10 Tuesday Dec 2019
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this morning I let the alarm go off and let it play the whole song as I considered that I will only need it for two more days…
I might have to get up early in the future, but not for work;-)…
usually I wake up before the alarm rings, so I don’t often have to turn it off…
two more days… hard to believe I have made it to this place… it is exciting and a bit scary…
going to start with lots of rest, relaxation, and maybe even some reading…
06 Thursday Jun 2019
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art, big girl pants, change, Chihuly Garden & Glass, Dale Chihuly, glass, influencer, moments, Seattle, widow
this picture reminds me of the rush you get when you meet one of the influential people who have or will change your life in some way…
Dale Chihuly has been one such influence for me… I was introduced to his art a number of years ago and been a fan since that time… wanting to see his art has encouraged me to step out of my box and visit places I couldn’t have imagined and experience things in a new way…
I can still feel the thrill of hearing his voice in the building and realizing that he was there in person and it wasn’t a video or recording…
it was such a pleasure to meet and talk with him at Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle…
21 Sunday Oct 2018
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bakery, beloved, big girl pants, change, daughters, exciting, family, memories, playground, walk, widow
early this morning I walked to and from La Belle Baguette to pick up some bread…
the sun was in my eyes on the way there as I walked past the park between Amherst and Sackville at Ness…
on my way home I stopped and got a few pictures of the construction… no changes have happened in this playground for thirty years or so that I can remember…
it is going to be exciting to see what the final area is going to look like…
16 Wednesday May 2018
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big girl pants, busy, change, conference, events, q, QNET, Vision Quest, widow
how often do you see things that start with the letter “q”…
started my day at the QNET conference where we heard great information on change from Janet Lapp…
from there I raced over to the RBC Convention Centre to staff a trade show booth at Vision Quest…
at one point, the morning keynote speaker used our booth to sign autographs and take pictures with participants…
I’m still thinking about the fact that two events took place on the same day that started with the letter “q“…
cool…
06 Tuesday Mar 2018
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there had been lots in the news for a few days that we were going to get a big snowstorm but we’ve dodged every one that had been mentioned all winter…
until Sunday night, lol… it started with rain and by morning everything was covered in snow… 
and it kept falling all day… stopped late in the afternoon…
we are used to snow and storms here… most people went about their daily business… it was just a storm, lol…
when I got home I could not see where the sidewalk was… the snow had covered everything completely… even the trees were weighed down with the beautiful, but very heavy, snow…
I was very lucky because my kids came over and shoveled and snowblowed, clearing the sidewalks and driveway…
today it was as if nothing had happened… another example of how things can change in a very short time…
10 Wednesday May 2017
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big girl pants, blink, change, circle, difficulties, eye, family, remember, roses, smell, tulips, widow
things can change in the blink of an eye…
recently a number of women in my circles have been dealing with very difficult situations… loss of parents, illness of partners and children, employment concerns…
often there is little to do besides sending positive energy and love over the airwaves… spending time holding them in thought and prayer feels like a good use of time…
good to remember to smell the roses, or in this case, tulips…
05 Wednesday Apr 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, change, children, grandchildren, momentous, moments, parents, tulips, widow
been thinking of the momentous moments in one’s life… and how they change everything…
for me those moments have included…
the moment I met my beloved… he walked into my parents’ house with a friend who was staying with us… from that instant my life changed forever…we were inseparable from that day forward…
the moment we got married… and began our life together… although we were young it felt like the perfect step and started a lifetime of great happiness…
the moment we became parents, both times... and how our lives changed again in the most amazing and wonderful way…
the moment we became grandparents… and how life changing that has been as each one of our grandchildren has come into the world and added joy to our lives…
the moment we became the seniors in our family…when we returned from the hospital after his mom (our last parent) died and our children began looking after us…
the moment my beloved left me…
21 Tuesday Feb 2017
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aquasize, band, big girl pants, change, dinner, family, optimist, Optimist International Band Festival, widow
headed downtown to work this morning planning to go to aquasize at the end of the day…
instead I met up with my daughter, grandsons and a few friends… we headed over to Portage Place to find dress pants for the oldest who was performing at the Optimists International Band Festival tonight…
then we had supper… the kids had sandwiches from Subway and we adults went to Clay Oven…
we got to the venue just before they played their pieces and then watched their workshop with an adjudicator from Montreal who spoke in French for the whole time…
took a video of both of their songs… but didn’t take a single picture of the whole band, lol…
a wonderful treat to get the opportunity to hear the oldest one’s band…
07 Monday Dec 2015
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big girl pants, change, cleaners, leftovers, open, Shadow, snowflakes, women
had to make two trips out to the car this morning so that I could get everything changed over and in the proper places… now the trunk has the grocery boxes and bags as well as the safety equipment, and the glove compartment contains the registration and maps, and most importantly, there is change available for grocery carts, lol…
Shadow looked pretty good in the parking spot at work…
tonight when I arrived home and came out of the garage I saw this…
the back door was open…
the cleaners had been in the morning and likely took out garbage, but I was a bit nervous to enter… what if someone had actually broken in… yikes…
I called the owner of the business as I went into the house and she stayed on the line while I walked through all three floors to be sure there was no one besides me there…
luckily it was a warm day so nothing froze… basement was fairly cool, though…
had a visit with my amazing friends, and treats…
these are the leftovers that I am going to have to eat over the next little while… yum… only had a small handful of nuts and bolts and stopped at two shortbread cookies…
got a lovely picture of snowflakes on my way up the stairs…
01 Sunday Nov 2015
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woke up with a start in the middle of the night… someone was outside yelling… stopped after a couple of minutes, but took a while to get back to sleep…
not sure how I feel about the time change…
the good news is that my new bedside clock changes the time by itself, like my phone and tv… now if my watch would just learn to do that!
the kids picked me up and we went shopping at Costco, where I picked up another few Christmas presents…
then out for dimsum, at my son-in-law’s suggestion… apparently dimsum is growing on him, lol…
the oldest grandson took the bus from home and met us there… and he got a table just as we arrived… although I did miss watching the fish in the saltwater aquarium…
we finished everything on the table… usually we end up with a few things to pack up and bring home… the little boys are eating enough that we don’t need to order rice for them… lots of positive changes…
stopped and shopped at a few more stores and then home…
lovely barbecued steak for supper… kids got a few new CDs onto my phone and then they headed home…
was very happy yesterday to find this new cover for my soap container so I could change it up…
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