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treats…

11 Friday Dec 2015

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this morning a colleague brought in some treats, including these delicious purple chips… they come from blue potatoes and she picked them up with me in mind…

  
but, we all loved them… think I am going to have to get more of these, lol…

our yoga instructor brought us some David’s Tea… was very happy as I’ve been wanting to taste some of their Christmas flavours…

 
took this picture off their website… love the box… we tried the chocolate tea this afternoon… very nice…

tonight had a wonderful dinner at The Met... mushroom soup with a sprinkle of toasted wild rice…

  
then chateaubriand with roasted root vegetables, asparagus, and cauliflower with cheese…

 

topped off with my favourite dessert, a delicious creme brûlée…

 
the perfect amount and it was soooo tasty… 
great conversation with lovely people…

a day filled with treats…

door…

10 Thursday Dec 2015

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excited to see the deck covered in a fresh dusting of snow when I opened the back door this morning…

  
it always looks so beautiful when everything is white for that short period of time…

left work a bit early and drove to the edge of the city to take the car back to the dealership…

have been very impressed with their assistance since I purchased the car… 

on Sunday, when I was in a parking lot after shopping, the driver’s door wouldn’t open… at first I thought I was using the wrong button… now there is the key with the door open and close spots and the remote starter with open and close buttons…  

tried them all, many times, but nothing would open the driver’s door… eventually phoned my daughter who suggested I go in and open it from the other side… after that it seemed to work fine… of course the worry is that it might happen again…

called the next day and my sales guy suggested I bring it in so they could check it out…

he wasn’t there today, but the Sales Manager met with me and had a look… of course, everything worked perfectly… we also went over how the remote starter worked… I think I get it now, lol… he advised that I could use either of the buttons to open the door…

he gave me his direct phone number and email address and said if it happened again to call him personally and he would arrange for a rental car and they would test the car until it happened again so they knew what it was and could fix it…

they really do want everything to go well…

it was overcast all day and when I was walking back to the car Shadow really looked purple although the picture doesn’t show it quite as well…

  
thinking my beloved would be proud of me as I slip those big girl pants on more easily each day…

concert…

09 Wednesday Dec 2015

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another beautiful sky this morning…

  
kind of tired because for some reason I woke up at 4:15 and didn’t get back to sleep…

had Subway for dinner with the kids and the day ended with a band concert with the oldest grandson… he plays in both regular band and jazz band…

  
seemed a bit long, likely because I was tired, but it was enjoyable… now to bed…

back…

08 Tuesday Dec 2015

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sore back today… might have had something to do with carting all the Christmas decoration boxes up and down the stairs…

but, the space looks fabulous:-)…

had imagined that by the end of the day it would be better… unfortunately not the case, which made for a long day…

  
this wonderful sky greeted us on the way home… 

dragged myself to aquasize and was pleased to make it through the session… didn’t do any twisting…

back home and had supper in stages… started with smoked goldeye and tomato, cucumber and avocado salad… once it was cooked enjoyed a yummy sweet potato…

tasty… now to rest my back…

  
part of the stairway decorations are small wooden trees which George made many years ago…

change…

07 Monday Dec 2015

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had to make two trips out to the car this morning so that I could get everything changed over and in the proper places… now the trunk has the grocery boxes and bags as well as the safety equipment, and the glove compartment contains the registration and maps, and most importantly, there is change available for grocery carts, lol…

  
Shadow looked pretty good in the parking spot at work…

tonight when I arrived home and came out of the garage I saw this…

  
the back door was open… 

the cleaners had been in the morning and likely took out garbage, but I was a bit nervous to enter… what if someone had actually broken in… yikes… 

I called the owner of the business as I went into the house and she stayed on the line while I walked through all three floors to be sure there was no one besides me there… 

luckily it was a warm day so nothing froze… basement was fairly cool, though…

had a visit with my amazing friends, and treats…

  
these are the leftovers that I am going to have to eat over the next little while… yum… only had a small handful of nuts and bolts and stopped at two shortbread cookies…

got a lovely picture of snowflakes on my way up the stairs…

  

glitter…

06 Sunday Dec 2015

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excellent day…

found the cookies I’d been searching for… got a glittery outfit for an upcoming event… and spent a wonderful afternoon with a friend while we decorated the main floor…

  
so nice to have someone to work with and bringing another eye to the project…

having lived here for over forty years it had become a bit ho hum to put out the decorations… having a designer’s view brought new life to the space…

  
my Advent boxes have taken on a more prominent place, even though they are in the same space, lol…

put George’s stocking in the drawer in the living room table… I think this is a great place to display it and feel his presence…

  
as she was leaving my friend noticed all the glitter on her face and laughed as she described being covered in glitter the whole of the Christmas season when she had her shop…

as the afternoon has turned into evening and it is dark outside it is even more beautiful… I love the glitter of the lights everywhere…

  
these trees drop sequins and glitter everywhere… they go into a special bag so as not to distribute glitter throughout the whole house…

the kids came for supper and brought me cherry surprises – cookies our dear friend and neighbour made every year for our Christmas dinner…

after they headed home I spent time sitting in the living room enjoying the space, and listening to A Jann Arden Christmas while writing my post…

feeling peaceful as we move into the busy days of the season… happy my shopping is complete and the parcels wrapped… just need to add some ribbon to finish them off and see how many I can fit under the trees…

  
anticipating many gentle moments as I remember so many special Christmas seasons with my beloved… 

Shadow…

05 Saturday Dec 2015

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woke up very early and was able to enjoy the sunrise… 

  
caught this out the upstairs window…

took this picture of the car as I was heading out this afternoon…

  
you can see the sun shining on the hood… there is very little snow on the ground and it was plus 4 as I drove away…

then I headed to Birchwood Toyota… signed lots of papers… sorry trees…

  
took a walk in the amazing warm weather… what a treat we have been enjoying…

got a new licence plate…

  
and drove away in my new Corolla…

  
her name is Shadow… she is blue crush metallic in colour and if she is in the shade, she looks kind of purple…

got a call just over a week ago from my car dealer wanting my vehicle… ended up with the 2016 model at thirty dollars less a month… pretty good deal…

after picking her up I ran a few errands and started getting used to her… heating system is a bit fancier and the big splurge was a car starter… not really sure I need that as the car is usually in the garage, but when I’m out it will be nice to start warming up before I get in…

felt a bit sad to leave the old car behind, as I’d only had it for two years, and it was the first car I got on my own…

as I was driving home I thought back to the first new car I drove off the lot…

it was forty-eight years ago and I drove a beautiful Chevelle home that day… I had bought it together with my dad… can remember the fear that I would drive into something or another car would drive into me… didn’t want to get the first scratch on it…

drove that car for over eleven great years…

another big girl pants kind of day… but it was more excitement than anything else today:-)…

FaceTime…

04 Friday Dec 2015

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very happy the day is nearly over… been a long one…

this morning the sky was quite lovely… got a few pictures as we were driving to the office… also enjoyed the sun streaming through the windows throughout the day…

 
had supper with all the kids… technology is an amazing thing… we FaceTimed over burgers… we had A&W and they had Burger King… besides a teenburger, I had a few onion rings and two of their apple pies…

  
have had this picture on my phone for quite a while but hadn’t found the right time to use it… today seems like the right time… George loved to bring me orchids all the time and so when I see them I always think of him…

  
this has been blooming for weeks…

haven’t been able to talk about him all day… not even over dinner… our usual pattern is to share some grandpa stories during our meal, but I just couldn’t do it…

  

feet…

02 Wednesday Dec 2015

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stopped in at the grocery store on my way home…

really just wanted to get home and have a nap, but I was out of fresh veggies so took the time to pick some up… 

once home I put some chicken and squash in the oven and cooked some asparagus…

 

dinner was yummy and I ended it with a single piece of Lindt White Chocolate with Coconut flakes… can’t get that bar very often…

on Monday I went looking for new boots as the ones I’ve been wearing have been hurting my feet… got boots and a new pair of my favourite ECCO sandals as well…

   

happy because they were all still on sale…

the boots look good and are very comfortable… particularly like the fact that they have two zippers which make them easy to get in and out of…

I wear the sandals all through the winter because they are so comfortable… before I found this brand my feet hurt all the time… now they are happy…

herbiggirlpants…

01 Tuesday Dec 2015

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today marks 3 years since I started herbiggirlpants… 

as I was sitting out in the hot tub tonight, gazing at the stars, I was feeling a bit sorry for myself… happy that I have kept up blogging on a regular basis, but feeling that I haven’t done as much to help others who are going through the loss of a loved one…

also missing my beloved…

the Advent fairy came this morning with a box full of boxes… spent a few minutes before leaving the house lining them up on the counter…

  
I love presents, which might be why I enjoy Advent so much, lol… day 1 was a lovely purple ball for the tree… which I haven’t put up yet… have plans with a friend to decorate this weekend… excited to see what suggestions she has to change things up…


this is a picture of what the missing magnetic covers looked like… I was able to download it from Facebook this morning…

thinking of so many who I know who are struggling with health issues these days…