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romantic…

28 Saturday Jan 2017

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beloved, big girl pants, flowers, jacket, orchid, romantic, Valentine's Day, widow

been thinking a lot about Valentine’s Day and my beloved…

he was a romantic and always made sure that the day was special for me… he was also romantic the rest of the year…

been dealing with a few household issues lately and maybe that’s why I’ve been thinking of him so much…

on our last Valentine’s together he had a lovely card, a rose, cinnamon hearts and a jacket I’d been coveting from his work – all sitting on the kitchen counter when I came downstairs… he’d had to go through quite a process to get the jacket for me as they didn’t have the right size at his store, so he’d gone to another location to get it.. still one of my favourites…

every time I have flowers they remind me of all the individual roses, bouquets and orchids he brought me over the years… particularly during the winter months when I would often feel down… 

flowers have always been able to perk me up and bring a smile to my face…

enneagram…

27 Friday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, diverse, enneagram, hoarfrost, learning, lunch, pattern, unique, widow

we often spend our lunch hour discussing various topics…

recently we’ve been talking about the enneagram… 

wonderful to have a variety of opinions and points of view… 

we are diverse, with ones, twos, sixes and sevens in the group… a great opportunity to see how each personality works at their best, and sometimes, not so best, lol…

these amazing women are always learning… I am so proud to be able to spend time with them and learn from and with them…

this shot I took of some hoarfrost on the garage window reminded me of how unique we all are, even as we are similar… and what a beautiful pattern we make together…

fridge…

26 Thursday Jan 2017

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basement, big girl pants, cold, exercise, fridge, kitchen, motor, plug, widow

last night when I got into the house and opened the fridge it was not cold…

I wondered if I hadn’t closed the door, so closed it and left it for awhile… still not cold when I opened the door later… the lights were working but there wasn’t any motor noise…

was able to pull it out from the wall, but not enough to easily get behind it to unplug it… so I had to get a stool and climb over a counter and twist around… 

eventually got it unplugged, but when it was plugged back in, still wasn’t working…

spent a bit of time taking stuff down to the fridge in the basement… so lucky to have that one… good exercise, lol…

now there is a giant white box in the middle of the kitchen that takes up a big portion of the room…

today I did some research and eventually got an appointment for someone to come and check it out tomorrow afternoon…

fingers crossed that it can be fixed…

cinnamon…

25 Wednesday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, blooming, cinnamon, critter, orchid, widow

a few days ago I noticed this interesting critter on the ever-blooming orchid…

it hasn’t moved but I think it is alive…

was worried that it was going to hurt the plant, which has another new blossom starting…

going to try cinnamon… tomorrow…

workout…

24 Tuesday Jan 2017

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aquasize, big girl pants, cookie, packed, parking lot, widow, workout

back to aquasize tonight… been a while… the parking lot was jam packed… we are anticipating that by mid-February there will be ample room…

and although there were many people at the Rec Centre, our class was rather small, but we got a good workout… the best part was the generous space in the Change Rooms… had a whole section to ourselves…

after supper I enjoyed one of these wonderful peanut butter cookies that my swim buddy brought over last night…

delicious…

brush…

23 Monday Jan 2017

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beautiful, big girl pants, brush, camera, car, pictures, snowflakes, widow

got out to the car around 7:15 pm and there were huge fluffy snowflakes on it… not tons, but enough that I needed to brush them off…

was in a hurry to get home as my Monday night friends arrive between 7:30 and 8 and I wanted to have the coffee going when they turn up…

got out the brush and then had to go back into my purse and get out the camera so I could take a few pictures…

luckily my spot is right by a light so I could get some good shots…

this was the best one…


snowflakes are so beautiful… glad I took the time to check them out…

weights…

22 Sunday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, exercise, treadmill, weights, widow, yoga

now that I’m working again on Fridays I am back to Friday yoga…

it is harder than what we were doing before I left… at that time we cycled through 3 types – restorative, slow flow and yin… they were simpler and more basic, which is really more my speed…

the Friday class is now a follow up from the Tuesday one which I don’t attend… feels like I am always in catch-up mode… also haven’t done yoga since last March…

still trying to decide if I will continue on or whether I might look for something else to do…

currently I am walking on the treadmill for 10 to 15 minutes every weekday and trying to get to aquasize on Tuesday evenings… 

maybe I will start to lift weights one night during the week or spend time during a lunch hour on the treadmill at the office…

snow coming down and melting as it hits the pavement…

treat…

21 Saturday Jan 2017

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Aschenti Cacao, baking, big girl pants, ChocoSol, Decadence Chocolates, friends, gifts, hot tub, Hummingbird Chocolate, moments, sports, treat, widow

what a wonderful treat today…

watched skating, skiing, snowboarding and a few of my favourite PVRed shows…

then two wonderful women stopped by and we enjoyed some tasty treats…

some of my Christmas baking gifts, chocolate from Hummingbird, ChocoSol, Decadence and Aschenti, and the ever popular raw almonds… 

always amazes me what can be found in the cupboard at the last minute, lol…

and we had a lovely hot tub in the plus two degrees Celsius weather… 

such fun to share these moments with such special people…

competition…

20 Friday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, competition, event, friend, memories, skating, tv, widow

watching skating on tv tonight and thinking of my dear friend Ellen…

when I come across a skating competition I still turn to grab the phone to give her a reminder call, lol… 

we would always call one another when one of the events came on to be sure the other knew about it… and once it was over we would spend time debriefing…

lovely memories…

gloves…

19 Thursday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, fill, fingers, gloves, hands, Shadow, test, warm, widow, zero

really happy to have Shadow back at home…

she did bring good luck to my grandson when he took his driving test and passed on the first try…

had to giggle yesterday when I backed out of the garage and the side mirrors weren’t set in their normal location… problem was that I couldn’t see enough to reset them…

when I got to the office I was able to see and set them back to what worked for me…

filled her up tonight on my way home…

even got her windows cleaned…

been searching for something to wear on my hands that would keep them warm when I’m driving… none of my gloves have kept my fingers warm… still haven’t found anything, but last night and tonight I drove with my bare hands because it is so warm…

zero… a few days ago in was minus 30… crazy weather, lol…

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