09 Thursday Nov 2017
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been thinking a lot of mothers and daughters lately…
a number of women in my circles are in that difficult place where they are looking after their mothers…
some of them are ill, some just need extra support…
it reminds me of when I looked after my mom as she was dying… and what a gift that time was for me…
it also makes me think of my girls and how they are looking after me now…
seems like what goes around comes around, lol…
08 Wednesday Nov 2017
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big girl pants, dark, fix, hot tub, repair, Technology, temperature, water, widow
hot, or not…
last night when I got home I had to add water to the hot tub as the repair person advised they couldn’t test it until it had more water in it…
so there I was at 6:30 pm topping it up… in the dark… at 6:30, sigh…
got hold of them again today and spoke with a different repair person who was able to explain it to me a little more clearly…
apparently the heater needs to be replaced… hopefully they will be here tomorrow…
not a cheap repair but they are confident this will fix the problem…
looking forward to being able to go out without having to wonder whether the temperature will be 103 or ???…
07 Tuesday Nov 2017
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Atomic Age Vintage, big girl pants, Canada Goose jacket, dent, More Than Pyjamas, old, stuff, widow
got my Canada Goose jacket back from More Than Pyjamas today… Margo took it in by four inches and it fits perfectly now…
so happy because I wasn’t able to wear it last year as it was so big… had been told by the makers and a few sewing places that it couldn’t be altered… pleased that this old coat has been made new again…
spent a lovely time this evening with Kali Martin who owns Atomic Age Vintage… she stopped by the house and took away two boxes of treasures and a stack of old lps…
pleased that I’ve finally made the effort and a tiny dent has been put into the piles of stuff…
06 Monday Nov 2017
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bedroom, big girl pants, colour, drawn, paint, paint chip, pink, Rona, welcome, widow
spent some time at Rona on Saturday looking for just the right colour of paint for the bedroom…
brought home this paint chip and think it may have just the right colour…
I am often drawn to a colour by the name…
the one I am leaning towards is Angel’s Gaze… cool for a bedroom and has a slight pink tone…
for years the living room was painted a lovely pale pink which made it so welcoming and comfortable…
looking forward to the changes…
05 Sunday Nov 2017
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anxious, beloved, big girl pants, garden, hot tub, memories, moments, photos, sky, sleep, snow, stressed, sun, sunset, widow
have been feeling stressed for the last few days… wasn’t until Facebook reminded me this morning that it has been five years and eight months since my beloved left me that I put two and two together…
had the worst sleep – or lack thereof – last night… was anxious and couldn’t settle down…
now that I know what the stressor is likely I can settle down… that’s what usually happens anyway…
finally had a hot tub this morning… been having some issues with the temperature dropping so plan to have someone out to give it a look… but this morning it was at just the correct temp…
had to climb through the snow to get there, lol…
at one point during the day the sun came out and shone brightly in the garden and I got this pic…
sun and shadow are so beautiful…
later on the sunset was lovely…
hoping for a better night’s sleep…
04 Saturday Nov 2017
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big girl pants, calico beans, ChefsPlate, freeze, meals, prepped, recipes, widow
had a quiet Friday off… did very little until late in the afternoon when I prepped two recipes…
one was for a slightly adjusted version of calico beans… one of my favourite recipes which I haven’t made for a long time… mainly because it makes so much… this time I left out the pork and beans in the recipe, which really made it smaller and less sugary… got six portions from the recipe…
the second was Aloo Goni Masala… had a third for my dinner and packaged up two portions for meals this week… this was one of the ChefsPlate offerings… tasty…
rather nice to have meals prepped for lunch or supper for the week…
because I don’t like to freeze things, a few might make their way to the kids;-)…
03 Friday Nov 2017
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fun peeking out the window today, whenever I walked by…
watched a big hot tub get installed in the neighbour’s yard…
yesterday I heard what was clearly the pad getting laid… and this morning I watched as they opened the fence, brought the tub in and then hooked everything up…. since then it has had the cover on as the water warms…
was out checking mine because the temperature has been dropping for days… been peeking at the temperature over the last week… it had gone down to 73 but this morning was up to 96…
called to arrange for a service call so this can get fixed, but haven’t heard back from them yet… will call again tomorrow…
02 Thursday Nov 2017
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wonderful start to my weekend…
dinner at Moxie’s with a dear young friend… they make a lovely lettuce wrap and I tried a kale and quinoa salad which was very tasty… even brought home a few leftovers…
happy to have a visit and enjoyed every minute…
looking forward to a restful three days…
01 Wednesday Nov 2017
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big girl pants, bitter, car, delicious, Hachez Chocolate, licence plate, plate, widow
two fun things today…
at lunch I got to enjoy this lovely little Hachez chocolate…
77% bitter it said… it was delicious…
on my drive home I spotted this licence plate…
I really like that one… and it reminded me that I don’t work this Friday…
one of these days maybe I will get a special plate of my own…
31 Tuesday Oct 2017
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big girl pants, cape, halloween, photos, place, pumpkins, sky, treadmill, widow, witch’s hat
no time to walk on the treadmill this morning as I had to get the pumpkins in place on the steps and bring up a couple of inside pumpkins from the basement…
it was still dark, but sort of looked the same as they did this evening…
got a nice shot of the front of the house as I was leaving… the orange looks great with the purple and gray…
at the end of the street I stopped and got a picture of the stunning sky… happy that I was in a place where I could stop and take the picture…
often when I see one of these beauties there is nowhere to pull over and the shot doesn’t get taken…
I took my cape and hat to the office and on a break did a little walk about… a colleague got this picture which is just how I looked as I handed out treats tonight;-)…
had over thirty kids and almost ran out of goodies… excellent outcome…
happy halloween…
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