30 Wednesday Oct 2013
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well, I put on those big girl pants and carved my pumpkin, all by myself…
it was still a bit messy, but no pumpkin guts landed on the floor…
had just finished when my son-in-law texted a picture of their finished pumpkins…
felt like we were working together, even if it was across town, lol…
my pumpkin is filled with little pumpkin lights… looking forward to setting it up tomorrow night for the trick or treaters…
29 Tuesday Oct 2013
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tomorrow I plan to carve the pumpkin that we got last week when we went to the pumpkin patch…
usually the kids would be over and we would carve them together… this has been a tradition since the 13 year old was a little tyke, even though he doesn’t always get to participate… Grandpa loved to carve the pumpkins and each year they got more and more intricate…
ready for action…
pumpkin carving was serious business and the table would be covered with a plastic tablecloth and a bowl set out for the seeds and another for the guts…
tracing the pattern with care in just the right spot…
then there would be the decision making about which pattern to follow for each pumpkin, unless someone decided to go free form…
one half done… still a couple to go…
everyone would participate… until they got bored, and then Grandpa would finish off the job… he liked that because then he could do exactly what he wanted, lol…
Grandpa finishing up when others lost interest…
great excitement would take place when a candle went in and the lights went out…
pretty cool pumpkin…
this year I will be carving my pumpkins on my own… our thirteen year old has a project due on Friday and tomorrow night is set aside for he and a classmate to get that done…
tonight’s pictures are from the last pumpkin carving we did with Grandpa, two years ago…
I am so thankful for all of the pictures I have taken over the years… it was great fun to go through and pick a few…
28 Monday Oct 2013
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beautiful moon, big girl pants, BS buddies, Dobby, flu shot, headache, healing vibes, omelet, personal difficulties, taking time
on my way out this morning I spotted a beautiful moon in the lovely blue sky…
moon this morning…
stopped to enjoy it and took a picture, even though I was running a bit behind… been trying to remind myself to enjoy the moment, whatever it may be…
tonight, when I got home I had a little nap as my head had been aching since mid-afternoon and I was hoping that might fix it… didn’t work, but when I got up I made myself a lovely omelet (a la Dobby) which I enjoyed very much…
lovely omelet with mushrooms, green onions, my tomatoes, and cilantro…
then I rested and watched a bit of tv while waiting for my BS buddies to arrive… four of us had a great time tonight… one of us was home sick with the flu…
tonight I will spend a bit of time thinking and sending healing vibes to many who I know who are currently experiencing personal difficulties…
am thinking that the headache might be a remnant of the flu shot I had on Saturday…
so it is to bed I head…
27 Sunday Oct 2013
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spent quite a few hours over the weekend watching figure skating…
brought to mind my dear friend and former neighbour Ellen… for many years we would call one another to be sure the other knew that there was some skating event taking place on tv… often if George or her husband answered they would try not to pass on the message as neither of them wanted to watch…
got to be quite the game… just recently I heard that her husband died as well… feels like an era is over…
yesterday I stopped and purchased a new battery charger for my camera because mine had vanished… today I went to pick up the phone in the kitchen and what do I spot, but the charger… can’t believe I have been walking past it as I searched all through the house for it… maybe George moved it, lol…
spent some time working on a little project and had a lovely visit with a friend…
had hoped the kids might rake up the leaves while they were here today, but they weren’t able to make it over so I had a roast dinner on my own… but I do have some leftovers for the week…
26 Saturday Oct 2013
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big girl pants, blessed, family fun, gorgeous sunset, Henry's, Jamie Noordman Photography, new blue jeans, special moments, vanished
went to a dog park with the kids this afternoon for some family photos… I had never been to this particular place before, but did find my way… wearing the new blue jeans and hoodie…
there were lots of trees to climb… everyone listened very well and lots of photos were taken… even I climbed a tree, although could not make it far enough out on the trunk to be in the group shot, lol…
boys standing on a stump…
took my camera and got a few shots behind the scenes as the fun was being had… Jamie Noordman Photography did a great job…
nice shot of Jeff and Crystal…
there were lots and lots and lots of dogs there… most of them loose… one nearly knocked me over, but on the whole they were very well behaved… including the two with us…
watching the group…
things went very well, until one of those other dogs grabbed the special stick that one of the little guys had found, right out of his hand…
Jeff and Phoenix while Browny looks on…
that doesn’t sound like that big a deal, but it was the end of cooperation for picture taking… even Grandma’s Skittle treats couldn’t save the day…
on our way home we stopped for hot chocolate at Starbucks and then went our separate ways… sadly I got a little lost, but then found the right road…
ended up stopping at Henry’s to buy a new charger for my phone because the old one has vanished…
stunning sky tonight, caught with my iPhone…
watched some tv and caught this absolutely gorgeous sky when I happened to look out the window…
eventful day filled with lots of fun and special moments… I am truly blessed…
25 Friday Oct 2013
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alarm, amazing sky, big girl pants, cool and windy, Fazes Hair Studio, hot tub, Michael Buble Everything, rain on the moon roof, slept through alarm, sun through clouds, weather
I know I am tired when the alarm goes off and rings for 15 minutes before I wake up… this is extremely rare… my usual pattern is to wake up about five minutes before the alarm – which is Michael Buble singing Everything – goes off…
glad that tomorrow I cal sleep in… although usually that means I wake up early anyway, lol…
strange weather day… it was cool and fairly windy this morning when I headed off to work and stayed windy throughout the day… a colleague went for a walk around two and it was lovely, even with the wind… the sun was shining and it felt quite warm…
left the office at 3:30 to get to the hair salon and it was cool and windy… as I drove the sky was amazing, with the sun behind some clouds casting some wonderful sunbeams through some lovely blue sky… quite breathtaking and I was able to enjoy it for much of my trip…
while inside at the salon, apparently it clouded over and rained, and when I left it was still raining a bit… once in the car I looked up at the moon roof and had to take a picture of the beautiful design the raindrops had made…
rain pattern on the moon roof…
blustery on the way home and after getting in the house looked out the front window to see the sun coming through the clouds even as it was raining… took a few pictures…
sun coming through the clouds as the rain was still falling…
it is still blowing out there, but I expect it will calm down in an hour or so… usually when I head out to the hot tub around 11 the wind has died right down… we will see…
24 Thursday Oct 2013
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Addition Elle, assorted tempura, big girl pants, book gifts, Chapters, edemame beans, family pictures, Reitman's, sushi, sushi rolls, tradition
got a call a few days ago talking about getting family pictures taken this Saturday…
wasn’t sure I really wanted to participate, but decided to get a haircut just to be on the safe side… after that I realized that all the purple is gone from my hair, so I made an appointment to get purpled…
the pictures are going to be taken in the park, and when I ask what people will be wearing I’m told – blue jeans…
here’s something you may not know about me… I don’t think I have ever worn blue jeans… for sure not in the last 50 years… this past summer I was talked into a pair of blue jean shorts, which I wore out about three times – when I was with my daughter, lol…
so, after talking with Cyndi, this morning I asked Crystal if she was available to go shopping with me after work… we went to Reitman’s which is where daughter number one suggested they might have something in their Petite line that I would like…
after trying on a couple of pairs Crystal picked one which I didn’t mind too much… then we went to Addition Elle and picked up a hoodie type top to go with them… Crystal had to text her sister to let her know the exciting news… she is waiting for pictures…
tempura and edemame…
after that, to celebrate, we went out for sushi for our dinner… funny because I’ve been thinking about sushi for days and when I asked Crystal what she wanted the first thing out of her mouth was sushi…
sushi rolls which we gobbled up…
after our lovely dinner we went to Chapters where she picked up a book and I found a few for the little boys for Christmas… since Cyndi was born we have given each of the kids a book for Christmas and their birthdays… that has followed through with the boys – husbands and grandsons…
finally home after another busy day…
so, now I am ready for family pictures…
23 Wednesday Oct 2013
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the kids picked me from the office and we went to get our Halloween pumpkins…
snow falling and lifting a BIG pumpkin…
by the time we got there it was a bit windy and the snow was flying…
everyone’s choices in the wagon…
each of the boys got to choose the pumpkin they plan to carve… that takes a while… when they were done the little ones ran all over while the grown-ups chose some different squashes…
a flash going by…
I like to get quite a few as they last a really long time… already have some so got a few more small acorns and a funky looking one that is like the acorn…
then we stopped at the Dollar Store and I got a few new decorations… purple spiders and bats and a couple of good-sized skeletons for the door, and a lovely purple witch’s hat…
yummy supper at their house, putting up Halloween decorations and a ride back to the office to get my car and then home…
phew…
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
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tonight on my way home I stopped and got some items for work tomorrow, and picked up the makings for steak sandwiches and broccoli coleslaw for my supper…
had gone in to get my hair cut and had to wait half an hour so ran over to the grocery store…
got back to Ultracuts to have her come up and call my name… perfect timing…today I had Maureen, who has cut my hair many times and knows just what I like… we talked about how it hadn’t been that long since I’d been there and that the new hairdresser hadn’t cut it short enough… Maureen did a great job and in record time…
steak sandwiches and coleslaw…
don’t think I’ve had steak sandwiches since George died… we used to have them every couple of weeks or so with some version of a coleslaw…
21 Monday Oct 2013
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big girl pants, decorate, getting pumpkins, halloween, skeletons, spiders, witches on the stairway
yesterday afternoon the boys brought up the Halloween box and then proceeded to decorate…
it was really lots of fun because they had no preconceived ideas about where things should go… after all these years, I tend to put things in their place… not so the boys… there are ghosts hanging from lights, the front window and between the living room and dining room… a mobile is hanging over the mirror at the front door and looks great there…
last year the spiders had to go in an inconspicuous spot because the littlest guy was a bit afraid of them… and we didn’t even get to put out the skeleton because he was terrified of it…
this year, he happily helped his brothers put that skeleton on the window and arranged the spiders all over the place…
witches gathered up the stairs…
he was also in charge of the witches and put most of them on the stairway…
what a difference a year makes, lol…
think we are going to pick out a few pumpkins one night this week…
