busy…

11 Sunday Jan 2015

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had a very busy day today…

slept in until 8, and don’t think I stopped since then, until about an hour ago…

met the kids for breakfast at The Original Pancake House where I got to have my favourite chicken livers and potato pancakes… yum, can’t even remember the last time I had these…

from there we went shopping where I found two pairs of pants and a new scarf… we looked at chairs and treadmills… had our toes pedicured and I even got a dragonfly painted on one of mine…

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finally, got this beautiful shot of the sky as we were getting into the car just before I dropped the kids off at the bus stop…

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bought groceries, came home and unloaded all my purchases…

had leftover chicken livers for my supper, and napped for an hour… thinking about heading out for a hot tub…

packing…

10 Saturday Jan 2015

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got a few jobs done around the house…

spent time resting and watching tv, and enjoying the sunshine which was streaming through the windows…

collected all the ornaments and balls in the table and packed them up for next year… table looks a bit empty so I’ll have to find something to put in there… not quite ready for the shells again…

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couldn’t force myself to pack up the ornaments in the dining room window… they look so nice…

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the boxes are full and I still need to pack away the Santas and wreath in boxes in the basement, lol…

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tonight I made popcorn in a measuring cup with a lid and it came out great…

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tastes yummy…

loose…

09 Friday Jan 2015

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having a problem with my pants… they are getting very loose…

not long ago I had to pin up a pair at work because I was afraid they might fall down…

ones that did fit better are now getting quite loose as well…

think I may need to go out and get a couple of pairs of smaller ones although I do worry whether I can actually fit into the next smallest size…

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continue to have more energy and my glucose levels are levelling out…

a few days ago I spoke with my health care insurance providers and discovered that they need a letter from my doctor and will then cover the cost of the strips, which are expensive… looking forward to getting the letter from the doctor when I see her next week… I also need her to include a request for an appointment with a dietitian…

seems like you need a doctor’s letter to get most anything from the insurance company…

clear…

08 Thursday Jan 2015

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this morning I took this picture of the fresh snow on the ground… the window acted like a mirror and so the living room was clear as well…

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kind of fun…

busy day and when I got home my grandson arrived to clear that snow…

he stayed for dinner and then headed home… on his way to the bus his dad turned up, on his way home from work, and gave him a ride… that made me happy because it is cold out there…

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too chilly to hot tub and I am missing my time out there…

still searching for a good app to keep track of my blood sugar and what I have been eating… the ones I’ve looked at have very complicated food records so I will keep searching…

light…

07 Wednesday Jan 2015

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Shelmerdine spent weeks working on a corner of the Millennium Library Park as the weather turned cold and the snow began to fall… we think part of the construction was a pad for food trucks to park on, but we won’t know until Spring comes… this portion is right behind our building…

the other thing we noticed was balls hanging from the trees…

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they weren’t lit for quite a while but about a week ago they started to light up the area… got this shot on the way into the office this morning… still rather dark as you can see…

have been using my SAD light and I think it is helping keep me happier…

came home a bit later tonight and did notice that it is staying a bit lighter in the evening…

looking forward to each additional minute of light…

towels…

06 Tuesday Jan 2015

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today the towels from Turkey arrived…

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they are what is used in the Hammam… my daughter had purchased some when she was in Turkey and discovered how absorbent they are… made me think how great they would be for taking to aquasize…

currently my towel takes up most of my bag, and this one will take up about a quarter of the space…

can hardly wait to go to the pool and see how they work…

tree…

05 Monday Jan 2015

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this morning as I was getting ready for work I stepped outside and looked at this tree covered in snow…

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as I looked across the street the moon was full and over the neighbour’s house… pictures on my phone didn’t turn out, sadly…

full day back at work after two weeks away… happy to get home and have a rest before supper…

cleared…

04 Sunday Jan 2015

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spent a very quiet last day of holidays…

lots of TV watching and napping…

did a few chores around the house and got supper ready for the kids…

my shoveler worked very hard when he arrived…

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that driveway is a lot bigger when there is five inches of snow on the ground and it is minus 40 with the windchill…

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all cleared now so I am able to exit the premises, lol…

guess that means I can get to work tomorrow…

covered…

03 Saturday Jan 2015

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this morning there was way more snow outside… everything was covered…

looking out the door...

looking out the door…

got a few great shots of the garden where the snow had made designs everywhere… couldn’t tell if it was the squirrel or bunny who left tracks in the snow…

gazing ball with a hat...

gazing ball with a hat…

pattern on the trellis...

pattern on the trellis…

when I opened the front door it was clear that a lot of snow had fallen overnight… my snow guy was busy today, but luckily I didn’t need to go anywhere, so could just look out and admire it…

deep snow...

deep snow…

spent time listening to neighbours’ with their snowblowers and shovels as they cleaned sidewalks and driveways…

de-cluttered a closet, put away Christmas ornaments and did some walking…

now to bed…

snow…

02 Friday Jan 2015

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looked outside this morning and saw such beauty…

everything had been covered with a blanket of light fluffy snow…

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luckily I didn’t need to leave home… always so much more beautiful if you don’t have to go out in it, lol…

this afternoon my grandson came over and shovelled the sidewalk, driveway and back path…

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he did a good job and then came in for hot chocolate while we waited for his mom to pick him up, when she got off work…

a friend stopped by a few hours later and there was more snow on the ground… we went out for supper and while we were visiting the wind was blowing the snow around…

wonder what it is going to look like in the morning…