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29 Sunday May 2016

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only picture I took today, and that was at six, lol… funny how some days I take dozens of shots and others barely any…


was overcast with some sunny bits throughout the day but I didn’t sit out till I was working on supper…

have spent time over the last couple of days looking through our Alaskan cruise book…


took the trip three years ago with my daughter and son-in-law who were living on Vancouver Island at the time…

haven’t had the book out for quite a while and a Facebook memory reminded me of it… it was wonderful to relive all of the special moments… nearly every town we landed in had dozens of jewellery shops… too funny… saw some stunning scenery and had a great ride on a narrow gauge railway…

I love it when I am able to take the time to relive amazing events, as well as tiny little ones…


so lucky to see these beautiful blooming trees last week… they are stunning for such a short time and easy to miss…

special moments…

NYC day 3…

17 Sunday Apr 2016

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started the day with a carousel ride in some cool fish at Seaglass… followed by a cruise on one of the rivers, a view of the Statue of Liberty, a visit with Monet’s water lilies, a wander through St. John the Divine, and an evening ride on the water…

  
the cool fish in the carousel… 

 
selfie with the Brooklyn Bridge… the other girls were taking lots of pictures with the Statue of Liberty…

  
me and the water lilies… 

  
purple flowers, water and a giant rose… what more could a person ask for… ate lunch in the Cafe in MoMA before meeting the other girls and we headed off to the cathedral…

 
beautiful rose windows… reminded me of the lovely one in Bryce Hall…

seemed like it was a water themed day… 

busy, busy…

water…

16 Tuesday Jun 2015

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woke up to this view out the window first thing…

  
bit rainy and damp…

we had breakfast, visited, and made plans for the day and week…

got a few pictures of our pretty toes while waiting for the bus… people around us must have thought we were crazy…

  
off to the mall to see Cinderella… excellent movie… “have courage and be kind”…

falafel in the food court with a bottle of water and then downtown for a boat cruise on the river… wonderful falls which I haven’t seen before as well as lots of other facts and tidbits from the tour guide…

  
this shot looks toward Gatineau Park where we went hot air ballooning last year when I was here…

  
the light was much better when we got off the boat so we retook all the pictures we had done on our way down beside the locks…

  

then a walk through Byward Market and dinner at Luxe… delicious… had bone marrow for the first time and it was very nice… followed up with ricotta gnocchi on asparagus, porcini mushrooms, edamame, and tomato, with parmesan snow… oh my… if you get a chance you should eat there…

  
finally finished off dinner with a beavertail…  a bit of indulgence… only ate a little more than half…

  
lots of water in my day, lol…

great day…

the estate of the late…

13 Monday May 2013

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received a cheque last week from the CRA… it was a refund for 2012 taxes for George… next year I won’t need to have a tax form done for him…

cheque...

cheque…

after work tonight I stopped in at the Credit Union to deposit the cheque into the Estate Account as I don’t have a debit card for that account…

a few weeks ago I received a couple of cheques from Sun Life made out to the Estate as well… they are providing medical/dental coverage for me for a two year period through Rona where George worked… whenever they send anything it is always to the Estate… most people only have an Estate account for a year but I will need to keep this one for the next couple…

I am still in a state of flux because my employer’s insurance company will not take me on, as I refused the insurance when I started working there, as George’s insurance was quite good… we had gone through a period where we both had insurance and it caused nothing but hassles, so I gave that insurance up and only used his, which worked very well…

now I have to get this sorted out before next March… another job for those big girl pants… no doubt it will involve many phone calls with a variety of people… not looking forward to the process…

been missing George a fair bit lately… I talk about him a lot, which can sometimes freak people out, but I don’t want to just leave him out of my life… he is still an important piece of it… I lived longer with him, than without him…

but I did get some American money for the cruise…

Alaska…

27 Saturday Apr 2013

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have a cruise booked with Cyndi and Ron…  we booked it in October I think…  lots has gone on since then – Christmas, Mexico vacation with the whole family, anniversary of George’s death and my birthday…

we booked hotels and activities for the week following the cruise a while ago, to be sure we would get the things we wanted…

last week Cyndi and I talked about the excursions on the cruise and which ones we might like to take…

there are lots of options so she is doing more research and checking with Ron to see what is at the top of his list…

I don’t believe I’ve spoken to a single person who has taken an Alaskan cruise who didn’t love it… I am looking forward to spending time with the kids and seeing some wonderful scenery…

today I got to spend some time out on the deck in the sun… finally the temperature was warm enough… I have been sleeping in this lounger (n the house) for the past week in an attempt to help my back…

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lounging on the deck…

it made me wonder if I would be sitting on the deck of the ship with a blanket on the cruise…