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relaxing day…

15 Sunday Sep 2013

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big girl pants, corn chowder, moon, reading, relaxing day, sunflower

been watching the sunflower plant and it is not following the sun… we think it might be that the sun is reflected in the living room window and it is confused about which way to turn… every day the centre is growing and changing…

sunflower...

sunflower…

had a very relaxing day… watched a few cooking shows this morning…

spent some time making corn chowder and tidying up the kitchen… chowder came out very nice…

spent the remainder of the day reading… lovely to be able to read and nap and read some more…

boiled some small potatoes with dill and a few fresh peas to go along with the little bit of leftover roast from last night and also produced a little cucumber and tomato salad…

better shot of the moon through the tree...

better shot of the moon through the tree…

heading out for a late evening hot tub and then to bed…

 

more nature…

14 Saturday Sep 2013

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barbecue, flowers, fresh veggies, lovely day, market, moon, more nature, quiet morning, Shelmerdine, star filled sky, storm

had a quiet morning around the house… actually put away all the glass balls from the Champagne Bubble Party…

we had a storm which started with lots of thunder and then the sky opened and it poured for maybe ten minutes… watched some TV and made myself a few things to eat…

waiting to move the car seat...

waiting to move the car seat…

then Crystal and the little boys came, transferred the car seat to my car and we went for a wander through Shelmerdine’s where we enjoyed some fall flowers and checked out mulch and many pumpkins… came across a colleague who looked stunning, having just been to a wedding out that way…

there weren’t very many folks around so the little people ran about checking out all the pumpkins and the trees and bushes…

we went to the market garden and picked up some lovely fresh veggies… we got corn on the cob, peas, yellow and green beans, green onions, garlic, tiny and medium sized potatoes, cauliflower and radishes…

when we got home we put a little roast on the barbecue and prepared yellow beans, corn, potatoes and a caesar salad for our dinner… it was lovely… sadly the littlest person is going through the no meat phase, although both of his brothers went down that path long before he did… while the roast and potatoes were just finishing the propane ran out on the barbecue so Jeff put a new tank on… should I have the desire to barbecue, there will be fuel, lol…

after supper we read a book and then everyone went home and I had a little nap… when I got up the moon was smiling at me through the tree and I took a couple of pictures…

moon through the tree...

moon through the tree…

since then I have been in the hot tub and enjoyed watching a beautiful star filled sky…

what a lovely day…

breakfast…

13 Friday Sep 2013

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bananas, big girl pants, breakfast, habit, morning, morning routine, shake, strawberries, vitamin D

I don’t really like to eat first thing in the morning… this has been my pattern for most of my adult life…around 9 or so, I would happily have bacon and eggs and toast or potatoes if I had the time…

for quite a while over the last year I was getting up and making a shake for breakfast and drinking it before going to work…

spring came and I fell out of the habit, but was having a breakfast bar or some cheese before leaving home, or else taking it with me to have at the office when I arrived…

then I fell completely off the wagon and wasn’t eating anything in the morning…

for the last few weeks I have renewed the habit… I have been having shakes with bananas and strawberries or just strawberries…

I think I feel better when I remember to prepare and drink the shake and will have to get some more bananas for next week as I am out… I have some lovely frozen whole strawberries which I purchased for the Champagne Bubble Party and they are very nice… although they make the shake into a very cold drink which takes quite a while to get down, lol…

I like to put it in the thermos that I got from Cyndi when I was there in June…

purple thermos from Cyndi...

purple thermos from Cyndi…

I am almost out of the shake mix I was using, which I was getting through a friend who ordered it from the States, so I had to be paying attention to when it was starting to run low… am planning to go to SuperStore as they apparently have a good one which I am going to try…

I do find that a routine in the morning is very helpful, although it is easier when it is light… now when I get up for work I need to turn on a light as it is dark outside… guess it is about time to resume the Vitamin D regime…

toothpaste cap…

12 Thursday Sep 2013

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bad habits, big girl pants, messy, toothpaste

been thinking and talking about this quite a bit lately…

messy toothpaste cap...

messy toothpaste cap…

for over 30 of our 41 plus years, I blamed George for the messy toothpaste cap…

so, one would think that now the toothpaste cap would be neat and tidy… but apparently George wasn’t the only one who messed it up… although someone did suggest that he was coming back and messing it up as a little joke…

makes me giggle a bit and also feel a bit bad that I was putting all the blame on him when just possibly I had something to do with it…

wonder what else may have fit in that category…

 

sky…

11 Wednesday Sep 2013

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300 posts, getting darker, life partner, loss, sky

this is the 300th post to my blog…

wow… quite amazing really… started out wanting to share my story with others who have lost a life partner… the difficult days and the not so difficult… letting others know that you aren’t alone in what you are feeling… not sure I have connected with those people particularly, but quite a few people seem to appreciate my posts so I continue…

clouds through the trees...

clouds through the trees…

this morning the sky was very lovely and I took a few photos… the colour isn’t exactly right, but it is what the camera caught…

clouds from the deck...

clouds from the deck…

have been noticing that it is much darker in the morning now… since the beginning of the week it has been very noticeable…  having to turn on a light to get dressed…

sky from the car mid morning...

sky from the car mid morning…

ran out with a colleague to do an errand and caught the view above… the sun shone for the remainder of the day and it rained a bit just before I got home…

sunflower…

10 Tuesday Sep 2013

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big girl pants, flowers, garden, nature, sunflower, weeding

yesterday I took a picture of the sunflower in the front garden starting to open…

sunflower just starting to open...

sunflower just starting to open through the window…

I didn’t plant it there, but apparently I haven’t done any weeding for a while and all of a sudden there it was big and bold in the garden… couldn’t pull it out after that…

sunflower starting to open...

sunflower opening…

so I’ve been watching it and this morning as I was leaving the driveway I took a couple of pictures…

close up of sunflower opening...

close up of sunflower opening…

as I wasn’t home, I couldn’t see if it swivelled around to follow the sun, but maybe I will be able to see that on the weekend…

it is always such fun to see a field of sunflowers turning their faces to follow the sun…

paperwork…

09 Monday Sep 2013

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big girl pants, crazy system, government departments, huge stress, paperwork

been thinking about the difficulties of sorting things out with government departments…

recently a young friend has been struggling with Service Canada regarding a mat leave…

reminds me of the difficulties I encountered when I was on sick leave last year and two years before that…

if you can get to an actual person they are usually very helpful, although I did discover that one would say one thing, and the next person might say the exact opposite… and when you are worried about getting the funding you do everything you can to do exactly as they say so that everything works out and you actually get the money…

in the end, last year I received about a thousand dollars… can’t even imagine what it cost in my time and our Finance person’s time… dozens of phone calls to the government, many calls to my colleague at work… huge amounts of stress… pages of paperwork done and redone… sick time and vacation time used up and then advised by the government that I owed them more in taxes because I hadn’t received a record of the amount of money that had eventually been paid to me…

I know its in here somewhere...

I know it’s in here somewhere…

the system is rather crazy… maybe one day they will make it user-friendly, lol…

ready for bed…

08 Sunday Sep 2013

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big girl pants, dinner, lovely weather, ready for bed, soccer game, surprise breakfast out

had a lovely surprise breakfast out, enjoyed a house tour and a lovely walk…

napped and then was picked up by the kids for a soccer game… excellent game and the weather was just lovely, a bit overcast with a slight breeze… our boys won which added even more excitement…

then we went to their house for dinner which consisted of a variety of baked chicken wings, mashed potatoes and cauliflower, with tomatoes and carrots from their garden… all of which was very nice… the boys headed to bed and I was driven home…

heading to bed...

heading to bed…

rather a busy day… now it is off to bed for me, lol…

enjoyable day…

07 Saturday Sep 2013

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algae in the pond, big girl pants, enjoyable day, more positive, morning glory, nap, reading, soaking roots, Spruce Meadows, watched birds

believe that I enjoyed every minute of my day… got up, dressed and went outside… spent some time in my new chair and read…

reading and watching the plants get watered at the root level...

reading and watching the plants get watered at the root level…

found the root watering tool and watered all of the plants in the new pond area… right now the pond is filled with algae and I think it is from fertilizing the plants and the water running into the pond…

took most of the day, but each plant got a lovely soaking at the root level, and while that was going on I watched the birds, read and snacked…

beautiful morning glory...

beautiful morning glory…

had a lovely nap in the afternoon and watched some great jumping at Spruce Meadows…

read and watered some more and then came in for supper and some TV…

starting to feel more positive again… thank goodness…

when…

06 Friday Sep 2013

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big girl pants, get on with life, lay in bed and cry, new running shoes, Sargent Sundae, when

when will these days be over…

had a very rough day today… keep thinking that I should be done with days like this… when I just really want to lay on my bed and cry, but instead have to work and try to keep the tears from coming…

549 days… shouldn’t that be enough… shouldn’t I be able to get on with life… what is my problem…

tonight the kids came and we picked up some groceries and made dinner… then we went to Sargent Sundae for ice cream… perked me up a little bit…

how can you feel sorry for yourself with all the energy surrounding you, lol…

got a shot of someone’s new running shoes which are orange with camo…

side view of new running shoes...

side view of new running shoes…

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