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dripping…

09 Sunday Mar 2014

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beloved, big girl pants, ceiling, dripping, ice dam, meltdown, snow, snow blowing

this morning I went outside to do a bit of shovelling so that I could get to the hot tub…

it was warm, amazingly, and water was dripping from the various icicles which were hanging across the back of the house…

took a few pictures while I was out there…

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this one shows how the snow was actually melting along the edge of the deck…

a bit later I went to have a shower and discovered water dripping from the ceiling into the bathtub… realized that it was from an ice dam that I had been taking pictures of earlier…

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called and consulted with my son-in-law and he agreed he would look at it when they arrived for dinner…

had a bit of a poor me meltdown wanting my beloved to be here to look after me and fix this…

later the kids had some fun in the snow while their daddy blew lots of it out of the driveway…

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then there were ladders, hammers, roof rakes, and long bars as the two oldest boys tried to get rid of the ice dam…

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fought with those big girl pants today…

keep track…

08 Saturday Mar 2014

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computer, desktop, email, hacked, keep track, laptop, url

this morning I got some shots of the beautiful diamonds in the snow…

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then I spent about two hours on the telephone with MTS (my internet service provider)…

all to do with the hacking of my computer a few weeks ago… my
laptop is still not back and so I decided to use the desktop to pay some bills…

rarely do I use it which meant that all of my favourite sites weren’t on it…

I didn’t remember the URL, or username for my credit card… had to search for the URL for my air miles program…

when I was hacked, the credit union helped me change my username and password right away, while I was at the office… rather stressed, I left that information in a notebook at my desk and have completely forgotten it, sigh…

in the process of finding the URL and username, the website sent me an email…

so, I tried to open my email on the desktop… using the new password that MTS had helped me change… my email wouldn’t accept it…

called and spoke with a lovely young man who reset the password and told me to wait five minutes and enter it… tried that, didn’t work… called again and spent a very long time with another person who gave me a different password which eventually worked but the email still wasn’t working… after he climbed into my computer and downloaded updates it eventually cooperated…

but he clicked something and now all the emails are gone from my phone, sigh… guess if I can’t find that spot I will need to call them back tomorrow…

has taught me that I need to keep a list of my favourite urls and user names… now, where will I put that list…

prayers…

07 Friday Mar 2014

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big girl pants, crochet, health, prayers, surgery shawl, yarn

been crocheting a lot lately… making prayer shawls and blankets for those in my circle who have been facing health issues…

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this blue one was for someone who recently had surgery and will have some healing to do…

as I work on them I think about the person they are for and try to infuse healing thoughts and good vibes into the yarn… when I worked on this one the Olympics were on and lots of energy was racing around the room…

I don’t know how to follow a pattern, but I know how to do single, double and triple crochet stitches… once I’ve got it to the size I think I need, I crochet all around it… every one is different and a learning experience, lol…

this one was for someone else who recently had surgery…

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the really funny part is I never remember to take a picture when they are finished…

sadly, I am now working on another one… not sad to be making it, sad that my friend is not doing so well…

wishing health and happiness to all my friends and loved ones…

weather…

06 Thursday Mar 2014

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big girl pants, driving, snow, weather

started the day driving to work in a snowstorm… it was warm but the snow was coming down and had been for most of the night…

it was early, as we had an event… by the time I got to the office I could barely see through the windshield as it was iced over…

when we returned to the office the snow had stopped and it was quite nice…

when I left to come home it took a while to clean off the snow and ice which covered the car…

the drive wasn’t too bad although there was lots of mushy, dirty snow on the streets and it was a bit slippery…

a little while ago I went by the window and lo and behold it was snowing again…

here’s what it looks like…

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can’t remember when we last had a winter like this…

time…

05 Wednesday Mar 2014

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beloved, commemorate, flies by, Grandpa, my beloved, time, very slow

sometimes time seems to fly by, particularly if you are trying to get something done in a certain period…

other times it is very, very slow, particularly when you are trying to get past something, lol…

and still other times, it goes by at a normal speed…

today, it seems to be going rather slowly… two years ago today, my beloved died…

can’t figure out how to go about commemorating the day… do I sit around and sob all day long… do I pretend to ignore the date and push my way through it…

hard to know what works best…

40 roses to celebrate 40 years...

40 roses to celebrate 40 years…

above is a picture of the flowers George brought me on our 40th anniversary… I was in the hospital with pancreatitis…he was a great romantic…

have had many Facebook messages and a few phone calls… I was fine until I saw one or heard the voice of someone thinking about me… then I burbled like a baby, lol…

tonight the kids here, and in Ottawa, were together by Skype and we had dinner together…

it was crazy… the weather was awful, the supper arrived early, we had trouble getting connected on Skype, the kids in Ottawa had to eat before we connected, Crystal had to leave early for a concert, Jeff arrived late and the little kids were all hyped up, lol… we spent a bit of time talking about things that Grandpa liked to do…

a young friend brought her newborn over for a few snuggles which was lovely…

I wonder how other people celebrate/remember the date of the passing of their beloved…

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table…

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

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big girl pants, collection, drawer, IKEA, shell collection, table

when we were shopping at IKEA on Saturday I saw this table…

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been collecting shells since I was sixteen and I’ve been looking for a table like this for years…

it has a drawer the size of the whole table so you can put your collection inside and then it is protected from dirt and dust and little boys’ fingers…

sadly it only comes in white… if it hadn’t been so expensive maybe I would have bought it and then had it
painted… was thinking black, but I wonder how it would look in purple…

television…

03 Monday Mar 2014

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Breakfast Television, crocus, ReImagining, television

usually, when I wake up I put on the TV and watch/listen to the morning news on Breakfast Television… this morning it wouldn’t turn on… this is serious… called my son-in-law who suggested I might have napped on top of the remote and pushed a button I shouldn’t have… so changing the batteries didn’t really need to happen, lol… not too sure when I will understand the silly remote… good news is the TV is working fine now…

sadly the crocuses are finished blooming, but there is more light every morning although the weather is still in the deep freeze…

spent some time tonight with my ReImagining friends enjoying a great dinner and interesting program…

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looking good…

02 Sunday Mar 2014

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Bette Midler, bookshelf, IKEA, looking good, miss George, Oscars

yesterday went to IKEA with Crystal and her friend Sabrina… although it was cold outside, the place was packed… I like to go but always have tired feet by the time we get out…

picked up some boxes to use on the bookshelf in the hallway… and some picture frames, but I haven’t got to that project just yet…

today I put most of the boxes together and filled some with various bits and pieces that had been on the shelves… there were a lot of photo albums and individual pictures…

the last two were put together tonight by my grandson…

in between watching the Oscars I continued working…

and am nearly done… just have the bits on the floor to deal with… plus a few books which were moved into the computer room during the repair and painting…

it is starting to look good… much more spacious, tidy and has treasures in and amongst the books… very happy with the progress…

there must be 6 or 8 boxes packed up and ready to go to their new homes…

had just got back into the bedroom when Bette Midler sang You Are The Wind Beneath My Wings… made me think of George and how he supported me in everything I ever did…

I miss him…

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beautiful day…

01 Saturday Mar 2014

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beautiful day, big girl pants, cold, cold weather, kitchen, project, snow, sunshine

what a beautiful day…

sun was shining and the snow in the backyard was glittering like diamonds…

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when I walked across the kitchen floor, it was cold right up to the sink… about half way into the room from the patio doors… when it’s really cold the floor is cold about a third of the way into the room… bit of a sign, lol…

gorgeous out but really, really cold… just checked the temperature a little while ago…

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spent a bit of time in the kitchen because I’ve been working on a project with a deadline and have done nothing anywhere in the house… so, the kitchen was rather a disaster…

finally finished the project, so tomorrow I will spend some time catching up on chores…

little jobs…

28 Friday Feb 2014

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beloved, big girl pants, garbage, little jobs, recycling

today was garbage and recycling day…

I’ve come to the place where I don’t put out the bins every week… partly because I don’t usually have that much garbage or recycling in one week, but also because it is difficult to get the bins into the back lane with all this snow…

my neighbour snow blows along his garage which is where three of us put our bins… my son-in-law also makes sure it is cleared out when he is over…

I leave the recycling on my side of the lane right in front of the gate so it makes it difficult to get in and out…

often when the kids are over, my grandson brings the bins in for me…

recently I put up a mirror and have been cleaning the bookshelves in the hall…

these are all little jobs that I never had to deal with… I’d come up with something that needed to be done and my beloved would make it happen… I miss that…

I also finally found some hooks that don’t have to be nailed or screwed in… finally got them hung up on the weekend and now can hang my towels on my new purple door…

looks rather pretty…

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