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celebrating…

11 Sunday May 2014

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big girl pants, budding, celebrating, Mother's Day, orchid

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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big girl pants, garden, pond, pump, waterfall

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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big girl pants, bowl cover, command fastener, infinity scarf, presents, purple, toilet paper

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…

flowers…

23 Wednesday Apr 2014

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big girl pants, flowers, fun, Technology, tulips

had some fun today with a picture of tulips that I had taken a while ago at the office…

20140423-213335.jpg put it into name tags for an event tomorrow…

still trying to figure out how to make the picture stay in one place… did some research and still couldn’t sort it out…

technology is so great when it works, but such a pain when it doesn’t, lol…

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fit…

21 Monday Apr 2014

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big girl pants, customer service, fit, Fitbit, maple syrup, Pier 1

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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big girl pants, bunny, Easter, eggs, flowers, George, orchid, pretty

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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beloved, big girl pants, fish and chips, George, life moments, married, memorial service, snow, wedding

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…

Friday…

11 Friday Apr 2014

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big girl pants, Friday, good news, hard times, hot tub, long week, Technology, violet

thank goodness it is Friday…

seems like it’s been a very long week…
difficult times for friends, technology issues and possibly a cold coming on…

some good news… an appointment made, conversations with my girls and my grandson getting into a great program…

have enjoyed some lovely times in the hot tub as the weather has improved…

my violet is getting ready to bloom again… this is what it looked like the last time…

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events…

09 Wednesday Apr 2014

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big girl pants, events, funerals, health and loss, journey, melting snow, snow, struggling

was thinking about going to events such as funerals… a friend had just been to the first one since her mom died… we talked about how often it is about your own journey, as much as that of the one recently departed…

made me think of the first funeral I attended after George died and how emotional it made me… thankfully I was with good friends who passed Kleenex and hugged me throughout the service… hadn’t expected that it would be so hard…

will be attending a funeral on Saturday and will be thinking of my friend as she takes the necessary steps to keep moving through the process…

feels like many people I know are struggling with health and loss these days… as I think of them, it reminds me of what a good place I am in most of the time… I am well, safe and have friends and a good work environment… pretty darn lucky…

this morning I took this picture of the backyard… lots of snow on the deck…

backyard this morning...

backyard this morning…

tonight I took a picture from the same spot…

backyard this afternoon...

backyard this afternoon…

the deck is nearly clear of snow… very exciting as I am hoping to sit out there for a bit if the sun shines in the morning on the weekend… the deck can be 3 or 4 degrees warmer than the surrounding area when the sun is out…

I am looking forward to getting some work done in the garden and being able to sit out there and enjoy the pond and birds…

soon… all part of wearing those big girl pants…

 

sunshiny day…

08 Tuesday Apr 2014

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big girl pants, dirt, juicer, melting snow, sunshiny day

sun was shining all day long… perks me up… every day it is getting warmer as it shines into the yard, or through the windows…

on my way out to the car this morning I took this picture of the sidewalk and snow…

20140408-205353.jpg you can see how one side is still covered in snow, but the other side shows lots of grass and the snow bank is much smaller…

every night when I get home the backyard seems to have less snow in it… there is lots of dirt coming into view… these are the spots where the landscapers tried to put down soil and grass seed to see if they could level out some of the dips they created during the pond construction… doesn’t look very grassy just yet, lol…

tonight I baked chicken thighs, made some basmati rice and prepared a glass of carrot juice… haven’t cooked a proper supper during the week for a while and really enjoyed it… there’s enough for lunch tomorrow…

feels like I will be sitting out on the deck before you know it…

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