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22 Saturday Nov 2014

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big girl pants, cuddles, friends, grandkids, Hudson, pretty, zoo

had a very full week and today was busy too…

spent a few hours at work and the little boys met me there…

we went to the Zoo for the afternoon… had a wonderful time… focussed on the Journey to Churchill… saw most of the bears and got to sit beside Hudson for a few minutes…

the boys were amazing and we had tons of fun…

came home and met up with mom and the biggest boy…

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lots of cuddles…

they left and I had a nap and watched tv for a while until a friend stopped by… we have been having such fun…

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pretty:-)…

sushi…

21 Friday Nov 2014

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hot tub, kids, shovelled, Subway, sushi

tonight my daughter picked me up at the office and took me to her house…

we went and picked up Subway sandwiches for the boys and sushi for the adults…

tried some soft shell crab rolls along with tempura and California rolls…

swallowed the last bite and then got driven home where we met Jeff who had shovelled the sidewalk and unhooked some slightly frozen hoses…

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they had borrowed the car last weekend and were bringing it back tonight… good kids…

very happy to have the hoses removed… hopefully tomorrow I can drain the hot tub…

sunbeams…

20 Thursday Nov 2014

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big girl pants, hibiscus, sun, sunbeams, treat

all day long at work we were enjoying the sunbeams coming through the windows… just about every time someone walked by they would comment on them…

everyone’s spirits were lifted…

feels like we haven’t had very much sun lately, so it was a lovely treat…

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delicious…

19 Wednesday Nov 2014

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birthdays, conversation, delicious, friends, Tres Visi Cafe

what a wonderful evening…

picked up by friends and headed to Tres Visi Cafe on Grosvenor and Stafford…

dinner was delicious…

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veal with lemon and capers, fettuccine Alfredo on the side… the picture doesn’t do it justice… sadly the wait person and I had a slight communication problem but she was quick to redo the meal so that I got this one… it was amazing and I ate every scrap on my plate… should have taken a picture of the after… would have licked it but didn’t want to embarrass my friends, lol…

we were celebrating two birthdays – one each from July and October… there was a great deal of conversation about how we would divide up the bill to be sure that the birthday women didn’t pay for their own meal, but contributed to the other birthday person… what we decided was that we should only celebrate one at a time because it was way too difficult to calculate for two…

superior service the entire time we were there…

lots of laughter and conversation…

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finished dinner with a delightful creme brûlée…

amazing women who always lift my spirits and make an evening special…

mothers…

18 Tuesday Nov 2014

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big girl pants, history, legacy, mothers

had a great conversation about mothers recently…

from a group of six, one had an excellent relationship with their mom, two had regular ones and three had difficult connections with their mothers…

always interesting to learn about other people’s history and how it shaped them…

my mother had a nervous breakdown when my brother was born and spent the next twenty years in and out of hospital… certainly affected our relationship… although we didn’t connect for most of my life, we did become very close during the last years of her life…

for the last four months we spent every day together… I was extremely blessed to have that time with her and get to say all the things I needed…

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I wonder about my legacy to my girls…

healthcare…

17 Monday Nov 2014

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doctors, healthcare, sunset, support staff

this morning I took a picture of the hibiscus… it was glorious…

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been thinking about healthcare recently… various people I know are dealing with issues…

I think back to all the appointments we had with doctors and surgeons about my hernia repair, and how all that red tape and slowness meant that I only needed one operation to deal with the hernia and cancer… how miraculous was that, lol…

getting on the good side of the support staff seems to be so important… whether it is the receptionist at the doctor’s office or the staff at the nursing station… these are the people who can move the process forward…

when George was in heart failure and the appointment with the cardiologist was weeks away, I had a great conversation with one of his staff and shared how ill George was… when a cancellation came up a day later we got in to see the doctor and I believe that saved his life and gave us another six years together…

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tonight the five blooms had reduced to two… still beautiful, but quite the change from earlier in the day…

much like life…

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another wonderful sunset…

pretty…

16 Sunday Nov 2014

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goldfish, hibiscus, pretty, snow

when I woke up this morning I heard scraping outside… couldn’t figure out what it was… once I know what the sound is, I can ignore it, but when I can’t figure it out it makes me a bit crazy…

looked out the window and saw this…

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pretty isn’t it… fresh snow always looks wonderful… particularly if you don’t have to go out…

once I got downstairs I checked out the hibiscus which has three flowers and lots of buds…

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I did go out to the grocery store and the pet store… the driving was fine…

tonight Jeff changed the filters and hopefully the water will clear up…

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many pretty things today…

lonesome…

15 Saturday Nov 2014

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beloved, big girl pants, hot tub, journey, lonesome, tears

as I move along this new path in my journey I do get lonesome for my beloved… I miss him all the time, but mainly I am enjoying my new life…

of course there are days where I feel down… this weekend I couldn’t unhook the hose to empty the hot tub… he had the strongest hands that could open/twist/turn anything… the fish tank is getting cloudy and he would have known exactly what type of filters we need… I’ve tried a couple of different kinds, but still don’t think I am getting the right ones, sigh…

was talking with someone who lost their partner shortly after George died… they have filled their time with other people, hardly ever on their own… recently they commemorated their partner’s passing with what sounded like a full blown funeral…

we will be celebrating George’s birthday in a few weeks, likely with burgers and milkshakes, maybe apple pie, three of his favourite foods… we will be together and share stories and laugher, and maybe a few tears but likely less than last year or the year before…

interesting the different ways that we each respond as we deal with these life altering events…

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sunshine…

14 Friday Nov 2014

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buds, hibiscus, moment, sunset, sunshine

I think the hibiscus is in just the right place in the living room… must be getting the correct dose of sunlight…

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there were at least thirteen buds this morning… looks amazing considering it probably only has twenty or thirty leaves on it…

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got upstairs and took this picture of the sun going down…

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enjoyed a very short walk getting home… crisp but lovely…

a great day filled with sunshine… haven’t had a lot of it lately so really appreciated it… happy to be able to take the time to enjoy the moment…

meals…

13 Thursday Nov 2014

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big girl pants, breakfast, hot lemonaide, meals, Thai soup, The Met

had a delicious breakfast this morning at The Met… a lovely french toast casserole with fruit salad and some bacon, yum…

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at lunch we had a wonderful Thai soup made by a colleague… it is their specialty and is a lovely treat whenever we get it…

tonight, at aquasize I started coughing… think it might have been the chemicals in the water… a couple of others were coughing as well…once I got home I didn’t know what I wanted, so I made myself a hot lemonaide…

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two out of three meals were great…

supper ended up being two crumpets with melted cheese on top…

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