02 Wednesday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, ear, health, helpful, photos, Technology, widow
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…
01 Tuesday Oct 2019
Posted in health, life, loss, moments, Uncategorized
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…
28 Saturday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, hips, knee, legs, moments, Ness Physiotherapy, widow
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…
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…
25 Wednesday Sep 2019
Posted in garden, health, moments, nature, Photography
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…
23 Monday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, cars, classic cars, odour, picture, smell, smoking, thunder, thunderbird, widow
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…
22 Sunday Sep 2019
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berries, big girl pants, birds, cane, Fall, flicker, nature, virginia creeper, widow, window, woodpeckers
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…
21 Saturday Sep 2019
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been thinking a lot of our dear friend Margaret…
she was my parents’ neighbour and our good friend since I was about fifteen…
I remember our Chinese food parties on payday Fridays… my beloved and I would go over and mom and dad would come from next door and we would have a delicious dinner…
she enjoyed the girls when they came along and loved spending time with them…
the cane I am using belonged to her…
I can remember saying to her later in her life “you have to put the cane on the ground, not just carry it”…
lovely memories…
20 Friday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, friends, healthy, knee, La Belle Baguette, meals, recovery, skip, SkipTheDishes, widow
all in all I think I’ve been making some reasonable choices regarding what goes into my body as I recover from my knee issue;-)…
I am so grateful that we have SkipTheDishes as I haven’t been making many meals over the last week…
I’ve ordered a few times recently… when I do, I always make sure to order enough for a few meals…
last night I ordered from Pho Hoang, a favourite… I ended up with enough for four meals…
I did make a grilled cheese sandwich the other day with some marble rye bread a friend brought from La Belle Baguette…
have really appreciated not having to prepare meals, but planning to actually cook my dinner tomorrow;-)…
18 Wednesday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, blink, cane, difficulties, ER, health, knee, moments, recovery, slow, walk, widow
been pondering how life can change in the blink of an eye…
there I was on Saturday, going for a walk, and then suddenly unable to walk…
luckily I am recovering very nicely, but spending five hours in the Emergency Room and having to use crutches for just three days has opened my eyes to difficulties that others face…
I expect a full recovery… I am now using a cane, but just for a short while, as my knee improves… and I’m able to take the time to recover properly…
of course I have to remember to take it slow and steady, lol…
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