feels like I’ve been wearing those big girl pants a lot lately…

Sunday I discovered that there wasn’t any hot water in the bathtub/shower… later in the day the kitchen sink didn’t seem to have much hot water… the new water heater was installed in May so it can’t be that, although I did think about it for a moment or two…

went to check in the basement but there wasn’t anything leaking, which was good… after talking with a few folks I think there are two problems… maybe something wrong with the tap in the tub and maybe the cold outside is doing a mischief to the water line in the basement…

I now know how to check to be sure the hot water tank is working, and something about bleeding it, lol…

called my son-in-law, who is going to come over and have a look-see… and he is going to shovel/snow blow the driveway so I can get the car out… yay…

tonight had a phone call from someone who wanted to give me a better interest rate on my credit cards… they knew my name and I kept asking questions about exactly what card it was and eventually they hung up… they did know that the cards were paid off monthly, so that was kind of bizarre… I have taken down the number and will consult with one of our experts at work tomorrow to see if I should do anything further…

been checking into health and dental insurance as the survivor benefits that Rona provided me with will run out at the beginning of March… talked with Sun Life, checked out Blue Cross online, and have spoken with a broker who is looking into possibilities… I was shocked at how much this might cost me on a monthly basis, but continue to look into options… and apparently I should have been looking into this sooner as many of the companies want you to pay into them for three months before providing any benefits…

finally I contacted the physio place I went to in the Spring to get a copy of my receipts, as I appear to have lost them and need to put in a claim while I still have time… they were very helpful and will be mailing me the information…

my neck has been bothering me for a couple of days, so think I will put a heating pad on it for a while tonight because apparently I can’t get to the hot tub as the snow is quite deep out back…

was talking to someone today about keeping going and doing my best to live in the moment and see the special things that are happening… as we were talking the snow was falling and we both took a minute to enjoy it… it does look so beautiful falling and when it covers everything in a blanket of white… later as I was shovelling the sidewalk I enjoyed how light and fluffy it was…

snow in the garden before yesterday and today’s snowfall…

good to be in the moment…