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pyjamas…

09 Thursday Mar 2017

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bought some new pyjamas on the weekend when I was shopping with the boys…

they are very comfortable… only problem is that the bottoms are about six inches too long, lol…

thought about just chopping them off but after checking the idea out with a sewer realized that wasn’t such a good plan…

today I took them to City Place to get shortened… will be ready tomorrow afternoon… just in time for the packing plan…

have all of the summer clothes out but haven’t had time to try them on to be sure they fit and decide on which pieces to pack… a Saturday job…

need to decide whether I need a new pair of walking sandals… guess I better make up my mind soon…

women…

08 Wednesday Mar 2017

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on this International Women’s Day I have been thinking of all the amazing women I am surrounded by…

whether they are family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, or those I’ve seen from afar… 

whether they are alive or dead…

whether they know it or not…

they have had a part in making me me…

I am blessed…

alarm…

07 Tuesday Mar 2017

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last night we were supposed to get a snowstorm but instead the wind swirled around the house… very little snow but we had a bit of snow and lots of cold wind all day…

tonight we decided we would go to aquasize even though it was blustery out…

rather proud of ourselves for going out in the miserable weather, lol…

had a good class, although there were only five of us…

got out of the pool and were drying off and getting dressed when the fire alarm went off…

terrible noise… everyone in the complex had to go to the front lobby and wait… with the alarm still ringing…

eventually the firefighters arrived and they spent about fifteen minutes going here and there… while the bells still rang…

eventually the alarm was turned off… at that point we couldn’t hear very well…

after another fifteen or twenty minutes we were allowed back in to get dressed…

we think that there actually was an issue although they never said anything while they were there…

made for an interesting evening…

enjoyment…

06 Monday Mar 2017

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so I’ve been moving the flowers around a lot…

when I first opened them, I had them on the dining room table…

then they moved to the living room… I spent time there reading…

when I went upstairs to the bedroom they went along with me… I’ve really enjoyed them wherever I’ve been…

this morning I boxed them up and took them to the office… they smelled delicious and looked wonderful all day long… my colleagues enjoyed them too…

then at the end of the day, I put them back in the box and brought them home again…

they were in the living room for a while but are now here with me in the bedroom…

wanting to get as much enjoyment out of them as possible…

gentle…

05 Sunday Mar 2017

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it was right around this time five years ago that the police knocked on the door as I was meeting with my BS friends and advised that George had been in an accident and they would take me to the hospital…

today I spent a gentle day remembering good times…

looked through old photo albums, enjoyed a short walk in the gorgeous weather, was treated to breakfast by a friend and her adorable baby (and her husband, lol), sat and read by my beautiful flowers, shopped with my son-in-law and the younger grandkids, bought some very nice pyjamas, had burgers cooked on the barbecue and am watching some tv with the perfectly working remote!!!

spoke with one daughter by phone and texted with the other…

focussing on the happy times…

it was a good day…

sixty…

04 Saturday Mar 2017

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1825… days since my beloved left me… 261 weeks… 60 months… 

hard to believe so much time has gone by… although it also feels like it was just a moment ago…

he was my best friend, lover, staunch supporter, caregiver, sounding board, helper, chauffeur, shopper, masseuse, gardener, and…

as each anniversary of his passing has come and gone I have been through a variety of emotions… profound sadness, loneliness, and many tears…

some years it has been less difficult than others, but it never has a clear path… not more difficult at the beginning and less so as time has gone by… 

the first year my colleagues all wore purple to show their support to mark the day… sweet and supportive…

received flowers from the kids today…beautiful… the orchids are nearly identical to the ones from graduation… my mauve dress and George’s matching turtleneck were designed and made by a friend and I wore a beautiful orchid corsage on my wrist… that was a very long time ago, lol…

and of course the roses… my romantic husband brought me hundreds over the years…

a lovely treat and they brought back some special memories…

travels…

03 Friday Mar 2017

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seemed to do a fair bit of waiting in my travels today…

started at the doctor’s office as I waited for my quarterly appointment to stay on top of the diabetes…

didn’t have to wait long and the report was good… my A1C has stayed the same and blood pressure was excellent…

then I dropped in at the Chamois because Shadow was so dirty you couldn’t tell what colour she was…

picked up a small bottle of de-icer just in case the doors wouldn’t open, although with the remote to open the locks, maybe that isn’t a problem… just remembered that George always carried some after he had the car washed, lol…

then I stopped at a store I wanted to go to… it wasn’t open so I went into the Subway next door to have a cup of tea and wait…

had big girl pants on as I sat there all by myself, calmly drinking tea…

this is a very big deal as just five years ago I would have sat and waited in the car… not a chance I would have gone into a restaurant on my own…

in the afternoon I went for a pedicure with a dear friend… we sat and waited for our aestheticians to collect us…

happy that the sandals are hard to spot, lol…

after our fun visit and relaxing foot work – we both had the paraffin treatment on our feet, and I even had my hands done – 

we waited for our nails to dry…

and then I walked to the car with these lovely flip flops on…

final bit of waiting was for the chicken and dumplings to cook for my dinner…

now to rest;-)…

light bulbs…

02 Thursday Mar 2017

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been thinking of light bulbs a lot lately and recently had a conversation with a friend about them…

a few days ago one of the bulbs in the living room started smoking and then blew… now I have to replace it, sigh… 

I find shopping for them crazy making…
there are a million kinds to choose from and they all look the same to me… and it is never clear what one is the right one for the particular job…

you can never find the same one even if you have the burnt out one with you…

George seemed to enjoy finding just the right bulb for each purpose… and he didn’t seem to have trouble doing it…

her husband also likes shopping for light bulbs… 

odd how men seem to find pleasure in finding just the right one…

wish I had someone to find a replacement for this, lol…

think I will take the bulb to a store and then find someone to help me pick out what I need…

wifi…

01 Wednesday Mar 2017

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just spent over half an hour on the phone with an MTS internet technician…

trying to figure out why my wifi keeps dropping from my phone…

been worried that I am going to get an ugly bill at the end of the month…

the person on the phone was very attentive and ran a number of tests as we talked…

a few weeks ago someone had called and offered a higher speed internet for six months at no charge and I had agreed to try it… the problems with my wifi seemed to start just after that…

after the testing it appears that the internet isn’t the cause of the problem…

but he couldn’t figure out what the problem is… he did mention lots of possibilities…

so, now I need to go to the MTS store and have them check out my phone…

way too much contact with MTS this week, sigh…

the new remote still doesn’t work with my tv and I’m supposed to ask for an older version of the remote…

we shall see…

pancakes…

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

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had a lovely lunch at a new restaurant down the street from the office…

met with a good friend and had a great visit while we caught up on our lives…

saw some great pictures of a recent trip and enjoyed a delicious meal…

on my way home after work I picked up bacon to go with the pancakes I made for my dinner for Shrove Tuesday…

last night I dug out the pancake recipe that we’ve used for forty years and sent it off to my daughter, so it was all ready for me tonight… I did add whole wheat flour to the recipe… came out pretty good…