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08 Sunday Feb 2026

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it was a lovely day so we spent some time on the deck, in between Olympic events…

first project was to top up the hot tub and clean all the ice off of it…

next, we emptied, cleaned, and filled the cold tub… a new pump has gone into it to keep the water moving…

it is always amazing how long it takes to fill up tubs, particularly in the cold, lol…

but, the jobs are done;-)…

bars…

03 Tuesday Feb 2026

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there was a lot of snow on the ground Sunday morning, so I went out to shovel before it got colder…

as I was shovelling the sidewalk, my neighbour from a few doors up the street, came by with his snowblower and blew the driveway clear…

I gave him the two chocolate bars I’d purchased after the last time he did this, which I hadn’t gotten around to getting to him;-)…

while he finished the driveway, I went out back and got it cleared…

looks good everywhere…

performance…

02 Monday Feb 2026

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on Saturday afternoon, we went to our PTE play, Big Stuff…

as we park underground we always leave our coats in the car which makes sitting in the theatre more comfortable…

as we entered the theatre we were given a card with a pencil in it… most people did respond and the actors collected all of them and dumped them into a couple of boxes…

throughout the performance they connected with some of the people who had responded on the cards…

it was quite delightful and one of our favourite shows;-)…

sugarcane…

01 Sunday Feb 2026

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had lunch out on our way to the theatre the other day…

went to Pho Hoang, which was one of our favourites when we used to go to aquasize at Cindy Klassen pool during our working days, lol…

as always, it was delicious;-)…

I had shrimp salad rolls and sugarcane shrimp…

driven…

31 Saturday Jan 2026

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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…

check-up…

30 Friday Jan 2026

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this morning I had an appointment with my doctor for my regular blood pressure check-up, as well as hearing my A1C results…

as we went into the exam room he mentioned to his staff person that I always wear purple, lol…

he started out asking if I had been to Fleurs de Villes and we chatted about that for a few minutes… I wondered why he had asked and finally realized I was wearing one of my Fleurs de Villes t-shirts, lol…

he had to take my blood pressure a few times to get a good reading… I mentioned that my housemate was waiting for me and I was worried he wouldn’t get to work on time, lol…

my A1C had gone down and has been trending downward which made me happy as I feel I am eating in a more normal fashion… he was pleased with that…

we also discussed that those numbers could go as high as 8.1 before it would be a problem as I age… of course, neither one of us plan to let that happen…

on the way home we picked up a favourite breakfast as a treat;-)…

way to go me😊…