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learnings…

15 Thursday May 2014

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started the day early with the sun rising as I headed out to the first event of the day…

20140515-222950.jpgas we arrived at the location a beautifully shaped tree was budding out…

20140515-223118.jpgI arrived home as the street lights were just coming on…

was talking with someone about all the learning that took place following George’s death and how it felt important to share some of those with others who may be going through a similar experience… heard very familiar examples of struggles that others have gone through…

learned some great ways to speak up this morning, and this evening was amazed at the bravery and strength of women entrepreneurs…

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prep…

14 Wednesday May 2014

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woke up to a skiff of snow on the bench that circles the deck… it is May 14 people!

it was still cool when I got home from work, but I took the time to finish filling the pond…

20140514-224445.jpgwas running in and out to be sure it didn’t overflow because it was too cold to stand out there…

20140514-224612.jpg in between the running out I made pasta with the leftover crab and asparagus from Sunday’s dinner… it was delicious…

20140514-224842.jpgbeen thinking of George a lot lately… he would have been out in the garden and the garage puttering and getting things ready for spending time outside… I just need someone to come and do some of that work, lol…

water…

13 Tuesday May 2014

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the day started with me running around in the basement trying to figure out how to make sure that cold water would run in the hose outside…

once we purchased the hot tub George put a system in place where he could run hot water outside so we could put it into the hot tub and in the little wading pool we had for the grandkids… of course I never learned the “how to”…

part way through the winter Jeff adjusted the pipes so that we had the hot water… but yesterday I was talking with my pond guy who was coming today to clean out the pond and would need cold water to fill it…

20140513-221919.jpgJeff and I were on the phone and then we face timed and eventually I turned the correct knob and we have cold water outside… yay for me and my big girl pants…

when I got home, after working the late shift, I added more water to the clean pond while I was organizing my supper… didn’t get it completely full, but will top it up when I get home tomorrow…

the weather has been kind of cool and rainy so I have brought in the plants… they are now living in front of the fish tank, lol…

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celebrating…

11 Sunday May 2014

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started off with an early morning hot tub…

20140511-200019.jpgtook my phone out with me to get a picture of the view from there…

received phone calls and messages throughout the day…

went for a walk and noticed how many trees were budding… it was a bit cool and overcast so had a nap when I got home… later in the day the sun broke through the clouds and we were able to sit out and enjoy the spring day…

kids came over and the boys did some yard work and then produced dinner… well, mostly Jeff… a lovely treat…

they also brought me an adorable small phaleanopsis orchid…

20140511-201813.jpgbeautiful Mother’s day…

pump…

07 Wednesday May 2014

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when I was working in the garden on the weekend I was thinking I needed to call the pond people about coming to put the pump in and see if the leak is fixed…

been really busy so hadn’t gotten around to it, but as I was heading out this morning I thought about it again…

was very happy to get a call from one of the pond guys to say he was going to come tomorrow and could I put the pump out for him…

this is hopefully the last picture of the pond without the waterfall running…

20140507-221141.jpgmaybe spring is really here, lol…

presents…

06 Tuesday May 2014

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a couple of days ago I hung up one of my birthday presents from Cyndi and Ron…

used one of the command fasteners and apparently got the directions right, lol…

20140506-223923.jpgthis is a lid for bowls… it sits on top of the bowl and you can actually pick it up by the little handle… but it is easy to lift it from the edge… going to be way better than plastic or foil… may need to get another couple…

I also got purple toilet paper… very cool…

and my favourite gift was an infinity scarf covered with butterflies… sadly I forgot it at their house after wearing it every day while I was there, but they will bring it when they come in June…

great reminders of a wonderful time…

fit…

21 Monday Apr 2014

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got up and out this morning… found the Fitbit at the Apple Store and got some help getting it connected to my phone…

20140421-225150.jpgonce it was charged, got to play with it a bit… think it is going to be fun and an encouragement to be more active…

ran a few more errands including treating myself to a new bowl… because I hardly have any, lol… saw it on Cityline last week and went searching to see if I could find it… with some great customer service, was in and out of Pier 1 in record time, and it was on sale…

20140421-230331.jpgfinally, had a visit from a young friend who lives in Vancouver… she brought me some very nice maple syrup…

20140421-230526.jpglife is good…

pretty…

19 Saturday Apr 2014

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this afternoon I was wishing I had some flowers for tomorrow’s Easter dinner…

not an hour later my nephew stopped by with a lovely orchid for my birthday from he and his mom…

20140419-203106.jpg she and I had a lovely conversation earlier in the day… we don’t see each other often as she is living in the West…

20140419-203346.jpggot to sit on the deck for a while before the sun went behind the clouds and spent time preparing for tomorrow’s dinner… stuffing is done and the potatoes are peeled…

tried to find a pedometer online and over the phone, as we are starting a walking contest at work on Tuesday… no luck yet, but hope to get one on Monday…

took care of a few chores around the house and watched tv…

more melting outside…

20140419-204507.jpgsure hope the Easter bunny stops by before the kids arrive tomorrow, lol…

was always George’s job to make sure the bunny had been… last year I wasn’t able to deal with it, but this year I will check in the morning to see if the bunny came… hope we get mini eggs…

life moments…

12 Saturday Apr 2014

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today was filled… started around noon when huge snowflakes descended from the sky… for a long time…

look what's back...

look what’s back…

about that time one of our young friends got married… my daughter sent me a video of their vows… lovely to watch… I am hoping their love endures like that of my beloved and I…

a friend picked me up and we headed off to a memorial service for another friend’s mother… second one I’ve been to since George’s… wasn’t really sure how I would make out, but it was fine… it was in a church – a denomination that I have been connected to over the years, so the process was familiar… it was beautifully done and my friend managed very well…

but it did remind me of the memorial service we went to a week before George died… on our way home he commented about how people might remember him… that kept coming to my mind during today’s service… friends at today’s event were mindful and checked to see how I was doing… nice to be cared for…

interesting to have a beginning and an ending all in the same day… just yesterday someone commented on their parents’ 45 years of marriage… feel like I need to let the tears flow, but that hasn’t happened so far…

last night I found the missing pickerel (which I had been searching for) in the freezer and thawed it to have tonight… I made fish and chips… it was something that George made on a regular basis, often on Tuesday night when I got home from aquasize…

fish and chips...

fish and chips…

was rather proud of myself as I have only made chips a few times since then…

those big girl pants slip on easily sometimes and other times are very difficult to get into…