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30 Saturday Dec 2017

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out and about today…

found some warm and non-skid boots for my daughter at Canadian Footwear… they still measure your feet there… who knew… these will keep her on her feet when there is ice on the sidewalks in Ottawa…

had a lovely visit and some delicious hot chocolate with Constance as we browsed and found just the chocolate that we needed at Chocolatier Constance Popp…

stopped in at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to pick up my membership…

got a few pictures with the Winnipeg sign, being as we’ve done the Ottawa and Kingston ones, lol… a lot warmer when we did them… there is a new ice rink in front of the sign now… very cool…

and then popped over to see the ice castles, although they don’t open for another week… already look spectacular…

pictures came out rather well considering that my glasses were foggy from the cold…

pretty full morning…

tubbing…

03 Friday Feb 2017

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lovely sunrise this morning…

felt cold last night so decided on a hot tub around ten…

headed out only to discover that the strap was frozen to the side of the hot tub… which meant the lid wouldn’t open…

back into the house to find the little hammer, turn on the outside light and then out again to bash the ice…

took a bit of energy to clear the ice away and then I had to take the hammer back in and turn out the light…

finally got the lid open and made it into the tub…

beautiful and toasty warm…

might have had a short nap…

worked rather hard for that hot tub, but I slept really well after that…

driving…

06 Friday Jan 2017

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this morning as I was driving to work I ran into a patch of ice… 

had to work hard at leaving my foot on the brake… used to old school pumping…

reminded me of what an excellent driver George was… 

he always drove defensively… which also made me think of him as I was sliding on that ice patch…

this is the most recent picture of Shadow that I have… didn’t remember to take a photo of her this morning in her new parking spot at the office… it is a great one with a car on one side but not the other…

the other day, when I was backing out of the garage, my daughter commented on how well I maneuvered the tricky bend in the driveway…

made me think back to when my beloved left me and I had to get in and out of the garage… at first it was very stressful, but as time has gone on I’ve become comfortable with the process… I still would rather be the one to put her into the garage which makes getting her out simpler, lol…

this was a picture I took of the house, from the car, when I made it out of the driveway after one of the big storms recently… you can sort of see the jog by the garage…

I am getting more comfortable in those big girl pants…

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…

ice…

02 Tuesday Feb 2016

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today I had lunch at Promenade Cafe and Wine... excellent mussels and fries… yummy…

  
took me half an hour to walk there but only twenty minutes to get back, lol… there were some icy patches but on the whole the walkways were clear…

great to spend time with a good friend…

had a peek at the Great Ice Show Winnipeg as I walked past it… looks big and beautiful…

after work went for a pedicure with two colleagues…

  
final product – purple toes…

  
after the spa… two pedicures and one manicure later… we went to Ripe Bistro and Lounge for dinner…

  
had an interesting salad and three mini seafood sliders… made me giggle because I was surprised when they came on buns, duh…

  
lovely evening and our opportunity to debrief after a big event…

enjoyed a gorgeous ice sculpture out the window of the restaurant and discovered that the chef had carved it…