16 Thursday Apr 2015
lovely drive to work… the sky was amazing and luckily I stopped at a red light and got a quick picture…
took a short walk at noon and climbed the stairs at the Hydro Building… on my way out I took a shot of one of the water walls…
the sound is spectacular…
noticed a lot of fire trucks downtown today…
ran a few errands and found another great card in the mail when I got home… 
beauty is everywhere… glad I had a few opportunities to enjoy it today…
14 Tuesday Apr 2015
trying to get more exercise since my diabetes diagnosis…
been walking on the treadmill as often as possible and using the weights a few times a week…
looking forward to walking outside now that the weather is improving…
here’s my last week’s Fitbit report…
I’ve been hitting my daily step goal regularly so yesterday I upped my goal… will see how that goes… I don’t find it encouraging if I never meet the goal, lol…
have signed up for a Diabetes walk at the end of May and we are playing another game at work to help us prepare for the walk…
I am doing 5k… when I was forty I practised with the girls at their school and did a 5k run as part of the Manitoba Marathon… just about killed me because I get shin splints and actually run at the speed that many people walk at, lol…
feeling proud that I am able to get more exercise in…
13 Monday Apr 2015
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when I was at the first Dollarama gathering the bits and pieces for the Easter tablescape, I purchased two lovely glasses… they are an interesting shape and have a bit of purple around the bottom…
they fit on the shelf in the cupboard, which is important and I really like the feel of them in my hand…
yesterday I went back and picked up eight more… 
tossed out the old ones which had turned all foggy from the dishwasher and must have been at least ten years old… they weren’t even good enough to donate, lol…
finding glasses that feel good in my hand always seems difficult, but I am pleased with these ones…
also picked up a couple of bowls with the same pattern…
giggling to myself tonight after feeding the fish… they were in such a hurry to eat that they splashed my face, hands and shirt… they are only getting fed once a day now and are feeling like they are suffering… 
12 Sunday Apr 2015
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big girl pants, collection, George, shells, squirrel, weather
family and friends have all heard the sad tale of the vanishing sea shells…
11 Saturday Apr 2015
it was beautiful this morning and I was very excited to open the screen door for the first time this year…
sadly my son-in-law was working days this weekend so I knew he couldn’t come and help me in the garden…
called my grandson and he and a friend came over and spent the day… they raked the garden and put out furniture while I cleaned up the planters from last year and washed a number of tables… 
then we moved to the front where we cut back wild roses… got rid of grass… 
laid wet newspaper, and put down 16 bags of rubber mulch… 
was so happy to get this done… bought the first ten bags of mulch last summer… ran over and got more as we worked… slurpees for the boys on our way home from Home Depot, a short rest and they then spent a couple of hours working on the pond… 
they had lots of fun…
the little boys arrived just before 5 and they trimmed the Virginia creeper…
had a short visit from my sister-in-law and nephew in the tidied garden…
had pizza for supper when the daddy arrived and he changed my tires so now the car has the pretty wheels on it again…
everyone headed home and I am laying on the bed watching tv…
opened the screen door at 8:30 in the morning and closed it twelve hours later… yay…
busy, warm and very productive day…
10 Friday Apr 2015
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big girl pants, hyacinth, peace lily, smell, Starbuck's, walk
there’s a lovely smell in the house these days…
09 Thursday Apr 2015
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. soup, big girl pants, pea, robin, swim
made pea soup with the ham bone from Easter dinner… a lot of soup… was a bit worried because it was quite thin…
then I remembered that I was on for Souper Thursday this week…
saved and froze the fabulous buns from our Homer’s dinner on Monday… I do not freeze bread of any kind, but wanted to keep them fresh…
took the car and brought the soup to the office… went over well, and tasted good… we also had cheese, hummus, veggies and various chips… many of my colleagues have only used dried split peas whereas I use frozen green peas…
brought home a little bit and will have to call my son-in-law to pick some up… he loves pea soup too…
when I got home I could hear robins singing in the backyard, even thought I couldn’t see them…
had a good swim and a great time with my friend…
08 Wednesday Apr 2015
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can you believe this crazy weather…
this morning everything was covered in a light dusting of snow… really, sigh…
dull and overcast for most of the day… sun finally came out about 4:15 but it wasn’t out for long…
walked part way home and saw my first robins of the year… three of them… they moved too fast so I couldn’t get a picture… wonderful to hear their song though…
looked out the back window and saw this little guy…
he was eating some of the bird feeder sunflower seeds… there’s been another squirrel hanging around… got red and gray ones this year…
amazing what you can see if you take a moment to look…
07 Tuesday Apr 2015
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sitting at a light a few days ago I watched about a dozen Canada geese fly overhead…
I love the sound as they fly over in spring and fall… always a sign that the weather is improving…
05 Sunday Apr 2015
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big girl pants, bunnies, Easter, fun, ReImagining, snuggles, tablescape
saw a lovely tablescape on a TV program a few days ago and decided I would do something similar for Easter… rather pleased that I had the energy to take it on…
went to three Dollar stores to get all the bits…
used a beach mat, three very cute cut out placemats, a bamboo fence and the cutest little bunnies… also picked up a few paper lanterns and some tulips… final touch was some gingham napkins… 
had a great time putting it all together… even found some shells to fill up the coffee table and put a bunny and a hyacinth on it… 
kids arrived and then a young friend stopped by with her adorable twins… eggs were hunted and a pail filled with treats…
snuggles were shared all around…
ham, hashbrown casserole, Parmesan asparagus, sparking cider and a variety of cheesecakes for supper…
such fun…
looking forward to dinner with my ReImaging friends here tomorrow night…
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