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collages…

27 Monday Mar 2017

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lovely evening with my ReImagining group tonight…

we haven’t met for the last few months as weather and other activities intervened…

been carrying around their Christmas gifts in the trunk of the car in my favourite purple bag, lol…

these are the last few which weren’t chosen…

supper was Irish stew with mashed potatoes… so good and the potatoes were a wonderful treat…

and then there was dessert…

we got to make collages and talk about Spring plans…

wonderful evening…

circles…

11 Saturday Feb 2017

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as I’ve been struggling with this cold or almost flu it has reminded me of how great I usually feel…

when I think back to the few times I’ve been seriously ill and gone through tough surgeries… and the slow process to recover and how I would feel a little better each day… and then would eventually get to the place where I was well… 

sometimes we forget how much we take good health for granted…

next week I have a CancerCare checkup… I think it is my second to last appointment as July will be five years since my cancer surgery…

amazing how the time has gone by so quickly…

good reminder that although I’ve felt rough over the last week it is nothing like what I’ve been through before… and I am very blessed on the whole…

thinking of all those in my circles who are struggling with health issues, either their own or their loved ones…

cake…

06 Monday Feb 2017

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could barely drag myself out of bed this morning… was so tired… 

really finding that I need that one do nothing day in the weekend to recover from the week…

cooked a small roast and baked a potato which gave me an hour to rest when I got home… finished off with a lettuce salad… good thing it was easy because I am still tired…

two of my Monday night friends came by and one brought a delicious bit of cake for us to try… chocolate with a lemon sauce and some whipping cream…

I licked my plate…

apparently I looked so bad they only stayed for a little while so I could get to bed, lol… I was cold and had to dig out a warm jacket… the others thought it was warm in the house…

hoping that a good night’s sleep will fix me up… really don’t have time to be sick…

treat…

21 Saturday Jan 2017

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what a wonderful treat today…

watched skating, skiing, snowboarding and a few of my favourite PVRed shows…

then two wonderful women stopped by and we enjoyed some tasty treats…

some of my Christmas baking gifts, chocolate from Hummingbird, ChocoSol, Decadence and Aschenti, and the ever popular raw almonds… 

always amazes me what can be found in the cupboard at the last minute, lol…

and we had a lovely hot tub in the plus two degrees Celsius weather… 

such fun to share these moments with such special people…

busyness…

11 Wednesday Jan 2017

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been thinking of a number of people in my circles who are going through difficult times…

as I drove to work this morning I was behind a Cube car, which brought back lots of memories of a former colleague and friend…

so many friends are dealing with their own or their family members’ health problems… busyness has kept me from giving them the attention I would like to…

a number of folk I know are trying to figure out their working conditions…

and still others are contemplating their living situations…

so much to be thinking about…

supper…

09 Monday Jan 2017

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was supposed to meet with my ReImagining friends tonight for supper and conversation…

when I left the office the snow was coming down like crazy… I started across town but then decided the weather was too miserable to make the trip…

headed home and got a few shots of the snow coming down when I drove into the garage…

found some leftovers for my supper and am going to have a nap…

witness…

22 Thursday Dec 2016

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full day of fun…

up just in time to witness the beautiful sunrise…

we had smoothies to start our day… hers had fruit in it to sweeten it up a bit…

my daughter headed out with friends for the day…and I finished off the wrapping as the carols pumped out of the iPod…

all done and packed up ready to go…

we met up in the afternoon and visited a local chocolate shop and a bakery…

picked up her husband when he landed and had a tasty treat…

they have headed off to house sit and I am relaxing in front of the box…

now for a quiet evening…

gifts…

17 Saturday Dec 2016

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wonderful time with my BS buddies this morning…

we weren’t all available this coming Monday evening, our usual time to gather… so we arranged to meet today…

when we come together for a meal we usually go out to a restaurant, but we decided to meet here and ordered breakfast from The Original Pancake House, using SkipTheDishes…

it was great… I had my favourite chicken livers and others had crepes and pancakes… even the eggs that came were beautifully cooked… we had a wonderful visit as we ate and shared gifts…

these women are an integral part of my life and spending time with them is always a gift… we’ve met most Monday evenings for years and have shared everything, from the everyday through children’s shenanigans and growing pains, work changes and life changing events…

we try to get a photo when we have one of these special gatherings, could be Christmas, or a birthday celebration… nearly forgot today… thankfully the youngest one remembered, lol…

lots of laughter as we set up and tried to get a good remote shot, lol…

we don’t need gifts, but some of us — me especially — love them… they come from the heart… today there was fruit bread and shortbread, jam, soup mix and chocolate, lotions and towels, donations, ornaments and beautiful cards…

so blessed to have these moments together…

shower…

02 Friday Dec 2016

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what a lovely time tonight… a group of sixteen gathered to celebrate the coming birth of a baby… pretty cool timing, eh…
had a cup of tea and looked over the space before everyone arrived…

we had lots of fun, conversation, good food and there were some great gifts as well…

this was the first big party that I’ve hosted since my beloved left me…

it might have been here, but there were many others who helped make it a success… from the planning team who decided on each step of preparation, to the friends who came and helped with Christmas decorating, to the ones who set up the planter, to the ones who made the centrepieces, to the ones who came at noon and helped with salad prep, to the ones who picked up the pasta and organized the kitchen… to the ones who brought various bits and pieces of yummy treats and gifts, to the ones who cleaned up and left the house the same as it was before anyone arrived…

my life is filled with such special people… 

decorations…

27 Sunday Nov 2016

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what a wonderful afternoon… two dear friends came over to help me put up my Christmas decorations… one focussed on the living room and the other made the pottery on the dining room wall sparkle… we had such fun and great conversation as we worked away… well, mostly they worked, and I sat on the couch… my knee was not happy with the fall yesterday…

one tree went into the bay window inside one of my favourite sleighs… two of the drawers in the table were filled with silver and purple ornaments…

the second tree went across the room next to an angel and a large purple glitter ball…

purple feather trees and a family-made nativity lamp go together beautifully…

the stunning glitter trees with glass reindeer are lovely on the fish tank… of course there is glitter everywhere on the main floor now, lol…

these bubbles have lived in the dining room window at Christmas for the last three years… love how they look with the various ribbons that hold them up…and they reflect so nicely…

and all the pottery looks beautiful, newly organized in the nooks…

things can look so different from another viewpoint…

now all that’s needed are my advent boxes;-)…