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25 Tuesday Nov 2014

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first thing this morning the sky was amazing…

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it stopped me in my tracks and I spent a few minutes enjoying the moment…

before I left the house I added in the first of the chemicals to the hot tub as the temperature had finally reached the nineties…

on my way home I stopped in at Pet Traders to get an opinion on the pump in the fish tank… we’ve had the tank for at least twenty years… got some great assistance and came out of the store with a replacement pump, filters and a large container of fish food… and they were having a Black Friday sale so I saved 30% on everything…

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when I got in I added the next chemical and had supper… after a nap I read the manual but felt a bit intimidated… think I’m going to wait for my son-in-law to help me put it in properly, lol…

now I’m heading out for a hot tub… haven’t had one in a couple of weeks… woo hoo…

watery…

24 Monday Nov 2014

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yesterday there seemed to be lots of watery work…

had to pick up a new short hose in the morning so that I could empty the hot tub… also got more fish food…

took a couple of hours for the tub to drain and then had to use pliers to get the water running into the tub once the filter was changed… process was a tad cold…

thirty minutes and it was full again… now just waiting for it to get warmed up…

then I spent some time taking water out of the fish tank… once a third of it was out I added fresh water…

looking a lot better but I think it might be time for a new pump…

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always some reason to put on those big girl pants, lol…

pretty…

22 Saturday Nov 2014

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had a very full week and today was busy too…

spent a few hours at work and the little boys met me there…

we went to the Zoo for the afternoon… had a wonderful time… focussed on the Journey to Churchill… saw most of the bears and got to sit beside Hudson for a few minutes…

the boys were amazing and we had tons of fun…

came home and met up with mom and the biggest boy…

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lots of cuddles…

they left and I had a nap and watched tv for a while until a friend stopped by… we have been having such fun…

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pretty:-)…

healthcare…

17 Monday Nov 2014

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this morning I took a picture of the hibiscus… it was glorious…

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been thinking about healthcare recently… various people I know are dealing with issues…

I think back to all the appointments we had with doctors and surgeons about my hernia repair, and how all that red tape and slowness meant that I only needed one operation to deal with the hernia and cancer… how miraculous was that, lol…

getting on the good side of the support staff seems to be so important… whether it is the receptionist at the doctor’s office or the staff at the nursing station… these are the people who can move the process forward…

when George was in heart failure and the appointment with the cardiologist was weeks away, I had a great conversation with one of his staff and shared how ill George was… when a cancellation came up a day later we got in to see the doctor and I believe that saved his life and gave us another six years together…

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tonight the five blooms had reduced to two… still beautiful, but quite the change from earlier in the day…

much like life…

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another wonderful sunset…

pretty…

16 Sunday Nov 2014

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when I woke up this morning I heard scraping outside… couldn’t figure out what it was… once I know what the sound is, I can ignore it, but when I can’t figure it out it makes me a bit crazy…

looked out the window and saw this…

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pretty isn’t it… fresh snow always looks wonderful… particularly if you don’t have to go out…

once I got downstairs I checked out the hibiscus which has three flowers and lots of buds…

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I did go out to the grocery store and the pet store… the driving was fine…

tonight Jeff changed the filters and hopefully the water will clear up…

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many pretty things today…

lonesome…

15 Saturday Nov 2014

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as I move along this new path in my journey I do get lonesome for my beloved… I miss him all the time, but mainly I am enjoying my new life…

of course there are days where I feel down… this weekend I couldn’t unhook the hose to empty the hot tub… he had the strongest hands that could open/twist/turn anything… the fish tank is getting cloudy and he would have known exactly what type of filters we need… I’ve tried a couple of different kinds, but still don’t think I am getting the right ones, sigh…

was talking with someone who lost their partner shortly after George died… they have filled their time with other people, hardly ever on their own… recently they commemorated their partner’s passing with what sounded like a full blown funeral…

we will be celebrating George’s birthday in a few weeks, likely with burgers and milkshakes, maybe apple pie, three of his favourite foods… we will be together and share stories and laugher, and maybe a few tears but likely less than last year or the year before…

interesting the different ways that we each respond as we deal with these life altering events…

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sunshine…

14 Friday Nov 2014

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I think the hibiscus is in just the right place in the living room… must be getting the correct dose of sunlight…

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there were at least thirteen buds this morning… looks amazing considering it probably only has twenty or thirty leaves on it…

IMG_9333.JPGthis picture was taken when I arrived home and the sun was shining in and making some beautiful shadows…

got upstairs and took this picture of the sun going down…

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enjoyed a very short walk getting home… crisp but lovely…

a great day filled with sunshine… haven’t had a lot of it lately so really appreciated it… happy to be able to take the time to enjoy the moment…

boots…

12 Wednesday Nov 2014

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snow was on the ground again this morning… had to put my boots on… I go as long as possible wearing my sandals… even once I am wearing my boots I use my sandals at work… they are by far the most comfortable shoes I have…

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after work I helped a friend download and learn a new computer program… great fun… whole process went very well… download was a piece of cake, and we were able to copy data into the program without any issues either… we entered new data and saved it easily… looks like it is going to be a great program…

tonight I am feeling cold and tired… going to climb into my pyjamas, get under the covers and get lots of sleep…

remembering…

11 Tuesday Nov 2014

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woke up to snow on the ground this morning…

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snow on the ground…

when I went downstairs a red hibiscus was in full bloom and I could see the snow on the ground… reminded me of a poppy…

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hibiscus with snow through window…

spent a good portion of the morning watching the Remembrance Day service from Ottawa…

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sunrise…

remembering my mother and father and George’s father and their service to our country… neither my father or George’s ever talked about what they did…

my mom’s work involved removing or adjusting pictures of ships so that when they were published in newspapers anywhere in the world they wouldn’t be recognizable as a certain ship… she was heavily involved in having this statue designed and raised at the Legislative grounds… this picture was one I downloaded from the internet, and there was no information about who took it…

statue of women in the three services at the Manitoba Legislature building...

statue of women in the three services at the Manitoba Legislature building…

had a quiet day thinking of them and also George… his dad died just a few days before Remembrance Day which made the day very special for both of us…