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26 Sunday Apr 2015

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beloved, big girl pants, early, garden, groceries, hockey, money

busy day… up fairly early because the birds were singing away before dawn… had a few tough moments missing my beloved… amazing how those moments just materialize and you have to wait them out…

went to Dollarama looking for a small drinking glass but they didn’t have any… I did find a cute tray… looks a bit like the dining room chairs, lol…  on to the grocery store where I loaded up on veggies and some tulips jumped into my cart…  grocery shopping is getting more expensive, but I have tons of healthy food for the next week or so… once everything was put away, had a nap and lunch… 

sat in the garden reading for a few hours and then the kids arrived for dinner… steak and lobster with baked potato, mushrooms. asparagus and Caesar salad… yummy… 

doorbell rang and a fellow was wanting to do some yard work to raise money for his hockey playing son…  while we finished cleaning up the kitchen, he and his family cleaned out the front flower bed and raked the front yard…

ran out to take a picture of the finished product and caught the mallards, who live in our creek, as they flew over…  excellent day…

noisy…

25 Saturday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, garden, George, missing, noisy, pond, squirrel

birdsong and squirrel chatter filled the morning in the garden…

energized by the lovely weather, I worked in the garden and trimmed back the plants beside the pond… so excited to see the new growth starting in most of them… careful not to pull out things that I wasn’t sure about and there were two or three of them…

working in the garden always makes me think of George and today was no exception…

not only was I missing his hard work in the garden, I miss having him to talk to… he would have been excited by the duck flying over and he certainly would have been interested in the squirrel sitting on the garbage can right below the hole they’ve dug in the shed wall… he’d have been over there covering it with a scrap of metal and digging through the shed to find and destroy the nest, lol…

  
put out all the cushions and read a magazine… 
emailed my pond guy to see when they will be coming by to get the pump in and sort out the leaking problem…
the afternoon was a bit more noisy as my neighbours’ were building a planter box by their garage… circular saws, drills and hammers are also signs of better weather, lol…
looking forward to more wonderful days in this little piece of heaven…

tgif…

24 Friday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, clouds, sun, tgif

on my way downstairs this morning I ran back to the bedroom and got my phone so I could take this picture…

  
it was 6:37 am… the sky was amazing…

  

this was out the same window at 7:15 am…

was supposed to be sunny all day but this did not bode well…

the sky was beautiful as we drove downtown at 8:05 am… I love it when the sun shines through clouds…

 

the sun did shine for the entire day which was wonderful…

as I write this it is just getting dark outside… light really is staying longer every day…

although I was off on Monday, it feels like it has been a long week… 

tgif:-)…

spring…

23 Thursday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, bunny, crows, light, Spring, sun, walk

everyone is so excited for spring… 

the crows were chatting amongst themselves as I was heading out to my ride this morning…

  
there were a couple of them in the tree…

as we turned onto the next street I caught sight of a good-sized brown bunny…  

on my way home tonight I walked part way and enjoyed the birdsong and the sun on my face…

got a shot of these buds bursting into leaves…

  
sun was shining and the wind had died down… just beautiful out…

just this morning I was thinking about how light it is so early…

looking forward to more warm and sunny days…

yay spring…

leading…

22 Wednesday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, Cy Wakeman, leading, violet

started the day with this beautiful African violet…

  
lovely to see the flower and the many buds… 

attended a great presentation by Cy Wakeman… she shared some excellent points about leadership in a humorous, but very direct way… certainly made me think about my own leadership style…

was particularly taken with her comments  “reality is the birthplace of innovation” and “quit believing what you think”… 

lots to think about…

 
fit some time in on the treadmill at lunch… ate well all day… off to do a few more steps…

was a good day…

sky…

21 Tuesday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, clouds, overcast, see, sky, snow, sun

first thing I saw when I stepped outside this morning…

  
as I drove to work the sun came in and out of view in the overcast sky… was very happy to be able to stop at the end of the street and get a shot of it… kind of hard to tell that actually is the sun, lol…

 
after work I drove home with my visor down to protect my eyes from the bright sun…

saw some beautiful cloud formations…

  
again, very lucky to have a red light so that I could take the picture…

tonight I read about how a young friend had a conversation about what clouds look like with their child on their way home today… they were probably looking up at the same time as I was…

still cold and windy, but the snow has gone…

amazing what you can see over the course of the day if you take the time to look…

errands…

20 Monday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, errands, snow, time, wind

today was the first day of my .9 time, so I was home…

was looking forward to running a few errands, maybe even working in the garden… but woke up to this…

  

really!!! and it was cold and windy…

got dressed and was ready to head out but then decided that I didn’t really need to run those errands…

 

so, I took off those clothes, stayed abed and watched tv all day… 

warmed up a lovely dinner of last night’s leftovers…

had tea with one of my BS buddies, and climbed into bed…

it was nice to do nothing after the busy weekend of birthday activities…

more…

19 Sunday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, birthday, family, fun, mashed potatoes, meals, more

more birthday fun continued today…

once the boys woke up (after 8), we drove to the “A” for breakfast as it was chilly and rainy… the whole purpose of breakfast out was so we could walk, lol…

downtown for lunch and a Habitat for Humanity Garden Party and Fashion show…  

on to IKEA where I picked up two utensil holders… they were not the ones I really wanted but they will work fine… the last bit of red has now left the kitchen…

 

home to put the finishing touches on supper… all excited about the reheated mashed potatoes which will not affect my blood sugar the way freshly cooked ones do…

  

been looking forward to this dinner for over a week… our tradition is to have the birthday person choose their favourite meal and that is what we have… 

roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing are one of my favourite meals… haven’t had normal mashed potatoes since Christmas dinner because of the diabetes issues… 

usually you don’t have to make your own birthday supper and my son-in-law was really against me making the dinner, but it was what I wanted…

  

it was delicious and I certainly enjoyed every mouthful…

lots of eating today…

special…

18 Saturday Apr 2015

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bead, big girl pants, chocolate, dimsum, Forks, sleepover, special

woke up way too early… went out for a hot tub and watched the light come up as the birds sang in the trees… opened my parcel from Cyndi and Ron and found a beautiful bead…

  

which, I discovered a little later, she had made… also some black currant and vanilla tea… gonna try that tomorrow…

went for dimsum with the kids and enjoyed every bite…

then we headed over to The Forks for the Chocolate Festival… wandered around for a couple of hours collecting small bits of a variety of chocolate items… they were tiny and I didn’t have all of them but did get tastes…

ended our visit with a walk down by the river…

  

lots of steps today…

came home, had a rest and made mashed potatoes and stuffing for tomorrow’s supper…

lovely collection of birthday treats…

  

calls, emails, posts all added to my special day… and to top things off I have two sleepover buddies tonight…

gratitude…

17 Friday Apr 2015

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big girl pants, birthday, celebrate, flowers, gratitude, treat

a pre-birthday treat this morning when the African Violet had flowers opening…

  

headed downtown early as I had a dental appointment to have my teeth cleaned… beautiful walk… and no cavities… 

brought in nuts, chocolate and fruit for the office to celebrate my birthday… find it such fun to treat my colleagues…

  

others brought in cookies as well…

treated to lunch out and when we got back was surprised with a rendition of Happy Birthday, a cute purple chrysanthemum plant in a bag for presentation, along with chips and a card signed by everyone…

  

when I got home the sun blasted into the living room and shone right on my collection of flowers and cards…

  

spoke with both of my girls, planned some of tomorrow’s celebrations and talked about our week…

I am filled with gratitude for another year where I have been surrounded with great colleagues, friends and family…

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