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experience…

07 Wednesday Feb 2018

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yesterday we were treated to a wonderful hot breakfast by the managers…

we gobbled up the meal and had a great time reviewing the event that we’d spent so much time and effort on…

it was a great opportunity to take a few moments and celebrate the excellent work done and consider ways to improve…

leading a round of happy birthday reminded me of a special time when I was part of a chorus that made a CD in Banff and what a once-in-a-lifetime experience that was…

final treat was a necklace – well I got a pin – made specially for us;-)…

wonderful way to start the day…

darker…

06 Tuesday Feb 2018

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winter is often a down season for me… I really miss the light…

George always made sure I had lots of flowers throughout these darker months…

yesterday I was at the grocery store and bought flowers to brighten my space…

they will be in the living room and the bedroom at home and on my desk at work…

also noticing that the days are getting longer…

I already feel happier…

party…

05 Monday Feb 2018

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happy that my grandson made it over on Sunday to shovel…

he drove his brother to a birthday party and then came to get the job done…

it was really cold out… it was -27 when I wrote this but quite a bit colder while he was here…

a few days ago it snowed for most of the morning, but lightly, so there wasn’t too much to remove… I was very happy because it is always nice to have the sidewalks and driveway clean for everyone…

after he finished, we had lunch, he studied and I read, until he had to go back and pick up the little guy…

pants…

04 Sunday Feb 2018

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wearing those big girl pants a lot recently…

met with my finance guy and reviewed my portfolio… we discussed when I might need to begin removing funds from my RRSPs and how long the money will last…

it is complicated as the whole thing is a guessing game about how long I will live and need the money…

thinking how blessed I am that I have these problems as there are so many out there whose struggle with finances is much more difficult…

sure do miss my beloved during these times… feels a lot less stressful when there are two of you dealing with these issues…

buddy…

03 Saturday Feb 2018

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had a wonderful afternoon…

picked up by my play buddy and we headed downtown…

excited to make it to Sleepy Owl Bread to purchase some Chocolate Babka…

stopped in at Decadence Chocolates and got a few bars and had a visit with Helen… she is in the process of making some amazing chocolate shoes for Valentine’s… usually all the photos are taken by me, but the shoe picture below is one that she put onto Instagram (@decadence_chocolates) this afternoon…

from there we went down the street to the Sherbrook Street Delicatessen for lunch… had a delicious chopped liver sandwich, with kettle chips and coleslaw…

then we were off to PTE to watch Salt-Water Moon… we park underground so don’t have to wear our bulky coats which makes for a much more comfortable time at the theatre…

today we even had time for a drink before the play began…

finally home for a nap and quiet evening…

motion…

02 Friday Feb 2018

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every time my son-in-law is here at Christmas I ask him about putting in the type of switch that they have in their bathroom…

it is a motion sensitive switch which comes on automatically when you walk into the room… it is very cool and I keep thinking how great it would be to have something like that here… he reminds me each time that the switch needs to be inside the bathroom and mine is on the wall outside…

I guess I want it enough that I conveniently forget that I can’t have it, lol…

after Christmas he installed my Nest smoke detector which was a gift from the other kids… he also put in a Nest thermostat…

I am slowly getting used to both of them…

the smoke detector has a feature where it lights up in the dark if there is any motion, so it is starting to feel like a friend when I need to get up and go downstairs in the night…

weird…

moondogs…

01 Thursday Feb 2018

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early this morning I took a few pictures of the moondogs… they were very cool…

there seemed to be a lot of eating for the remainder of the day, lol…

had Eggs Benedict for breakfast… a liver cleansing vegetable soup at lunch… red curry lentils over rice for supper… ended the meal with a homemade chocolate chip cookie that a friend recently brought me…

also very happy with the February picture on my Chihuly calendar… reminds me of the Citron Tree at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens;-)… that was a once-in-a-lifetime trip…

excellent day…

display…

31 Wednesday Jan 2018

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got up at six am as I was heading into the office early with a colleague as we were carpooling…

hadn’t planned to get up early to watch the eclipse because it was supposed to be overcast…

when I looked out the window I was so excited to actually see the moon in the midst of the eclipse…

got out my camera and tripod and took a few pictures…

between taking photos and making my lunch I sat and watched the beautiful display out my front window…

what a glorious start to the day…

no spectacular shots but I did have lots of fun…

mints…

30 Tuesday Jan 2018

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recently I picked up some Morden’s Russian Mints when I was shopping at Save-On-Foods…

once I got it to the car I realized that the box had slipped down the side of the cart and hadn’t been paid for…

I was on a tight schedule and didn’t have time to go back in and pay… my plan was to pay for them the next time I was in the store…

have had a few conversations with others recently about what they might would do in the same circumstances…

quite a few opinions… many felt they would just keep the item… I was a bit surprised because there is no way I could keep and/or use something that I hadn’t paid for… others who have the same idea as me talked about how the staff in the store would look at them like they were out of their mind… too funny…

today I went in and paid for the chocolates… I feel so much better;-)…

catch…

29 Monday Jan 2018

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the sun shone all day even though it was fairly cold, which I discovered when I ran out to do an errand just after lunch…

the light really perks up my spirit…

this afternoon I got a few shots of a lovely bouquet in the office…

when I arrived home the moon was hanging right over the garage as I drove in…

tomorrow night into the early morning there is going to be a spectacular lunar display – a super moon, a blood moon and an eclipse… try to have a look when it is happening if you can… hoping for clear skies;-)…

just a few minutes later I caught this sky in the opposite direction…

lovely to have the moments to catch and enjoy the beauty around me…