21 Wednesday Feb 2018
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20 Tuesday Feb 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, flower therapy, healing, in the moment, joy, music, sadness, smiling, sun dogs, sunflower, widow
this morning the Flower Therapy card that I selected was a sunflower and advised that smiling was healing and made you feel better…
I often bop around in the car as I drive to and from work listening to the radio and dancing along with the music… it makes me smile as I wonder what the people in the other cars are thinking…
as I was heading home my joy ornament was glittering in the sunlight….
brought a smile to my face…
and that was right after driving towards the very bright sun dogs in the sky…
there was lots to smile about today… and it did make me feel better…
as the date of my beloved’s passing looms closer I am trying to give myself the space to be in the moment and let the sadness come and go as needed…
19 Monday Feb 2018
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big girl pants, chicken soup, curry, lunch, prep, smug, widow
had some fun in the kitchen today…
made chicken soup from last night’s leftovers…
late this afternoon also made red lentil curry with rice…
feeling rather smug now that I have lunch organized for the whole week…
18 Sunday Feb 2018
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big girl pants, chocolate, grandson, meals, muffins, Olympics, shortbread, smoothie, stuffing, widow
the weekend sure makes watching the Olympics easier…
wake up around 4 am, watch whatever is on and go back to sleep for another few hours… rise and have a relaxing breakfast and watch what I might have missed earlier… nap if needed, and repeat…
I ate especially well today, as I knew there was roast chicken dinner on the menu…
breakfast smoothie and hard boiled eggs with shredded cucumbers for lunch…
ran out for a quick grocery shop and then back to the Olympics…
prepped the stuffing for the chicken and was sure to have enough to make stuffing muffins for my youngest grandson… they are his favourite, lol…
sadly, he wasn’t feeling well so didn’t have any dinner but he did take some home for later…
ended my day with a couple of shortbread cookies that a friend made for me and a small piece of dark chocolate… the cookies reside in the freezer and this was the first time I’ve had any… mmm, delicious reminder of Christmas…
now to watch the ice dance short program…
17 Saturday Feb 2018
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big girl pants, flower, iTunes, manicure, Olympics, shellac, sun, Technology, Total Wrapture, widow, yellow
last night on my way home I picked up an iTunes card so that I could upgrade one of my apps, and now I have some more shapes to play with for pictures, lol…
enjoyed a quiet day watching Olympics and napping…
I did run over to Total Wrapture to have the shellac removed from my fingernails…
for some reason the beautiful white French manicure turned a strange shade of yellow/orange… the aesthetician had never seen anything like it… that’s me… special… although the polish didn’t chip, my nails do not feel great now that it has been scraped off…
the sunshine made me think it was warm out, but with the wind, it was rather chilly…
final other activity was to take some pictures of my flowers in the sunlight…
that yellow ball in the sky really does brighten everything up;-)…
16 Friday Feb 2018
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had a lovely time wandering around the office and taking pictures of the various roses…
I can’t explain how much joy I get from having flowers around…
seeing them wherever I turned brought a smile to my face…
between the roses and the fact that the daylight is getting longer every day my spirits have certainly been lifted…
now if only the temperature would start to rise in a steady manner…
15 Thursday Feb 2018
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beautiful, big girl pants, conversation widow, driveway, grandson, Olympics, shoveler, snow, supper
well that was nice…
texted my grandson, the shoveler, to say that there was a bit of snow on the driveway and sidewalks… it was quite beautiful as I looked out this morning before and after footprints were made…
we met at the office after work, stopped for gas and picked up some chicken wings for our supper… made a salad and we watched some Olympics…
then he went out and cleared away the snow… hot chocolate and a bit more Olympics and off he went to catch the bus home…
I really enjoyed having someone to discuss the performances of the various athletes we watched;-)…
14 Wednesday Feb 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, Boston Pizza, Decadence Chocolates, kindness, roses, spicy perogy, treats, Valentine's Day, widow
last night I picked up roses for my colleagues and was touched when my florist advised she had added an extra one to be sure that I got one…
on the weekend I made valentines for everyone using my pictures, an app to put words on them, and wireless printing… lots of fun… currently I have one as the wallpaper on my phone…
always enjoyable to treat them…
my beloved really loved Valentine’s Day… he always got me roses and chocolates and made sure that both of the girls received a rose too…
I still send roses to the girls…
often we’d have our favourite steak and lobster for dinner;-)…
been feeling a little sorry for myself without him, so preparing treats for others helps me overcome that feeling…
had a lovely day at work… wore red, had snacks and decided I would order a heart shaped pizza for supper as a treat for me…
it was the spicy perogy, which I really like… made a salad to complete my meal…
maybe I will finish off a small piece of sugar-free Berrylicious from Decadence Chocolates as a final treat…
thanks to Victoria for sending me a couple of photos from the office;-)…
hoping that you had a day filled with kindness…
13 Tuesday Feb 2018
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big girl pants, early mornings, late nights, live, Olympics, repeat, sunrise, sunset, tv, widow
lots of early mornings and late nights as I watch as much of the Olympics live as possible…
either stay awake until midnight or fall asleep during some of the sports I care less about… the tv stays on and I surface about four to watch some of the early events before work…
not much happens during our day so that is working well…
check the tv when I get home while supper is cooking, in case I missed anything… watch until I fall asleep…
and repeat;-)…
great news is I’ve been enjoying the sunrise most mornings, and tonight the sky was beautiful as the sun went down…
and the temperature had risen very nicely throughout the day…
12 Monday Feb 2018
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big girl pants, cake, difficult, half pipe, reimagine, thoughtful, vegan, widow, women
had a lovely evening with some women who I haven’t seen for months…
what a treat… delicious dinner – a meat stew and a vegan one as well – and thoughtful conversation…
there was cake for dessert, but I waited till I got home and had some dark chocolate and almonds while watching the men’s half pipe;-)…
we talked about the many difficult things happening in the world and how we might reimagine ways to deal with them… what we might do in our small corner…
a lot to think about…
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