21 Friday Aug 2020
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beans, big girl pants, delicious, food, healthy, moments, top and tail, treat, widow
been enjoying some beautiful green beans over the last few days, which I was able to order from Diversity Foods…
was happy to top and tail them as well as cut them into thirds…
had enough for two suppers;-)… it is wonderful to have fresh veggies…
yum…
20 Friday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, friends, healthy, knee, La Belle Baguette, meals, recovery, skip, SkipTheDishes, widow
all in all I think I’ve been making some reasonable choices regarding what goes into my body as I recover from my knee issue;-)…
I am so grateful that we have SkipTheDishes as I haven’t been making many meals over the last week…
I’ve ordered a few times recently… when I do, I always make sure to order enough for a few meals…
last night I ordered from Pho Hoang, a favourite… I ended up with enough for four meals…
I did make a grilled cheese sandwich the other day with some marble rye bread a friend brought from La Belle Baguette…
have really appreciated not having to prepare meals, but planning to actually cook my dinner tomorrow;-)…
28 Sunday Apr 2019
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I’ve been reflecting on my time on Maui…
I have blepharitis and have to clean my eyes every morning with a soapy towelette… for the last couple of months one eye has been inflamed… it takes ages for these inflammations to resolve… I’ve been using a special ointment every day which also affects my vision a bit… I stopped about a week before we left so that I would be able to wear my contacts while we were there…
I realize that my eye is almost back to normal, even with wearing my contacts all day, every day while we were there…
the other thing I noticed was that I didn’t need to wear deodorant, even though it was very hot the whole time we were away…
was it the ocean, the temperate climate, the air….
don’t know but am feeling rejuvenated;-)…
view from our first hotel room…
19 Wednesday Dec 2018
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ache, big girl pants, healthy, hot tub, neck, propped up, sleeping, virus, widow
for weeks I was having trouble sleeping…
I think I had a virus which caused an ache in my neck that really made laying down in bed painful… a number of colleagues had mentioned similar issues…
it went on and on… some nights I barely slept… other nights I would wake up ten or twelve times… even went out to the hot tub in the middle of the night and took the odd drug, which clearly shows how bad I was feeling, lol… none of which worked by the way…
for the last few days I’ve been able to sleep without being propped up in the bed…
and I hadn’t even realized it, lol… a reminder of how quickly we can forget when we weren’t feeling well… but great to realize how good being healthy makes you feel…
getting a good night’s sleep is so beneficial to everything else you do…
so happy to be over whatever it was…
16 Friday Dec 2016
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just realized that my knee is feeling great… haven’t had a twinge for a few days… very happy that it is doing so well… interesting how all of a sudden something doesn’t hurt…usually at which point it occurs to me how miserable it has been…
today I was back at yoga… our yogi took a few pictures for me…
worked on some excellent poses to strengthen shoulders and upper back… might even practice some of them at home…
it is always wonderful when your body is doing well and there are no twinges…
16 Tuesday Feb 2016
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A1C, big girl pants, blood pressure, cabinet, cholesterol, diabetes, doctor, drug store, healthy
had my doctor’s appointment today with my GP… great news was that my A1C was the same as the last test, 3 months ago… I had been a bit worried because I felt I slipped a little over Christmas…
feel confident that I can eat as I have been and not be worried all the time that I am messing up… this is very good news and should help me relax about my food intake…
my cholesterol is up a tiny bit, but not enough to consider drugs, thankfully.. and my blood pressure is good…
all in all a great appointment…
packing up my diabetes strips and lancets to give to a colleague… if I need them again it will be down the road and I will get items that aren’t expired…
also spent some time cleaning the cabinet under the bathroom sink… dumped out a bunch of out-of-date items and made a bit of space… will have to drop the stuff off at the drug store in the next while… they are able to dispose of it properly…
pretty fine day…
29 Sunday Nov 2015
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boys slept in until eight this morning… then happily watched cartoons on tv until their mom arrived about 8:30…
we went out for breakfast… second day in a row for me, lol… today it was Perkins for eggs Benedict… the 55 plus portion for me, which is just the right amount…
more shopping and found these adorable battery powered salt and pepper mills… had to bring them home… they are so cute…
now I have to figure out where to put them because they are too tall to fit in the cabinet where the old ones were, lol… but I can get rid of the older ones…
for our supper tonight we had tacos… only the little boys and their daddy came, but everyone loved them and had at least three each…
I used a ground vegan product instead of meat… very tasty and easier than cooking hamburger… no one even noticed the difference… we also had some refried beans, which we adults enjoyed… the boys don’t like beans of any kind…
I love feeding them tacos because they always eat well and there aren’t any complaints… there is lots of lettuce, tomatoes, green onions, avocado and sour cream to go with the soft and hard tacos that they like…
tonight they had milk with their supper… I usually offer juice boxes because I don’t think of drinking milk as I really dislike it, but they think of it as a treat, ugh…
another of their favourites is Subway sandwiches… they would choose that over burgers nearly any day…
wonderful that they enjoy healthy foods…
10 Tuesday Nov 2015
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aquasize, big girl pants, blood work, chips, healthy, whole wheat
started my day with blood work for my doctor’s appointment next week…
it was very foggy on the drive to the clinic…
this picture came out very clear considering how foggy it was, lol…
apparently the longer you press on the spot where your blood was taken the less bruising there will be…
not too bad today…
been a bit worried about how my blood sugar is doing so will be glad to see the results of this test…
we tried to go to aquasize but it was cancelled… on the way home I was fantasizing about either pho soup or Clay Oven for my supper…
but instead I made chicken and spinach on a whole wheat pita and warmed up some of the zucchini soup…
how healthy am I…
of course I did have a small bowl of chips after the healthy dinner, lol…
04 Tuesday Aug 2015
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after lazing around all day yesterday thought I better get out and about today… two lovely morning glories in the garden…
had a great walk to the Park and around the Gardens… bit of a breeze and the temperature was in the low 20s…
some of my favourite shots… water lilies…
water drops on hostas…
hydrangeas…
the very last bloom on the rose standards…
pretty dahlias…
boxwood going in where the lilacs were…
a few geese at the Duck Pond… last time I was there in the daytime, there weren’t any…
the river is quite low… not too many weeks ago you couldn’t see this island at all…
on my way back I went to the grocery store to pick up eggs and milk…
as I was walking home from there, I thought about how far I have come in the last few years… I never went anywhere by myself… George and I travelled together all the time… I would walk to the Park occasionally, but would meet him there to wander through the Gardens or have a meal… I don’t think I ever walked to the grocery store…
now I walk over to the Park often, and even to the grocery store, without a second thought… still not so fond of eating out on my own but continue to push myself to do it…
a desire to be healthy and those big girl pants…
19 Sunday Jul 2015
three years ago today I had surgery to remove a cancerous uterus and repair a large hernia…
and here I sit, feeling great after a busy day where I walked to and from the grocery store, went plant shopping with my daughter, made supper for my kids, cleaned up after they left and am spending time enjoying the garden, not even tired…
just the other day someone commented on how quickly I had walked from one location to another…
so much has changed in just over three years… the devastating loss of my husband… cancer, surgery and slow recovery… diabetes diagnosis with lifestyle changes and forty pound weight loss…
I am one of the lucky ones… free of cancer and healthy…
and life goes on…
