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lustre…

02 Sunday Dec 2018

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for the last few years a dear friend has come over to help me with the Christmas decorating…

I’ve always loved Christmas but since the loss of my beloved it has lost a bit of its lustre…

this year I’ve been working away on my own to decorate… I decided to try some different options… took me a few weeks but it is done now…

have put my tree collection in the dining room where my pottery usually lives… and even passed along some pieces, yay for me;-)…

put up a new tree with purple and silver decorations and hung up the glass balls on either side of the picture above the sofa…

put the snow people up the stairs…

got a garland going along the ledge in the dining room… final piece was to put the glittery trees on the fish tank…

still might have my friend come by to check it all out…

then going to go through the rest of the Christmas boxes and maybe pass some decorations along to others…

there are the reindeer, the snowflakes, the nativities, the angels, the santas…

contact…

26 Monday Nov 2018

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I’ve worn contact lenses off and on for 40 years although for the last few years I haven’t worn any, as I’ve had a bit of trouble with my eyesight and some infections in my eyes…

have gone through a period where I didn’t see as well with the contacts in, so there wasn’t much sense in wearing them…

got a new prescription a while back and the other day when I put my contacts in I realized that one was missing… couldn’t find it anywhere around the sink so just thought “I guess it’s gone”…

first time I’ve ever lost a contact like that although over the years my beloved was always there to help me if I did misplace one…

when I got home from work that night I discovered the contact sitting on the edge of the sink, all dried up… too funny…

just a few days ago I took my contacts out and put my glasses on, only to realize that I still had a contact in one of my eyes…

not sure if this is a sign of old age, or what…

bypass…

18 Sunday Nov 2018

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it has been ten years since my beloved had a quadruple bypass…

he caught a virus that caused immense damage to his heart…

I can still remember the doctor’s appointment where we discovered that he was in heart failure and would need surgery…

all the appointments between that first meeting and his surgery…

waiting during the operation, wondering if he would survive… and watching his miraculous recovery from the surgery…

he came home November 17, 2008 and we had forty wonderful months…

now…

04 Sunday Nov 2018

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it’s the little things…

was sitting in the hot tub this morning thinking of my beloved… realizing that some of the things I miss most are the little ones…

like having him wring out facecloths and towels and swimsuits… he had the strongest hands… now, I’ve developed more strength in my hands and wring things out myself…

like dealing with spiders… I have always been afraid of them… and always felt that they search me out… he would save me when I would come across one… my shriek would be a fairly clear sign for him, lol… I can now find the nearest item to use to smack down a spider when I come across one… just the other day I was surprised by a big one and I didn’t even freeze… just grabbed something and wacked it…

like being there to commiserate with… this morning I banged my foot on the door… it really hurt… no one to say poor you;-(… haven’t found a solution for that yet…

like driving the car into the garage… it was always stressful for me because of the slight jog in the driveway… now I just drive right on in, even when I know I have to go out again soon…

and of course holding hands… I really miss that…

park…

02 Friday Nov 2018

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found this photo on Facebook… happy that I get these reminders of wonderful memories…

it is from ten years ago and is one of the few pictures that I have of my beloved and I holding hands… it is lovely to see him and such a great reminder of a fun day…

one of the things I miss is having his hand to hold when out and about…

the beautiful trees after the snow this morning were another reminder…

brought back memories of the day before he died when we drove all around the Park so that I could get pictures of the trees covered in hoarfrost…

flashing…

24 Wednesday Oct 2018

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today was Election Day…

was at the polling station ten minutes before it opened as I was trying to vote and get to work on time…

when I arrived I checked my information to be sure I was at the correct location because there wasn’t a single car in the lot or any signs… at five to the cars started to pull in and filled the parking pad… shortly after that a person came out and put up a sign advising that this was a polling station…

waited until 8:01, only to discover about 15 people lined up inside… the door didn’t open for another few minutes… often the first people are guinea pigs as the various workers figure what to do, sigh… bit of that this morning…

finally got out and headed to work… would have been on time except for the lights all flashing red along Portage…

miss my beloved on days like this… voting was something we always did together…

playground…

21 Sunday Oct 2018

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early this morning I walked to and from La Belle Baguette to pick up some bread…

the sun was in my eyes on the way there as I walked past the park between Amherst and Sackville at Ness…

on my way home I stopped and got a few pictures of the construction… no changes have happened in this playground for thirty years or so that I can remember…

it is going to be exciting to see what the final area is going to look like…

stuffing…

06 Saturday Oct 2018

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my family loves the stuffing that I make…

it is a simple recipe… butter, onions, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper, water and torn up bread…

while the butter was melting I used the mandolin to dice up the onion… while they cooked I added the poultry seasoning, salt and pepper… once the onions were soft I added in the water and let it simmer for a few minutes…

once the liquid is poured over the bread, I stir it in… then I put it into the bread bags and it goes into the fridge…

I make a lot because it is so popular, lol…

some goes into the turkey, some goes into muffin pans, and if there is any left it will go into a casserole dish with the turkey neck, or some other poultry part…

the kids really like the stuffing muffins;-)…

I made it today so there is less to do on Monday for dinner…

also made fresh cranberry sauce…

some of the family prefer the kind that comes in a can so I have that available as well…

really enjoy getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner… reminds me of all the times that my beloved and I prepared for special meals…

turned…

03 Wednesday Oct 2018

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turned the calendar over on Monday and found this lovely picture…

on Sunday the kids caught most of the fish;, emptied, cleaned and filled the tank; and later in the evening I poured them into their condo…

we think there are still a few in the pond, although I haven’t spotted any when coming or going through the garden…

made me think of the year that George brought them in the first week of December and had to break the ice on the pond;-)…

September…

30 Sunday Sep 2018

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I’ve been thinking about September… it has been a good month for me… as a kid I always liked starting school… and as a parent I also enjoyed when the girls headed back to school….

I started with my current employment on September 30, 2009…

following an eight week time away with pancreatitis and gall bladder surgery, I returned to work on September 28, 2010…

after a second surgery and being away from work for ten weeks, I returned September 27, 2012…

hadn’t realized how close those dates were until Facebook reminded me of the above facts…

usually the weather is beautiful as the leaves slowly change colour… this year there’s been a lot more rain and temperatures have plummeted…

one of the things I miss is the fall drive that my beloved and I would often take to enjoy the colours…

happily for me the sun is peeking out of the clouds off and on today;-)…