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furnace…

12 Thursday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, furnace, home, service, snow, temperature, widow

this is so not how I wanted to end a very long day…

been outside and cleaned out the pipe, but the furnace is not happy…

waiting for a call back from the service people… 

hope I get to bed before tomorrow’s very early start;-(…

have now spoken with the furnace doctor who said it should be fine as the heat has started to come through… apparently all the blowing snow has caused lots of problems… 

even if the furnace stops working in the morning it shouldn’t get much below 55 by the end of the day…

good news, I guess…

busyness…

11 Wednesday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, busyness, Cube, difficult, friends, health, living, widow, work

been thinking of a number of people in my circles who are going through difficult times…

as I drove to work this morning I was behind a Cube car, which brought back lots of memories of a former colleague and friend…

so many friends are dealing with their own or their family members’ health problems… busyness has kept me from giving them the attention I would like to…

a number of folk I know are trying to figure out their working conditions…

and still others are contemplating their living situations…

so much to be thinking about…

giggle…

10 Tuesday Jan 2017

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bendy bus, big girl pants, camera, forgot, fun, giggle, morning glory, pictures, Pokémon, widow

been a crazy busy day… but lots of fun…

had to giggle at lunchtime when I realized I forgot the hot portion of my lunch in the fridge at home, but I did bring the veggies, lol…

enjoyed taking photos throughout the day… a treat to spend time with my camera…

my grandson met me at the office and on our drive home we watched a bendy bus go by…

he took this shot for me… bendy busses make me smile whenever I see them…

on our slow drive home – it was very slippery and every car was moving at a snail’s pace – he caught numerous Poke balls and a few Pokémon as well…

he shovelled, I cooked, and when he was done, sent him home with dinner when his dad picked him up on his way home from work…

then I spotted sprouts in the Morning Glory can…

woo hoo…

supper…

09 Monday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, conversation, friends, nap, ReImagining, snow, supper, weather, widow

was supposed to meet with my ReImagining friends tonight for supper and conversation…

when I left the office the snow was coming down like crazy… I started across town but then decided the weather was too miserable to make the trip…

headed home and got a few shots of the snow coming down when I drove into the garage…

found some leftovers for my supper and am going to have a nap…

laundry…

08 Sunday Jan 2017

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backyard, big girl pants, laundry, purple, quiet, sand dollar, snow, snowflake, widow, wreath

been a quiet weekend which was exactly what I needed as I move into a very full week…

yesterday the kids dropped by in the afternoon and did a few little jobs around the house… I think they actually got the furnace fixed… reamed out the pipe again and also melted any ice which may have been in it…

I’ve put away most of the Christmas decorations over the last few days except for the snowflake wreath on the front door…

it is just too pretty to take down… 

also included this picture of the sand dollar wreath that just got rehung at the front door… it had a couple of broken pieces and while she was here my daughter repaired it and we put it back up…

going to have one of my decorator friends make a bigger purple bow to finish it off, lol…

the backyard is looking very lovely with the snow sculptures that the wind has made…

the stone for the waterfall has never been this covered up… there is a lot of snow out there…

took this shot a few days ago of the steps between the upper deck and the back door…

they are completely covered in snow…

doing laundry this morning, I was thinking of my mom who loved laundry… and could get any stain out… sadly, I did not inherit that love, or ability, lol…

cooked a few meals, tidied and relaxed…   

happy for the down time…

playing…

07 Saturday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, can, Christmas, gifts, glitter, gloves, morning glories, plants, playing, Thermea, widow

spent some time today reorganizing the living and dining rooms…

put away a few last Christmas decorations and got to try out a few of my Christmas presents…

first I played with these nifty gloves that were in my stocking…

they are waterproof and make scrubbing much easier… had a bit of fun cleaning the top of the stove with them…

after I put some of the plants back in their places I played with another of my presents… a can of morning glories...

apparently they will start to sprout in 3 to 5 days… I am really excited to see if we get flowers…

couldn’t put everything away… kept out the glitter trees once I stacked them… and just took a few photos with another of my gifts…

hoping to get there soon…

been a busy day and now to bed…

driving…

06 Friday Jan 2017

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beloved, big girl pants, comfortable, driveway, driving, ice, pump, Shadow, widow

this morning as I was driving to work I ran into a patch of ice… 

had to work hard at leaving my foot on the brake… used to old school pumping…

reminded me of what an excellent driver George was… 

he always drove defensively… which also made me think of him as I was sliding on that ice patch…

this is the most recent picture of Shadow that I have… didn’t remember to take a photo of her this morning in her new parking spot at the office… it is a great one with a car on one side but not the other…

the other day, when I was backing out of the garage, my daughter commented on how well I maneuvered the tricky bend in the driveway…

made me think back to when my beloved left me and I had to get in and out of the garage… at first it was very stressful, but as time has gone on I’ve become comfortable with the process… I still would rather be the one to put her into the garage which makes getting her out simpler, lol…

this was a picture I took of the house, from the car, when I made it out of the driveway after one of the big storms recently… you can sort of see the jog by the garage…

I am getting more comfortable in those big girl pants…

bubbles…

05 Thursday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, bubbles, crockpot, Dawn, float, friendship soup, moment, widow

last night I made Friendship Soup that had been a Christmas gift…

the recipe called for a pound of hamburger, canned tomatoes, pepper and water…

it also called for tomato paste, but I didn’t have any so added some Clamato juice instead…

browned the meat…

added the tomatoes and water…

took it to work this morning and it filled the crockpot to the brim… it made a huge amount of delicious soup which everyone loved…

as I was washing the container the Dawn dish soap produced a bunch of bubbles which floated all over the kitchen and brought a smile to my face…

made my day… another awesome special moment…

pedis…

04 Wednesday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, hair, pedis, purple, spa, toes, Total Wrapture, widow

while all the kids were here, we three girls went for a pedicure at Total Wrapture…

my toes were purple when we arrived, lol…

really like Total Wrapture… they have six chairs, set up three across from the other three… so we have our own little area…

one girl’s came out gray with one shiny toe on each foot…the other ended up orange…

and this will surprise you I’m sure… my toes ended up purple… we searched for quite a while to find just the right colour…this shade seemed like the closest to my hair colour…

pretty toes make me happy…

alone…

03 Tuesday Jan 2017

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alone, big girl pants, chocolate nibs, food, Goldeye, home, smoothie, snow, sushi, Tea, widow

ate well today… started with smoothies… mine was the usual spinach, yogurt, avocado and almond milk… my daughter’s was banana, frozen red berries, coconut yogurt, a bit of spinach, almond milk, and chocolate nibs…
we made it out of the driveway… there was a good bit of snow in it but I didn’t get stuck…

did a bit of shopping, came home, picked up her luggage and went for sushi on the way to the airport…

yummy… and I didn’t eat too much…

got her to the airport and then went and picked up a few groceries…

made it home and into the garage without getting stuck…

my grandson and his girlfriend came over and he shovelled… 

made them pizza and I had goldeye, salad and radishes…

after supper they headed across town…

I am now home alone… 

with tea and the last two imperial cheese cookies from one of my Christmas gifts…

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