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bug…

23 Monday Mar 2015

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beloved, bug, diabetes, faint, glasses, headache, stomach

been a bit of a bug going around… upset stomachs and headaches…

Thursday and Friday I was dealing with the stomach business… Friday I was feeling a bit better…
Saturday the headache started… went into the hot tub early because I was frozen…
ran out to pick up items for Sunday’s  birthday supper for my youngest…
slept for quite a while under lots of covers, and got up thinking I needed to eat, although I wasn’t at all hungry, but felt the need to eat to stay on top of the diabetes…
gathered a simple supper of cheese and veggies and some flavoured water…
next thing, I came to on my back on the floor… my glasses weren’t on my face and there was water and veggies all around me…
was able to get to the living room and called my daughter… she came right over and they found my glasses which were not broken, thank goodness…
they cleaned up the mess in the kitchen and brought up some supper for me…
it was a long night with very little sleep… and, it appears that I landed on my hip because it is sore… 
still had the headache and now my neck was sore, likely from the fall…
no appetite but have been forcing myself to eat…
my son-in-law came by in the afternoon on Sunday and picked up all the ingredients for the supper so they could make it at their place…
thought of my beloved and how he was always there to look after me when I was sick, bringing me whatever I felt like eating or drinking… 
made me think of all my friends who live on their own and have to navigate sickness alone… I really have been blessed…
hoping that I will feel better soon… 
 

oh ya, this is what I woke up to this morning…

sand dollars…

19 Thursday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, birthday, geese, sand dollar, snow, Spring

as we were driving to the office this morning we saw three geese circling and then landing in a creek…

Spring is really coming…

the pile of snow in the backyard that I thought was going to need shovelling is almost gone…

took out the recycling and garbage tonight after work… didn’t need a jacket and my feet were fine in sandals as the ground is drying up beautifully…

finally connected with yesterday’s birthday child by text and she will be home tomorrow night…

took a picture of my sand dollar wreath which has been trying to come apart… plan to get some glue and fix it on the weekend…



  

footsteps…

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, birthday, estate, eyes, footsteps, walking

early this morning, on the way to work, the sky had beautiful pink streaks of clouds… wonderful start to the day…



had an eye appointment at the end of the day… good report, my eyes are in great shape…

walked across to my credit union and put some cheques in… one was for three cents… really, what a waste of time and resources to send someone a cheque for a piddly amount like that… considered not cashing it so it would stay on their books, lol…

last thing I did while I was there was close the Estate account for George… bit of a strange feeling, even though nothing had gone into it for at least a year… another one of those ending pieces…

next, I walked to Polo Park… sunny and fairly warm, with a bit of wind… fair amount of dust blowing around… 

took a cab the rest of the way home…

this is my youngest daughter’s 35th birthday… wasn’t able to talk with her as she is away on vacation and doesn’t have access to any technology… very strange feeling not to be able to spend some time with her on this special day… touch unsettling actually…

over seven thousand footsteps today…

sandals…

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, missing, moon, sandals, treadmill, walk

beautiful sliver of moon this morning…



struggled with technology at work… was very happy to head for home at the end of the day…

should have gone to aquasize, but instead walked the last few blocks and had a long nap…

wonderful to walk in my sandals and not be wearing boots…



I wear sandals all winter at work… they are the most comfortable for my feet, so it just makes sense to wear them… often makes my colleagues shudder in December or January to see me with bare toes, as they think I must be cold, but I don’t feel that…

I’ve been trying to figure out where a second pair of my sandals are… not at the front door where they should be… just couldn’t figure it out…

as I was getting organized to head downstairs to walk, it occurred to me that the missing sandals were the ones I put on to walk on the treadmill…

yikes…

blogging…

16 Monday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, blogging, Cancer Society, daffodils, light, post

recently read something about how often people like to read blog posts…

lots of opinions but most seemed to only want to read posts a few times a week…

made me wonder if posting every day is a bad thing… should I post less often… does it matter what others think… arghhhhhh…

I do know that a couple of the people I follow can post three or four times a day and sometimes that seems like a lot to me, lol…

I guess everyone has their own ideas…




this morning we received daffodils from the Canadian Cancer Society… it is another organization that we support through purchasing daffodils during March…





such a great time of year when we get flowers every couple of weeks…

and the ground is drying up, there is very little snow left and there is more light every single day…

garden…

15 Sunday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, bird feeder, garden, hot tub, snow, sun

beautiful day… up fairly early and spent some time going through a closet and deciding what to keep and what could go… have already started another pass me over box… finding I have much more energy… not sure if that is the sunshine or my body recovering from the sugar overload it was dealing with…

warm enough to be able to use the outside tap to top up the hot tub… 

overcast for most of the day, but late this afternoon the sun came out and melted more snow…



this is the last little bit left in the front yard… hoping that next weekend we can do some raking…



chair is on the deck and there is no snow left on it… wasn’t warm enough to sit out but maybe one night this week after work it will be:-)… the ice is gone from the pond and there are only a few places where there is still snow…

while I was filling the hot tub I also filled up one of the bird feeders… the squirrel had gotten into the  bag of sunflowers and eaten quite a bit… lots of shells…

starting to think about the work needed to clean up the garden and where I am going to find some gardening help this year… I would really like to hire someone to help me so that it looks good all season long…

yay Spring… 

shiny objects…

14 Saturday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, comfort zone, glittery, shiny objects, shopping, sun

the garage roof looked like diamond studded waffles this morning…



hmmmm, maybe I am focusing a bit too much on food, lol… it was shiny and I do love the glittery look…

shortly after that, the sun came streaming into the main floor TV room… caught a rainbow in the mirror…



headed out for a shopping expedition with a friend… my clothes are hanging off me and even the pants purchased a month ago are too big now…

was out for five hours, went to five stores… found lots of things to try on and came home with bags full of lovely items… a few of them were a bit outside of my comfort zone:-)…



well, I think I am good for clothes for the next while… 

looked out the window to see the snow in the pond was nearly gone, just a bit of ice left…

amazing day… sunshine, warmth, great shopping, lovely lunch…

and lots of shiny objects…

in my circle, shiny objects refer to the things that grab our attention when we are doing something else… things that take away our attention from what we are focussed on…

sharing…

13 Friday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, giving, melting, sharing, snow, Spring

got up a bit early this morning to be sure I got everything done before heading to work…

had four boxes for pick up by a local charitable organization… in the middle of the night I woke to the sound of rain coming down…

that meant I had to put plastic bags over the boxes so they wouldn’t get ruined sitting on the steps for a portion of the day…

took a bit of extra time to get that done so I was just finished when my ride arrived…



very happy with myself for getting these items pulled together and out of the house…

think the rain melted away lots of snow during the night and then the sun worked hard all day… couldn’t believe how much was gone when I got home…



the deck is almost completely cleared… maybe I will be able to sit out on the weekend… the temperature is often much warmer there than elsewhere in the yard…

Spring is really coming:-)…

walk…

12 Thursday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, buds, creek, moments, snow, walk

had another lovely walk home tonight… passed a number of bushes that have started to produce buds… tried to get a picture but it didn’t turn out…

but I did get a great shot of the creek which is filled with running water…



so wonderful to see the snow melting away more and more each day…

got a wonderful card a few days ago from a friend who knew what a hard time I have been going through…



it came at the perfect time and was a lovely gesture which warmed my heart…

life is so special and moments like a walk in the afternoon and enjoying a card make it even better…

sounds…

11 Wednesday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, crows, garden, snow, sounds, walk

walked from the grocery store after I got a haircut…

beautiful evening… didn’t wear my gloves tonight or last night when I walked home…

got a lovely shot of this tree… thinking it will be filled with buds before too long…



the crows have been squawking a lot… caught this one in one of the trees down the street…



also heard the water swirling into the drains as I came to street corners… there were rivers of running water everywhere I went…



last picture I took was of the garden… the snow is vanishing more and more each day…

before we know it the pond will be ready for the fish…

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