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recover…

01 Saturday Apr 2017

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, travel, Uncategorized

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have really taken the day to rest and recover from the cold I’ve been struggling with all week… 

these are some of the times when I most miss my beloved… he always did a great job of looking after me…

jammies on all day and the only thing I did was prepare meals…

for breakfast I really wanted to order something, but dragged myself down to the kitchen and took inspiration from the cute woman at the resort who made all the egg dishes… cooked up mushrooms, green onion and spinach and made an omelette with a little cheese in it as well… came out very nicely…

for lunch I chose the last bit of my zucchini basil chicken soup with chips and some Mexican chocolate… seemed like just the right combination, lol…

for supper made one of the ChefsPlate meals… still enjoying the process of preparing the meal… and it tasted great…

turkey and spinach meatballs…

as I was sitting in the living room waiting for the meatballs to finish cooking I could actually smell the hyacinth…

hurray, the cold is starting to let up…

Vicks…

31 Friday Mar 2017

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beloved, big girl pants, cold, hot toddy, memories, miss, sock, Vicks, Vicks VapoRub, widow

last night I dug out the Vicks…

been struggling with this cold since about Tuesday and was trying to figure out what to try…

really wanted a hot toddy, but the alcohol and honey are not really on the list of things to put into my body nowadays…

brought back such dear memories of my beloved… 

when he’d get a cold he would slather his chest with Vicks VapoRub, wrap a worn sock around his neck and head to bed…

the entire bedroom would reek… but he always claimed it worked for him…it was something his family had done for years, lol…

I only put it under my nose, although I couldn’t even tell it was there, because I couldn’t smell anything…

tonight I may put a bit more on and see how I feel in the morning…

sure do miss my beloved…

reminders…

14 Tuesday Mar 2017

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every time I wring out my facecloth in the bathroom I think of my beloved…

he had the strongest hands and would often wring out things for me and get out tons of additional liquid…

at the end of the day at the office, one of us turns on the dishwasher… each time I do that I am reminded of a colleague who has died… she prepared a label which is located just above the equipment with the directions on which buttons to push…

little things, but these reminders of times with special people are everywhere if you care to see them…

crisis…

10 Friday Mar 2017

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beloved, big girl pants, cancer, crisis, health, memorial, widow

been feeling up and down lately… made me remember the importance of feeling well…

reminded me of five years ago today at George’s memorial service when I had a serious health crisis… 

from that event the doctors were able to discover the cancer in my uterus… once again, my beloved saved me…

many friends are dealing with health problems – colds, flu, chronic issues – to name a few…

wishing all of them health and wellness…

sunshine streaming into the garden…

gentle…

05 Sunday Mar 2017

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it was right around this time five years ago that the police knocked on the door as I was meeting with my BS friends and advised that George had been in an accident and they would take me to the hospital…

today I spent a gentle day remembering good times…

looked through old photo albums, enjoyed a short walk in the gorgeous weather, was treated to breakfast by a friend and her adorable baby (and her husband, lol), sat and read by my beautiful flowers, shopped with my son-in-law and the younger grandkids, bought some very nice pyjamas, had burgers cooked on the barbecue and am watching some tv with the perfectly working remote!!!

spoke with one daughter by phone and texted with the other…

focussing on the happy times…

it was a good day…

sixty…

04 Saturday Mar 2017

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1825… days since my beloved left me… 261 weeks… 60 months… 

hard to believe so much time has gone by… although it also feels like it was just a moment ago…

he was my best friend, lover, staunch supporter, caregiver, sounding board, helper, chauffeur, shopper, masseuse, gardener, and…

as each anniversary of his passing has come and gone I have been through a variety of emotions… profound sadness, loneliness, and many tears…

some years it has been less difficult than others, but it never has a clear path… not more difficult at the beginning and less so as time has gone by… 

the first year my colleagues all wore purple to show their support to mark the day… sweet and supportive…

received flowers from the kids today…beautiful… the orchids are nearly identical to the ones from graduation… my mauve dress and George’s matching turtleneck were designed and made by a friend and I wore a beautiful orchid corsage on my wrist… that was a very long time ago, lol…

and of course the roses… my romantic husband brought me hundreds over the years…

a lovely treat and they brought back some special memories…

light bulbs…

02 Thursday Mar 2017

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beloved, big girl pants, burnt out, light bulb, shopping, widow

been thinking of light bulbs a lot lately and recently had a conversation with a friend about them…

a few days ago one of the bulbs in the living room started smoking and then blew… now I have to replace it, sigh… 

I find shopping for them crazy making…
there are a million kinds to choose from and they all look the same to me… and it is never clear what one is the right one for the particular job…

you can never find the same one even if you have the burnt out one with you…

George seemed to enjoy finding just the right bulb for each purpose… and he didn’t seem to have trouble doing it…

her husband also likes shopping for light bulbs… 

odd how men seem to find pleasure in finding just the right one…

wish I had someone to find a replacement for this, lol…

think I will take the bulb to a store and then find someone to help me pick out what I need…

warmers…

12 Sunday Feb 2017

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made a Valentine’s Day dinner for my daughter and grandsons… son-in-law was working so he missed out, although he doesn’t love lobster the way the rest of us do…

when the kids arrived, my daughter took me over to the store to pick up the steak for our dinner…

then she went out and barbecued the steak and lobster… it was delicious…

one of the giggles we always have around lobster has to do with the butter warmers… 

we’ve had ours for around forty years…

no matter which one she has my daughter’s is never hot enough… our current joke is that dad keeps blowing on it and cooling it down… 

here she is trying to get hers burning stronger as we sat down to our delicious dinner… everyone else had very hot bubbling butter, lol…

was fun to set the table with a Valentine theme… spent some time at Dollarama picking up a few items, including some little plastic hearts filled with tiny heart candies, which were very popular…

I’d made some heart shaped red berry muffins which were also a hit…

little things like the warmers make me feel my beloved is at the dinner table with us… if he had been here, there would have been flowers on the table as well…

tummy…

10 Friday Feb 2017

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beloved, big girl pants, eclipse, Grandpa, grandson, hot tub, moon, shovelling, stomach, tummy, widow

rough day physically… woke up early with a very painful tummy which stayed that way… made it through the day at the office so I’d be there for an afternoon party for a colleague who was leaving…

ate very little because of the stomach stuff so am currently waiting for something to be delivered… I do love SkipTheDishes…

noticed this gorgeous sunset when my grandson and I arrived home… lovely to spend a few minutes enjoying it even when I was feeling sick…

and then my grandson shovelled… he is certainly much faster than his grandpa, lol…

always feel ready for company once everything is cleaned up out there…

was just out for a hot tub and watched the full moon for a long time… did not see any part of the eclipse though, or the comet…

missing my beloved who would have looked after me… 

heart…

01 Wednesday Feb 2017

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beloved, big girl pants, care, decorate, heart, remembering, Valentine's Day, widow

thinking about decorating on Friday for Valentine’s Day…

picked up two of these cute heart wreaths yesterday… have to figure out how to attach them to the front door…

also picked up these little hearts… not sure where I am going to put them…

also found these cool letters the other day…

can’t decide on where to put them…

interesting method of putting the batteries in… had to unscrew the cover and then screw it back once they were inside it…

thinking of putting them in the living room window so they face out… feel the need to remind everyone to love each other these days…

found the cutest napkins and some little hearts filled with candy for the kids…

remembering my beloved’s big and kind heart…

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