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bruising…

24 Tuesday Jan 2023

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bandaid, big girl pants, blessed, blood work, bruising, Dynacare, health, healthcare, moments, needle, Technology, widow

last week a staff person from Dynacare came by to do my blood work…

over the last few years I’ve seen four or five of their staff… this time is was a fellow whose been quite a few times…he’s very efficient and I didn’t even feel the needle go in;-)…

I wore the bandaid for a while and when I removed it, there was only a tiny pink spot without any bruising…

although my healthcare plan doesn’t cover the cost it feels worth it to have them come by the house…

caught…

23 Monday Jan 2023

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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, caught, exercise, fun times, gloves, happy, match, moments, PanAm Pool, purple, swim gloves, Technology, time with friends, widow

enjoyed the aquasize class although I lost a quarter when the key wouldn’t come out of the slot, lol…

the new gloves really do work well, although they caught on the rail as I was getting out of the pool…

next time I will take them off before I get to the stairs… but they sure look great with my water shoes;-)…

elevators…

20 Friday Jan 2023

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Assiniboine Park Conservancy, big girl pants, biomes, blessed, cacao, elevators, fish, flowers, garden, koi, moments, nature, photos, plants, pond, splash, Technology, The Leaf, time, water, waterfall, widow

spent an hour and a half wandering through The Leaf in the daytime…

we took ample time to search out the plants as we wandered through the tropical biome… and we found the cacao tree;-)…

the waterfall continues to over perform…

I am betting that there are people working very hard to figure out how to end up with less splash, lol…

I spent at lot of time on the bridge, watching the beautiful koi swimming around the pond… a lovely treat;-)…

there were a lot of people there, but it didn’t feel too crowded… we wore masks but the majority of others didn’t… since I was last in the space there have been large fans added, so there did appear to be a lot of noise, but once through the doors into the Mediterranean biome, it was quiet…

the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden was a much busier place with numerous butterflies flitting about… it is always fun to search for the ones that have landed and are blending in with the foliage… as visitors move through this area they are quiet and will sit and patiently watch the action…

there are two elevators to take you up to the canopy and the Butterfly Garden and only one was working… seems to slow the flow down a bit…

there was ample space for jackets in the coat room, many volunteers to answer questions and direct the flow of people, and lots of open space…

checking…

18 Wednesday Jan 2023

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I’ve had fun checking out the birds on my Audubon calendar each day…

it has been interesting to see birds I don’t know and I also enjoy thinking about when I’ve seen those I already know…

spice…

17 Tuesday Jan 2023

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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, food, friends, group, lunch, moments, order, pickup, spice, Spice Circle, time, treat, widow

had lunch with my buddies on Monday to celebrate a couple of birthdays…

ordered from Spice Circle the day before and we picked it up… we always need to check because many restaurants are closed on Mondays, which we have learned the hard way, lol…

we had a variety of items and found the food hot and tasty… my goat thali was very nice… the one thing I might change was the packaging as it didn’t all fit into one container…

but there were leftovers for another meal for everyone;-)…

dresser

16 Monday Jan 2023

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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, Christmas mugs, dresser, label, list, memories, moments, mugs, remembering, widow

the project for Saturday was to return the regular mugs to the cupboard and put away the Christmas/holiday ones…

first thing I did was go into the office to get the boxes out from under the dresser…

and they weren’t there… even got down on my knees to be sure…

kind of freaked out wondering if I had accidentally put them in the giveaway pile which had gone out before the holidays;-(…

looked in the basement, kitchen and all over the messy computer room again… then I checked in the den closet and there they sat… clearly I put them in there knowing they would end up upstairs, but thinking I would save some steps when it came time to repack them…

whew… that got the blood pumping, lol…

didn’t take too long to get them changed over and looking good…

they sat on the stairway and then made it upstairs to wait for next Christmas…

and they will go to the spot I expect them to be…

in the dresser, in the office closet, not underneath it, with a label on the front🤪…

amazes…

14 Saturday Jan 2023

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amazes, big girl pants, blessed, bunnies, carrots, garden, happy, moments, nature, snow, widow

it always amazes me how happy seeing bunnies in the garden makes me;-)… in the snow or on the grass, lol…

put out some carrot ends for them not long ago…

gnocchi…

12 Thursday Jan 2023

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aquasize, banana, big girl pants, blessed, bread, craving, De Luca's, food, gnocchi, loaves, moments, sandwiches, shopping, treats, widow, wraps

had a good time at aquasize and then we took a drive to DeLuca’s…

I got spinach wraps, gnocchi, canned tomatoes and two different types of bread…

apparently I am still craving bread, lol… now I just need to learn how to cook the gnocchi…

once home I made two little peanut butter and banana sandwiches for my lunch…

they were very tasty…

gear…

10 Tuesday Jan 2023

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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, essential, gear, instructor, moments, pool, purple, swim gloves, swimming, Technology, water, widow

yesterday my new swim gloves arrived…

and they happen to be purple;-)…

our instructor recommends them as essential gear… can’t wait to try them out later in the week…

difficult…

08 Sunday Jan 2023

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather

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big girl pants, blessed, difficult, flowers, growing, happy, moments, nature, orchid, orchids, plants, setting buds, widow

great excitement as I have discovered three orchids that are setting buds;-)…

this makes me very happy as January and February can be difficult months – usually cold and dull…

the one orchid which is blooming is sitting on the middle of the living room table and doing very well…

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