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bright…

15 Saturday Mar 2014

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took this picture from upstairs this morning… sun was shining

20140315-213941.jpg you can see how the snow is melting on the deck rail and even on the bench…

went for dim sum with the kids and then we went to pick up a bit more wool and of course we found a few other bits and pieces… I got a ceramic knife and look forward to testing it out tomorrow…

stopped at the mall for a while and when I finally got home I had a nap…

later I had the left over dim sum for my dinner…

last night I had a lovely hot tub… it wasn’t very cold and clouds were floating across the sky while the nearly full moon shone brightly… lovely and quiet as the jets didn’t come on… nice treat…

good day…

13 Thursday Mar 2014

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three things happened today…

found out that I hadn’t lost the form from CPP… apparently you have to get them online now… thankfully my accountant let me know before I had to ransack the whole house…

my insurance broker brought me the documents and card for the new health benefits… nice to have that in place…

 

bathroom ceiling...

bathroom ceiling…

 

I’ve been able to get past the poor me business about the ice dam… water has stopped dripping into the bathtub, and how lucky was it, that the leak was over the tub… the roof is nearly clear of snow, and the water is going down the eavestroughs… once it is all dry I will have someone in to replace the ceiling in the bathroom… will need to have someone check out the integrity of the roof and see if it will last for another few years…

purple hyacinth...

purple hyacinth…

and the hyacinth is opening and it is purple…

all in all, seems like a pretty good day…

taxes…

12 Wednesday Mar 2014

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thought I was ready to give my tax info to my accountant when I realized that I haven’t received the CPP information yet…

now I have to go through everything just to double check…

reminded me of having to get the taxes done when George died…

in the end we had to file his for two years following his death, because of the time he died…

used to be all you needed was a T4, but now there are investment forms, government docs and who knows what else… I guess the good news is that I have investments which we didn’t have for many years…

remembering all the years we owed money and how we would struggle to find a way to pay…

table is covered with lots of papers as I go through everything to see if that one doc might be there somewhere…

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hoping that once they are done I won’t owe money again… and hoping I can find that last document…

dripping…

09 Sunday Mar 2014

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this morning I went outside to do a bit of shovelling so that I could get to the hot tub…

it was warm, amazingly, and water was dripping from the various icicles which were hanging across the back of the house…

took a few pictures while I was out there…

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this one shows how the snow was actually melting along the edge of the deck…

a bit later I went to have a shower and discovered water dripping from the ceiling into the bathtub… realized that it was from an ice dam that I had been taking pictures of earlier…

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called and consulted with my son-in-law and he agreed he would look at it when they arrived for dinner…

had a bit of a poor me meltdown wanting my beloved to be here to look after me and fix this…

later the kids had some fun in the snow while their daddy blew lots of it out of the driveway…

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then there were ladders, hammers, roof rakes, and long bars as the two oldest boys tried to get rid of the ice dam…

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fought with those big girl pants today…

prayers…

07 Friday Mar 2014

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been crocheting a lot lately… making prayer shawls and blankets for those in my circle who have been facing health issues…

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this blue one was for someone who recently had surgery and will have some healing to do…

as I work on them I think about the person they are for and try to infuse healing thoughts and good vibes into the yarn… when I worked on this one the Olympics were on and lots of energy was racing around the room…

I don’t know how to follow a pattern, but I know how to do single, double and triple crochet stitches… once I’ve got it to the size I think I need, I crochet all around it… every one is different and a learning experience, lol…

this one was for someone else who recently had surgery…

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the really funny part is I never remember to take a picture when they are finished…

sadly, I am now working on another one… not sad to be making it, sad that my friend is not doing so well…

wishing health and happiness to all my friends and loved ones…

weather…

06 Thursday Mar 2014

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started the day driving to work in a snowstorm… it was warm but the snow was coming down and had been for most of the night…

it was early, as we had an event… by the time I got to the office I could barely see through the windshield as it was iced over…

when we returned to the office the snow had stopped and it was quite nice…

when I left to come home it took a while to clean off the snow and ice which covered the car…

the drive wasn’t too bad although there was lots of mushy, dirty snow on the streets and it was a bit slippery…

a little while ago I went by the window and lo and behold it was snowing again…

here’s what it looks like…

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can’t remember when we last had a winter like this…

table…

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

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when we were shopping at IKEA on Saturday I saw this table…

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been collecting shells since I was sixteen and I’ve been looking for a table like this for years…

it has a drawer the size of the whole table so you can put your collection inside and then it is protected from dirt and dust and little boys’ fingers…

sadly it only comes in white… if it hadn’t been so expensive maybe I would have bought it and then had it
painted… was thinking black, but I wonder how it would look in purple…

beautiful day…

01 Saturday Mar 2014

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what a beautiful day…

sun was shining and the snow in the backyard was glittering like diamonds…

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when I walked across the kitchen floor, it was cold right up to the sink… about half way into the room from the patio doors… when it’s really cold the floor is cold about a third of the way into the room… bit of a sign, lol…

gorgeous out but really, really cold… just checked the temperature a little while ago…

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spent a bit of time in the kitchen because I’ve been working on a project with a deadline and have done nothing anywhere in the house… so, the kitchen was rather a disaster…

finally finished the project, so tomorrow I will spend some time catching up on chores…

little jobs…

28 Friday Feb 2014

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today was garbage and recycling day…

I’ve come to the place where I don’t put out the bins every week… partly because I don’t usually have that much garbage or recycling in one week, but also because it is difficult to get the bins into the back lane with all this snow…

my neighbour snow blows along his garage which is where three of us put our bins… my son-in-law also makes sure it is cleared out when he is over…

I leave the recycling on my side of the lane right in front of the gate so it makes it difficult to get in and out…

often when the kids are over, my grandson brings the bins in for me…

recently I put up a mirror and have been cleaning the bookshelves in the hall…

these are all little jobs that I never had to deal with… I’d come up with something that needed to be done and my beloved would make it happen… I miss that…

I also finally found some hooks that don’t have to be nailed or screwed in… finally got them hung up on the weekend and now can hang my towels on my new purple door…

looks rather pretty…

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health insurance…

26 Wednesday Feb 2014

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well, after weeks of waiting and comparisons I think I have a plan for my health insurance…

when my beloved left me, RONA provided me with two years of survivor benefits and they run out next Thursday…

I didn’t realize what a complicated process it was to get insurance…

for a while it looked as though I was going to have to wait for three months once I got the insurance…

I was also worried as to whether I would qualify if I had to go through a medical… although I am cancer free it was worrisome if having had uterine cancer would disqualify me from insurance…

I also had no idea about the cost… after speaking with the Sun Life people, where the RONA plan was, I discovered that it would cost me $200 a month for similar benefits to those I’ve had over these last two years… thanks RONA, for those benefits…

eventually I found a broker who was able to find a roll-over program which will cost about $117 a month… no more dental coverage, but medical/pharmaceutical which is more important…

good news, it will take effect next week and there isn’t a waiting period… AND there is no medical required…

those big girl pants have been well used recently…

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