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cheers-ing…

10 Tuesday Mar 2026

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went to our regular PTE play Saturday afternoon…

the parkade entrance was closed so we had to turn around and go in the exit… glad I wasn’t driving…

we were early so we sat down and shared a soft drink… as we were cheersing, a fellow theatregoer took a photo of us… reminded me of all the times I take photos of people at The Leaf, lol…

the play was interesting, but a bit long for my taste, or shall we say my bottom’s… after an hour and a half it feels as though the cushions give out, so two hours plus is difficult…

my buddy brought me cookies and two chocolates (individually wrapped)… toward the end of the play, I was smelling chocolate chip cookies and when I put my hand into my pocket I realized the chocolate had melted, yikes… ate the chocolate in the dark and then had to wipe down my hands which were a mess…

when I got home I checked out the pocket… took quite some time to get it clean… but the chocolate was tasty 😋…

switches…

09 Monday Mar 2026

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when I got home late Saturday afternoon it was to discover that the internet was down…

that means no Google or tv🤪…

luckily there are still books to read… and actual light switches to use;-)…

but, as the evening progressed, the internet had not come back on… usually it wouldn’t be such a problem, other than the fact that there was the first F1 race of the season at 11 pm…

found a Youtube channel on my phone where the drivers parade was on and then found a program that showed the race in real time but as dots on a map of the course…

certainly not the best, but at least I could hear the progress…

about halfway through the race, the internet came back on… 😃…

floats…

06 Friday Mar 2026

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last night we celebrated my beloved who departed fourteen years ago…

as always, some days it seems like yesterday, and others so long ago…

hamburgers and floats were eaten here and via the internet…

so thankful to have family around for these celebrations;-)…

06 Friday Mar 2026

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went to our aquasize class today…

had fun;-)…

roosts…

27 Friday Feb 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, butterflies, moments, nature, roosts, The Leaf, widow

had some fun today during my shift in the butterfly garden;-)…

there were a number of butterflies flying around as they were heading off to their night time roosts…

also enjoyed a trip through the Mediterranean Biome…

snowploughs…

26 Thursday Feb 2026

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the snowploughs came along the street about 10:30 this morning…

there were a lot of them… maybe two or three of the big ones that move the snow from the road to the curb…

and block off the driveway…

then come the buckets which clean up the windrow… I think there were three of them…

they always take a scoop by the fire hydrant so that it is accessible if needed… unfortunately they didn’t scoop out the sidewalk… sometimes if you are outside already shovelling, they might take a scoop there as well;-)…

not this time, but my housemate dug through it on his break;-)…

muscle…

24 Tuesday Feb 2026

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a while ago, I pulled a muscle in my lower abdomen…

it took awhile to get confirmation as I thought it was something else, lol…

apparently, shovelling is a really bad thing to do, which is unfortunate… usually I shovel the steps and front sidewalk… it doesn’t take that long, but after I shovelled last week, the pain got more intense…

so, today, when I had to go out, I decided not to shovel… it was difficult, but I remember the pain…

so I went out the back and walked in the tire tracks down to the street to get in the Uber…

will be getting my housemate to clear it up;-)…

riveting…

22 Sunday Feb 2026

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and so, after seventeen days, the 2026 Olympics are over, sigh…

it was a delight to watch so many different sports, including some new ones, and learn about the individual athletes… I can no longer pick a particular favourite sport because so many are riveting… could not be more proud of all of our athletes who represented us so well…

there will likely be some withdrawal pains over the next few days…

now to get back to reading, and actually leaving the house, lol…

I am blessed…

evacuate…

19 Thursday Feb 2026

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as I was waiting for my ride to the pool for aquasize, I took a few photos…

this one is the Inukshuk in a circle in the snow… I need to find another piece of limestone to finish it off better, lol…

then a shot of the snow on the cedar branches at the front door…

we were happy to be going because last week we missed due to the Olympics, lol…

we were in the water for about ten minutes when an alarm went off… we were told to evacuate the pool and then to head to the lounge at the entrance and not to stop for our clothes or other items…

besides our class, there were at least two classes of school kids, as well as those who had been in the gym… quite a few people…

during all that time the alarms were ringing and lights were flashing… after about ten minutes a firetruck arrived and the firefighters headed to the back of the building…

another ten minutes or so went by and finally the lights and ringing stopped…

we headed back to the change rooms, dressed and left the building… as a treat we picked up bagels…

mine was quite delicious;-)…

also meant I made it home in time to watch the women’s free skate…

Gem…

15 Sunday Feb 2026

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big girl pants, blessed, Gem, moments, Olympics, sports, Technology, time, watching, widow

thinking about what a great week it has been and how fortunate I am to be able to adjust my sleep schedule to watch different Olympic sports when they are happening…

CBC Gem has proved a real treat… there are many sports covered so it is easy to find and watch the ones I am most interested in… although, sometimes there are too many live options, lol…

in previous years you were at the whim of a few tv stations as to what was shown, and when…

lots of live watching, my favourite kind;-)…

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