
they will be coming in and going out for the next while as I wanted them to get a head start on growing before they can live outside permanently;-)…
so excited to watch them grow…
26 Sunday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, chewed, flowers, garden, moments, morning glories, nature, plants, purple, Spring, sprout, sun, sunshine, weather, widow
this morning, while I was searching for something in the garage, I came across an envelope of morning glory seeds that had been there for at least a year… apparently a critter had chewed open the end of the envelope, but left the seeds… not so tasty maybe…
I sprinkled them over two planters along the deck and then covered them with soil… will watch and see what happens…
no idea if they will sprout, but I thought it was worth a chance…
will be fun to watch;-)…
25 Saturday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, groceries, missing, moments, out-of-stock, pistachios, shopping, Technology, widow
my groceries arrived at 7:45 pm…
sadly, a few of the items I really wanted were out-of-stock, sigh… Greek yogurt, fresh chicken thighs and Splenda…
and apparently pistachios aren’t considered a necessity, lol… although nuts are certainly an important part of my meal planning…
will have to reorder and hope these items are available next time…
still I am amazingly blessed to be able to order and receive groceries without leaving the house;-)…
