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weeding…

29 Saturday Jun 2013

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spent a good portion of this beautiful day in the side garden…

started weeding just after nine… worked for a bit, had a rest, worked a bit more, and so on and so on…

before weeding...

before weeding…

at one point I stopped to show someone the closet that needs doors… nice to have a little break… set out a chair and cushion on the back deck which has been moved forward about a foot and a half… wasn’t going to sit out there, but decided it would be lovely to sit in the shade…

after weeding for half an hour...

after weeding for half an hour…

filled three pails with weeds… probably have another three to go…

after an hour of weeding...

after an hour of weeding…

George worked really hard in that garden, sigh…

DSCN0519after an hour and a half

I was missing him all day as I was wearing those big girl pants…

ran to Rona and got a few more things to plant… there are two planters on the wall that need something in them and a couple of other things jumped off the shelves into my cart, lol…

then I had the water tested, ran a few errands, came home and added the necessary chemicals to the hot tub…

dinner…

28 Friday Jun 2013

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started the long weekend off with appies on the patio at The Keg… that was my dinner…

brie and tiny toasts...

brie and tiny toasts…

the sun shone, birds flew by, wind blew, rain came down gently amid the sunshine… all in a couple of hours, lol…

chicken wings...

chicken wings…

a lovely interval…

cute little hot dogs...

cute little hot dogs…

enjoyed the warm Brie and tiny toasts and the salt and pepper chicken wings… cute little hot dogs and the always popular stuffed mushrooms…

stuffed mushrooms...

stuffed mushrooms…

then home for a nap…

put on the big girl pants last night and got the air conditioner going… ran it all night to be sure everything was working… temperature has been around 28C last few nights when I got home… bit too warm…

great ending to a busy week…

more flooding…

23 Sunday Jun 2013

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worked for quite a while in the garden this morning… had a lovely time… got the last of the purchased plants into pots… pulled some weeds, although it is really hard to tell…

two more pots planted...

two more pots planted…

tidied the bed beside the garage and got a pump going in that pond… hopefully that will help with the mosquitoes…

pond and bench...

pond and bench…

then the skies opened and it poured rain for quite a while… for some reason, I went downstairs to check for water and found some about two feet from the new carpet…

put towels down and stopped it… it was coming in from the back corner, likely from under the air conditioner outside… kept changing towels and ringing them out and eventually the rain stopped and the water dried up…  since then it started to rain a couple of times, but it was lighter and nothing seems to be coming in…

Jeff stopped by to pick up potato salad and spinach dip that I had made for the 8 year old’s birthday party, which I decided to miss, just to be sure nothing else leaked…

have been downstairs at least twenty times to check… washed and dried the towels so they will be ready if needed again… hope to sleep through the night, although I might just put some towels down for safety…

can you believe it…

blooming…

21 Friday Jun 2013

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took a picture of the pond this morning, filled with the rain from last night… they haven’t been to work on it for a few days but they are waiting for the slate and pump to come in…

pond after rain storm...

pond after rain storm…

as I was driving out of the garage I stopped and took a quick pic of the clematis ready to bloom…  we must have planted a dozen clematis over the years, but this one seems to be happy…

clematis ready to bloom...

clematis ready to bloom…

and the wild roses at the front of the house, in the right bed… once they bloom will need to cut them back… they really like to take over, lol…

wild roses in front bed...

wild roses in front bed…

couldn’t manage to get those big girl pants on today… really missing my beloved…

pond day 4…

19 Wednesday Jun 2013

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eager to arrive home each day to see what has happened with the pond…

today I found a fellow out front moving the dirt, sand and rocks onto a trailer… went into the back yard and saw this…

pond, construction day 4...

pond, construction day 4…

wasn’t very happy because there was a lot of gravel around the outside of the pond where I thought there was going to be soil and plants…

spoke to the fellow and he contacted Doug the person in charge of my project…  Doug called and came right on over…

we talked about the gravel which I did not want and the fact that I couldn’t see any flat spots in the pond for plants… and we agreed to some changes which will look after my concerns…

it was great to meet him in person and no doubt we will meet again to check out mulch and other things…

then I met with Mike from Service Masters and signed off on the basement work… busy day…

CRA…

17 Monday Jun 2013

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this morning when I got up I had to search THE files to find George’s Last Will and Testament and a death certificate…

apparently they didn’t know that he had died over a year ago, even though they had happily accepted a payment from me for his 2011 taxes which clearly said regarding the estate of…

this year they sent me a cheque made out to the estate of, after we filed his final tax return…

anyway, although I have talked to numerous people in the government through this whole process I hadn’t told the right people or sent them the right documents…

I called just after 8 am our time to learn they open at 8:15… when I called back an hour later the phone was busy, and remained busy until just before 1 our time…

I spoke to a woman who advised I had to send the information to the CRA Winnipeg office… and of course it couldn’t go by email but could go by fax, sigh…

I had scanned it all into the computer thinking I would email it, but there you go…

after all that I didn’t get a minute to write the letter she wanted to go with it… first thing tomorrow I guess…

when my accountant called to tell me I had to do this, she was very apologetic about bringing all this stuff up after all this time and I said it wasn’t a problem… but amazingly it did touch a nerve and bring back the memories of was I contacting the correct people, was I giving them the correct answers to ensure I received whatever I was expecting from that particular organization… did I cross all the t’s and dot all the i’s…

it’s been a year and three months since he died and in some ways it seems like it was years ago, and in others, it seems like it was just a few days ago…

I even find it difficult to know how to say my husband recently died… now that a year has gone by, can I still say that??? feels like it to me, but I don’t know…

oh the ongoing learnings in this journey of the big girl pants…

Father’s Day…

16 Sunday Jun 2013

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spent the day planting flowers… listening to the drums at the Park as marathoners went past, heard birds singing, lawn mowers going and geese flying overhead…

 

planters around the deck...

planters around the deck…

took breaks, but worked until the kids came for dinner just after 3… got 6 of the 9 planters around the deck done and numerous pots…

planters around the deck filled with lobelia and allysum...

planters around the deck filled with lobelia and alyssum…

still have a few more things to plant, but they will have to wait for another day…

dinner on the deck...

dinner on the deck…

had a lovely dinner on the deck – ribs (thanks to Crystal for barbecuing them) and Caesar salad were the request so that’s what we had… then Jeff went out and mowed the front yard…

mowing the grass on Father's Day...

mowing the grass on Father’s Day…

this morning I was missing George a fair bit, but as I worked away in the garden, I spent my time remembering what great fun we had in the garden and with our kids… I thought back to last year on this day and today was much better… that day was the worst day since he died… glad to be moving forward…

truly, I am blessed…

 

planting…

15 Saturday Jun 2013

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ran to Rona this morning to look for plants… didn’t have exactly what I wanted, but I did find two lovely orchids, a nice tomato plant and some begonias…

white begonia and rose waiting to be planted...

white begonia and rose waiting to be planted…

after lunch I went to D J Paterson’s on Portage and found the alyssum and impatiens I wanted as well…

more things to plant...

more things to plant…

and then to Woodhaven Toyota to get a little refresher on how the air conditioner worked… then I headed home to have a nap…

went out later and planted the impatiens around the white tub pond…

bed filled with impatiens... mainly white with a hint of pink...

bed filled with impatiens… mainly white with a hint of pink…

as I was closing up the garage I discovered a little wasp nest which we will have to get rid of… picture’s a bit fuzzy but a little something was flying around it and I didn’t want to take it again, lol…

wasp nest starting in the garage...

wasp nest starting in the garage…

those darn big girl pants seem to be going on easier and easier…

 

basement saga…

12 Wednesday Jun 2013

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since the water heater leaked all over the basement, there has been lots of activity… while I was gone, the company came in and removed the carpet and underlay, took out two feet of drywall, removed all the furniture, redid the drywall, laid new underlay and carpet and repainted the wall… looks pretty good, especially without all the stuff that was jamming up the place, lol…

newly painted and carpeted basement...

newly painted and carpeted basement…

I think they just have to bring everything back in and then it will be done… this will give me the energy to tidy it up down there… the basement had been George’s domain for a number of years, and he would watch tv down there while I watched upstairs, so it has been a bit difficult to go down and sort everything out, but I will put on those big girl pants once again and get it reorganized nicely so we can play Wii and watch movies when the kids are here…

maybe I will look further into having the fireplace changed to gas or electricity so that I can use it, as it is fairly difficult to start a fire… will have to see…

he and I had talked about putting in new carpet down there…

Diary Day 18… the last one…

09 Sunday Jun 2013

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got up and had a lovely seafood Benedict and asparagus… finished packing and fiddled with the bags to make sure the big one wasn’t too heavy… ended up leaving lens solution and a pair of shoes behind, lol… apparently I bought quite a bit of stuff…

crab and prawn benedict was my last dinner at Cyndi and Ron's...

crab and prawn Benedict was my last meal at Cyndi and Ron’s…

put on my big girl pants for the short flight to Calgary with a 45 minute stopover…

prairies...

prairies…

 

and then the last hour and a half to Winnipeg… last part of the flight was a bit bumpy but I did laugh as I heard a male voice go “woo hoo”…

flying through fluffy clounds...

flying through fluffy clouds…

picked up by Crystal and the boys and home…

we had crab (and pizza) for dinner, and I took the last food photo of the trip… distributed a few presents and then everyone left…

tonight's dinner all the way from Courtenay...

tonight’s dinner all the way from Courtenay…

I watched the Tony Awards, first TV I’ve seen since I left home…

have to sort through my bags to find something clean to wear to work tomorrow and am looking forward to sleeping in my bed tonight…

it is good to be home:-)…