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shine…

10 Saturday Dec 2016

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beloved, big girl pants, bunnies, comfortable, ornaments, purple, shine, star, sun, tracks

was up very early but excited to spot a star out the window… we have had little sunlight for over a week and the sky has been gray day and night… the star meant there was actual visible sky out there… yay…

kept stopping what I was doing to get some shots of the sunshine…

had to put my visor down because of the sun… woohoo…

had some fun with the ornaments on one of the trees…

lots of shine from outside…

it is so beautiful outside with all the snow… have to stop every time I go by a window… more fun from the inside as it has turned very chilly out there… -30 Celsius at the moment…

the critters are making lots of tracks in the garden… have spotted a few squirrels but no bunnies so far, although there are lots of bunny paw prints…

realizing how comfortable those big girl pants are much of the time… I’ve sorted out shovelling and looking after things like the hot tub without the blink of an eye…

but I sure do miss my beloved…

pen…

09 Friday Dec 2016

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big girl pants, friend, inscription, moments, pen, purple, sun, sunshine, widow

this morning I used my new pen to write the inscription in a book that I had purchased as a gift…

got it from a dear friend last week…

writes very nicely and is a beautiful shade of purple…

spoke with her this morning to check on how she is doing… lovely to take a few minutes to catch up with a friend…

all day long, whenever I walked around the office, I would comment to everyone about how wonderful the sun shining through the windows was…

we haven’t had sunshine for weeks as it has been dull and overcast so it was great to see it…

so busy that I never did get a picture, but I sure enjoyed those moments…

coconut…

08 Thursday Dec 2016

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Advent, almond, big girl pants, calendar, candied, ChocoMe, coconut, George, gold, widow

had a tasty treat after dinner tonight…

this was in my Advent calendar on day 4, which was also George’s birthday… it is 65% dark chocolate with coconut, candied violets and gold flakes by ChocoMe…

and it tastes delicious…

had it with some almonds to be sure I got a portion of protein with it…

crazy…

07 Wednesday Dec 2016

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big girl pants, crazy, drift, grandson, shovelling, snow, snowstorm, widow, winter

after such a late start to winter the snow has been coming down like crazy for the last few days…

when I looked out this morning the driveway looked like it had just a bit of snow, but when I opened the garage door I discovered this drift…

clearly the car wasn’t going to make it through that… so I shovelled for a while… wasn’t too windy or cold, in fact I could hear water dripping from the eavestrough as I worked… 

it was, however, very heavy… and there wasn’t really anywhere to pile it up, so I did a bit of walking and dumping, lol…

eventually it was cleared enough for me to get the car out…

the drive downtown was slow but steady and most of the roads had little snow on them, thanks to all the workers who have been working around the clock to keep the city moving…

snowed off and on for most of the day and my grandson got dropped off at my office to come home and shovel again…

we parked on the street so he could work without anything in his way…

he worked outside and I made supper inside and we finished at just about the same time…

then we visited… well, he played on his phone and I wrote my blog while we waited for his dad to pick him up when he was done work… 

happily we had lots of conversation in the car and over supper…

just need to bring Shadow in and then head to bed…

snowstorm…

06 Tuesday Dec 2016

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Advent Elf, beautiful, big girl pants, driveway, snow, snowstorm, sticky, weather, wifow

woke up to this…

it had snowed all night and snow was sticking to everything… couldn’t see through the windows…

it looked different when I got home… it was still snowing a bit but was all cleaned up… very happy that I was able to get up the driveway and into the garage…

the Advent Elf came by and shovelled as my grandson wasn’t able to make it over… there was a lot of snow, and it isn’t done yet…

a pain to clean up and travel through but so beautiful…

lentils…

05 Monday Dec 2016

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big girl pants, ChefsPlate, grandson, lentils, meatloaf, supper, treat, widow

my grandson met me at the office and came home to shovel…

he took this picture of the lit trees on our drive…

he shovelled and I made supper… we had the last meal in my ChefsPlate box which was a lentil meatloaf…

tasty, although I would use the processor to get the carrots and onions smaller another time… enough for three meals I think… he liked it although it was a bit heavier than he imagined… we also decided that the BBQ sauce might be better in the mixture instead of on top of it… will have to make it again with the changes and see how it comes out…

enjoy having supper with him on nights when he has time after he finishes with the snow…

always a treat…

engagement…

04 Sunday Dec 2016

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21, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, engagement, inseparable, love at first sight, meeting, ring, widow

recently took part in a conversation about how people met their significant other… reminded me of how our life together began…

forty-seven years ago today my beloved and I got engaged… we took our parents to Rae and Jerry’s for dinner to celebrate his 21st birthday… and announced our engagement at the same time…

we met in the Spring, shared an instant connection and had seen one another every day since… it really was love at first sight… 

he had come over to visit a friend who was living with us at the time… the friend worked at the garage that George’s dad owned and where George also worked…

we found the perfect ring together…

it was actually an engagement ring and the wedding ring which we had joined together…

funny because he had an amount in mind about what it should cost and was insistent on getting something that fit that budget… we picked it and he went in every few weeks to put money down on it so it would be paid off by his birthday;-)… in those days people didn’t buy much on credit…

I haven’t worn it for a number of years but will wear it today as a reminder of our amazing life together…

I have been, and continue to be, blessed…

seals…

03 Saturday Dec 2016

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big girl pants, errands, grandsons, hot tub, Indigo, Nikon, polar bears, rest, restaurant, seals, widow, zoo

great day with the little boys…

they arrived at 10:30 and we ran out to do some errands…

got the hot tub water tested… then we stopped at Henry’s for some help with a little issue I was having with my Nikon… apparently I had pushed a tiny button which was causing quite a big problem… I’d spent quite a while online trying to find a solution without any success… the staff person fixed it in about fifteen seconds…

on to Indigo where both boys found a book and we picked up an adult colouring book, as well as a special gift for a friend… very happy that the littlest one found a book he wanted as he tells me he doesn’t like books or reading…

went to the zoo to visit the polar bears… we saw a few, but the seals gave us a wonderful show…

six of them were swimming around…

they seem to swim mainly on the backs…

started lunch with hot chocolate and watched a few bears wander past…

stopped at the grocery store to pick up a final Advent calendar and some reindeer poop (chocolate covered raisins) and headed home…

coloured, watched tv and read a bit before they were picked up around 6:30…

now I’m resting, lol…

shower…

02 Friday Dec 2016

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Baby, beloved, big girl pants, friends, gifts, party, shower, special people, widow

what a lovely time tonight… a group of sixteen gathered to celebrate the coming birth of a baby… pretty cool timing, eh…
had a cup of tea and looked over the space before everyone arrived…

we had lots of fun, conversation, good food and there were some great gifts as well…

this was the first big party that I’ve hosted since my beloved left me…

it might have been here, but there were many others who helped make it a success… from the planning team who decided on each step of preparation, to the friends who came and helped with Christmas decorating, to the ones who set up the planter, to the ones who made the centrepieces, to the ones who came at noon and helped with salad prep, to the ones who picked up the pasta and organized the kitchen… to the ones who brought various bits and pieces of yummy treats and gifts, to the ones who cleaned up and left the house the same as it was before anyone arrived…

my life is filled with such special people… 

system…

01 Thursday Dec 2016

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big girl pants, blessed, bypass, health, healthcare, moments, stress, struggles, surgery, system, widow

had a conversation with someone a few days back about health, or lack thereof…

they were waiting on appointments and test results and the stress was nearly unbearable…

made me think back to some of our difficult times…

November/December 2008, when George had bypass surgery… the stress leading up to the actual surgery was huge… the struggles with the healthcare system were daunting… 

advocating for yourself or your loved one takes courage, patience and persistence… and you can’t give up… 

once we got to the actual surgery he responded beautifully… 

August 2010, when I had a procedure for a blocked bile duct which led to a very bad bout of pancreatitis and ended with gall bladder surgery… for six weeks he came to see me every morning before work and looked after everything on the home front…

now I have memories of those times and although some of them are difficult they also remind me of what a special life we have been blessed with… reminded me of this blog I wrote in February of 2013…

one step at a time…

blooming hibiscus…

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