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06 Tuesday Apr 2021

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big day today…

put in my contacts, found my purple sandals and put on real clothes, even a bra;-)… can’t remember the last time I got dressed to go out… searched for my thickest mask and then waited…

ready even before the three hours email reminder came, lol…

my grandson picked me up and we headed downtown to the RBC Convention Centre… this is also the first time since August that I’ve been in a vehicle with another person, yikes…

not thrilled about being around hundreds of people, as I’ve stayed alone in my house for months to protect myself…

we walked in at 5:24 pm and left there at 6:22… had to stay after the shot for thirty minutes as I have some drug allergies…

the process and space were well organized and all of the staff were kind and friendly… those of us in the special chairs were watched over the entire thirty minutes to be sure we were fine;-)…

we stopped and picked up fish, shrimp and chips on our way home… sadly, my fish wasn’t in the bag but there were two orders of shrimp, which again, unfortunately, were over cooked…

thankful to get this first dose and so happy to have the support of my grandson;-)…

lightening…

17 Friday Jul 2020

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busy day…

my middle grandson was dropped off to mow the grass and do a few other pieces of work for me…

he mowed, whipper snipped, pulled weeds, moved furniture and the new umbrella, filled bird/squirrel feeders, and cleaned up patio stones…

it was a hot day for digging around the stones, but it looks so much better… still have more to do the next time he is here… he is a lovely young man and I enjoy the time we have together;-)…

the front yard and garden look tidy and fresh… I sat out for a while after he left but then came in as rain appeared to be on the way and arrived with thunder and lightning…

a most amazing woman brought Captain’s Table fish and chips over (one of my favourites) for supper and we ate inside… the downpour had finally stopped, but it was cool outside… eventually we were able to take a tour of the garden and visit on the deck…

I am so blessed with all the special people who are, and have been, in my life…

shovelled…

22 Friday Feb 2019

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aquasize, backyard, beloved, big girl pants, fish and chips, garbage, memories, recycling, shovelled, snow, supper, widow

felt like I was wearing those big girl pants all day long…

this morning I went out into the backyard and shovelled the windrow outside the gate so that I could get the garbage and recycling bins into the back lane…

it has been weeks since I’ve taken it out…

put two bags beside it… not sure if they will take those or not…

I decided on pickerel for my supper… instead of the deep fried French fries that my beloved would make, and which were amazing, I baked them in the oven… a recipe from my grandmother… fish and chips was one of the regular suppers that he would make, particularly on swimming nights… makes me think that I need to get back to aquasize…

tasty…

bunny…

18 Thursday May 2017

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had a lovely stroll home after supper with my swimming buddy… following our aquasize class we went out for fish and chips…

it was a beautiful evening so I decided to walk home…

nearly home I met up with this cute bunny…

 at first he thought if he didn’t move I couldn’t see him… then we walked nearly a block together…

street is looking beautiful as the trees have leafed out…

dark…

11 Tuesday Oct 2016

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aquasize, beloved, big girl pants, conversation, dark, fish and chips, light, widow

yesterday was in a conversation with someone about how dark it is getting in the evening…

they mentioned that by 8 pm the light was fading… sadly tonight as we were coming home from aquasize at 7:25 it was already dark…

was also thinking about how my beloved would make fish and chips for when I’d get home from swimming… I miss that…

this was the light at 7:48 this morning… just getting light out…

knee…

04 Wednesday May 2016

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slept fairly well last night considering how sore my knee was… woke up yesterday morning and it had a bit of a twinge… went to yoga and might have twisted it…

last night I iced it for a while and did wonder if I’d be able to walk on it this morning…

as I rolled out of bed carefully I was reminded of how difficult it was to maneuver after my surgery… and how much I missed George being there to look after me…

the knee was fairly sore but as long as I was on it, it was pretty good… decided I could do a bit on the treadmill but I walked rather slowly…

  
mainly sore when I stand up after sitting for a while… makes me limp a bit when I start moving, lol…

plan to take it easy for the next few days and get it back into shape…

so tonight I treated myself to fish and chips… been craving them for a couple of weeks…

  
sure do love SkiptheDishes… it was delicious and I have half left over for tomorrow’s dinner…

happily discovered that I had the short form census so got that completed in about five minutes…

gardening…

03 Saturday May 2014

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woo hoo… spent some time in the garden today…

20140503-213154.jpgplan was to tidy the back deck… the furniture was all stacked and there was a ton of cedar leaves all over it…

earlier in the day I had seen a couple of huge robins in the garden…

20140503-213516.jpgafter tidying the deck I cleaned up the new flower beds and the raised bed…

20140503-214219.jpgit was cool and a bit windy, but wonderful to be out in the garden… was happy to get so much done…

20140503-215341.jpglooks good…

then I made myself pickerel, oven baked French fries, and pea pods for dinner…

20140503-215546.jpgthought about George as I was working in the garden and making supper… he was always the one who did the hard work in the garden… my job was to keep him on track, lol… and he was always the one who made the French fries… it was more than a year before I was able to make fish and chips, and even now it can be difficult…

I miss my beloved every day…

life moments…

12 Saturday Apr 2014

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today was filled… started around noon when huge snowflakes descended from the sky… for a long time…

look what's back...

look what’s back…

about that time one of our young friends got married… my daughter sent me a video of their vows… lovely to watch… I am hoping their love endures like that of my beloved and I…

a friend picked me up and we headed off to a memorial service for another friend’s mother… second one I’ve been to since George’s… wasn’t really sure how I would make out, but it was fine… it was in a church – a denomination that I have been connected to over the years, so the process was familiar… it was beautifully done and my friend managed very well…

but it did remind me of the memorial service we went to a week before George died… on our way home he commented about how people might remember him… that kept coming to my mind during today’s service… friends at today’s event were mindful and checked to see how I was doing… nice to be cared for…

interesting to have a beginning and an ending all in the same day… just yesterday someone commented on their parents’ 45 years of marriage… feel like I need to let the tears flow, but that hasn’t happened so far…

last night I found the missing pickerel (which I had been searching for) in the freezer and thawed it to have tonight… I made fish and chips… it was something that George made on a regular basis, often on Tuesday night when I got home from aquasize…

fish and chips...

fish and chips…

was rather proud of myself as I have only made chips a few times since then…

those big girl pants slip on easily sometimes and other times are very difficult to get into…

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