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travels…

03 Friday Mar 2017

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A1C, big girl pants, Chamois, doctor, dumplings, pedicure, shopping, Tea, travels, waiting, wifow

seemed to do a fair bit of waiting in my travels today…

started at the doctor’s office as I waited for my quarterly appointment to stay on top of the diabetes…

didn’t have to wait long and the report was good… my A1C has stayed the same and blood pressure was excellent…

then I dropped in at the Chamois because Shadow was so dirty you couldn’t tell what colour she was…

picked up a small bottle of de-icer just in case the doors wouldn’t open, although with the remote to open the locks, maybe that isn’t a problem… just remembered that George always carried some after he had the car washed, lol…

then I stopped at a store I wanted to go to… it wasn’t open so I went into the Subway next door to have a cup of tea and wait…

had big girl pants on as I sat there all by myself, calmly drinking tea…

this is a very big deal as just five years ago I would have sat and waited in the car… not a chance I would have gone into a restaurant on my own…

in the afternoon I went for a pedicure with a dear friend… we sat and waited for our aestheticians to collect us…

happy that the sandals are hard to spot, lol…

after our fun visit and relaxing foot work – we both had the paraffin treatment on our feet, and I even had my hands done – 

we waited for our nails to dry…

and then I walked to the car with these lovely flip flops on…

final bit of waiting was for the chicken and dumplings to cook for my dinner…

now to rest;-)…

light bulbs…

02 Thursday Mar 2017

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beloved, big girl pants, burnt out, light bulb, shopping, widow

been thinking of light bulbs a lot lately and recently had a conversation with a friend about them…

a few days ago one of the bulbs in the living room started smoking and then blew… now I have to replace it, sigh… 

I find shopping for them crazy making…
there are a million kinds to choose from and they all look the same to me… and it is never clear what one is the right one for the particular job…

you can never find the same one even if you have the burnt out one with you…

George seemed to enjoy finding just the right bulb for each purpose… and he didn’t seem to have trouble doing it…

her husband also likes shopping for light bulbs… 

odd how men seem to find pleasure in finding just the right one…

wish I had someone to find a replacement for this, lol…

think I will take the bulb to a store and then find someone to help me pick out what I need…

wifi…

01 Wednesday Mar 2017

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big girl pants, cell phone, internet, MTS, remote, widow, wifi

just spent over half an hour on the phone with an MTS internet technician…

trying to figure out why my wifi keeps dropping from my phone…

been worried that I am going to get an ugly bill at the end of the month…

the person on the phone was very attentive and ran a number of tests as we talked…

a few weeks ago someone had called and offered a higher speed internet for six months at no charge and I had agreed to try it… the problems with my wifi seemed to start just after that…

after the testing it appears that the internet isn’t the cause of the problem…

but he couldn’t figure out what the problem is… he did mention lots of possibilities…

so, now I need to go to the MTS store and have them check out my phone…

way too much contact with MTS this week, sigh…

the new remote still doesn’t work with my tv and I’m supposed to ask for an older version of the remote…

we shall see…

pancakes…

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

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bacon, big girl pants, friend, lunch, pancakes, recipe, whole wheat, widow

had a lovely lunch at a new restaurant down the street from the office…

met with a good friend and had a great visit while we caught up on our lives…

saw some great pictures of a recent trip and enjoyed a delicious meal…

on my way home after work I picked up bacon to go with the pancakes I made for my dinner for Shrove Tuesday…

last night I dug out the pancake recipe that we’ve used for forty years and sent it off to my daughter, so it was all ready for me tonight… I did add whole wheat flour to the recipe… came out pretty good…

rising…

27 Monday Feb 2017

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big girl pants, bright, fun, light, mood, pictures, rising, sky, sun, sunrise, widow

yesterday morning I had a bit of fun taking pictures of the sun rising in the sky…

this is what it looked like at 7:24 as the sun was just peeking out through the trees…

then this as 7:49…

this was the last of the series that I took, at 9:09…

so beautiful and such a change when you look out the window at different times…

it was out for most of the day and even though it was cold and windy it felt great…

that bit of extra light and bright sky makes such a difference in my mood…

visits…

26 Sunday Feb 2017

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amazing, Atlanta, big girl pants, blue, chandeliers, Chihuly, glass, installation, Seattle, treat, visits, widow

lovely morning spent going through my new Chihuly book admiring all the gorgeous glass chandeliers and remembering my visits to Seattle and Atlanta… 

of all the installations I always lean toward the blue ones… although this mauve one kind of caught my eye…

I’ve followed his work for many years, after being introduced to it by my older daughter…

my first live view of his work was in Seattle on our way home from our Alaskan cruise… it was a stellar way to end the trip and we actually met Dale while we were wandering around Chihuly Garden and Glass…

this past June we went to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens for a Chihuly exhibition… my favourite there was the boat and spheres with this goddess…

the book was a lovely treat from a friend who had recently been to a city that had some Chihuly installations and while she was there she had the chance to see a few of the pieces as well…

if you have the opportunity to see any of his work in person I strongly recommend you take the time to check it out… 

amazing…

flakes…

25 Saturday Feb 2017

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big girl pants, flakes, full, quiet, relax, rest, sleep, snow, video, widow

life has been very full over the last few months…

today I spent the day relaxing and  sleeping…

it snowed for a while… lovely big flakes drifting down… so beautiful… and quiet…

 

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first time using a video in a post;-)…

weird…

24 Friday Feb 2017

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Aschenti Cacoa, big girl pants, chocolate, hot tub, long week, temperature, weird, widow

hot tub has been doing some weird stuff… when I went out a few nights ago it was 100 degrees rather than the normal 103… made for a short hot tub, lol… 

as I got home last night it was down to 93 degrees… called the spa people, but of course they were closed… on my way out this morning I checked the temp again and it was back up to 102… 

spoke with them this morning and they don’t know what the problem was… bit worrisome, but I will keep my eye on it and if it misbehaves will have to call them to come out and have a look…

tonight it was back to 103… yay…

topped off what seemed like a very long week, although it was only four working days, with a few squares of dark chocolate from Aschenti Cocoa…

blessed…

23 Thursday Feb 2017

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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, City Place, flowers, garden, health, money, solar lights, widow

enjoying my flowers…

been thinking about how blessed I am…

have enough money to be able to go and pick up a few things at the Farmers’ Market if I want…

and so I did today… got some Stak Company soup mix, some micro greens for today’s lunch and a couple of chocolate bars just for me…

my health is good and I am able to get out and about whenever I want… did all that walking downtown on Tuesday with the kids…

was very excited to see the solar lights shining through the snow in the garden…

usually a sign that the sun is getting stronger and it is getting warmer;-)…

I am ready for Spring…

tulips…

22 Wednesday Feb 2017

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big girl pants, ChefsPlate, coconut, curry, eat, flower, happy, leftovers, purple, tulips, widow

first thing this morning I took a few pictures of my purple tulips…

really amazing how flowers make me happy…

also have tulips at my desk at the office… we always buy them in support of the Lung Association Breathe fundraiser… 

tonight I made this delicious ChefsPlate Thai Sweet Potato Curry with coconut milk, swiss chard and whole wheat naan bread… it was delicious and also made me happy…

I was so excited to start eating it that the bowl was half empty when I remembered to take a picture…

can hardly wait to eat the leftovers;-)…

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