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loose…

09 Friday Jan 2015

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having a problem with my pants… they are getting very loose…

not long ago I had to pin up a pair at work because I was afraid they might fall down…

ones that did fit better are now getting quite loose as well…

think I may need to go out and get a couple of pairs of smaller ones although I do worry whether I can actually fit into the next smallest size…

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continue to have more energy and my glucose levels are levelling out…

a few days ago I spoke with my health care insurance providers and discovered that they need a letter from my doctor and will then cover the cost of the strips, which are expensive… looking forward to getting the letter from the doctor when I see her next week… I also need her to include a request for an appointment with a dietitian…

seems like you need a doctor’s letter to get most anything from the insurance company…

clear…

08 Thursday Jan 2015

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this morning I took this picture of the fresh snow on the ground… the window acted like a mirror and so the living room was clear as well…

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kind of fun…

busy day and when I got home my grandson arrived to clear that snow…

he stayed for dinner and then headed home… on his way to the bus his dad turned up, on his way home from work, and gave him a ride… that made me happy because it is cold out there…

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too chilly to hot tub and I am missing my time out there…

still searching for a good app to keep track of my blood sugar and what I have been eating… the ones I’ve looked at have very complicated food records so I will keep searching…

light…

07 Wednesday Jan 2015

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Shelmerdine spent weeks working on a corner of the Millennium Library Park as the weather turned cold and the snow began to fall… we think part of the construction was a pad for food trucks to park on, but we won’t know until Spring comes… this portion is right behind our building…

the other thing we noticed was balls hanging from the trees…

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they weren’t lit for quite a while but about a week ago they started to light up the area… got this shot on the way into the office this morning… still rather dark as you can see…

have been using my SAD light and I think it is helping keep me happier…

came home a bit later tonight and did notice that it is staying a bit lighter in the evening…

looking forward to each additional minute of light…

towels…

06 Tuesday Jan 2015

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today the towels from Turkey arrived…

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they are what is used in the Hammam… my daughter had purchased some when she was in Turkey and discovered how absorbent they are… made me think how great they would be for taking to aquasize…

currently my towel takes up most of my bag, and this one will take up about a quarter of the space…

can hardly wait to go to the pool and see how they work…

tree…

05 Monday Jan 2015

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this morning as I was getting ready for work I stepped outside and looked at this tree covered in snow…

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as I looked across the street the moon was full and over the neighbour’s house… pictures on my phone didn’t turn out, sadly…

full day back at work after two weeks away… happy to get home and have a rest before supper…

cleared…

04 Sunday Jan 2015

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spent a very quiet last day of holidays…

lots of TV watching and napping…

did a few chores around the house and got supper ready for the kids…

my shoveler worked very hard when he arrived…

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that driveway is a lot bigger when there is five inches of snow on the ground and it is minus 40 with the windchill…

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all cleared now so I am able to exit the premises, lol…

guess that means I can get to work tomorrow…

covered…

03 Saturday Jan 2015

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this morning there was way more snow outside… everything was covered…

looking out the door...

looking out the door…

got a few great shots of the garden where the snow had made designs everywhere… couldn’t tell if it was the squirrel or bunny who left tracks in the snow…

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gazing ball with a hat…

pattern on the trellis...

pattern on the trellis…

when I opened the front door it was clear that a lot of snow had fallen overnight… my snow guy was busy today, but luckily I didn’t need to go anywhere, so could just look out and admire it…

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deep snow…

spent time listening to neighbours’ with their snowblowers and shovels as they cleaned sidewalks and driveways…

de-cluttered a closet, put away Christmas ornaments and did some walking…

now to bed…

snow…

02 Friday Jan 2015

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looked outside this morning and saw such beauty…

everything had been covered with a blanket of light fluffy snow…

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luckily I didn’t need to leave home… always so much more beautiful if you don’t have to go out in it, lol…

this afternoon my grandson came over and shovelled the sidewalk, driveway and back path…

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he did a good job and then came in for hot chocolate while we waited for his mom to pick him up, when she got off work…

a friend stopped by a few hours later and there was more snow on the ground… we went out for supper and while we were visiting the wind was blowing the snow around…

wonder what it is going to look like in the morning…

new year…

01 Thursday Jan 2015

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sitting in the living room listening to Whitney Houston and writing my blog… haven’t been using the laptop but the kids helped me put my music on it tonight… Whitney was one of my Christmas presents…

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downloading music…

this morning I spent quite some time upstairs on the desktop finding water lily pictures for the frames I bought the other day… happily I was able to find some that had gone missing, lol…

looking forward to getting them printed, framed and hung on the stairwell wall…

also need to choose a few for the upstairs hallway as Cyndi took a few pictures home with her for the new house…

had a hot tub, but didn’t stay out too long because one of the squirrels was in the neighbour’s tree and kept making the strangest sounds, almost like it had a cold, or was feeling sick… didn’t like the sound, so I came in, but I did enjoy the sunshine…

just before the kids arrived for our New Year’s dinner of steak and lobster, I took the decorations off the tree and put it away… the living room is back to normal although I haven’t taken the coloured balls out of the coffee table just yet…

ticking…

31 Wednesday Dec 2014

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while the kids were here the grandfather clock was stopped…

they found the sound disturbing, particularly during the night…

I have lived with it for so long that I don’t even hear it, unless it isn’t going…

this morning I got it ringing again… sounds like an old friend is back…

makes me think of the clock ticking down to New Year’s…

kids in Ottawa are having friends over… kids here have gone to some friends…

I am home thinking of the past year and looking forward to the next one…

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blessings to you and yours as this New Year arrives…