13 Saturday Dec 2025
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Facebook reminded me that yesterday commemorated my last day of work six years ago… it was a special and fun day…
I spent the day saying farewell to my colleagues and had lunch out with a former colleague…
surprising to think that so much time has passed… and how much I have enjoyed these past years of retirement;-)…
29 Wednesday Apr 2020
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my plant is flowering… I don’t know what it’s name is…
it was given to me four years ago for my sixty-fifth birthday by my work colleagues…
it is so purple… it was blooming then, but hasn’t bloomed since… I think it likes being next to the fish tank…
very exciting to watch it…
28 Friday Feb 2020
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on my final day of work I took a selfie with each person on staff…
I’ve since used those photos to update their contact and address information in my phone…
at first I was cropping myself out of the pictures, but then I realized how nice it was to see us together;-)… so I’ve left them as I took them…
it is lovely when I am sending a text or email to see their faces;-)…
09 Sunday Feb 2020
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been enjoying the beautiful vase that my colleagues presented to me to commemorate my retirement…
it is now living on the top of the credenza in the living room… when the light is on, it shines through the design beautifully…
when I had flowers in it, I put them into a plastic bag so they wouldn’t mess up the inside, lol…
the flowers from the Board would have gone nicely in it;-)…
13 Friday Dec 2019
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big girl pants, camera, colleagues, final, memories, moments, orchid, purple, retirement, widow
had a wonderful final day of work…
I’d spent time planning what I would like to do, and was able to accomplish everything on my list;-)…
spent time individually with each person on staff, thanking them for our time together, and listening to some of their stories…
lots of fun taking selfies with each person after our visit… missed the one person who wasn’t in the office…
had lunch with a very special woman and ended the day taking a final group photo and receiving gifts…
to top off the day, picked up Chinese food and had dinner with a few good friends…
18 Thursday Jul 2019
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this morning I spent some time in the garden before heading to work…
we’ve had a fair bit of rain over the last while and it is looking rather lush…
of course the grass needs to be cut, lol…
as I was sitting enjoying the view, the purple finch came by for a snack… such a beautiful bird… also has a lovely song…
I got a few good photos, then left my camera at work…
one of my amazing colleagues picked it up and brought it to me… this is particularly great as I don’t work tomorrow and was going to have to go in and get it;-)…
I am looking forward to spending some quality time in the garden tomorrow;-)…
08 Saturday Jun 2019
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basement, big girl pants, colleagues, pvr, Technology, tv, widow
I watch tv a lot and I PVR tons of shows…
over the last week I’ve noticed that the tv is saying it is recording shows, but the next day they are not there… seemed very odd…
finally took the time on Thursday night to poke around and see if I could figure it out…
what I discovered was a place telling me that the PVR was nearly full… a big red bar all the way across the screen, lol…
there was no place to clean it out and all the programs get deleted as soon as I watch them, so it was odd…
Friday morning I called BellMTS for help… after running all through the house to find the main PVR, in the basement of course, I had to turn it off and back on… when it rebooted it was fine…
the technician advised that it shouldn’t have happened and it would be fine in the future… but as I look at it now it says there is something PVRed, but there isn’t, sigh…
at least I know what to do when it happens again;-)…
I did giggle after he told me to unplug it…
turning equipment off is one of the first suggestions I make to my colleagues whenever they are having technical issues…
26 Friday Apr 2019
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been away from the office for sixteen days…
today when I returned there were notes and presents at my desk, and hugs from colleagues… nice to feel missed…
shortly after I went into a meeting I was called into another meeting at which point there was singing, flowers and a card… I was surprised as I was thinking that my birthday celebration would be on Monday…
sure is great to be appreciated;-)…
05 Tuesday Mar 2019
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on this seventh anniversary of losing my beloved, I started the day by going to Safeway and buying flowers and an orchid for work… flowers for the front of the office and some for my space…
was very happy that they had orchids because the last few times I’ve been there haven’t been any…
my beloved always bought me flowers and orchids, particularly in the winter which has often been a difficult time for me…
at noon, I ran out and picked up samosas to share for our lunch… this was something he would do every now and then… seemed like a lovely way to remember him and what made him so special…
it was a great meal, with salad, veggies, hummus, cheese and grapes added by my colleagues…
as it is Shrove Tuesday, pancakes were on the menu for supper and I made potato pancakes, a nod to the world’s best hash brown patties that he would make…
a good day with many lovely memories…
07 Thursday Feb 2019
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this morning I met up with Barb Nepinak… she recognized me as a colleague from Transport Canada…
we both worked at Transport Canada… in the seventies…
how cool…
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