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24 Wednesday Feb 2016

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the moon last night was spectacular… every time I went past a window I would take a few minutes to admire it… decided to just enjoy it and not even try to take any pictures…

trees were lovely this morning… lots of hoarfrost… was happy to look at them every chance I had on the drive in to work…

left early and had a lovely time shopping at Polo Park… eventually picked a pair of jeans and dropped them off to be hemmed… can’t ever find any pants that don’t have to be taken up…

I mentioned it to the woman who was helping me at Cleo and she gave me a 10% off card for Stitches for the hemming…

stopped at the Peoples Jewellers store to have my wedding band cleaned and had a lovely browse through their rings… saw a pretty amethyst one… my ring is getting loose and I wonder what I will do when it is too big to stay on my finger… should I have it sized or stop wearing it… this will be a big decision…

really wanted to get a pretzel while I was in the mall, but I kept walking… was hard though…

as I left I realized that I had enjoyed my shopping time… all on my own…

those big girl pants fit better more and more often…

  

creation…

23 Tuesday Feb 2016

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seemed like I was surrounded by creation today… some days it just jumps out at me…

on my way out to the car this morning stopped to take a picture of these bunny tracks…

  
came right up the steps to the front door…

at the office took some pictures of the tulips that arrived yesterday as part of a Lung Association fundraiser…

  
one of my colleagues really wanted a shot of the black centre ..

here’s a picture of my purple ones with a colleague seen through them…

  
just love flowers… how wonderful it is to see them all around the office…

as I walked up the driveway tonight I stopped to take this picture of the squirrel tracks…  

  

and I enjoyed this creation in the afternoon… jumped off the shelf when I was picking up milk for the office…

  
oh my… unfortunate about the 270 calories for 5 chips… only ate 3… considered just having these for supper but eventually thought better of it, lol…

followers…

22 Monday Feb 2016

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how exciting… I have 254 followers… 246 are WordPress and 8 are email… pretty cool…

last week I took the plunge and moved to the next level on my site… got a domain name… a tech friend sat beside me as I clicked on the various buttons to complete the upgrade… always makes me nervous that I might not understand their questions, or choose the wrong option…

  
it was easy with someone sitting beside me, lol…

been reviewing the stats and am always awed by the number of countries that people who read the blog come from…

 in January they came from nine different countries… what a wide reach we have as bloggers…

also good to see which titles draw the most views…

  

very early in the process I decided on using single word titles… at the same time I made the decision to have at least one picture and use lower case… and ellipses…

continue to learn new things on this journey of discovery…
  

renew…

21 Sunday Feb 2016

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since November of 2014, and my diabetes diagnosis, I have lost forty pounds…

I’ve had to renew my wardrobe a few times during the process…

this morning I was shopping, looking for new pants, including jeans, and a few tops… 

apparently I am between sizes again… makes it so much harder to find things that fit, sigh… will have to look in another couple of stores… 

my daughters were both surprised about the jeans as I never wore them until three or four years ago… I only have one pair and they are getting too big to wear…

  
really happy that this jacket we picked up yesterday fit nicely…

been hard to let some pieces go but it is also getting clear that many items are way too big… continue with a box in the dining room which collects all the things that no longer make the cut…

technology…

20 Saturday Feb 2016

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had a bit of fun shopping…

went to Henry’s and picked up the eyefi mobiPRO… staff there helped link it up to the app I had already downloaded onto my iPhone… I do love technology…

  
it is very cool…

from there we went to Urban Trail where I checked out a number of Canada Goose jackets… and then I found a gorgeous purple North Face jacket…

  
it is gorgeous… fits great and works to -10 C… it weighs about the same as a cute little vest I have that fits into a tiny bag…can hardly wait to wear it;-)…

wandered around a few other shops and headed home…

since then I’ve been playing with my Nikon and iPhone…

took these pictures in the living room…

   
 
and transferred them to my iPhone in a flash… so great to have the ability to get pictures from my camera to the phone so easily…

also enjoyed the sunshine…

  
yesterday, my Facebook showed a few memories with my beloved speaking in a video… he made a number of angels using this particular one as a sample… 

I sure do miss him and loved hearing his voice…

chills…

19 Friday Feb 2016

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this morning I wasn’t feeling great… had an early morning business breakfast so was out of the house by seven…

been struggling with a runny nose for the last week but this morning I got the chills…

tried lots of tea and a warm shawl when we were back in the office… nothing seemed to work, so I headed home at noon…

really appreciated the seat warmer and actually sat in the car for a few extra minutes to savour the heat…

climbed into the hot tub for quite some time in an effort to feel warmer… the icicles were dripping it was so warm outside…

got into my jammies and went to sleep…

when I finally woke up, three and a half hours later, and looked outside, it was snowing like crazy…

  
everything is covered in snow now…

for a Friday treat, and because I’m still feeling crumby, I ordered dinner from Clay Oven…

delicious and even have a few leftovers for tomorrow…

now back to bed… goodnight…

camera…

18 Thursday Feb 2016

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been taking lots of pictures lately with my camera… I really love my Nikon…

  
have had it for many years and love the way it fits in my hand and the great pictures it takes… I also have an Olympus, but it just doesn’t have the same comfortable feel to it…

often take pictures with my phone because it is easier than pulling out the Nikon and then downloading the shots to the computer and emailing them to my phone to use in my blog…

today I was speaking with a professional photog who talked about a different type of card which will act as wifi and send pics directly to my iPhone… have already done a bit of reading on them and will be heading to Henry’s on the weekend to learn more and hopefully get one… woo hoo… 

 
took another few pictures of the solar dragonflies in the garden… enjoying the extra light every day…

variety…

17 Wednesday Feb 2016

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over the last few days we have had a variety of weather… really cold days, with a nasty windchill, and slightly warmer ones… then there was time when the snow was melting… crazy…  

there has been quite a bit of overcast sky… on Sunday I caught this picture of the backyard… the bunny is just under the trees…

 
everything was covered in a dusting of snow and looked so pretty…

later in the day the bird feeders in the front yard took centre stage…

  
Monday, the sun was out and I got a couple of shots of it going down behind the clouds across the creek…

 

last evening as I was waiting for a ride to aquasize I spent a lovely few minutes watching the clouds scoot across the sky as the sun was travelling down…

often when I am waiting for a ride I have my phone in hand and am focussing on two or three things at the same time…

not this time… wonderful… 

A1C…

16 Tuesday Feb 2016

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had my doctor’s appointment today with my GP… great news was that my A1C was the same as the last test, 3 months ago… I had been a bit worried because I felt I slipped a little over Christmas…

feel confident that I can eat as I have been and not be worried all the time that I am messing up… this is very good news and should help me relax about my food intake…

my cholesterol is up a tiny bit, but not enough to consider drugs, thankfully.. and my blood pressure is good…

all in all a great appointment… 

packing up my diabetes strips and lancets to give to a colleague… if I need them again it will be down the road and I will get items that aren’t expired…

  
also spent some time cleaning the cabinet under the bathroom sink… dumped out a bunch of out-of-date items and made a bit of space… will have to drop the stuff off at the drug store in the next while… they are able to dispose of it properly…

  
pretty fine day…

workout…

15 Monday Feb 2016

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started my day with a great breakfast… even had a rose on my tray…

  
the sun was hiding behind some haze for most of the day…

 
had a relaxed morning and then went downstairs to do some time on the treadmill…

haven’t been walking as much lately so was happy that I got moving, lol…

for a while now I’ve been wanting to rearrange the furniture in the basement, so today while I was down there I had an extra workout and did a little furniture moving…

that treadmill is kind of heavy… luckily the sectional wasn’t joined together although it does have fasteners to connect the pieces, so it wasn’t overly heavy… next time the kids are over I will get them to help me link the pieces… more comfortable when everything is attached…

  
kind of pleased with how it came out… missed George as I was working away, but I also got to do it exactly the way I wanted it, lol…

finished the lobster from last night in a huge salad for lunch…

  
really tasty with the lemon dressing from last night…

been glued to the tv as all the Grammy shows have been on… great fun to see who’s there and what the colours being worn are…