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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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sky…

23 Sunday Feb 2014

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lovely day…

sun shone and the wind blew… watched the last of the Olympics and organized supper… finally Jeff and I got our ham fix…

after dinner my youngest grandson and I sat on the couch and watched the beautiful sky…

we saw blue and pink and purple and gray and at one point even some green…

then we looked at pictures from our trip to Mexico and read an abc book where he pointed out the letters that make up his name and finger-drew them for me…

precious…

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spring…

22 Saturday Feb 2014

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was out doing errands late this afternoon, after spending the majority of the day watching the Olympics…

had the hot tub water checked and it is doing great… yay…

at Safeway came across hyacinth and crocus in little pots… couldn’t help myself, had to bring them home…

they even smell a little spring-y…

amazing what a little fresh growth makes to my spirits…

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hanging things…

17 Monday Feb 2014

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lots of Olympics today…

and I hung up some beautiful glass hearts in the bedroom window… took me quite a while to get that done… searched all over for some tiny cup hooks but couldn’t find them… saw them recently but they were hiding today… ended up using screws that were too long but I wanted to get them up so that’s what got used…

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hearts in window…

made me think of how long it would take George to get a simple chore done… now I know what it was that took so long… finding the appropriate tools, measuring and putting in the screws/nails, measuring the string to be used and making sure that things were hanging at the right height…

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mirror on door…

then, I hung a mirror on the inside of the hall closet door… another ten minute job, which took me over an hour to accomplish… and I’m not sure it is done exactly the way it should have been…

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mirror detail…

need to get a small battery powered drill as using my little screwdriver certainly added to the amount of time it took to get both these jobs done…

and finally, I went outside and moved chunks of snow from the end of the driveway… the city plows came by yesterday and cleared the street… they did a good job of clearing the end of the driveway but I wanted to be sure there was nothing blocking the car when I head out to work tomorrow morning… the sidewalk has about two feet of snow chunks at the street end, and I didn’t even try to move them… I did shovel the rest of the sidewalk and up to the driveway…

busy day wearing those big girl pants, no wonder I am ready for bed, lol…