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23 Saturday Mar 2019

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accountant, beloved, big girl pants, cell phone, discount, happy, iPhone, landline, loyal customer, memories, MTS, system, taxes, Technology, upsell, widow

couple of great things over the last few days…

yesterday I was on the phone with MTS to check out some information about my cell phone…

the woman I spoke with was ever so helpful and didn’t try to upsell me during our discussion… really appreciated that…

at the end of our call she asked if there was anything else and I mentioned that I’d like to talk about the cost of all my services… I pay a lot for one person… she transferred me to another person…

that person noted that we’ve been loyal customers for over forty years and was impressed with that… he was able to provide an excellent discount for a whole year which made me exceptionally pleased… in the process, gave me a good discount on the house phone… I know, I know, how many of us are there left, lol…

made me happy…

and today, I received my tax information back and was pleased to discover that once again I am getting a refund… phew… my accountant has figured out exactly what I need to have deducted so that I don’t end up owing money at the end of the year…

the process of submitting them is so easy now… I courier the papers to the office, receive the documentation electronically, sign it, scan it, and send it back electronically as well, and then it is sent to CRA…

I think back to when my beloved did our taxes… he really disliked doing them and we were always searching to find all the documents we needed and do all the calculations… then put it in an envelope and mail it off, or drive to the Tax Office and drop it off because it was kind of late, lol…

I’ve found a system that helps me gather everything so that when it is time to do them, all the bits and pieces of paper are together;-)…

all good…

Melody…

22 Friday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, daughter, family, Melody, photos, remembering, special moments, sphere, Vancouver Island, widow

one of the things I do when preparing a blog is look to see if I’ve used the title previously…

tonight I came across a post about Melody, an amazing sphere that my daughter and I stayed in on Vancouver Island in June, 2013…

remembering how lovely it was to be rocked to sleep amongst the trees…

reminded me of being rocked in the sailboat, many, many, years ago…

was a bit disappointed when I realized the poor quality of this picture… my photo game has certainly improved over the last six years;-)…

chai…

21 Thursday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, Chai, drinking, enjoy, favourite, new, Tea, Twinings, widow

tonight I am trying out a different tea…

not really loving the one that I’m drinking at work…

this is Twinings Chai… enjoyable but not sure if I will enjoy drinking it all day long…

but I am certainly liking it right now;-)…

will keep you posted…

halfway…

20 Wednesday Mar 2019

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hadn’t been in the hot tub for weeks… Sunday it was warm and I headed out… when I opened the cover I discovered that the water was only about halfway up the side… it was at the correct temperature so I got in and sat on the floor so that I was mostly under water…

then the jets came on and I got splashed… a lot… didn’t stay in too long after that…

dried off and figured out how to get water into it… had to do some fancy footwork to get the vent open so I could run the hose through it…

last night I was out for a hot tub under the nearly full moon… so nice… might have heard some geese…

what a treat to be back there…

rumble…

18 Monday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, garden, icicles, roof, rumble, widow

yesterday morning, as I was watching tv, I heard a loud rumble and crash on the roof…

it sounded like it came from the back of the house…

I went and looked out the window into the garden and couldn’t see much…

went downstairs and looked out the back door and spotted some chunks of a huge icicle on the deck…

was a bit nervous when I went out a short time later hoping that there weren’t going to be any others falling on top of me…

as I backed out of the garage, saw another big icicle that must have fallen at the same time on the other side of the house…

there is just one left now and it is much smaller;-)…

shamrock…

17 Sunday Mar 2019

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I have always celebrated every event that came along: Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Canada Day and St. Patrick’s Day…

when the girls were little, I’d make cookies for them to take to school… made a lot of cookies over the years…

for the last while I haven’t felt quite as enthusiastic about these special days…

maybe I’ve made my last cookie, lol…

today I had a green smoothie, even though I usually make eggs on the weekends…

for lunch I had zucchini-basil soup with the cutest bunny-shaped cheese pretzel from La Belle Baguette…

I also had fun taking some photos of the shamrocks growing in the Japanese Maple pot…

for supper, made green eggs and ham;-)…

came out very tasty;-)…

no fancy decorations, no cookies… just green food all day long…

hope your St. Patrick’s Day was just what you hoped for;-)…

file…

16 Saturday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, bunny, file, laundry, melting, sports, sun, sunshine, taxes, tv, widow

worked around the house today… never set foot outside…

did a number of loads of laundry, made zucchini basil soup, sorted through the tax file to be sure everything was there, paid bills online and watched skiing and skating on tv…

when I looked out the back, spotted the bunny… haven’t seen her for a few weeks…

when I looked out the front, got a lovely shot of the sun behind clouds…

snow is melting, even without much sunshine… woo hoo…

mix…

15 Friday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, delicious, fruit, Ivory, meatballs, mix, moments, palak paneer, smoothie, treat, widow

today’s meals seemed an interesting mix…

my breakfast smoothie was a bit different than usual… included banana and strawberries which was a treat as I don’t usually include fruit…

lunch was at Ivory and they had some of my favourites at the buffet… palak paneer, vegetable pakora, and lamb… lovely…

supper felt a bit like a snack… had gazpacho and some delicious meatballs that I dipped in a homemade sauce…

not sure if I stayed under my calorie count for the day, lol…

hyacinth…

14 Thursday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, hyacinth, planter, planting, purple, smell, Spring, widow

can you smell it…

my Spring planting is doing beautifully… and just tonight the hyacinth started smelling…

oh, delicious…

so pretty… and such a lovely addition to the living room…

under…

13 Wednesday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, blooming, flowers, hoarfrost, house, lovely, Spring, trees, turning, under, weather, widow

what a lovely start to the day, particularly as I was feeling a bit under the weather…

Spring flowers are blooming… even if they are in the house…

hoarfrost on the trees and I got a few pictures…

the weather is turning;-)…

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