12 Thursday Jul 2018
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watered the garden this morning before leaving the house…
the plants are all quite happy and there are many flowers…
woke up with a headache which progressed throughout the morning and by lunchtime it was raging…
so bad, in fact, that I took pills and lay on the floor in our meeting room with lights out and blinds closed…
thankfully, eventually the headache dulled and I made it through the rest of the day…
quiet dinner and early to bed tonight…
12 Saturday May 2018
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made the loveliest lunch today…
combined a smoked goldeye with cream cheese for a very tasty spread for the two types of crackers I had in the pantry…
then I started with shredded cucumber, green onion, vinegar and added radishes and cilantro… not only was it delicious when combined, but it also made it prettier with that bit of red added…
out in the garden I set up the chairs and cushions and ate my lunch and read my book…
02 Monday Apr 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, book, coffee, food, friends, house cleaning, lunch, manicure, reading, Tea, treat, widow
had a wonderful day… treated to a manicure and lunch with a very special person…
after our manicures we went a few doors down and had lunch… she started with a fancy cup of coffee and I asked for a cup of tea, but they don’t have tea on the menu… something about doing things well, and just focusing on coffee…
we shared a yummy cauliflower, roasted sweet potato and kale salad… then I had a carbonara pasta topped with shrimp… very tasty… she had a pizza named after a person, lol…
as we ordered our dessert my friend asked for plain coffee and was told they only make the fancy type… so, no regular coffee or tea… odd…
after we finished lunch, I headed home and spent the afternoon deep in a book… another treat as I haven’t done much reading lately…
final treat of the day was having the cleaning crew come and freshen up the house…
very nice end to the Easter weekend…
27 Tuesday Mar 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, cookie, invitation, lunch, spa, treated, widow
yesterday my day was filled with lots of treats…
in the morning I received a lovely invitation to lunch and time at a spa…
at noon a colleague treated me to lunch… it was tasty…
and in the evening one of my BS buddies brought us chocolate from Florida and fresh baked cookies…
I certainly am blessed in so many ways…
24 Saturday Mar 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, friends, lunch, manakeesh, moments, skating, street food, sugar, walk, widow
Saturday is usually my do nothing and rest up from the week day…
today I had a lunch date with two lovely women… besides getting me out of the house, it was the first time in weeks that I went for an actual walk to get there and back…
ended up wearing my winter jacket because it was a bit breezy and felt like -13 with the windchill…
I really enjoyed being out in the fresh air…
we had a great time at a new Arab street food restaurant and tried different things… manakeesh with eggplant and cheese was my first pick and then I followed up with Halawa Banana and Pistachio Sweet Manakeesh… I also had a chai tea latte which was delicious and when I checked later, may have had 20 grams, or 4 teaspoons, of sugar in it… yikes… no wonder it tasted so great…
the picture shows my meal and the desserts that my friends had, lol… hadn’t had a visit with them for ages so it was really wonderful to spend time together…
after my walk home, which hopefully dealt with some of that extra sugar, I spent some time watching figure skating…
good day…
19 Monday Feb 2018
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big girl pants, chicken soup, curry, lunch, prep, smug, widow
had some fun in the kitchen today…
made chicken soup from last night’s leftovers…
late this afternoon also made red lentil curry with rice…
feeling rather smug now that I have lunch organized for the whole week…
05 Monday Feb 2018
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happy that my grandson made it over on Sunday to shovel…
he drove his brother to a birthday party and then came to get the job done…
it was really cold out… it was -27 when I wrote this but quite a bit colder while he was here…
a few days ago it snowed for most of the morning, but lightly, so there wasn’t too much to remove… I was very happy because it is always nice to have the sidewalks and driveway clean for everyone…
after he finished, we had lunch, he studied and I read, until he had to go back and pick up the little guy…
21 Sunday Jan 2018
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big girl pants, Fitbit, lunch, photos, pictures, screenshot, wally, widow
today I took three pictures…
the first was of the grocery bill so that I could enter it into the Wally Next App I am currently trying to get used to as the one I was using isn’t available any more, sigh…
the second was of my lunch… not exactly the best meal I’ve organized…
the final one was made up of screenshots from an email that Fitbit sent describing my activities over the last year…
not very many photos… need to start taking more because taking pictures does make me happy…
12 Friday Jan 2018
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basking, big girl pants, hoarfrost, lunch, moment, remembering, sun, weather, widow
I continue my focus on being in the moment…
this morning I stopped and turned on the garage light so I could get a few shots of the hoarfrost on the windows…
it was something like -41 at the time, lol…
throughout the day I enjoyed a few special moments as well… the sun was shining through some windows and I was able to spend a moment basking in the light… over lunch I sat in the sun and felt the warmth on my body…
every time I answered the phone I remembered a former colleague who said she always put a smile on her face before picking up the phone because it made her sound happy…
it was a good day…
15 Friday Dec 2017
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big girl pants, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, cold, fingers, friend, gloves, lunch, membership, purple, widow
a few days ago I walked over to TheForks to meet a dear friend for lunch…
on my way I got this shot of the CanadianMuseum for Human Rights… it is such a beautiful building… just yesterday I renewed my membership…
it was a lovely day but a bit cold… I was wearing these amazing purple leather gloves which a friend gave me a few years ago… they look great but are not tremendously warm… so eventually I pulled the sleeves down over my fingers to keep them toasty…
looked just like my eight year old grandson, lol…
