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Libra…

29 Saturday Aug 2026

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I am in the process of using a Libra 3 for the next few weeks…

the purpose is to see how the food I eat over that time affects my blood sugar…

it is kind of fun😊…

I’ve been taking photos of everything that has been going into my mouth and noting it down in the app…

still figuring out about how long it takes to go into my body and then cause a reaction…

over the two weeks, it is anticipated that I will have eaten the majority of my basic food intake…

shore…

22 Saturday Aug 2026

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every morning, while at my friends’ cottage, when I woke up, I would walk down and sit on the steps leading to the beach…

usually I’d spend an hour or so watching and listening to the waves…

it was always fun to watch the shore birds as well as the gulls and pelicans in the early morning quiet…

the first and last thing I did was to run down to the beach to say hello and goodbye😊…

snake…

20 Thursday Aug 2026

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I spent a delightful five days with friends at their family beach cottage…

delicious food, great company, naps, lots of conversation, and I was in the lake, at least once, up to my neck…

spent lots of time on the beach, early in the morning, on my own, and all together on a few days…

we walked a good portion of the beach a few times with our newly prepared walking sticks…

and walked the road to the pump, which had a snake handle…

there was also a real snake😳… which had me stomping and speaking loudly as I walked along where it had been seen…

weather was nice, lots of sunshine, a bit of wind and some rainy/overcast times… so, a bit of everything…

my particular expertise is washing the dishes…

other than that it was all about reading…

we did play ladder golf, a new game to me, (although I may have seen my grandsons play a version of it a number of years ago), which was fun…

what a treat 😊…

trip…

13 Thursday Aug 2026

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my daughter recently sent me this postcard to remind me how close we are to our big trip…

for my birthday – the big 75 – I decided to take the train through the Rockies and visit gardens on Vancouver Island…

planning started last summer, and we had to book our train trip by December to be able to travel in September… crazy, lol…

next we searched for gardens that we would like to visit, besides the Butchart Gardens, which were first on the list…

then came looking at other spots in and around Victoria that we would like to see… we are going to have as many afternoon teas as possible, lol…

finding accommodations for our stay took a bit of work, but we found a lovely AirBnB close to the Butchart Gardens (and a Butterfly garden)… our second place to stay is a cute little hotel that faces the ocean in Victoria…

and finally, first class flights were booked back home… as I haven’t travelled for ages, the flights were covered by points… how cool is that;-)…

now to think about what I need to pack for a train trip and fall on Vancouver Island…

reimbursed…

04 Tuesday Aug 2026

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very happy to discover that the physio I’ve been paying for is covered under my insurance…

I had gone online to check for amounts and annual start date but couldn’t find any information…

I finally got around to calling and discovered, after talking to a very helpful woman, that I do have coverage and could submit my claims online to be reimbursed…

made me quite pleased as the visits are costly…

after filing the required information, it just took a few days for the money to make its way back into my credit union account…

and I continue to do new and interesting exercises to get back to my best…

unbearable…

30 Thursday Jul 2026

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up early on Wednesday to tidy the garden and water everything… even gave the new grass a dribble…

started with the hose and gave big drinks to all three pots in the front yard, and those in the garden…

then, while the irrigation system and drip hose did their thing, I filled a bucket with overly eager virginia creeper and did some deadheading…

finally, the cushions came out and I was able to sit, read, and enjoy the garden before it became unbearable outside…

topped…

28 Tuesday Jul 2026

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the new arch has already produced enough purple beans for a meal;-)…

this makes me very happy as the tomatoes and beans in the side garden are doing nothing 😔…

I topped and tailed them, and then cut them into bite-sized pieces…

as they boiled, of course the colour dissipated, and they turned into green beans…

but, they were delicious and I enjoyed every last one…

bruise…

24 Friday Jul 2026

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I have a doctor’s appointment next week which meant that this week I had to have bloodwork done…

Dynacare come to the house and the process takes about ten minutes…

this technician is one of my favourites…

he is quick, efficient and rarely leaves me with a bruise…

last time was quite different, lol…

cancer-free…

23 Thursday Jul 2026

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I’ve had my yoga mat out for a few weeks now… since I saw my physiotherapist…

for the first week I did a couple of exercises involving rocking my legs and lifting them to my chest… not too difficult and they seemed to help with the twisted knee…

then, the next week a new exercise involving my core came along…

this one seems more complicated and harder… which also makes it harder to get down and do them, lol…

but, this week marks 14 years since I had a hernia/hysterectomy surgery to deal with cancer of the uterus which made me cancer-free…

that puts a little thing like a difficult exercise into perspective, doesn’t it🤨….