06 Wednesday May 2015
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had a great evening…
friend came over, brought dinner, cookies and petunias… with an appetizer of chips, lol…
after supper we worked on a database program… had to work in the living room using the power cord that has the three-prong plugs… had a computer and a printer hooked up…
great fun as we learned what it could do, while entering information… still need to figure out a few things…
really enjoy working with new technology and helping others figure it out..
05 Tuesday May 2015
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this afternoon I ordered a set of straps for my fitbit…
this was rather fun because I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time…
I had purchased a violet strap which has developed a tear so I’ve been wearing my black strap, but really missing the pretty one…
when my Ottawa kids were here last June, my son-in-law picked up a power bar with USB ports in it… he attached it to the wall by the couch in the living room and tied up all the cord… very tidy…
I use it all the time to charge my fitbit, and even my phone when I need it to be on the main floor…
my fitbit has been a great help for me… since I got it I’ve tried to make sure I met my step goal every day… since my diabetes diagnosis it has helped keep track of other exercise and I have combined it with MyFitnessPal which records my food intake…
technology is pretty cool…
04 Monday May 2015
well, today was more like it… second day of my .9 time and a beautiful one…
slept in a bit and had a leisurely breakfast… headed out and got a few errands done… even booked an oil change for the car…
new shoes, bra, swimsuit and groceries…
nice haul… once I got home I took a walk around the creek…
saw a wood duck couple and got a few pictures…
very exciting because we’ve only seen mallards in the creek… the mallards have been nesting here for the last thirty years…
here’s the fella… beautiful…
later, spent a bit of time weeding the front flower bed… the rubber mulch isn’t doing quite what I was hoping for… grass is still coming through, sigh…
beautiful day… looking forward to many more like it:-)…
03 Sunday May 2015
mainly a sunshiny day but I spent a bit less time in the garden…
made potato salad this morning and cooled it in the fridge… have read a number of articles suggesting that cooking potatoes, rice or pasta and then cooling it, does something that changes the structure to “resistant starch” which reacts like fibre and doesn’t cause a spike in blood sugar…
took out the Japanese Maple and set it behind the waterfall…
sadly, had to bring it back in when I noticed that the temperature is going to 2 Celsius tonight… don’t want all those lovely leaves to die back…
not quite as warm as yesterday…
needed a blanket while I was reading, but I stayed outside as long as I could…
got this shot of the tree next door as the leaves come out… lots of the seeds are coming down too…
still see a gaping hole in the sky when I look up even though it has been at least seven years since the other elm tree had to be taken down… it had provided shade in our backyard from the time we moved into our house in 1973…
trees are so special…
02 Saturday May 2015
spent a good part of the day outside in the garden…
sun shone for the majority of the time and I got some weeding done and put a few plants back into the pond…
lots of time thinking about the hours that my beloved put in weeding and maintaining the garden… still amazes me how much I miss him…
between weeding, cause I take lots of breaks, I finished a book I started last weekend… got a few great shots on my camera of a white-throated sparrow as it came to the pond for a drink…
mid afternoon I went in for a nap and the sky looked a bit threatening while big winds tried to knock things over…
no rain, and then it cleared up again…
now as I sit on the deck writing this, the sky is very ominous looking but there is no longer much breeze…
just over the garage you can see the neighbour’s apricot tree blooming… I’ve been smelling it off and on all day…
I can also smell the barbecue next door as the next door neighbour prepares dinner…
another wonderful day… what a blessing to have this time…
01 Friday May 2015
spent the day enjoying the beauty around me…
first thing, I took pictures of all the flowers in the house…
between the two purple orchids, the purple mums and the vase of spring flowers, the coffee table looks amazing…
there are tulips on the dining room table as well…
at the office, we had more vases filled with beautiful flowers… shared them amongst the staff who were in…
spent the lunch hour at a wonderful restorative yoga class…
had time throughout the day to reflect on the amazing people I work with, and how lucky I am…
walked from the end of the street tonight and had to stop and take a picture of one of the trees, a Russian olive, I think… it is quite a lovely colour and the leaves are out now…
sat on the deck enjoying the sounds of the pond and reading for a while…
looking forward to a wonderful three day weekend…
I am surrounded by beauty everywhere I look…
30 Thursday Apr 2015
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last night a colleague prepared a number of vases with flowers for an event we held this evening…
here is what one looked like…
just beautiful…
I had a wonderful time taking some photos and enjoyed every moment…
there are many flowers in the house… two orchids, purple mums, tulips and now these beauties…
wonderful…
29 Wednesday Apr 2015
I was so excited when I got home tonight…
the pond was running…
I knew that someone was coming to look at it, but was so busy that I had completely forgotten…
when I stepped out onto the deck I could hear it… I love the sound of the water running…
sadly when I got close I could see that the waterfall is leaking… spoke to the pond guy and he is aware and will be checking into it…
hope the water doesn’t drop too low while they are figuring it out…
looking forward to the fish moving back in…
can almost hear the splash…
the window is open, and even though it is dark, I can hear the water running in the pond…
bliss…
28 Tuesday Apr 2015
one of the most difficult things to get sorted out is my late night snack…
the trick seems to be what time I need to eat it…
supposed to have protein every time I eat and trying to figure out just the right time for the last snack is complicated…
apparently our pancreas sends out a burst of insulin every morning around three… because mine isn’t quite well behaved, it kind of drips instead of just spewing out a single amount…
apparently the idea is to eat food that encourages the pancreas to send out a burst of insulin and then stops instead of the drippy business…
one of my favourite snacks is popcorn and almonds… make it in a Tupperware measuring cup with a lid… then add a tiny bit of canola oil and salt…
popcorn is always served in a plastic fish bowl… tastes better that way:-)…
appears that eating about ten or ten thirty seems to be the best…
always learning about this new way of being…
27 Monday Apr 2015
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view out the window during our BS gathering tonight… was compelled to get up and take a few pictures of the sky…
had a wonderful time… the five of us haven’t all been together for a couple of months… there have been vacations to California, Florida, Costa Rica, the West Coast and Cuba, work trips to Saskatchewan, and family visits which have affected us…
we have been gathering for many years and continue to enjoy every opportunity we have to spend time together…
tonight we must have spent an hour trying to find a day and time for a birthday celebration… we may have to start having one for everyone at once as we are all so busy…
always feel filled up at the end of Monday evenings…
what a gift these women are to me…
