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envelope…

24 Tuesday Mar 2020

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mail…

yesterday I received an envelope with a beautiful card and goodies in it…

another of my Advent All Year packages from my daughter…

a nice treat in this time of staying at home…

the card had a butterfly and flower on it and there were cute leaf stickers and two very cute camera paper clips inside…

thinking of where I am going to use those paper clips…

such a pleasant surprise…

keychain…

26 Sunday Jan 2020

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Friday I received a parcel in the mail…

in it was the cutest handmade keychain…

a gift from my daughter… she is planning to send me something regularly throughout the year — instead of an Advent calendar that just comes in December;-)…

how lovely is that…

I love all the pieces it is made of, but the little bird is a reminder of the wonderful morning we spent at Mer Bleue feeding the chickadees…

my goal for the Spring is to train my chickadees to eat from my hand… this is a wonderful reminder…

I am very excited to get working on this…

Melody…

22 Friday Mar 2019

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one of the things I do when preparing a blog is look to see if I’ve used the title previously…

tonight I came across a post about Melody, an amazing sphere that my daughter and I stayed in on Vancouver Island in June, 2013…

remembering how lovely it was to be rocked to sleep amongst the trees…

reminded me of being rocked in the sailboat, many, many, years ago…

was a bit disappointed when I realized the poor quality of this picture… my photo game has certainly improved over the last six years;-)…

slides…

14 Monday Jan 2019

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the other day I came across some slides from the 70s…

this first one is from a trip we took with my beloved’s parents to Vancouver in 1978… it was just after our first daughter was born… she travelled in a travel bassinet for the whole trip… times have certainly changed, lol…

at least every second day something bad happened to the car… from blown tires, the muffler falling off at least three times, to windows freezing in the open position, to the engine catching fire… and other things in between…

clearly, a trip to remember…

the second photo is of a camping trip… shows our Chevelle and camper… I purchased that car with my dad in 1968 and we had it for many years… it was a wonderful car… and I have many amazing memories of our times with it…

the camper we have now is very similar to that one… I hope we make as many memories with it;-)…

purple-y…

08 Tuesday Jan 2019

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purple-y kind of day…

a few days ago I had a nice pedicure with my daughter and most of the cost was covered by a points program so that was a treat…

later on we stopped at Polo Park and I was able to get my cute Purdys mug replaced…

the one I had before said “I believe in chocolate for breakfast” (which is something my eldest daughter says often) but this new one has less gold on it and the purple paint feels a bit thicker, so maybe it won’t flake off like the first one did… the salesperson said she had this particular mug and hadn’t had any problems with it…

pretty purple-y day…

focussed…

07 Friday Dec 2018

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crazy morning…

I usually set my alarm for 6:30 but always wake up before it goes off… I’ve been having trouble sleeping for the last week or so due to a sore neck so didn’t put on my alarm as it was my day off…

woke up to a call from my daughter at 7:51… unfortunately I had an 8 am doctor’s appointment;-(…

flew out of the house wondering what my blood pressure reading would be, lol…

was only a few minutes late as the office is close to home…

my blood pressure was great which was amazing but my A1C was not so great… still in the safe zone but it has been creeping up over the last year…

early on following my diabetes diagnosis I did not consume any sugar and was so strict with my diet that my life was overly focussed on food… the good news about that was how low I was able to bring down my A1C without meds… the bad news was that the strict eating was causing problems with my quality of life… since then the doctor and I agreed to relax my eating to find a happy medium…

today we decided that I need to find something between crazy strict and what I’ve been doing recently…

so, not so many treats… and I also think I need to be sure to spend a bit more time on the treadmill every day…

show…

28 Sunday Oct 2018

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the kids came for supper tonight… we had a delicious beef roast with roasted potatoes and carrots, and a Caesar salad…

then we jumped in the cars and went to try out Rollesque Roll Up Ice Cream… it is right beside my favourite Vietnamese restaurant;-)…

it was quite a show… they chop up the main ingredient, then they pour cream onto the cold metal tray… they move it around, flatten it and then roll it into fat tubes… pop it into a container, add whipped cream, a few toppings, and voila… a delicious treat;-)…

I chose coconut bliss which had coconut cream, teddy grahams, couple of rolled cookies and some chocolate sauce…

and my daughter treated us all…

bittersweet…

25 Tuesday Sep 2018

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today is my daughter and son-in-law’s wedding anniversary…

I remember what a great day it was, but also the weeks that led up to it…

the day went off without a hitch… our daughter looked amazing… picture taking was great fun… the sky was blue for their outdoor service… the limo stopped at Starbucks so they could get coffee… the reception was very classy and everyone had a wonderful time…

but just prior to that I had been in the hospital for six weeks, followed by weeks at home with a drainage tube which was removed just a few days before the wedding…

that was probably the sickest I have ever been and recovery was slow and difficult…

I also remember what a gem my beloved was as he visited me in the hospital and brought me daily pictures of the morning glories as they bloomed…

he took such good care of me, always…

I can only wish that kind of love for my children as they move forward in their life together…

bittersweet memories…

BOATsmart…

18 Tuesday Sep 2018

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was so excited yesterday with the mail…

in it was my BOATsmart licence;-)… I worked hard the last week of August to get it after my daughter sent me the link…

when we went camping on the long weekend it was great fun to let my son-in-law know that I had passed the exam…

now for the real life practice…

looking forward to next summer as I work on my boating skills;-)…

bowls…

28 Thursday Jun 2018

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received these sweet bowls from my daughter when my youngest grandson and I visited Ottawa in March…

she had been using them while waiting for us to arrive, lol, and really liked them… there was some talk about not giving them to me…

when I first brought them home I didn’t use them, but decided one day that the largest one would be great for my evening chip nibble… it is about the same size as one of the cereal bowls I’d been using for ages… and much prettier;-)…

then I discovered that pretzels fit beautifully in the one the next size down… and finally, things like olives or almonds and chocolate wafers fit perfectly in the smallest one…

having appropriate sized snack containers is very helpful for portion control…

now I use them all the time, lol…

a lovely gift…