13 Wednesday Nov 2019
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pitch dark at 5:59 am and I am jerked awake by the sound of the phone ringing…
heart pounding I grab the receiver to hear an automated voice telling me my credit card has been used to make a purchase…
this is not the first time I’ve had this call so I know it is a scam and hang up…
takes at least fifteen minutes for my heartbeat to return to normal…
not really the way I want to start my day…
12 Tuesday Nov 2019
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was in the basement doing laundry when I heard scraping sounds…
excited to discover that my shoveler was in the backyard clearing snow from the deck…
I knew he was going to come again this year, but wasn’t sure of what it would cost so checked with him while he was here…
wrote cheques for the season and chatted with him for a few moments before he left..
this year I will text him as soon as the city clears the street… and produces the pile of snow at the end of the sidewalk… they are fairly good with clearing the driveway but do not even attempt the sidewalk… if you don’t clean it up quickly it turns into blocks of ice that are very difficult to remove…
my visitors use the sidewalk, so our plan is to get ahead of the lumps of packed snow if we can;-)…
very happy that he is thinking of ways to make the shovelling easier…
11 Monday Nov 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, buddies, family, friends, left, memories, recipes, remembering, widow
on this Remembrance Day, I watched the Ottawa ceremony on tv, thinking of the members of my family and all the others whose service provided us with the freedom we enjoy… I also thought proudly of my sick son-in-law who was participating in the service I was watching…
then when I was in the kitchen I decided to make a few dishes from those who have left us…
I started with homemade coleslaw which I’ve been craving for a while… it is based on a recipe from a special woman who often fed large groups of people, so my well-worn recipe has a few different options for measurements, lol…
then I made chicken and dumplings, one of my mom’s recipes…
finally I decided on meatballs and sauce… I used store-bought meatballs but made my dad’s homemade sauce… the recipe is just in my head… I cooked spaghetti and packaged meals for lunches and suppers this week…
will share some of these meals as I don’t like to freeze things if I don’t have to;-)…
ended the evening with my BS buddies… I truly am blessed…
10 Sunday Nov 2019
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aquasize, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, fish, food, French fries, memories, moments, oil, widow
made fish and chips for my supper recently…
the house smelled of cooking oil… triggered some lovely memories…
on aquasize night when I got home, there would always be fish and chips ready…
and my beloved made the world’s best french fries…
09 Saturday Nov 2019
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been thinking of my dad a lot recently… his birthday was in November and he spent time overseas as a soldier, so during these days of remembrance it just seems right to look back at some lovely memories…
this photo is from Then to Now, the history of La Salle, Manitoba…
a gentle man, in all ways… he spoke quietly but if you were in trouble you knew it… not that you’d be in trouble very often…
he always saw the best in people, which made him particularly suited for his work with Canada Manpower where he helped individuals figure out what type of work they were best suited for, and then found them an appropriate position… in those days you might only have one or two jobs in your career…
at home, he took in strays… not animals, lol, people… we would often have someone staying with us who needed a safe place to regroup for a while…
he was wise and generous… one of those people who always had a thoughtful opinion when you needed it, although, only when asked… and would give you the shirt off his back, or anything else he had, if he felt it would help…
he has been gone for over thirty years but I can still hear his wisdom…
I miss you dad…
08 Friday Nov 2019
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, comment, flowers, garden, green, office, orchid, plants, purple, whisperer, widow
recently a few people have commented on the plants in the office…
my space is filled with orchids, violets and other greenery…
I always give credit to our plant whisperer who keeps the green things extra green…
I also mention how much I enjoy my orchids… sometimes they bloom a second and third time… it is so exciting when that happens…
lovely to spend my day in a garden;-)..
07 Thursday Nov 2019
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great day at the office yesterday… triple treats…
arrived to find a gift at my desk… a remedy from Sage…
it was Souper day and we had a tasty lentil soup with delicious sides provided by those who didn’t make the soup…
and topped off the day with a collection of doughnuts… I only had 2 quarters;-)…
pretty fine day…
06 Wednesday Nov 2019
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big girl pants, dark, light, moments, snow, street, Technology, walk, widow
this was the view as I walked up the street at 5:30 tonight, sigh…
sad about the time change… I am still waking up at 5 am…
been using my SAD light at work most days…
hope to be back to normal in the next few days, cause this is rather tiresome…
05 Tuesday Nov 2019
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04 Monday Nov 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blog, followers, loss, memories, moments, Technology, widow
just reached 350 followers on WordPress…
laughed the other day when a friend introduced me and said that I had 3000 followers… really made me giggle, lol… 300… 3000… very close;-)…
it has taken six years to reach that number…
had me thinking of the changes over that time… how the blog has gone from information on what to do when you become a widow/widower to my daily life…
my life really has been blessed… as I continue to put on those big girl pants…
