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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…

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…

ticking…

31 Wednesday Dec 2014

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while the kids were here the grandfather clock was stopped…

they found the sound disturbing, particularly during the night…

I have lived with it for so long that I don’t even hear it, unless it isn’t going…

this morning I got it ringing again… sounds like an old friend is back…

makes me think of the clock ticking down to New Year’s…

kids in Ottawa are having friends over… kids here have gone to some friends…

I am home thinking of the past year and looking forward to the next one…

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blessings to you and yours as this New Year arrives…

sunlight…

28 Sunday Dec 2014

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spent a relaxing day…

sun has been shining for the last few days… lovely as we have been dealing with many days of overcast skies for what seems like weeks…

while we were visiting in the living room the sun shone through and made a rainbow effect where it reflected on one of the stained glass angels that George made a number of years ago…

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looked beautiful and I was able to get a good picture after a few tries…

later in the afternoon it was clear that there is more light…

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already the days are getting longer and that extra sunlight makes me very happy…

project…

27 Saturday Dec 2014

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last year I made bookmarks using pictures I took at Chihuly Garden and Glass when we were in Seattle following our Alaskan cruise… the other side was the word gratitude with the names of things and people for which/whom I am thankful…

many of my colleagues still have it up in their offices… felt I needed to do something equally as nice this year, lol…

finally came up with the idea of note cards using some of my photographs…

spent a lovely time looking through pictures I’ve taken in 2014 and picked about thirty… used Publisher to produce 15 pages with two pictures on each…

went to my buddies at Staples and they printed, cut and scored them… picked up envelopes and folded and stuffed them…

put five together and wrapped them with ribbon… then I put nice labels on them and they were all done…

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when I gathered them up into the groups of five, I think I managed to make each group different… quite the feat…

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everyone liked them so I am happy… it is such fun to make something for others… particularly with help from technology…

flying…

23 Tuesday Dec 2014

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this morning my Advent gift was a very glittery purple dragonfly… which flew right to the Christmas tree…

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talked with the kids in Ottawa before they headed to the airport…

my son-in-law came by and we walked to the “A” for breakfast… lovely time… I held his arm for part of the walk as it was fairly icy… brought back memories of holding hands with my beloved whenever we walked anywhere…

got a call from Ottawa to say the flight was delayed and then another to say it was cancelled for today and they wouldn’t be flying home until tomorrow…

spent some time feeling sorry for myself, had a nap and went out for a few errands… the last I hope…

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sat in the living room and watched the chickadees and nuthatches flit back and forth to the feeder which my grandson had filled on Sunday… dug out the tripod, found the remote and waited for them to come back to the feeder… and, of course, they flew off and never returned, lol… only picture I got was of the camera on the tripod…

trying to remain positive that the kids will really arrive tomorrow… did get a bit of extra time to finish preparations…