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the day after…

08 Thursday Aug 2013

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beautifully decorated, bubble machine, bubble wrap, champagne, Champagne Bubble Party, do it again, her big girl pants, hot tub, photo booth, the day after, tired today, yummy food

pretty tired today… worried that I was going to fall asleep on the way home from work, but I didn’t, lol…

got home, said hi to the kid who was here and had a good nap… got up and had a hot tub and then Cyndi arrived home from her visit with a friend…

we had a lovely rehash of last night’s Champagne Bubble Party… it was a success and we enjoyed every moment… as always, we learned a few things and would do a couple of things differently next time…

we had a photo booth and had talked about putting someone in charge which we didn’t end up doing… that was a mistake… we think if someone was looking after it they may have encouraged more people to have their pictures taken…

we made six by six inch bubble wrap bits which weren’t in quite the right spot so they didn’t get played with too much…

the garden was decorated beautifully with balloons in champagne colours, round mirrors of different sizes, clear glass ball ornaments, disco balls and lots of flowers…

I was busy and didn’t take many pictures… luckily Cyndi got a couple of shots that actually showed some of the bubbles floating up from the machines…

fun blowing bubbles and jumping in the boat ball pit...

fun blowing bubbles and jumping in the boat ball pit…

the children had great fun blowing bubbles, jumping into a boat filled with coloured balls… and running around the yard, up and over the decks… they were enthralled with the various bubble machines and kept going over to them to see what the bubbles were doing…

Champagne bucket and fixings...

Champagne bucket and fixings…

the adults enjoyed visiting and trying the champagne with various fruits and juices in it… everyone brought a bottle and we now have quite a lovely collection of bottles which we didn’t drink…

yummy food to eat...

yummy food to eat…

food was great and everyone enjoyed the beef sliders, meatballs and Caprese salad and the chicken balls (which we ordered from a local Chinese Restaurant)… a fruit ball and chocolate fountain, along with mini champagne cupcakes and cheesecakes filled out the menu…

bubble gum, gum balls, cheese balls and M&Ms rounded out the snacks…

a great event… now, when can we do it again…

Rushing River the finale…

05 Monday Aug 2013

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baby eagle, boating, great day, her big girl pants, kneeboarding, loons, Rushing River the finale, swimming with loons, Volcom people, wakeboarding

woke up to sunshine and had a wonderful day…

who are those Volcom people...

who are those Volcom people…

we went boating twice… in the morning we saw some loons and got some nice pictures…

the loon couple... not bothered by us at all...

the loon couple… not bothered by us at all…

I swam fairly close to them which was cool…

the loons and I...

the loons and I…

we saw a baby eagle and its rather protective parents… and more loons later in the day…

Tavin and Jeff got up on the kneeboard and Tavin even got up on the wakeboard (which is a full size board with adult boots…

kneeboarding...

kneeboarding…

we had lunch outside and then went out on the boat again for a lovely trip around the lake…

great day…

 

duckies…

22 Monday Jul 2013

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duckies, great start to the week, her big girl pants, Millennium Library, pond

today when I arrived at the office I was a little early so I walked over to the Library and checked out the pond… my colleague had mentioned it just last week…

lovely pond on the Millennium Library grounds...

lovely pond on the Millennium Library grounds…

there was a lovely little duck family there…

duck family...

duck family…

what fun to watch them flit about the area…

great start to the week…

 

wonderful day…

20 Saturday Jul 2013

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brunch, Cedar Wood Camp, dear friends, her big girl pants, memorial service, slide shows, sliders, video, wonderful day

got up and packed our snack bag and headed to Cedar Wood Camp to pick up Kyler… nice drive and when we got there we had brunch with the campers, saw a great video and headed over to our dear friends’ cottage (well, home really) just a few minutes drive from the camp… first time I had seen them since George’s memorial service…

had a wonderful day visiting and enjoying the beauty of their space… after a great dinner of sliders, and a few great slide shows we headed for home…

lovely things to see...

lovely things to see…

even quieter drive home as some folks napped and others watched movies…

drove home from Crystal’s, put chemicals in the hot tub, sorted through my pictures and now off to bed…

a year…

18 Thursday Jul 2013

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a year, difficult but healing, Dobby, excellent care, friends, grieve the loss of my beloved, her big girl pants, hysterectomy and ventral hernia repair, my girls, organizing fridge and freezer, roses amongst baby's breath, shifts in the hospital, sister-in-law, surgery, water the plants, wonderful doctors

it is a year today since my hysterectomy and ventral hernia repair…

I can remember the fear, and the relief when I woke up… my sister-in-law coming to be with me and spending the night because I was afraid to be alone following the surgery and having to leave early the next morning to catch a plane to get her to work on time…

frst night at the hospital...

frst night at the hospital…

and I also remember the excellent care I received and the wonderful doctors I dealt with… and how my friends rallied around me with shifts as my support in the hospital, and then at home as I slowly recovered…

I remember the problems with the drugs and how I made the decision to stop taking them just hours after the surgery… the pain was severe but my body was so happy not to have all that stuff in it… drugs just really aren’t my friend…

it was a difficult time but also very healing as during those ten weeks before I was able to get back to normal living I had the opportunity to grieve the loss of my beloved…

thinking back to all the company that came and delivered food, sat with me, and did the things I couldn’t… Dobby who stayed for a week and tempted me with wonderful tidbits to encourage me to eat… organizing the fridge and freezer so when she left I would be able to manage on my own… my nephew staying with me for the first two days after they sent me home early, picking me up and sitting with me through the pain… friends who came by to water the plants because I couldn’t lift anything… my girls doing everything possible for me…

maybe that is what I have been struggling with this week…

now I am healthy and doing well… I can water my own plants, make my own food and do my own chores…  what a difference a year can make…

as someone put it today it seemed like a very long time ago, or was it just a few months?!?!?

roses to celebrate a great year...

roses to celebrate a great year…

beautiful day…

13 Saturday Jul 2013

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beautiful day, Caprese salad, garden, Goldeye, her big girl pants, my beloved, planting, reading by the pond, tomatoes, weeding

had a wonderful day in the garden…

the weather was hot but a breeze blew for most of the day, making it comfortable…

weeded along the driveway and finally planted the two tomato plants… one of them has fruit that is heart shaped…

continued with planting some purple and white coneflowers that I picked up yesterday…

watered the sod and dug up quite a few dandelions which were trying to take over the yard during the construction… consulted with a neighbour about how to raise the level where the sod has been put down as it is a little low and I keep tripping when I walk over it, lol…

in amongst all that, I finished book 3 and started on book 4 of Game of Thrones…

had a nap and a lovely dinner of Goldeye and Caprese salad with my fresh basil…

lots of time remembering fun in the garden with my beloved, particularly when I was trimming the Virginia creeper by the hot tub:-)…

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purple plus…

05 Friday Jul 2013

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bunny, full day, haircut, her big girl pants, mowed the grass, pedicure, pond guys, pulled weeds, purple, sleepover friends, walked to Subway

had a lovely day off…

laid abed and watched a bit of tv, did some computer work and headed out for a pedicure – purple – then got my hair done to match…

water running in the pond...

waterfall running in the pond…

came home, had a short nap and then was surprised by the pond guys turning up…  they worked away, laying edging, stones and sod, and eventually they got the waterfall running… yay… it looks great… still a fair bit to do but they will be back on Monday…

bunny we spotted on our walk to get dinner...

bunny we spotted on our walk to get dinner…

Crystal and the little boys came over and she mowed the grass while the boys and I walked to Subway to pick up supper which we all enjoyed…

2 boys going up...

2 boys going up…

 

Crystal pulled some large weeds in the front flower bed and I got talked into two sleepover friends…

2 boys running down...

2 boys running down…

they are headed to bed, as am I… been a full day and I expect that we will be up early in the morning…

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