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freezing…

09 Sunday Nov 2014

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dentist, eruption, freezing, hibiscus, reaction

went to the dentist a little over a week ago… for a filling… can’t remember the last time I’ve had a filling, sigh…

it went very well and I was rather proud of my calm throughout the whole procedure…

she froze the top right side of my mouth where she was working… seemed to recover fine…

a day or so later, my lips felt very dry and I was wondering if I wasn’t drinking enough water… after a few days I was even using some balm to try to make my lips feel better…

a day or so after that I got a big pimple under my nose… it really hurt… then three or four more erupted along the right topside of my lip all the way to the crease of my lips…

I was wondering if I’d eaten too many leftover Halloween chocolates, but didn’t think I had…

yesterday it occurred to me that this all might be a reaction to the freezing…

I have reached the point that I don’t use any drugs because my body reacts so poorly… when I had my hernia/hysterectomy I stopped taking the drugs within a very short period as they were making me feel terrible… dealing with pain was better than being so sick… I know the pain will eventually go away…

today there is still one very angry looking spot, but I think the others are starting to subside…

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today’s hibiscus bloom…

honking…

08 Saturday Nov 2014

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big girl pants, Canada geese, flying, honking, sunrise

this morning I heard geese going over, honking all the way… there were quite a few from the sound…

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the sunrise was beautiful and I was lucky to catch it…

I love the sound of the geese as it heralds the coming of spring and fall… if I am outside I can’t keep from gazing up to see where they are…

I haven’t been able to get pictures of the geese flying but took this picture a few weeks ago… you can spot them in nearly any body of water around the city…

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this one was taken when we were wandering through the zoo at the end of August…

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it is important not to get too close because they can be very ornery… a goose bite really hurts… had the experience when I was about five, ugh…

still, I do love that sound…

vision…

07 Friday Nov 2014

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bloom, company, field test, fish, hibiscus, vision

this morning I took a picture of my buddies having breakfast…

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still figuring out exactly how much to feed them…

must say I am happy to have them as company again…

yesterday I went for another field test… I had gone for one a few months ago but was called back because one eye didn’t do so well… thankfully both eyes did fine this time… then they took some scans of my eyes and I saw the doctor… he was pleased with all the results and said my current eye drops would still be fine… amazing what stress can be involved in something as simple as a vision exam…

this morning I also got a few pictures of the hibiscus in full bloom…

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a reminder that being able to see is a wonderful thing…

blooming…

06 Thursday Nov 2014

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big girl pants, bloomimg, full moon, George, hibiscus, scalloped potatoes

took this picture yesterday morning of a bud…

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the hibiscus tree has about 20 leaves on it… the rest fell off once the flowers bloomed the first few weeks after I brought it in…

full moon today… when we were driving to swimming the moon was huge above the trees… by the time we finished it had risen quite a bit higher, but was about half the size…

happily I had scalloped potatoes and ham for my supper, which my friend dropped off tonight… I cooked some snow peas to go along with it… these were the scalloped potatoes that our group had peeled and sliced for her family dinner after her brother’s memorial service last week… they were delicious… although there were lots of onions in them, her system of cutting the slices into small pieces infused the potatoes with the flavour but not great bits of onion…

this is the blossom tonight…

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so happy to have blooming flowers in the house… George brought me orchids or other blooming plants often throughout the cold weather…

sky…

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

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big girl pants, Emptyful, mesmerized, sky, sunrise, sunset

this morning the sky was absolutely beautiful… took many pictures on the way to work… it was mesmerizing…

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a bit later in the morning I ran across the street to pick up some milk and cream for our coffee… as I was walking back I was compelled to take a picture of Emptyful… could see some great reflections in the new police building…

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ended the day with a shot of another lovely sky as we drove home…

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I stopped for a haircut and then walked home in the crisp evening air… made it home just before the light went…

enjoying these wonderful Fall days…

suspicious…

04 Tuesday Nov 2014

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blessed, colleagues, fire trucks, reminder, suspicious, work

not long after we got to the office this morning I heard sirens and two fire trucks pulled up beside our building…

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they sat there with lights flashing for a long time…

my daughter called to tell us they had evacuated the hotel that is about a block away from our building as there was a suspicious parcel and the bomb squad was on the way…

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the streets were blocked all around us as traffic was re-routed through morning rush hour… we kept working and staff dribbled in as they made it through the snarled streets…

eventually the fire trucks left and the streets were opened… it was after lunch before people were able to return to the hotel…

we laughed and joked about it, but it was a dramatic reminder of how a day can change and things can turn upside down in a flash…

spending time with these amazing colleagues is also a reminder of what a blessed life I lead…

a wonderful family, lifelong friends, and colleagues who make me want to go to work every morning…

treat…

03 Monday Nov 2014

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big girl pants, halloween, mushrooms, sandwich, treats

have enjoyed a couple of lovely treats in the last few days…

while we were on our trip to and from Carberry we stopped at the Robin’s Nest Cafe where we picked up some delicious battered mushrooms…

IMG_9156.JPGwe were very good, and only got one order to share, lol…

today I took leftovers from our Saturday night dinner for my lunch… but one of my colleagues made me a toasted salmon sandwich with avocado and apple…

IMG_9155.JPGwonderful treat…

I brought in the last of the Halloween hands to share…

it is quite amazing how the simplest things can make your day…

look…

02 Sunday Nov 2014

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big girl pants, clouds, conversation, look up, Spruce Woods, sunset

look up, look out…

that was today’s motto as I took a drive to Carberry with my friend…

weather was perfect and there was lots of conversation and snacking going on…

IMG_9151.JPGstopped in Spruce Woods Provincial Park and got a few nice pictures…

IMG_9152.JPGthe wind was making this little guy’s tail wave in a tree at the rest stop…

IMG_9147.JPGwe were astonished at the waterline, visible on the trees for miles, from the flooding this past summer…

IMG_9148.JPGthere were wonderful cloud formations all the way along… just caught the sunset in the rear view mirror…

IMG_9149-0.JPGdidn’t last more than about thirty seconds…

IMG_9150.JPGfinally enjoyed these beautiful pink tinged clouds… just before the dark took over the sky… last night we changed from Central Daylight to Central Standard time so it got dark an hour earlier than the night before… of course it is lighter when we get up…

wonderful day…

condo…

01 Saturday Nov 2014

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big girl pants, company, condo, fish, pond, son-in-law, stove

last night when the boys came by after going out for Halloween, Jeff put the new top on the stove…

IMG_9132.JPGof course there were no directions, but he figured it out and it now looks great and works perfectly…

they came over late this afternoon and he and the boys started catching the fish to bring them into their winter condo…

IMG_9130.JPGhe worked for an hour and a half… the boys lasted about twenty minutes, lol…

IMG_9131.JPGthe last few fish didn’t want to be caught, even though there was ice on the top of the pond, but he wasn’t giving up…

IMG_9128.JPGwe now have thirty fish in the tank…

IMG_9129.JPGhappy to have the company back in the house…

halloween…

31 Friday Oct 2014

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big girl pants, candy, cold, halloween, pictures

barely slept last night and my cold seems to be a bit worse so I decided to stay home… slept for most of the day…

put up the last few decorations in between and took a few pictures…

IMG_9100.JPGpicked this up at the dollar store and put it on the front door… looks pretty good…

IMG_9109.JPGfinally got dressed around 4:30… put on my new velour cape and my witch hat from a few years ago… kids started coming about 5:45… by 6:30 there weren’t any more… most of them commented on the candies being in the hand:-)…

the little boys came about 7:30 and we got a picture together, thanks to daddy…

IMG_9108.JPGmy total was 18, counting my boys… too funny, because when they started coming I was worried I was going to run out…

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