EKG…

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back to being off every Friday… happy to be on this schedule…

this morning I had a checkup and besides the usual tests the doctor included an EKG…

apparently by the time you are 67 (for another few weeks) they want to get a baseline for the future… I am wondering what their expectations are, going forward, lol…

once I was done there, I called to see if I could get in for a pedicure… only waited about half and hour, and besides the pedicure, I got a sports manicure…

lovely fingers and toes…

topped the day off with Clay Oven Goat Thali via SkipTheDishes;-)… I divide it up and have enough for another meal…

happy Friday…

skiff…

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such a beautiful start to the day…

the sky was gorgeous, the flowers were blooming… and it was warm… although there was just a skiff of snow on the ground…

amazing how fast we can forget the cold weather…

tonight it was great to see the solar lights coming on… in the garden they are shining through the snow…

more signs of Spring…

wondering…

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this morning I had to drive myself to work… missed my carpool buddy…

was surprised when I opened the back door to find a bag hanging from the handle… then I remembered that my daughter had said a friend was going to drop something off… it had completely slipped my mind… particularly as I am usually coming in the front door now…

my technique when I drive out of the garage is to stop and make sure the overhead door closes all the way before I drive away… that way, when I get down the street, or halfway to the office, I won’t freak out wondering if I closed it…

while I waited I enjoyed looking at the Joy hanging in the car… for whatever reason it was rocking and rolling a bit… brought a smile to my face…

good start to a foggy morning…

situations…

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I’ve been thinking about so many in my circles who are dealing with difficult situations…

some are dealing with health issues, others with family problems, and still others are struggling with their work situations…

as the weather warms up and the sun gets stronger every day I am reminded of how good my world is…

slushy…

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tonight, as I walked up the street, I took a photo of the road and creek…

there is lots of water out there, which is exciting because that means it is Spring…

yay, yay, yay…

been wearing sandals since last Wednesday (start of Spring and all), so have had to do a bit less walking on the sidewalks because they are still slushy, or icy, or filled with puddles…

there is still a great deal of snow out there, particularly on the lawns and in yards, but it is certainly melting more every day…

Jericho…

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I was tidying up one of the kitchen junk drawers yesterday and I found the resurrection plant that we bought when my youngest grandson and I were in Ottawa last year about this time…

its actual name is Rose of Jericho… thank you Google;-)…

I took pictures as it opened…

12:07, 12:22, 1:31, 3:23…

4:20, 6:23 yesterday and 8:08 am and 5:06 pm today…

it is now a beautiful green floating plant… I am interested to see how it will end up…

upsell…

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couple of great things over the last few days…

yesterday I was on the phone with MTS to check out some information about my cell phone…

the woman I spoke with was ever so helpful and didn’t try to upsell me during our discussion… really appreciated that…

at the end of our call she asked if there was anything else and I mentioned that I’d like to talk about the cost of all my services… I pay a lot for one person… she transferred me to another person…

that person noted that we’ve been loyal customers for over forty years and was impressed with that… he was able to provide an excellent discount for a whole year which made me exceptionally pleased… in the process, gave me a good discount on the house phone… I know, I know, how many of us are there left, lol…

made me happy…

and today, I received my tax information back and was pleased to discover that once again I am getting a refund… phew… my accountant has figured out exactly what I need to have deducted so that I don’t end up owing money at the end of the year…

the process of submitting them is so easy now… I courier the papers to the office, receive the documentation electronically, sign it, scan it, and send it back electronically as well, and then it is sent to CRA…

I think back to when my beloved did our taxes… he really disliked doing them and we were always searching to find all the documents we needed and do all the calculations… then put it in an envelope and mail it off, or drive to the Tax Office and drop it off because it was kind of late, lol…

I’ve found a system that helps me gather everything so that when it is time to do them, all the bits and pieces of paper are together;-)…

all good…

Melody…

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one of the things I do when preparing a blog is look to see if I’ve used the title previously…

tonight I came across a post about Melody, an amazing sphere that my daughter and I stayed in on Vancouver Island in June, 2013…

remembering how lovely it was to be rocked to sleep amongst the trees…

reminded me of being rocked in the sailboat, many, many, years ago…

was a bit disappointed when I realized the poor quality of this picture… my photo game has certainly improved over the last six years;-)…

halfway…

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hadn’t been in the hot tub for weeks… Sunday it was warm and I headed out… when I opened the cover I discovered that the water was only about halfway up the side… it was at the correct temperature so I got in and sat on the floor so that I was mostly under water…

then the jets came on and I got splashed… a lot… didn’t stay in too long after that…

dried off and figured out how to get water into it… had to do some fancy footwork to get the vent open so I could run the hose through it…

last night I was out for a hot tub under the nearly full moon… so nice… might have heard some geese…

what a treat to be back there…