13 Saturday Dec 2025
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Facebook reminded me that yesterday commemorated my last day of work six years ago… it was a special and fun day…
I spent the day saying farewell to my colleagues and had lunch out with a former colleague…
surprising to think that so much time has passed… and how much I have enjoyed these past years of retirement;-)…
13 Friday Dec 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, five years, garden, hermit, last day, memories, moments, retirement, staff, widow, work
hard to believe yesterday marked five years since my last day of work before retirement…
I remember what a special day it was… I did all the things I wanted to do, the way I wanted;-)…
it was always fun to gather the group for a photo, kind of like herding cats, lol…
since then I’ve travelled a bit, enjoyed being a hermit through Covid and beyond, spent hours in the garden, read a ton of books, and enjoyed every minute… I truly am blessed;-)…
it’s a wonderful life…
12 Monday Jun 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, computers, daughter, dueling, family, fudge, garden, grandson, moments, Technology, time together, treats, widow, work
last night my daughter arrived from Ottawa… it was wonderful to see her in person…
the flight was early and my grandson picked her up at the airport and brought her home…
there were a number of thoughtful gifts which I will enjoy, including a delicious chocolate bar which reminds me of the amazing fudge that my dad used to make, a ceramic dragonfly, and the cutest little butterfly bowl which I will use to hold my pills…
I am looking forward to our time together over the next few weeks…
an evening in the garden ended with dueling computers… it was nice not to have to call her to discuss the piece of work we were doing, lol…
and then, an early night…
looking forward to many fun activities while she is here;-)…
07 Friday Apr 2023
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while going through stuff in the computer room, I came across a few items from my work life…
was so excited to find two Pentel RSVP pens… it wasn’t till I tested to see if the ink still flowed that I remembered how much I loved them… I made it a habit to be sure there were a couple of the purple/violet ones in my desk at all times, lol…
now I have one in the computer room and one in the kitchen, so I can access them at any time…
simple things can make me so happy…
22 Wednesday Mar 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, computer, disconnected, internet, moments, something, technician, Technology, widow, work
I’ve been having trouble with the computer upstairs… for the last few weeks it kept advising that it wasn’t connected to the internet… tried many things, but nothing seemed to work… the wifi had been coming and going as well…
a few days ago I went to call MTS about my services and thought I should just take a quick look to be sure it was still disconnected…
and, of course, it connected right away, lol…
when I spoke with a technician, they advised they did something while we were on the call and it shouldn’t be a problem anymore…
I guess we will see;-)…
03 Friday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, family, fourteen, garden, grandson, hot tub, memories, moments, remembering, stress, time, trajectory, trauma, widow, work
my youngest grandson just turned fourteen…
brought back a number of memories as his birth changed the trajectory of my life…
because I refused to miss his birth, I ended up leaving a job I had been at for ten years, as the boss wasn’t pleased that I had taken away time from my position… a lot of trauma occurred over the next while and eventually I was walked out of the office…
one good thing that came out of that was the hot tub, as I was awarded a year’s salary due to my wrongful dismissal and purchased it with some of those funds…
there was huge stress and tension and the hot tub has helped with that for many years now;-)…
after a number of months I found the perfect position where I flourished for nearly ten years before my retirement…
lots of things to sift through…
this photo was taken in 2020, when I was still keeping my distance from everyone, but it does show him and the hot tub together, lol…
hard to believe it all began fourteen years ago…
18 Saturday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, drill, garden, irrigation, moments, nature, obelisk, pruned, purple, widow, work
was able to complete a few jobs in the garden although not the irrigation system… I am going to need a second pair of hands for that one…
using landscape fabric, I was able to turn a very cute, but not useful, bird feeder into a little planter… think it came out rather nicely… found a couple of morning glory plants, a sweet potato vine and a spider plant to go in it…
then there was quite a production to get a hook up on the garage and put up the planter… the drill, ladder and I had to sort through some stuff, but eventually it was up…
after all that I don’t like it there, but haven’t quite decided where to move it, lol…
reconnected two parts of a little planter that has an obelisk on the top… used zip ties to connect… it looks good and isn’t going to fall apart…
I also did a bit of pruning of the cedars along the back fence…
that’s it for work today;-)…
11 Saturday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, bike, blessed, car, family, garden, grandson, ice cream cone, moments, Technology, treat, widow, work
a few days ago my grandson came by to return the car before he headed to work…
a piece for his bicycle had arrived and he worked on getting it installed but ran out of time, so he ended up taking the car…
while he was here I made lunch and we ate in the garden…
then the bike sat in the dining room, waiting for his return…
when he came to pick it up, he brought an ice cream cone;-)…
yum…
27 Thursday May 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, hazard, landscaping, lifted, moments, nature, path, soil, stepping stones, widow, work
walked around and reviewed the work that needs to happen on the weekend…
soil will be delivered… all of the stepping stones are going to be lifted and soil and grass seed put in their place…
in the side garden, the wooden path will be removed and the stepping stones that were taken up in the main area will be used to replace the wooden path…
this will be a bit sad as my beloved laid all of these paths but it is time to change it up… right now many of the spots are tripping hazards as they have sunk a lot…
any leftover soil will go into the various beds and pots around the space… hoping that the two yards of soil is just the correct amount…
09 Monday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, closet, cull, dress pants, moments, pants, purple, sort, successful, widow, work
I don’t know about you, but when I go to clean out a closet or drawer, sometimes it works and other times I seem unable to cull anything…
today I was successful in dealing with my bedroom closet… I’ve realized that I don’t really need 6 pairs of dress pants or 15 tops for work, lol…
this closet is very small so anything I can do to make room will be very helpful;-)…
I packed up twenty pieces and then reorganized the space they opened up…
yay for me;-)…
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