08 Monday Apr 2019
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looking forward to gathering with my BS buddies tonight…
apparently the Easter bunny stopped by a bit early as I won’t see them closer to the holiday…
although we will be celebrating Easter, it is snowing like crazy right now…
the ground was clear when I got home from work;-(… all of those gray spots and lines are snowflakes coming down…
07 Sunday Apr 2019
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appropriate, big girl pants, Hawaii, preparations, ready, temperature, travel, Tuesday, widow
well,
the flights are booked… ✔️
the hotels are confirmed… ✔️
the car is rented… ✔️
the car insurance has been purchased… ✔️
the travel insurance is in hand… ✔️
the house sitter is organized… ✔️
the bags are packed… ✔️
although the temperature is around 28° (compared to around 4° here), it looks like it drops by 10° at night…
hope I’ve chosen appropriate clothing for two weeks in Hawaii…
ready to leave on Tuesday…
06 Saturday Apr 2019
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05 Friday Apr 2019
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been laughing all evening…
in October I upgraded my Costco membership thinking it would result in a bit of a refund…
recently I’ve talked with many people asking about their Costco refunds and been rather ticked that I didn’t get one… each person advised they had received a cheque in the mail…
today I finally got around to calling to see what was going on… they were obviously busy because I was on hold for quite some time…
eventually, I spoke with a lovely woman… she advised that the cheque was on the second page of my renewal letter… which came weeks ago… and which I opened but didn’t look at the second page, lol…
she was very kind and we laughed together over the whole thing… what a sweet woman… not a single person mentioned it came with the renewal letter…
I’ve also been waiting for an invoice from my amazing tax preparer but hadn’t seen one…
this afternoon my refund cheque arrived which reminded me to call to find out how much I owed them, but they were closed… then I searched through my email to see if I could find anything and came across an email with the invoice in it… it came minutes after the original one with my results… too funny…
and then, for the trifecta, I tried to open my new online app and deposit the cheque into my account, using my phone… I used an old password and eventually was blocked from the site… called the bank and I have to wait until tomorrow for it to reset… then I can try again, as I now remember the correct password, lol…
04 Thursday Apr 2019
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03 Wednesday Apr 2019
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big girl pants, cake, cherry pie, chocolate, delicious, pie, pistachios, sugar, sweet, widow
had a sweet snack tonight…
pistachios and a few pieces of a Lindt chocolate bar…
just this morning someone commented about how well I am watching my sugar intake…
and then I ate cake at lunch;-(… it was a small piece, but I ate the whole thing…
I don’t care much for cake… my mom always made cherry pie for my birthday, lol… but this cake was amazing…
02 Tuesday Apr 2019
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tonight I walked home from Portage…
it was a bit chilly, but a lovely walk… the streets were clear of snow and just a bit wet so my feet made it home unscathed…
really happy now that I know the sidewalks are in good shape so that I can start walking on a regular basis;-)…
although there is very little snow remaining on the ground, it snowed off and on for a good portion of the day… crazy…
the creek is full of water, nearly all the ice has melted… the mix of cold and warm and wind have slowed down the melt so it doesn’t look like it will overflow…
01 Monday Apr 2019
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two lovely things to start my day…
first was to turn the page on my Chihuly calendar…
April is a stunning installation which is located at Union Station in Tacoma, Washington… will be nice to look at for the month…
and, when I got to the office I discovered my little inukshuk (or inuksuk) keychain sitting on my desk… it broke quite a while ago and a sweet colleague took it home for repair… there it sat, just waiting to get back together with my work keys, which happened immediately… she did a beautiful repair job…
I love inuksuit… there is one in the side garden built out of Tyndall stone… well, it needs a little work, but that will happen as the weather improves, lol…
excellent start to the day…
31 Sunday Mar 2019
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started the day with a lovely hot tub…
although tons of snow has melted, there is still quite a bit covering the garden… took a photo when I got out of the tub…
this afternoon my grandson filled the bird feeders and then shovelled some of the snow so that it might melt a bit faster when the sun shines…
birds are gonna be happy…
30 Saturday Mar 2019
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big girl pants, Chihuly, drawer, family, memories, pictures, quadrant, sea shells, Seattle, sunshine, table, weather, widow
sun shone all day which is great… Saturday is my rest day and I try not to leave the house…
had a fun time changing out the drawer in the living room coffee table…
put away all of the pictures of beautiful Chihuly installations and family photos… brought back some lovely memories of our meeting with him in Seattle… like shaking the hand of a rock star;-)…
pulled out the box filled with sea shells and used them to fill the four quadrants… I remember how excited I was to find this table at IKEA that the shells could go into…
of course, I’ve lost two different batches of shells since then, lol…
but it looks lovely and beach-y...
