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waiting…

24 Wednesday Dec 2014

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everyone is tired and ready for bed…

now, if only the little people would go to sleep…

as we left the house to spend the night with the kids, I took a few shots of the spiral tree on the front step…

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first time since we put it out that it has snow on it, lol… good view of the swag as well…

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now we are waiting… for Santa…

earlier today I was thinking about how busy our Christmas eve’s used to be… running around picking up the last few bits and pieces for gifting, or doing set up so that everything would be ready in the morning…

today I waited for the Ottawa kids to arrive, and then spent time preparing food for tomorrow’s dinner…

in this season of peace, love and joy, I wish you and yours time with those you love and the opportunity to enjoy each of those moments…

flying…

23 Tuesday Dec 2014

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this morning my Advent gift was a very glittery purple dragonfly… which flew right to the Christmas tree…

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talked with the kids in Ottawa before they headed to the airport…

my son-in-law came by and we walked to the “A” for breakfast… lovely time… I held his arm for part of the walk as it was fairly icy… brought back memories of holding hands with my beloved whenever we walked anywhere…

got a call from Ottawa to say the flight was delayed and then another to say it was cancelled for today and they wouldn’t be flying home until tomorrow…

spent some time feeling sorry for myself, had a nap and went out for a few errands… the last I hope…

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sat in the living room and watched the chickadees and nuthatches flit back and forth to the feeder which my grandson had filled on Sunday… dug out the tripod, found the remote and waited for them to come back to the feeder… and, of course, they flew off and never returned, lol… only picture I got was of the camera on the tripod…

trying to remain positive that the kids will really arrive tomorrow… did get a bit of extra time to finish preparations…

hot tub…

18 Thursday Dec 2014

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just in from a very nice time in the hot tub…

now into the winter hot tub system… that means wearing my water boots and my Rona toque…

the water boots are great because I don’t have to put a towel on the steps which I used to do when I wore slippers out… winter temperatures make stepping on plastic in bare feet a bit painful, lol… I go out, climb in, climb out, and go back into the house… the toque keeps my ears warm… it is amazing how warm ears keep your whole body comfortable…

as I sat there, I could hear the slap of the puck on the ice at the Club, just over the creek, as the hockey players were taking shots on the rink…

the garage light came on and off as the wind blew across the sensor, but the dog next door didn’t come out… he barks a lot…

no helicopters or sirens which is always great…

feels like -14 so it wasn’t too cold and I stayed out for quite a while… lovely relaxing time…

really looking forward to one more day of work before 15 days to rest…

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warm…

14 Sunday Dec 2014

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the weather has been absolutely silly lately…

Friday night we walked back from our Christmas party in shoes and with our jackets open…

yesterday when I went out, I wore a spring jacket with a vest and was perfectly warm…

took this picture out the window this morning…

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it went to zero Celsius today…

when I had an early morning hot tub today I had to wear a baseball cap as it was misting/foggy, but lovely and warm… as I sat there, I could hear water dripping from the eaves…

silly, lol…

it was warm enough that we were able to pull out dead plants from a planter on the steps and put in the spiral tree…

it looks lovely when the snow covers it… gonna have to wait a while for that…

the swag is on the outside of the door and the silver snowflake wreath is on the inside… looks good…

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spent time organizing and decluttering…

feels like another productive day… maybe my energy is returning…

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surprise…

11 Thursday Dec 2014

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couple of lovely surprises today…

my friend drove me to my doctor’s appointment this afternoon as she has been using my car…

afterwards we went to her house and she showed me a few exercises with weights and then she gave me two three-pound ones…

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and they are purple… slightly different from the four pound pair I have…

was cooking my dinner when the doorbell rang and a friend of my Ottawa kids handed me a beautiful swag which my daughter had ordered from them…

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it smells gorgeous… now I have to figure out where to put it…

how special is that…

love…

09 Tuesday Dec 2014

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sat eating my breakfast looking at Love which my beloved made with his scroll saw… he was very talented…

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been going through a bit of poor me… missing George and feeling a bit down with all the health stuff…

on our way home tonight we saw some spectacular sun dogs…

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was hard to get great shots as the traffic was whizzing past…

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so tired I wasn’t sure I would make it through aquasize class, but I did… then I made some soup with squash and chicken and onions… very nice…

now to bed…

evening…

08 Monday Dec 2014

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quite a busy evening for me, lol…

put something into the oven after I got home, and headed upstairs for a nap…

heard a quiet ring and decided to go see if there was someone at the door… and discovered my grandson who has been hired by my Ottawa kids to shovel for me…

he had taken the bus from school and had a fair walk as he might have been on the wrong bus… after he warmed up for a few minutes he shovelled… not too much snow had come down, but it had swirled around a bit…

once he finished, I made him some hot chocolate and we had a visit before he headed off to catch a bus home…

what a lovely Christmas gift, clean walks and visits with a special young man…

had my supper and napped a tiny bit… my BS friends arrived just after eight and we had an excellent time catching up… we hadn’t met for a few weeks…

while we were sitting there, cars were coming and going on the street and people were getting in and out of them… then more cars were in the lane, and finally people were walking along the creek with flashlights… bizarre… it will be interesting to hear about what was going on…

all was quiet when everyone left…

fish are happy and the tank is finally clear…

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evening…

08 Monday Dec 2014

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quite a busy evening for me, lol…

put something into the oven after I got home, and headed upstairs for a nap…

heard a quiet ring and decided to go see if there was someone at the door… and discovered my grandson who has been hired by my Ottawa kids to shovel for me…

he had taken the bus from school and had a fair walk as he might have been on the wrong bus… after he warmed up for a few minutes he shovelled… not too much snow had come down, but it had swirled around a bit…

once he finished, I made him some hot chocolate and we had a visit before he headed off to catch a bus home…

what a lovely Christmas gift, clean walks and visits with a special young man…

had my supper and napped a tiny bit… my BS friends arrived just after eight and we had an excellent time catching up… we hadn’t met for a few weeks…

while we were sitting there, cars were coming and going on the street and people were getting in and out of them… then more cars were in the lane, and finally people were walking along the creek with flashlights… bizarre… it will be interesting to hear about what was going on…

all was quiet when everyone left…

fish are happy and the tank is finally clear…

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trees…

06 Saturday Dec 2014

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it was beautiful outside today…

got some lovely shots of the sun rising…

caught the red sun at just the right moment...

caught the red sun at just the right moment…

just a few minutes later the colours changed dramatically…

just a few minutes later...

just a few minutes later…

was in the computer room and had to take a picture of the trees outside the window… the hoarfrost was absolutely beautiful…

through the computer room window...

through the computer room window…

heading out to do some shopping, I had to stop the car and get a few pictures of the trees on the street covered in hoarfrost… still have to check how the ones I took with my Nikon came out…

hoarfrost down the street...

hoarfrost down the street…

I was trying to get a shot of the snowflakes on the windshield, but that didn’t work with my phone, lol…

ended the day putting up a small tree in the living room and started putting on the ornaments… this year I am trying to do some of the decorating differently and am having to choose what I will put out and where I will put it which certainly slows down the process…

after all that discovered that the light in the bedroom wasn’t working and changing the bulb didn’t fix it… gave up and will deal with it tomorrow… I did see a lovely table lamp on tv tonight that might look very nice…

there were a lot of trees in my day…

memories…

04 Thursday Dec 2014

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a good day… very few rough moments, which was lovely… birthdays have always been special in our family so marking George’s is important…

started the day by taking the last of the antibiotics, yay… been using George’s pill container as I need to take the pills with my breakfast now…

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last pill…

Crystal and I walked over to the Burger Place and picked up burgers and milkshakes for our supper…

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moon through the trees…

made her hold everything while I took the picture on my phone… met up with all the boys at home and then FaceTimed with the kids in Ottawa… they had picked up burgers and milkshakes at McDonalds… we had apple pie in both places as well…

supper was busy and we shared various favourite memories of Dad/Grandpa… from reading every word of a very long story to the little boys, to always starting a new conversation when someone was trying to hang up or walk out the door, to working with the boys around the house and a love of the garden and ponds…

he would talk to any and every person he came in contact with… and he would know lots about them afterwards… just today I was mentioning how that is one of the most difficult things – not having anyone here to share with…

it was good to all be together, even if it was over the airwaves with the iPad… we continue to talk about him so that we won’t forget how special he was…

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all of the kids, some being naughty…

today’s Advent gift was a bottle of Baileys so I had just a little bit after everyone left… it will be interesting to see what that does to my blood sugar, lol…

what a gift to have met and married my beloved, and spend over forty years together…