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09 Saturday Mar 2019

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great day…

slept in and watched some tv…

picked up by a friend and we went out for lunch at Pho Hoang… shared some tofu spring rolls and I had seafood chow mein…

great catch-up and delicious lunch… we giggled because we both tried something other than our usual menu choices…

from there we headed to PTE and saw Mom’s the Word: Nest 1/2 Empty…

it was sooooo funny… we laughed all the way through it… brought home 2 delicious homemade gingerbread bars after I ate a tasty fancy almond covered cookie that had homemade jam in it… cannot remember the exact name of either of them, lol…

walked from Portage without any gloves… didn’t realize that they weren’t in my pocket… good thing it was quite warm, lol… and then found them on the sofa;-)…

women…

08 Friday Mar 2019

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over the last few days I’ve had the opportunity to spend a bit of time with some of the wonderful women who’ve been part of my life, but I haven’t seen much of recently…

had a great time on Wednesday evening with a very special woman in my life…

and was happy to find a young friend who has been connected to our family for many, many years… she spotted me at an event and came over for a few minutes to visit… how lovely to catch up on her life and family… one of many young women who has called me mom for years…

yesterday, at another event, spent a few minutes with a dear woman… it was just great to be in the same place and see her, even if we didn’t have much time together… I still melt when I recall her introducing me to someone as the mother of her heart...

later, another young friend stopped by the house for a few minutes… can’t even think of when we last spent time together…

reminders of how blessed I am and of the amazing women who are part of my circles, even when I don’t connect with them often…

great memories on this International Women’s Day…

feels as though this bouquet symbolizes the variety of women in my life… all beautiful, all different, and all making me happy…

funds…

06 Wednesday Mar 2019

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spent some time with my finance guy recently… the funny thing is that his name is George, lol… first time I told someone I was talking to George about money, they gave me a very odd look…

as I get older it feels like dealing with RRSPs, Tax-Free Saving Accounts, and various pensions gets more complicated…

there are always papers to sign, numbers to calculate and things to consider…

as time has gone on I think that I understand the ins and outs of the funds, but you never know…

samosas…

05 Tuesday Mar 2019

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on this seventh anniversary of losing my beloved, I started the day by going to Safeway and buying flowers and an orchid for work… flowers for the front of the office and some for my space…

was very happy that they had orchids because the last few times I’ve been there haven’t been any…

my beloved always bought me flowers and orchids, particularly in the winter which has often been a difficult time for me…

at noon, I ran out and picked up samosas to share for our lunch… this was something he would do every now and then… seemed like a lovely way to remember him and what made him so special…

it was a great meal, with salad, veggies, hummus, cheese and grapes added by my colleagues…

as it is Shrove Tuesday, pancakes were on the menu for supper and I made potato pancakes, a nod to the world’s best hash brown patties that he would make…

a good day with many lovely memories…

2,555…

04 Monday Mar 2019

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tomorrow marks 7 years since my beloved left this earth…

Google tells me that it is 2,555 days since that day…

I’ve been remembering some of the fun things we did during those last weeks…

you would think after seven years it would get easier…

but it doesn’t …

this is the last picture I took with him… it was Sunday, March 4, 2012… we had taken a drive around the Park so I could get some photos of the beautiful hoarfrost… this tree is on the drive to the Park… he had to stop in the middle of the road so that I could get the shot I wanted;-)…

groceries…

03 Sunday Mar 2019

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yesterday I ordered groceries from Save-On-Foods… I think, lol…

they were to be delivered today around noon…

got an email this morning, confirming they were coming and just before they were to arrive the driver called to be sure I was home…

had the coolest boxes to bring them in… I was so excited that I didn’t take any pictures, lol…

reviewed the list, showed some ID and away he went…

I put everything away and was pleased with the whole process…

a good option…

unfold…

02 Saturday Mar 2019

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recently read something on Instagram that was a reminder for me…

someone I follow had a conversation with another person (whose name wasn’t provided) about motivation to get up in the morning, and their comment was:

…when you figure out what that something is that you love, and get to do it, you’re excited for what unfolds each day…

it struck a cord… I do love what I do… my purpose at work is to help everyone on the team be able to accomplish whatever they are working on in the simplest and easiest manner… maybe I’ve forgotten that…

and as it happened, I spent an hour this morning, once awake, considering an issue with our database and coming up with a simple workaround that will produce the outcome needed but cut back on the process to achieve that outcome… looking forward to getting to the office on Monday and trying it out;-)…

it is good to remember how lucky I am…

pillar…

01 Friday Mar 2019

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woke up early this morning and enjoyed some lovely sky-watching…

saw the most interesting light pillar… not long ago many photographers in the province had noted multiple columns in the sky, so I was excited to have spotted it…

the moon was visible out my bedroom window… and then there was a lovely sunrise…

spectacular way to start the day…

discontinued…

28 Thursday Feb 2019

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today I went in search of tea… my all-time favourite one has been discontinued and I’ve been searching for a replacement…

I stopped in at the Farmers Market at City Place and talked with two different tea companies… going to pick up a sample next time from one, and got a few samples from the other…

I also went online and ordered my second favourite tea… and it was delivered to the office within a few hours…

lovely collection…

will be filling some tea bags tomorrow…