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quadrants…

30 Saturday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, Chihuly, drawer, family, memories, pictures, quadrant, sea shells, Seattle, sunshine, table, weather, widow

sun shone all day which is great… Saturday is my rest day and I try not to leave the house…

had a fun time changing out the drawer in the living room coffee table…

put away all of the pictures of beautiful Chihuly installations and family photos… brought back some lovely memories of our meeting with him in Seattle… like shaking the hand of a rock star;-)…

pulled out the box filled with sea shells and used them to fill the four quadrants… I remember how excited I was to find this table at IKEA that the shells could go into…

of course, I’ve lost two different batches of shells since then, lol…

but it looks lovely and beach-y...

EKG…

29 Friday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, blessed, Clay Oven, doctor, EKG, Friday, manicure, moments, pedicure, purple, sports manicure, tests, treat, widow

back to being off every Friday… happy to be on this schedule…

this morning I had a checkup and besides the usual tests the doctor included an EKG…

apparently by the time you are 67 (for another few weeks) they want to get a baseline for the future… I am wondering what their expectations are, going forward, lol…

once I was done there, I called to see if I could get in for a pedicure… only waited about half and hour, and besides the pedicure, I got a sports manicure…

lovely fingers and toes…

topped the day off with Clay Oven Goat Thali via SkipTheDishes;-)… I divide it up and have enough for another meal…

happy Friday…

skiff…

28 Thursday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, flowers, garden, lights, skiff, snow, solar, Spring, start, sunrise, warm, widow, winter

such a beautiful start to the day…

the sky was gorgeous, the flowers were blooming… and it was warm… although there was just a skiff of snow on the ground…

amazing how fast we can forget the cold weather…

tonight it was great to see the solar lights coming on… in the garden they are shining through the snow…

more signs of Spring…

wondering…

27 Wednesday Mar 2019

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back door, bag, big girl pants, carpool, foggy, freak out, joy, overhead, technique, widow, wondering

this morning I had to drive myself to work… missed my carpool buddy…

was surprised when I opened the back door to find a bag hanging from the handle… then I remembered that my daughter had said a friend was going to drop something off… it had completely slipped my mind… particularly as I am usually coming in the front door now…

my technique when I drive out of the garage is to stop and make sure the overhead door closes all the way before I drive away… that way, when I get down the street, or halfway to the office, I won’t freak out wondering if I closed it…

while I waited I enjoyed looking at the Joy hanging in the car… for whatever reason it was rocking and rolling a bit… brought a smile to my face…

good start to a foggy morning…

situations…

26 Tuesday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, circle, family, good, health, Life, situation, widow, work

I’ve been thinking about so many in my circles who are dealing with difficult situations…

some are dealing with health issues, others with family problems, and still others are struggling with their work situations…

as the weather warms up and the sun gets stronger every day I am reminded of how good my world is…

slushy…

25 Monday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, creek, puddles, sandals, slushy, snow, Spring, walk, widow, yard

tonight, as I walked up the street, I took a photo of the road and creek…

there is lots of water out there, which is exciting because that means it is Spring…

yay, yay, yay…

been wearing sandals since last Wednesday (start of Spring and all), so have had to do a bit less walking on the sidewalks because they are still slushy, or icy, or filled with puddles…

there is still a great deal of snow out there, particularly on the lawns and in yards, but it is certainly melting more every day…

Jericho…

24 Sunday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, grandson, green, Jericho, Ottawa, resurrection plant, Rose of Jericho, travel, widow

I was tidying up one of the kitchen junk drawers yesterday and I found the resurrection plant that we bought when my youngest grandson and I were in Ottawa last year about this time…

its actual name is Rose of Jericho… thank you Google;-)…

I took pictures as it opened…

12:07, 12:22, 1:31, 3:23…

4:20, 6:23 yesterday and 8:08 am and 5:06 pm today…

it is now a beautiful green floating plant… I am interested to see how it will end up…

upsell…

23 Saturday Mar 2019

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accountant, beloved, big girl pants, cell phone, discount, happy, iPhone, landline, loyal customer, memories, MTS, system, taxes, Technology, upsell, widow

couple of great things over the last few days…

yesterday I was on the phone with MTS to check out some information about my cell phone…

the woman I spoke with was ever so helpful and didn’t try to upsell me during our discussion… really appreciated that…

at the end of our call she asked if there was anything else and I mentioned that I’d like to talk about the cost of all my services… I pay a lot for one person… she transferred me to another person…

that person noted that we’ve been loyal customers for over forty years and was impressed with that… he was able to provide an excellent discount for a whole year which made me exceptionally pleased… in the process, gave me a good discount on the house phone… I know, I know, how many of us are there left, lol…

made me happy…

and today, I received my tax information back and was pleased to discover that once again I am getting a refund… phew… my accountant has figured out exactly what I need to have deducted so that I don’t end up owing money at the end of the year…

the process of submitting them is so easy now… I courier the papers to the office, receive the documentation electronically, sign it, scan it, and send it back electronically as well, and then it is sent to CRA…

I think back to when my beloved did our taxes… he really disliked doing them and we were always searching to find all the documents we needed and do all the calculations… then put it in an envelope and mail it off, or drive to the Tax Office and drop it off because it was kind of late, lol…

I’ve found a system that helps me gather everything so that when it is time to do them, all the bits and pieces of paper are together;-)…

all good…

Melody…

22 Friday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, daughter, family, Melody, photos, remembering, special moments, sphere, Vancouver Island, widow

one of the things I do when preparing a blog is look to see if I’ve used the title previously…

tonight I came across a post about Melody, an amazing sphere that my daughter and I stayed in on Vancouver Island in June, 2013…

remembering how lovely it was to be rocked to sleep amongst the trees…

reminded me of being rocked in the sailboat, many, many, years ago…

was a bit disappointed when I realized the poor quality of this picture… my photo game has certainly improved over the last six years;-)…

chai…

21 Thursday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, Chai, drinking, enjoy, favourite, new, Tea, Twinings, widow

tonight I am trying out a different tea…

not really loving the one that I’m drinking at work…

this is Twinings Chai… enjoyable but not sure if I will enjoy drinking it all day long…

but I am certainly liking it right now;-)…

will keep you posted…

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