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prepping…

13 Sunday Oct 2019

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one of the things I love about Thanksgiving is the preparation…

today is my day for prepping… I’ve been making Thanksgiving dinner for decades and I’ve got it down to a science, lol…

I do miss my beloved’s help… besides making sure the house was clean and tidy ~ particularly the front closet, lol, he often made apple pie from scratch… yesterday a Facebook reminder from ten years ago mentioned the smell of apples being peeled for pie…

used the mandolin to slice up the rather tiny turnip… next up was getting potatoes peeled and cut up… I made extra so the boys can take home leftovers to get through the week…

then on to the stuffing… used two large loaves of bread because the boys requested “extra, extra”… hand ripped the bread and the mandolin worked great for the onions;-)…

table is nearly set although I couldn’t find the box of Thanksgiving decorations, lol…

chicken…

06 Sunday Oct 2019

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yesterday morning I was struggling with a cold… I decided to do as little as possible and rest up…

had some legs and thighs in the freezer and spent a portion of the day making some healing chicken soup…

had it for supper and it was very tasty;-)…

have two more servings left, after I ate one for today’s lunch…

also took the time to enjoy my flowers… because flowers make me happy…

I think that resting and doing as little as possible over the last two days has really helped my body beat the cold…

yay…

situation…

04 Friday Oct 2019

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I’ve been going to physio for the last few weeks…

my knee issue was likely caused by a hip displacement situation, as one of my friends would say, lol…

today Val put heat on my hips and ice under my knee while I was waiting to see Michael… I had a lovely relaxing time before he arrived to work on me…

after he did a few checks on my legs and hips, he showed me a few exercises to follow… unless I have further issues I do not need to go back…

watching others come and go I was reminded of how truly lucky I am… as painful as it was, my knee/hip was only an issue for a few weeks… so many are dealing with ongoing problems that will not fix themselves, ever…

I am truly blessed and happy that I can recognize that…

helpful…

02 Wednesday Oct 2019

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well, my ear is doing much better… so far the meds are working with no side effects…

my technique is to take a photo of the box just before or after I use the drops so that I can remember what time I need to take them next, lol…

took the shot in a hurry this morning…

helpful, though…

beginnings…

01 Tuesday Oct 2019

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I’ve been thinking of beginnings and endings a lot lately…

a friend recently lost a loved one and it has reminded me of my own story…

the ending of my beloved’s time here was a very difficult matter to deal with…

and I think of the beginning of my new journey and how things have changed in my life…

I am slightly more independent… can even park in the garage with ease, lol… have been able to travel… so many positive changes…

everyday is a new opportunity…

hips…

28 Saturday Sep 2019

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so yesterday I discovered that the issue isn’t really osteoarthritis in my knee… it is a problem with my hips…

at the physio office they discovered that one leg was longer than the other, my hips were out of alignment and my spine was twisted…

some things were done to me that were a little painful, but will help with the situation and I think my legs were back to normal length by the time I left…

now it is up to me to do some exercises and I will go back and see my guy next week…

lots of elevation, icing and heat for the next while…

ear…

27 Friday Sep 2019

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so this ear looks quite normal, right…

sadly it has been irritated for the last four days and even though I started on drops yesterday morning, it has been very unhappy…

feels like my headset is on all the time and I can’t hear much out of it…

couldn’t swallow yesterday so ended up not eating…

thankfully the medicine has started to work and it is not nearly as painful as it was…

but really, enough…

unfurling…

25 Wednesday Sep 2019

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I have learned to appreciate the little moments in my life…

this morning I got this shot of the hibiscus…

one flower was fully open and the second flower was just unfurling…

I was home a bit early at the end of the day as I had to get my ear checked out at the doctor’s office… I spent a few minutes enjoying the hibiscus…

the second flower had unfurled as well…

I get to walk past the hibiscus, morning glories and mandevilla on my way to and from the garage…

so blessed to have such a special garden…

thunder…

23 Monday Sep 2019

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tonight I followed a car with the licence plate “57TBIRD” all the way along Portage Avenue…

I couldn’t get a photo as I was driving, but I went online and found this photo of a thunderbird…

made me laugh a bit as the exhaust smelled terrible… the windows were open and at least one person was smoking a cigarette…

seemed like they were still living in 1957, lol…

also made me think of the thunderstorm on Friday night…

flicker…

22 Sunday Sep 2019

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for the last few days I’ve been watching the flickers on the roof of the garage enjoying the berries on the Virginia creeper… it has been a nice distraction as I go up and down the stairs, still using the cane…

they seem to gather around this time of year to fill up on ants and berries before heading south…

the other interesting thing about them is although they are woodpeckers, usually I see them on the ground, or in this case, on the garage roof…