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16 Monday Mar 2015

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recently read something about how often people like to read blog posts…

lots of opinions but most seemed to only want to read posts a few times a week…

made me wonder if posting every day is a bad thing… should I post less often… does it matter what others think… arghhhhhh…

I do know that a couple of the people I follow can post three or four times a day and sometimes that seems like a lot to me, lol…

I guess everyone has their own ideas…




this morning we received daffodils from the Canadian Cancer Society… it is another organization that we support through purchasing daffodils during March…





such a great time of year when we get flowers every couple of weeks…

and the ground is drying up, there is very little snow left and there is more light every single day…

garden…

15 Sunday Mar 2015

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beautiful day… up fairly early and spent some time going through a closet and deciding what to keep and what could go… have already started another pass me over box… finding I have much more energy… not sure if that is the sunshine or my body recovering from the sugar overload it was dealing with…

warm enough to be able to use the outside tap to top up the hot tub… 

overcast for most of the day, but late this afternoon the sun came out and melted more snow…



this is the last little bit left in the front yard… hoping that next weekend we can do some raking…



chair is on the deck and there is no snow left on it… wasn’t warm enough to sit out but maybe one night this week after work it will be:-)… the ice is gone from the pond and there are only a few places where there is still snow…

while I was filling the hot tub I also filled up one of the bird feeders… the squirrel had gotten into the  bag of sunflowers and eaten quite a bit… lots of shells…

starting to think about the work needed to clean up the garden and where I am going to find some gardening help this year… I would really like to hire someone to help me so that it looks good all season long…

yay Spring… 

shiny objects…

14 Saturday Mar 2015

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the garage roof looked like diamond studded waffles this morning…



hmmmm, maybe I am focusing a bit too much on food, lol… it was shiny and I do love the glittery look…

shortly after that, the sun came streaming into the main floor TV room… caught a rainbow in the mirror…



headed out for a shopping expedition with a friend… my clothes are hanging off me and even the pants purchased a month ago are too big now…

was out for five hours, went to five stores… found lots of things to try on and came home with bags full of lovely items… a few of them were a bit outside of my comfort zone:-)…



well, I think I am good for clothes for the next while… 

looked out the window to see the snow in the pond was nearly gone, just a bit of ice left…

amazing day… sunshine, warmth, great shopping, lovely lunch…

and lots of shiny objects…

in my circle, shiny objects refer to the things that grab our attention when we are doing something else… things that take away our attention from what we are focussed on…

walk…

12 Thursday Mar 2015

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had another lovely walk home tonight… passed a number of bushes that have started to produce buds… tried to get a picture but it didn’t turn out…

but I did get a great shot of the creek which is filled with running water…



so wonderful to see the snow melting away more and more each day…

got a wonderful card a few days ago from a friend who knew what a hard time I have been going through…



it came at the perfect time and was a lovely gesture which warmed my heart…

life is so special and moments like a walk in the afternoon and enjoying a card make it even better…

sounds…

11 Wednesday Mar 2015

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walked from the grocery store after I got a haircut…

beautiful evening… didn’t wear my gloves tonight or last night when I walked home…

got a lovely shot of this tree… thinking it will be filled with buds before too long…



the crows have been squawking a lot… caught this one in one of the trees down the street…



also heard the water swirling into the drains as I came to street corners… there were rivers of running water everywhere I went…



last picture I took was of the garden… the snow is vanishing more and more each day…

before we know it the pond will be ready for the fish…

survived…

10 Tuesday Mar 2015

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recently someone was talking about how well they think I have survived these last three years… they felt that when I was with them I seemed to be managing very well, although they didn’t know how I was when I was alone…

some people put on different faces depending where they are and don’t share what is going on in their life…

for me, it really is what you see is what you get… I am the same wherever I am… if I am down I can’t cover it up… whether at work, with friends, or on my own, I can’t really hide what’s going on in my life…
some days I do great… other days are a bit difficult and some days are unbelievably painful… I think it works that way for most people…
we all have our ups and downs… on the whole, my life is full of special moments… I am so lucky to be able to spend the time to be in them…


rainbows…

08 Sunday Mar 2015

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what a beautiful day… the ground was covered with a tiny blanket of snow when I woke up… got this shot of the neighbour’s garage roof… the snow was glittering…



apparently somebody’s been running around on it… likely one of the neighbourhood squirrels…

because I did all my running around yesterday got to have a relaxing day…

spent time thinking of all the amazing women I have met and learned about over the years on this International Women’s Day…

the sun shone into the bedroom so beautifully that I had to take a few pictures…



of course I had to tidy before taking the pictures, lol… you can see some of the rainbows from the crystals if you look closely…



I love laying in the sunlight…

had supper all prepped and ready well before the kids arrived… the biggest boys spent some time with the fish and I am hopeful the tank will be clear by tomorrow… 

the sidewalks and driveway were cleared…

the chemicals finally made it into the tub, kitchen is tidy and I have walked for half an hour on the treadmill…

gonna watch tv and have a hot tub soon…



Jane’s…

06 Friday Mar 2015

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had a lovely lunch at Jane’s… met a great friend and we had a wonderful time… lots of laughter and sharing of stories… always enjoy our time together…

the space is bright and open and the ceilings are very high… the staff were so cute and worked very hard to make sure we had a great experience… it is staffed with culinary school students…I had lamb shank with couscous, broccoli rabe, ribbons of carrot and zucchini,  with a pear salsa… yum… everything tasted very nice although I didn’t finish the couscous… I still haven’t had any that I’ve enjoyed…

brought home my flowers after work… trimmed the stems and rearranged them into two vases… one for upstairs…



and one for the living room… the vase they came in is very beautiful…



what a lovely way to end a long week…

warm…

05 Thursday Mar 2015

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I’ve been wearing slippers for the last number of months because the kitchen floor is cold half way into the room from the sliding doors…

this is quite unusual as I rarely wear things on my feet… I wear sandals all year round at the office…

what I am missing is the heated floor in the bathroom… can’t feel the warmth through the slippers…

when we put in the heating wires under the tiles we thought the heat would radiate out from the pad, but it didn’t we learned, so the space right in front of the sink is cold…

the day has gone by gently… messages and calls from family and friends… flowers from the kids, lunch with colleagues… surprise supper out with some of the kids…



I am home, cozy in my bed, thinking of my wonderful life…

had some great moments when people commented on Facebook about pictures and memories of George… warmed my heart…

it has been healing in a way… 

goodbye…

04 Wednesday Mar 2015

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this morning I read an article that touched me…

it mentioned a quote from Paulo Coelho:

If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

made me wonder if I have to let go of George… and exactly how I would do that…

not sure I want to let him go, but maybe it is the sadness that I must let go…

how do I remember the special times and not feel the sad moments…

thought that I’ve been doing fairly well…

tomorrow marks three years since his death… trying to figure out how to deal with the day…

for the last few years I have had dinner with all of my kids… this year they have things happening and we can’t gather without a lot of complex organizing, so I said we wouldn’t… 

I am sure I will speak with my daughters at some point in the evening but felt I/we needed to be moving forward…

maybe that’s why the quote touched me…

Monday was a very bad day… he died on a Monday… 

we will see what tomorrow brings…