filter…

25 Tuesday Nov 2014

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first thing this morning the sky was amazing…

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it stopped me in my tracks and I spent a few minutes enjoying the moment…

before I left the house I added in the first of the chemicals to the hot tub as the temperature had finally reached the nineties…

on my way home I stopped in at Pet Traders to get an opinion on the pump in the fish tank… we’ve had the tank for at least twenty years… got some great assistance and came out of the store with a replacement pump, filters and a large container of fish food… and they were having a Black Friday sale so I saved 30% on everything…

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when I got in I added the next chemical and had supper… after a nap I read the manual but felt a bit intimidated… think I’m going to wait for my son-in-law to help me put it in properly, lol…

now I’m heading out for a hot tub… haven’t had one in a couple of weeks… woo hoo…

watery…

24 Monday Nov 2014

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yesterday there seemed to be lots of watery work…

had to pick up a new short hose in the morning so that I could empty the hot tub… also got more fish food…

took a couple of hours for the tub to drain and then had to use pliers to get the water running into the tub once the filter was changed… process was a tad cold…

thirty minutes and it was full again… now just waiting for it to get warmed up…

then I spent some time taking water out of the fish tank… once a third of it was out I added fresh water…

looking a lot better but I think it might be time for a new pump…

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always some reason to put on those big girl pants, lol…

pretty…

22 Saturday Nov 2014

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had a very full week and today was busy too…

spent a few hours at work and the little boys met me there…

we went to the Zoo for the afternoon… had a wonderful time… focussed on the Journey to Churchill… saw most of the bears and got to sit beside Hudson for a few minutes…

the boys were amazing and we had tons of fun…

came home and met up with mom and the biggest boy…

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lots of cuddles…

they left and I had a nap and watched tv for a while until a friend stopped by… we have been having such fun…

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pretty:-)…

sushi…

21 Friday Nov 2014

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tonight my daughter picked me up at the office and took me to her house…

we went and picked up Subway sandwiches for the boys and sushi for the adults…

tried some soft shell crab rolls along with tempura and California rolls…

swallowed the last bite and then got driven home where we met Jeff who had shovelled the sidewalk and unhooked some slightly frozen hoses…

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they had borrowed the car last weekend and were bringing it back tonight… good kids…

very happy to have the hoses removed… hopefully tomorrow I can drain the hot tub…

delicious…

19 Wednesday Nov 2014

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what a wonderful evening…

picked up by friends and headed to Tres Visi Cafe on Grosvenor and Stafford…

dinner was delicious…

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veal with lemon and capers, fettuccine Alfredo on the side… the picture doesn’t do it justice… sadly the wait person and I had a slight communication problem but she was quick to redo the meal so that I got this one… it was amazing and I ate every scrap on my plate… should have taken a picture of the after… would have licked it but didn’t want to embarrass my friends, lol…

we were celebrating two birthdays – one each from July and October… there was a great deal of conversation about how we would divide up the bill to be sure that the birthday women didn’t pay for their own meal, but contributed to the other birthday person… what we decided was that we should only celebrate one at a time because it was way too difficult to calculate for two…

superior service the entire time we were there…

lots of laughter and conversation…

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finished dinner with a delightful creme brûlée…

amazing women who always lift my spirits and make an evening special…

mothers…

18 Tuesday Nov 2014

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had a great conversation about mothers recently…

from a group of six, one had an excellent relationship with their mom, two had regular ones and three had difficult connections with their mothers…

always interesting to learn about other people’s history and how it shaped them…

my mother had a nervous breakdown when my brother was born and spent the next twenty years in and out of hospital… certainly affected our relationship… although we didn’t connect for most of my life, we did become very close during the last years of her life…

for the last four months we spent every day together… I was extremely blessed to have that time with her and get to say all the things I needed…

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I wonder about my legacy to my girls…

healthcare…

17 Monday Nov 2014

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this morning I took a picture of the hibiscus… it was glorious…

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been thinking about healthcare recently… various people I know are dealing with issues…

I think back to all the appointments we had with doctors and surgeons about my hernia repair, and how all that red tape and slowness meant that I only needed one operation to deal with the hernia and cancer… how miraculous was that, lol…

getting on the good side of the support staff seems to be so important… whether it is the receptionist at the doctor’s office or the staff at the nursing station… these are the people who can move the process forward…

when George was in heart failure and the appointment with the cardiologist was weeks away, I had a great conversation with one of his staff and shared how ill George was… when a cancellation came up a day later we got in to see the doctor and I believe that saved his life and gave us another six years together…

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tonight the five blooms had reduced to two… still beautiful, but quite the change from earlier in the day…

much like life…

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another wonderful sunset…

pretty…

16 Sunday Nov 2014

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when I woke up this morning I heard scraping outside… couldn’t figure out what it was… once I know what the sound is, I can ignore it, but when I can’t figure it out it makes me a bit crazy…

looked out the window and saw this…

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pretty isn’t it… fresh snow always looks wonderful… particularly if you don’t have to go out…

once I got downstairs I checked out the hibiscus which has three flowers and lots of buds…

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I did go out to the grocery store and the pet store… the driving was fine…

tonight Jeff changed the filters and hopefully the water will clear up…

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many pretty things today…