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27 Thursday Feb 2014

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so, this morning I got up a bit early, packed up my soup for Souper Thursday at work and headed downtown…

my pea soup came out quite well, although a little on the runny side… usually it is so thick that I need to water it down…

dropped it off at the office and walked over to the dentist office for the filling that I needed… think the last one I had was in 2010 and likely about five years before that…

it was minus 33 without any wind chill but the walk over wasn’t too bad as I had put on long underwear…

although my dentist is wonderful I still stress before and during the process… I have this fabulous gag reflex which doesn’t help matters at all… got there before the door was even open…

door to the dental office...

door to the dental office…

today she was great and took lots of breaks in the process to be sure I was comfortable… too funny, because I am never comfortable at the dentist office…

if you live in Winnipeg and have any nervousness about seeing the dentist you should contact her office… she is exceptional with chickens, lol…

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business card for a great dentist…

hopefully I won’t be needing any fillings for a long time… particularly as the new insurance plan doesn’t cover any dental…

good thing it is me and not George… he had two or three fillings in every tooth and also had lots of extractions…

health insurance…

26 Wednesday Feb 2014

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well, after weeks of waiting and comparisons I think I have a plan for my health insurance…

when my beloved left me, RONA provided me with two years of survivor benefits and they run out next Thursday…

I didn’t realize what a complicated process it was to get insurance…

for a while it looked as though I was going to have to wait for three months once I got the insurance…

I was also worried as to whether I would qualify if I had to go through a medical… although I am cancer free it was worrisome if having had uterine cancer would disqualify me from insurance…

I also had no idea about the cost… after speaking with the Sun Life people, where the RONA plan was, I discovered that it would cost me $200 a month for similar benefits to those I’ve had over these last two years… thanks RONA, for those benefits…

eventually I found a broker who was able to find a roll-over program which will cost about $117 a month… no more dental coverage, but medical/pharmaceutical which is more important…

good news, it will take effect next week and there isn’t a waiting period… AND there is no medical required…

those big girl pants have been well used recently…

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tired…

25 Tuesday Feb 2014

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first thing got a great shot of the moon with a star or planet off to the side…

lovely view to start the day… and it is lighter in the morning…

not sure if it is let down following the Olympics or just too much extreme cold over this winter but nearly everyone I talk with is exhausted…

people are walking around yawning or their brains don’t seem to be working up-to-par…

thank goodness for the flowers at work and home…

every time I see the crocus and hyacinth they appear to be growing right in front of my eyes… and they make me happy…

the hyacinth is starting to smell so nice…

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flowers…

24 Monday Feb 2014

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this morning I vacillated between bringing either the crocus or hyacinth to the office so that I could have some flowers and spring-ness…

but I decided not to bother today as it was so cold…

on my way to work I spent a few minutes enjoying the beautiful quarter moon in the sky…

mid-morning the Lung Association dropped off tulips which we had ordered…

I chose some off white and pink ones…

how serendipitous…

for the rest of the day I had the beauty of flowers right at my desk and when I got home the crocuses were opening up…

flowers make me so happy…

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sky…

23 Sunday Feb 2014

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lovely day…

sun shone and the wind blew… watched the last of the Olympics and organized supper… finally Jeff and I got our ham fix…

after dinner my youngest grandson and I sat on the couch and watched the beautiful sky…

we saw blue and pink and purple and gray and at one point even some green…

then we looked at pictures from our trip to Mexico and read an abc book where he pointed out the letters that make up his name and finger-drew them for me…

precious…

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spring…

22 Saturday Feb 2014

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was out doing errands late this afternoon, after spending the majority of the day watching the Olympics…

had the hot tub water checked and it is doing great… yay…

at Safeway came across hyacinth and crocus in little pots… couldn’t help myself, had to bring them home…

they even smell a little spring-y…

amazing what a little fresh growth makes to my spirits…

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poor me…

21 Friday Feb 2014

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wow, seemed like a crazy day and on my way home from work I was having a poor me moment…

started first thing with the dentist where my gag reflex raised it’s rather ugly head in a way it hasn’t for years… and she found something that needs to be filled…

after many years with two wonderful dentists specializing in nervous patients, I am still very stressed every time I go for a cleaning… thankfully I have good teeth so don’t usually need much work…

then, had to rush back to the office and search the car for something for Crystal which I couldn’t find, but luckily she did when she drove over and ransacked it, lol…

was going to stop for groceries on my way home, but was just too tired and feeling sorry for myself…

got home, had a nap, talked with my daughter in Ottawa and was really a big baby… even she, patient as she is with me, might have been getting a bit tired of the poor me conversation…

finally ordered dinner from Clay Oven, which was yummy and am now watching Olympics in my bed…

think I need some sleep and I’m sure that the poor me’s will be done tomorrow…

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thoughts…

20 Thursday Feb 2014

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for the last few weeks I have had a number of people in my heart and thoughts…

February always seems to be a hard month, and a number of people in my circle and on the periphery have been dealing with health and personal issues…

knowing how others are struggling always helps me remember how truly blessed I am…

illness, loss, stress, family difficulties… it is good for me to spend time sending healing thoughts through the airwaves to those I know well or who are connected in some way to those I love and care about…

for the last week or so I have been working on a project for one of them…

reminded me of the contentment that working on something handmade for others can bring… need to get back into that habit…

how lucky I am to have the time…

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pavement…

19 Wednesday Feb 2014

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this morning, when I arrived at work, I took a picture of the street beside the office…

I wanted to show it to my driving buddy who is currently in a warm climate…

for the majority of the winter we have been driving on snow-covered, rutted, icy roads that have made every trip to and from the office stressful…

on the way downtown I had been enjoying the beautiful sky, filled with very lovely clouds… and the roads which had no snow, ice, or ruts… it was quite a treat…

I continue to look for something every day to be thankful for… often the sky will be the day’s first item… other times it might be the sun shining on the snow, often glittering with diamonds…

finding something special to be thankful for is a great way to start the day…

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hacked…

18 Tuesday Feb 2014

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the picture below is of my computer… well, where my computer should be…

my nephew has just had a look at it and has taken it away to be de-bugged…

usually it isn’t that big a deal but whoever got into it tried to talk my financial person, via email, into wiring money to Istanbul… he realized it didn’t sound like my emails and called me at work…

since then I’ve talked to the police, who apparently wouldn’t do anything unless they had got my money, the bank to be sure no one had found their way into my accounts, my email service provider to figure out what I needed to do with that account… and I’ve tried to contact the anti-fraud people but haven’t connected with them yet…

all the while feeling violated and sick to my stomach…

started when I tried to open a file sent by a friend, with what I thought were baby pictures… said they were sending something in Google doc… if you get something along those lines – don’t open it!

what was particularly worrisome was that my finance guy was emailing me back and I never got those emails… the tech guy told me that they take them right off the server before they get downloaded to a person’s phone…

big girl pants again, sigh…

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