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designs…

09 Tuesday Feb 2016

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the mornings continue to get lighter, which makes my heart sing…

heading out to the car I took a few moments to take some pictures of the hoarfrost designs on the garage windows… so pretty…

  
the sun was shining brightly as I drove downtown…the blues in the sky were amazing…

throughout the day the sun cast beautiful designs on the floors and ceiling… makes a person feel warm and cozy… 

on my drive home had to use the visor because the sun was still shining so brightly…

  
stopped in and got a haircut and when I arrived home it was still bright outside…   

 
sunlight makes me happy…

paths…

08 Monday Feb 2016

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it snowed on Thursday and Sunday… and there was lots of blowing yesterday… my shoveler wasn’t able to get over, so tonight he met me at work and rode home with me…

he cleaned the paths and driveway after a short hand warming break…

  
looks great after it had all been tidied up… also happy to see that the solar lights are getting enough sunlight to turn on at night…

then we had supper together and a short visit before he took the bus home…

supper was the leftover chili which I had made for our family dinner last night, but the kids ended up staying at home…

I had listened to a show on chili making and decided to make this chili with kidney beans, mushrooms and some ground veggie burger with onion and diced tomato… used garlic, cumin, oregano and chili powder… just tossed things into the pot without measuring… 

came out very nice… he liked it, even when I told him it was veggie burger meat… he has quite an adventurous palate…  sent him home with a bag of red lentils… the last time we had dinner together he loved a red lentil recipe I’d made and wanted the recipe, lol… now he can make it at home for the family…

nice to spend time with him…

liver…

07 Sunday Feb 2016

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one of my favourite meals out is chicken livers with potato pancakes, bacon and sour cream…

not exactly the best thing for me but a lovely treat now and again…

the Original Pancake House makes this delight, but one of their restaurants doesn’t have it on the menu and that was the last one I was at… of course I always forget they don’t have this item…

yesterday we found a new location as we were heading into Costco off Kenaston… it is much more modern that the others…  didn’t take a picture so pulled this one off the internet… 

we weren’t sure we had time as we were on a bit of a schedule, but in the end stopped in… for a few minutes I didn’t see this in the menu, but then I found it…

yay…

  
not very vegetable friendly, but I ate extra veggies at supper time, lol… and got to bring half home which I enjoyed for my lunch today…

comfortable restaurant and the service was fairly quick… often the other locations can be a little on the slow side…

will go back again…

decorate…

05 Friday Feb 2016

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came to my daughter’s house after work for a sleepover…

helped decorate cupcakes for the nine boys (ages 6 and 7) who came to the birthday party…

  
they were made to look like little bags of popcorn… very cute…

the theme of the party was movies… 

hot dogs were eaten with French fries and ketchup and then they watched a movie in the basement, for nearly an hour, eating popcorn and candy…  

then they lost interest in that… the next treat was root beer floats… a large number of them didn’t like root beer, ice cream, candy or cupcakes… strange…

  
then there were presents… yay…

finally out came the cupcakes and happy birthday singing…

  
now, they are all gone… it is quiet… 

we are recuperating…

beloved…

04 Thursday Feb 2016

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missing my beloved today…

first thing the toilet was acting up… time was when I would just tell him about it and he would fix whatever the problem was…

not these days…

had to dig out the appropriate equipment and solve the problem myself…

last weekend I had to go and find a different shovel so my shoveler can get down to the cement, and salt, so he could make sure the ground isn’t crazy slippery… also had to pick up a few bulbs so I could replace some burnt out ones…

I find choosing bulbs a very difficult job… there are so many and they seem to be similar but when you get them home they don’t throw the amount of light you expect, or are the wrong strength, or colour… arghhhh…

thankfully my son-in-law helped pick them and looks like they will all work…

many days I just do whatever needs doing, but other days I can barely keep from crying because he isn’t here…

today I happened to read a blog I wrote a year ago… it was all about flowers and how they have always lifted my spirits… also talked about how my beloved made sure there were lots around during January and February…

took this picture today…

  
beautiful… does make me feel better…

ice…

02 Tuesday Feb 2016

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today I had lunch at Promenade Cafe and Wine... excellent mussels and fries… yummy…

  
took me half an hour to walk there but only twenty minutes to get back, lol… there were some icy patches but on the whole the walkways were clear…

great to spend time with a good friend…

had a peek at the Great Ice Show Winnipeg as I walked past it… looks big and beautiful…

after work went for a pedicure with two colleagues…

  
final product – purple toes…

  
after the spa… two pedicures and one manicure later… we went to Ripe Bistro and Lounge for dinner…

  
had an interesting salad and three mini seafood sliders… made me giggle because I was surprised when they came on buns, duh…

  
lovely evening and our opportunity to debrief after a big event…

enjoyed a gorgeous ice sculpture out the window of the restaurant and discovered that the chef had carved it…

  

  

slippery…

01 Monday Feb 2016

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up early to head to the clinic for an A1C blood test… see the doctor next week…

always park a ways from the clinic and walk to get a bit more exercise… the sidewalk was terribly slippery… on my way back, sadly an hour later, I chose the road as a safer way to travel…

after the test I went to the Assiniboine hotel for breakfast, as I’d been fasting…

put on those big girl pants and ate on my own…

  
did a bit of shopping and picked up valentine treats for the boys and even mini eggs for Easter… 

  
now to put them in a safe place that I will remember on the 14th, lol…

also picked up a couple of tops… lots of black and white out there, but no purple…

  
had a nap and went to a gathering for supper and the evening… lovely dinner and interesting conversation with some very special women… we were all careful as we arrived and departed to watch our footing so there wouldn’t be any falls… lots of ice under the light dusting of snow…

another excellent day off…

overcast…

31 Sunday Jan 2016

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yesterday I walked over to the Park and took a few shots along the river…

  
although it was overcast the snow looked so pretty…

also took a picture of where our favourite tree stood…

  
the bench in this shot is right where the tree was… Dutch elm disease… very sad…

overcast again today and when we were out we looked at orchids at IKEA… we talked about the amazing orchid I’d purchased there so many months ago…

  

countdown…

30 Saturday Jan 2016

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excellent day…

walked to the Park and met a friend for breakfast… nearly drove because it has been quite slippery, but I decided to take enough time to walk slowly…

  
it was above zero and beautiful weather for a stroll… 

one of the newer pieces of technology that I really appreciate is the countdown timer at stop lights… rather than just having a flashing red hand you can see how many seconds you have left to make it across the street…

 
really appreciate this particularly at the corner by the Park… not nearly as stressful to get across the road…

so excited to look outside and see my solar dragonflies lit up…

  
haven’t been on for months so it means the sun is getting stronger… woohoo…

and just a few minutes before I had looked out the window to see this…

  
spectacular… not five minutes later I walked by and the sky was normal blue…

nature is really putting on a show these days, lol…