leading…

22 Wednesday Apr 2015

Posted by in health, life, nature

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , ,

started the day with this beautiful African violet…

  
lovely to see the flower and the many buds… 

attended a great presentation by Cy Wakeman… she shared some excellent points about leadership in a humorous, but very direct way… certainly made me think about my own leadership style…

was particularly taken with her comments  “reality is the birthplace of innovation” and “quit believing what you think”… 

lots to think about…

 
fit some time in on the treadmill at lunch… ate well all day… off to do a few more steps…

was a good day…

sky…

21 Tuesday Apr 2015

Posted by in life, nature

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , ,

first thing I saw when I stepped outside this morning…

  
as I drove to work the sun came in and out of view in the overcast sky… was very happy to be able to stop at the end of the street and get a shot of it… kind of hard to tell that actually is the sun, lol…

 
after work I drove home with my visor down to protect my eyes from the bright sun…

saw some beautiful cloud formations…

  
again, very lucky to have a red light so that I could take the picture…

tonight I read about how a young friend had a conversation about what clouds look like with their child on their way home today… they were probably looking up at the same time as I was…

still cold and windy, but the snow has gone…

amazing what you can see over the course of the day if you take the time to look…

errands…

20 Monday Apr 2015

Posted by in health, life, nature

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , ,

today was the first day of my .9 time, so I was home…

was looking forward to running a few errands, maybe even working in the garden… but woke up to this…

  

really!!! and it was cold and windy…

got dressed and was ready to head out but then decided that I didn’t really need to run those errands…

 

so, I took off those clothes, stayed abed and watched tv all day… 

warmed up a lovely dinner of last night’s leftovers…

had tea with one of my BS buddies, and climbed into bed…

it was nice to do nothing after the busy weekend of birthday activities…

more…

19 Sunday Apr 2015

Posted by in health, life, nature

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , ,

more birthday fun continued today…

once the boys woke up (after 8), we drove to the “A” for breakfast as it was chilly and rainy… the whole purpose of breakfast out was so we could walk, lol…

downtown for lunch and a Habitat for Humanity Garden Party and Fashion show…  

on to IKEA where I picked up two utensil holders… they were not the ones I really wanted but they will work fine… the last bit of red has now left the kitchen…

 

home to put the finishing touches on supper… all excited about the reheated mashed potatoes which will not affect my blood sugar the way freshly cooked ones do…

  

been looking forward to this dinner for over a week… our tradition is to have the birthday person choose their favourite meal and that is what we have… 

roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing are one of my favourite meals… haven’t had normal mashed potatoes since Christmas dinner because of the diabetes issues… 

usually you don’t have to make your own birthday supper and my son-in-law was really against me making the dinner, but it was what I wanted…

  

it was delicious and I certainly enjoyed every mouthful…

lots of eating today…

special…

18 Saturday Apr 2015

Posted by in health, life, nature

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , ,

woke up way too early… went out for a hot tub and watched the light come up as the birds sang in the trees… opened my parcel from Cyndi and Ron and found a beautiful bead…

  

which, I discovered a little later, she had made… also some black currant and vanilla tea… gonna try that tomorrow…

went for dimsum with the kids and enjoyed every bite…

then we headed over to The Forks for the Chocolate Festival… wandered around for a couple of hours collecting small bits of a variety of chocolate items… they were tiny and I didn’t have all of them but did get tastes…

ended our visit with a walk down by the river…

  

lots of steps today…

came home, had a rest and made mashed potatoes and stuffing for tomorrow’s supper…

lovely collection of birthday treats…

  

calls, emails, posts all added to my special day… and to top things off I have two sleepover buddies tonight…

gratitude…

17 Friday Apr 2015

Posted by in health, life, nature

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , ,

a pre-birthday treat this morning when the African Violet had flowers opening…

  

headed downtown early as I had a dental appointment to have my teeth cleaned… beautiful walk… and no cavities… 

brought in nuts, chocolate and fruit for the office to celebrate my birthday… find it such fun to treat my colleagues…

  

others brought in cookies as well…

treated to lunch out and when we got back was surprised with a rendition of Happy Birthday, a cute purple chrysanthemum plant in a bag for presentation, along with chips and a card signed by everyone…

  

when I got home the sun blasted into the living room and shone right on my collection of flowers and cards…

  

spoke with both of my girls, planned some of tomorrow’s celebrations and talked about our week…

I am filled with gratitude for another year where I have been surrounded with great colleagues, friends and family…

beauty…

16 Thursday Apr 2015

Posted by in health, life, nature

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

, , , , ,

lovely drive to work… the sky was amazing and luckily I stopped at a red light and got a quick picture…

  

took a short walk at noon and climbed the stairs at the Hydro Building… on my way out I took a shot of one of the water walls…

 

the sound is spectacular…

noticed a lot of fire trucks downtown today…

ran a few errands and found another great card in the mail when I got home… 

beauty is everywhere… glad I had a few opportunities to enjoy it today…  

waiting…

15 Wednesday Apr 2015

Posted by in life

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , ,

yesterday a parcel arrived at the office with my name on it…

it’s from my daughter in Ottawa… she said I couldn’t open it until my birthday on Saturday… seems fair because I won’t have many presents…

now I’m waiting…

today when I got home there was a cute purple orchid on the table with a note saying Happy Almost Birthday… my Winnipeg daughter had dropped it off sometime during the day…  

and in the mail was a card from another friend… 

beside the card you can just see the edge of the parcel…

I am indeed blessed… even if I do have to wait…

goals…

14 Tuesday Apr 2015

Posted by in health, life, nature

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , ,

trying to get more exercise since my diabetes diagnosis…

been walking on the treadmill as often as possible and using the weights a few times a week…

looking forward to walking outside now that the weather is improving…

here’s my last week’s Fitbit report…

 

I’ve been hitting my daily step goal regularly so yesterday I upped my goal… will see how that goes… I don’t find it encouraging if I never meet the goal, lol…

have signed up for a Diabetes walk at the end of May and we are playing another game at work to help us prepare for the walk…

I am doing 5k… when I was forty I practised with the girls at their school and did a 5k run as part of the Manitoba Marathon… just about killed me because I get shin splints and actually run at the speed that many people walk at, lol…

feeling proud that I am able to get more exercise in…

glasses…

13 Monday Apr 2015

Posted by in life, nature

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , ,

when I was at the first Dollarama gathering the bits and pieces for the Easter tablescape, I purchased two lovely glasses… they are an interesting shape and have a bit of purple around the bottom…

they fit on the shelf in the cupboard, which is important and I really like the feel of them in my hand…

yesterday I went back and picked up eight more…  

tossed out the old ones which had turned all foggy from the dishwasher and must have been at least ten years old… they weren’t even good enough to donate, lol…

finding glasses that feel good in my hand always seems difficult, but I am pleased with these ones…

also picked up a couple of bowls with the same pattern…

giggling to myself tonight after feeding the fish… they were in such a hurry to eat that they splashed my face, hands and shirt… they are only getting fed once a day now and are feeling like they are suffering…