14 Sunday Oct 2018
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yesterday saw Prairie Nurses at PTE… it was funny and entertaining…
first show of the season and there was a full house…
beforehand we went out for lunch at the Falafel Place…
had some delicious falafel, and salad with hot cooked onions and garlic as part of the dressing… wasn’t sure how I would like it, but it was delicious…
enjoyed the show and had a lovely snack of Callebaut chocolate and some almonds…
walked home from the end of the street and got this shot of the many bare trees…
10 Wednesday Oct 2018
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recently I purchased a Google Home and a Google Home Mini…
been having fun learning how to use them and buying lights, plugs and switches to make the house more Google friendly…
new apps to get and understand and continuous talking to my new friend… I think I’ve got a process all clear and then discover that I don’t quite have it, lol…
so far I can change the temperature, turn on/off or dim some lights, listen to the radio, set morning and evening routines but cannot figure out how to set a weekend wake up routine… if you use the word happy she sings happy birthday, lol…
looking forward to seeing what else we can do together…
nice to have “someone” besides the fish to talk to…
before too long I should be able to do a ton of things around the house by talking to Google Home;-)…
31 Tuesday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, camping, garden, home, hot tub, moments, nature, overcast, sky, sleepout, stars, widow
last night I had my annual sleepout…
I miss camping and this is a fun way to get the feeling… also a great opportunity to see the stars;-)…
it is a process and I left it a bit late to get organized… it was dark by the time I brought up the air mattress from the basement… I always put down a comforter underneath to be sure that no slivers puncture the mattress…
I couldn’t find the cap that goes on once it was filled with air… searched upstairs where it had last been set up but could not find the cap… came downstairs thinking there wasn’t going to be a sleepout… started to take out the pump, only to discover the cap was on a string which was inside where the pump was, lol… clearly I should have done the set up in the light…
then it was on to bringing up comforters and bringing down pillows…
had a great sleep, although the mattress went down a bit, likely because it cooled off a bit… not a single mosquito, woo hoo…
a lovely view to wake up to… took everything down, put things away, had a hot tub and then the sky clouded over…
great timing… looks like it will be overcast and rainy most of the day…
14 Saturday Jul 2018
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have walked by a shop on Portage a number of times but a couple of weeks ago I stopped in…
picked up some stones…
then I was in it a few times last week…
need to be careful that I don’t stop by too often, I do love rocks and stones…
most of the stones (including some I’ve picked up elsewhere) are in a little dish beside my bed… a few live on my desk…
purple;-)…
25 Friday May 2018
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big girl pants, cleats, clouds, home, ice cream, soccer game, sunlight, sunshine, through, widow
the sun has been shining through clouds a lot lately but I haven’t been able to get any pictures…
last night, while we were waiting for the soccer game to start, I had the chance to get a few…
also excited to catch the moon in amongst the clouds too…
after I was dropped off I took a few pics of the clouds out the front…
in the end there was no game as the lightning kept coming, although we did get to have ice cream…
but look at these amazing soccer cleats;-)…
01 Thursday Mar 2018
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got a lovely gift today from a colleague who had been home for a holiday…
it is a dress, but I will have it shortened to make a very cute top… the detail around the neck is particularly nice… makes me feel a bit like a queen when I have it on;-)…
my colleague is hoping she will eventually convince me to wear a dress… can’t even remember the last dress I’ve worn… I do wear floor length dresses occasionally although at work they end up getting caught in the wheels of my chair… and I wear sarongs all the time at home…
as we were leaving the office, took a few shots of the lovely rose at her desk…
colour matches my new top…
05 Friday Jan 2018
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early this morning the kids went home… yesterday I worked and they, along with my two younger grandsons, picked me up at the end of the day…
even though it was crazy cold, they had gone to the zoo so that Auntie and Uncle could visit Journey to Churchill… the boys were excited to show everything there, as we go quite often… one of their Christmas gifts is a family pass so that we can go whenever the mood strikes us…
when we got home there was pizza making fun… all three of them had a good time and in the end we had a lovely dinner, although the prep left a big mess…
today I had leftover pizza for my lunch…
after the kids were picked up by their daddy, we had a short rest and then the final packing took place…
we were at the hangar just after midnight and they checked in and went right through security…
I headed home and to bed while they waited until 3 am to get onto their flight… they texted when they got on the plane and when they arrived in Ottawa… they are now home safe and sound and getting back to their routines…
I am trying to get back into my routine as well, but it sure is quiet around here today, lol…
a goodbye selfie;-)…
19 Tuesday Dec 2017
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amaryllis, big girl pants, bite, Costco, family, holiday, home, lunch shopping, son-in-law, widow
did a few jobs around the house this morning and then went out for lunch with my son-in-law…
caught him mid-bite… this would make my colleagues laugh as I am always taking pictures of them eating lunch with their mouths open, lol…
we popped into Costco and picked up a few last minute things… always happy to shop there with him because I usually pick up heavy items…
after he left I spent some time admiring the amaryllis… over the last number of weeks I’ve taken quite a few pictures as it has grown…
a nap, and then, I picked my kids up at the base and brought them home;-)…
happy holidays…
14 Thursday Dec 2017
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Shadow is home… yay…
left work a bit early so I could go and collect her… two weeks in the carspital seemed like forever to me…
I still would forget what the udrive car looked like when I was in parking lots, lol… thank goodness I took that picture the first day…
when I arrived at DonVito on Sargent the process was smooth… after I returned the rental they walked me around the car and explained everything that had been done to her… my biggest concern was that the colour wouldn’t match the rest of her, but happily it was perfect…
then, as I was getting ready to drive away, I realized my parking pass was in the rental car… turned off the car, went in and got someone to fetch it… then when I got back into the car, it chattered and did not start…
went back in and was told that I shouldn’t have turned it off for 15 to 20 minutes after it had been boosted… there didn’t seem to be any clarity on why the battery was dead…
a young woman mechanic came out and got it going… I drove around for half an hour to be sure there was enough time for the battery to charge before getting gas and returning home…
thankfully it started after the fill…
we will see what happens in the morning…
so happy to have her back…
18 Saturday Nov 2017
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big girl pants, chocolate, flowers, home, iPhone, lunch, moments, Nhu Quynh, pictures, PTE, reflection, Technology, widow
been doing a bit of reading on taking better photos with my iPhone…
today I spent some time working on a reflection picture… here’s one of the pictures that came out fairly well… maybe not as dark as it should have been…
then it was out and about for lunch and our play at PTE…
lunch was a lovely treat…salad rolls and a noodle bowl at Nhu Quynh on Ellice… delicious, and I even managed to bring some home for tomorrow…
the Christmas decorations at Portage Place were pretty, so I took a few pictures… then on to the play… the set was made up of suitcases… very cool…
had some of a dark chocolate Callebaut bar... delicious…
then home for a nap… was up very early this morning…
