02 Thursday Feb 2017
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almonds, aquasize, big girl pants, cookies, shortbread, snack, weekend, widow
great start to my weekend…
shortbread and almonds for a snack before heading to aquasize… have two cookies left…
great class and now home to watch some tv…
24 Tuesday Jan 2017
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aquasize, big girl pants, cookie, packed, parking lot, widow, workout
back to aquasize tonight… been a while… the parking lot was jam packed… we are anticipating that by mid-February there will be ample room…
and although there were many people at the Rec Centre, our class was rather small, but we got a good workout… the best part was the generous space in the Change Rooms… had a whole section to ourselves…
after supper I enjoyed one of these wonderful peanut butter cookies that my swim buddy brought over last night…
delicious…
25 Tuesday Oct 2016
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aquasize, big girl pants, boost, leftovers, lunch, sky, treadmill, under the weather, widow
feeling a bit under the weather and had a very hard time getting out of bed this morning…
so slow that there wasn’t time to walk on the treadmill… that is a rare occurrence…
as I turned onto the road at the end of the street I saw this beautiful sky… luckily there was no one behind me so I could stop and get a photo…
did give me a bit of a boost…
then I had lunch with a dear friend… lovely treat…
picked up and taken to aquasize by another friend and afterwards had a bit of leftover dinner from last night’s meeting…
now watching a bit of tv and thinking of a short nap and a hot tub…
11 Tuesday Oct 2016
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aquasize, beloved, big girl pants, conversation, dark, fish and chips, light, widow
yesterday was in a conversation with someone about how dark it is getting in the evening…
they mentioned that by 8 pm the light was fading… sadly tonight as we were coming home from aquasize at 7:25 it was already dark…
was also thinking about how my beloved would make fish and chips for when I’d get home from swimming… I miss that…
this was the light at 7:48 this morning… just getting light out…
10 Tuesday May 2016
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aquasize, big girl pants, deer + almond, jacket, rain, tuna, water, window
woke up to the gentle sound of rain on the window… we’ve really needed it…
could almost see the grass getting greener, lol…
was a bit worried because I am still getting water in the basement if it rains a lot… happily, when I got home and checked, it was dry… even though it rained on and off all day…
finally wore my new Patagonia rain jacket when I headed out for my lunch date… bought it for New York, but the weather was great so I never used it…
met a friend at deer + almond… my first time there and it was excellent… food was tasty and the service was impeccable…
I had an open faced seared tuna sandwich with a goat cheese salad… yum…
spent time in the water after work as my swimming pal and I went for an aquasize class…
lots of water today, lol…
16 Wednesday Mar 2016
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antibiotic, aquasize, big girl pants, feet, medication, pharmacist, reaction, sandals, snow, sun, surprises, widow
couple of surprises over the last few days…
last night as we were getting ready for aquasize, I noticed that my feet were red and warm… at first I wondered if it was something from the spa… or maybe from my sandals…
they were still red this afternoon so I contacted the pharmacist to see if it was something to do with new antibiotic I am taking to help with an outbreak of blepharitis…
because my body responds so poorly to any type of medication I was worried that I was having a strange reaction… Grant reviewed the side effects and thought it was a sensitivity to the sun… I had spent some time on the deck on Monday so that was certainly a possibility… when I got home I changed into some leggings which matched the marks on my ankles exactly… happily I think that confirms his idea… for the next month I will have to be very careful when out in the sun…
as I drove home from work it was spitting and I took this picture when I got into the house just before five… can’t believe that nearly all the snow is gone…
I had a lovely nap and woke up to this just before eight…
not such nice surprises, lol…
maybe I won’t be wearing my sandals to work in the morning…
01 Tuesday Mar 2016
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aquasize, big girl pants, calendar, Chihuly, Chihuly Garden and Glass, fish, glass, pho, posed, treat
great fun to turn the page on my Chihuly calendar this morning… so happy I was able to get a 2016 one…
every picture reminds me of the amazing visit we had to Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle…
this morning it was very light and I took a few pictures of the fish through the glass…
they kind of posed for the photo…
ended the day with some fabulous pho that we picked up after aquasize…
it was delicious… and a lovely treat…
was very good all day to be sure I could manage the special meal…
17 Wednesday Feb 2016
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aquasize, big girl pants, bird feeders, bunny, cold, moments, overcast, snow, sun, variety, windchill
over the last few days we have had a variety of weather… really cold days, with a nasty windchill, and slightly warmer ones… then there was time when the snow was melting… crazy…
there has been quite a bit of overcast sky… on Sunday I caught this picture of the backyard… the bunny is just under the trees…
everything was covered in a dusting of snow and looked so pretty…
later in the day the bird feeders in the front yard took centre stage…
Monday, the sun was out and I got a couple of shots of it going down behind the clouds across the creek…
last evening as I was waiting for a ride to aquasize I spent a lovely few minutes watching the clouds scoot across the sky as the sun was travelling down…
often when I am waiting for a ride I have my phone in hand and am focussing on two or three things at the same time…
not this time… wonderful…
26 Tuesday Jan 2016
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first thing this morning I walked on the treadmill at home for twenty minutes…
at noon I walked on the treadmill at the office for fifteen minutes…
after work I went to the pool for aquasize…
lots of movement today…
tonight I caught some movement in the sky as a plane flew through my picture of a lovely sunset…
08 Tuesday Dec 2015
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sore back today… might have had something to do with carting all the Christmas decoration boxes up and down the stairs…
but, the space looks fabulous:-)…
had imagined that by the end of the day it would be better… unfortunately not the case, which made for a long day…
this wonderful sky greeted us on the way home…
dragged myself to aquasize and was pleased to make it through the session… didn’t do any twisting…
back home and had supper in stages… started with smoked goldeye and tomato, cucumber and avocado salad… once it was cooked enjoyed a yummy sweet potato…
tasty… now to rest my back…
part of the stairway decorations are small wooden trees which George made many years ago…
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