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battery…

21 Friday Dec 2018

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battery, big girl pants, camera, card, exhausted, learn, link, upload, widow

as I learn more and more about my new camera I am very pleased with it….

the one disappointing thing is that the battery runs down rather quickly… all of a sudden it will announce that the battery is exhausted… and not always at an opportune time, lol…

I’ve tried taking out the card and uploading it to my iPhone in case the transferring is using it up…

not sure that is the issue…

have also been struggling with the downloading… at first it worked perfectly and then all of a sudden it wouldn’t connect…

hoping to get to the camera store over the break to get a lesson…

castles…

02 Friday Mar 2018

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bed, big girl pants, blessed, castles, dinner, exhausted, grandsons, ice, ice castles, The Forks, widow

had a wonderful evening with my two youngest grandsons…

met up with them around 4:30 and then we wandered The Forks, visited the Ice Castles and had dinner out…

they must have gone down the slides a dozen times… now we are home and in various beds watching tv…

what a blessing to have time with them… although I am exhausted, lol…

moon…

24 Tuesday Nov 2015

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aquasize, big girl pants, exhausted, glasses, moon, picture

really looking forward to the weekend… and it is only Tuesday…

went to aquasize tonight and had the teacher who really works you… I was exhausted but did make it through the whole class without giving up…

tomorrow there will be a full moon… usually means more phone calls, walk ins and odd happenings… 

took this shot of the moon on Saturday… picture doesn’t do it justice…

  
a few days ago I took this picture of the most adorable glass frames…

  

I know a number of people who would love these, lol…  

exhausted…

03 Tuesday Mar 2015

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big girl pants, comfort food, exhausted, moon, orchid, sun dogs

last night I was so tired that I fell asleep and forgot to write a post…

on my way to work in the morning it was a bit foggy but beautiful sun dogs were my company on the drive… my phone was in the back of the car so I never did get a picture of them…

had fun taking a shot of the orchid against the picture on the wall… not exactly what I had I mind, but it was entertaining to try…

moon will be full in a few days…

took this tonight on my way down the stairs…

made one of my favourite comfort foods for dinner… not sure how well it fit into my new eating plan… canned salmon with sliced potatoes in a white sauce… added mushrooms and water chestnuts and used a very small amount of the sauce… usually the potatoes would be pan fried in butter but I used a tiny bit of avocado oil and steamed them to finish… liked the crunch of the water chestnuts a lot…

heading to bed…

busy…

04 Monday Aug 2014

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Blended, busy, exhausted, frogs, go-carting, pool, Thunder Rapids, waterfall

last night we watched Blended before falling asleep in our beds… we woke at various times this morning but finally everyone got up about 9:30 am… 

went down and had an excellent breakfast before everyone, except me, headed to the pool… a friend arrived and they had great fun…

waterslide was very fast...

waterslide was very fast…

eventually everyone returned to the room, got dressed and we headed off to Thunder Rapids, stopping for a quick bite in the car on the way…

we did everything… there was go-carting, a few times…

little boys go-carting...

little boys go-carting…

then bumper boats…

bumper boats...

bumper boats, should be called splash boats…

just a little wet... even I got wet watching...

just a little wet… even I got wet watching…

miniature golf, where Gray and I both got a hole in one…

my hole in one...

my hole in one…

we saw frogs, although I didn’t get any pictures… freezies and time at the playground followed by a last round of go-carting in bigger and faster cars…

the biggest three in the fast cars...

the biggest three in the fast cars…

finally home, where we ordered Chinese food for dinner and after we cleaned up everyone headed to their own place…

thanks to my pond guy, the garden sounds right as the waterfall is running again…

my waterfall running again...

my waterfall running again…

although not quite like the one at Thunder Rapids, lol…

waterfall at Thunder Rapids...

waterfall at Thunder Rapids…

what a wonderful weekend…

now to bed, I am exhausted, lol…

tired…

25 Tuesday Feb 2014

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crocus, exhausted, flowers, hyacinth, Olympics, tired

first thing got a great shot of the moon with a star or planet off to the side…

lovely view to start the day… and it is lighter in the morning…

not sure if it is let down following the Olympics or just too much extreme cold over this winter but nearly everyone I talk with is exhausted…

people are walking around yawning or their brains don’t seem to be working up-to-par…

thank goodness for the flowers at work and home…

every time I see the crocus and hyacinth they appear to be growing right in front of my eyes… and they make me happy…

the hyacinth is starting to smell so nice…

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crusts…

07 Thursday Nov 2013

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best sandwiches, crustless bread fingers, crusts, enjoyable undertaking, exhausted, fancy sandwiches, miss my mom and dad, my parents, soft boiled eggs, tea towels

recently was part of a conversation about crusts… someone mentioned asking for some crusts before a family event where there were fancy sandwiches… seemed rather sad that they had to eat crusts…

then she explained that when she and her sisters made fancy sandwiches their mother had taught them to spread the filling generously all the way to the edges and then when the crusts were cut off there were lots of leftover bits of deliciousness for them to share… too funny… didn’t feel so bad for her after that…

brought to mind my parents… they made the best fancy sandwiches and I learned to make them by working with mom and dad as they prepared for special events such as showers, and often, funerals… they had done catering early on in their life together and were both good cooks… my dad made the world’s best fudge and I still think about it…

over the years I, often with a group of my women friends, have made many a fancy sandwich… it is always an enjoyable undertaking as we gather in the kitchen and around the table to mix fillings, spread them onto the bread, cut off the crusts and package them to go into the fridge, wrapped in tea towels, to wait for their final cutting and distribution… all the while sharing laughter and conversation… haven’t done it in a long time…

when we made the sandwiches, we would go to the edges, but not leave much filling on them so the crusts would be just that… and often they would be saved to share with the birds… in those days we didn’t know that bread wasn’t really good for birds… dad always wanted to be sure we buttered to the edge of the bread…

dinner, eggs and crust=less bread fingers...

dinner, eggs and crustless bread fingers…

tonight I was exhausted from a couple of busy workdays and was craving something comforting… so I made soft boiled eggs and crustless fingers for my dinner…

I do miss my mom and dad, although they have been gone for 25 years…

so long…

08 Tuesday Oct 2013

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big girl pants, celebratory dinner, exhausted, George and I chose together, insurance and registration, kept old license plates, photos of the car, sleepover, so long, winter tires

when I got up this morning I decided to take a few photos of the car before leaving… took one in the garage, the driveway and part way down the street… there were a few tears in my eyes as I drove to work for the last time in the car that George and I had chosen together, and which was also the last place where he was alive…

last time in the driveway...

last time in the driveway…

Crystal and Kyler met me at the office after work and we headed to Woodhaven to get my new car…

the process always takes a long time… we met with Courtney, who went through the reams of paperwork… m fingers were cramping by the time I wrote the last signature… then we walked over to Ranger Insurance to get the new registration and fill out more paperwork… did get to keep the old plates so still have a remembrance of George on the car…

back to Woodhaven where we waited a while for Courtney, and then Nelson came along and we went through the tips and tricks of the new car…

unfortunately, they had put on the winter tires, which I had decided not to do for another month or so, and they didn’t have anyone there who could change them back to the pretty all purpose ones… made me rather sad as they are a big feature of the sporty look…

new car with my plates on it...

new car with my plates on it…

drove home again with a few tears welling up, picked up Chinese food for supper and met up with Jeff, the little boys and our friend Jackie… had a nice celebratory dinner and Crystal is sleeping over so she can take me to work and take the car in to have the tires changed first thing in the morning…

I feel exhausted… been a long, and stress-filled day…

Forgot…

08 Friday Feb 2013

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Burton Cummings, colleague, disconnected, exhausted, made me laugh, phones, Technology

was so exhausted last night from the busy last few days at work and home that I forgot to write a post…

I can’t think of the last time I was too tired to even bring the house phone downstairs and put it on the charger…

my link to the world...

my link to the world…

maybe it had to do with leaving my smart phone at work and being without it until a colleague kingly dropped it off on their way home from a late shift a work…  she told me it was beeping and chatting the whole time she had it…

it was quite amazing how disconnected I felt without it… which really made me laugh this morning when I read a post by Burton Cummings about how much he disliked his cell phone…

and my kids...

and my kids…

technology, and how we make use of it, is quite funny, actually…

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