24 Friday Jan 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, family, foot, happy, health, massage, moments, pedicure, purple, touched, treat, widow
can’t think of the last time I had a pedicure so it was such a treat to have one on Tuesday afternoon…
surprisingly, my toes got painted purple, lol…
as always, my favourite portion of the experience is the foot and leg massage;-)…
and I am getting much better with having my feet touched, lol…
10 Monday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, friend, happy, making memories, massage, moments, nail polish, pedicure, polish, purple, toes, widow
my toenails are purple again… I think they’ve been naked since January…
while we were at the cottage my friend and her daughter combined a red nail polish with a dark blue polish and produced a one-of-a kind, just for me, purple… it was lovely to have a foot massage and get my nails painted…
I keep looking down at my toes and thinking what is that, lol…
what a wonderful treat… I am so blessed…
20 Friday Dec 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, family, grandson, hot tub, massage, moments, nature, retirement, Thermea, treat, water, widow
had the most delightful day with my grandson…
we had breakfast at one of our favourite places, ran a few errands and spent six hours at Thermea…
went in when it was light, and left in the dark…
today was the first time I’ve had a massage there and it was lovely… I like the Swedish, gentle, ones… my grandson had the deep tissue one, lol… I think he might be bruised, but he was happy…
then it was on to the thermal experience… even the Polar pool a few times… we attended an Aufguss ritual, spent time in nearly all the saunas, sat by the fire, enjoyed both pools, had supper and spent more time in the cool pool and hot tub…
just like his mother, aunt and grandfather, he can find people he’s met before in any place he goes;-)… and had a lengthy chat with them…
what a wonderful day it has been… on our way home he treated me to a Dairy Queen ice cream cone – one of my favourites ;-)…
21 Saturday Oct 2017
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this morning my daughter and I went for pedicures… included the paraffin which is always so rejuvenating…
the massage always makes my legs and feet feel wonderful… after we were done, she dropped me off at home and took the car as they needed an extra one for an event tomorrow…
came into the house, changed my clothes and was picked up by a friend to go to the theatre… had to be careful I didn’t smudge my toes as I was changing …
I am always interested in the way the set is used… today we had a drink beforehand and some delicious homemade cookies that my friend brought… yum…
later as I was eating my dinner I listened to the thunder rolling… ran around and took a few pictures of the sky…
this one was out the back… pretty dark out there…
towards the front the sun was shining…
not sure what took place elsewhere in the city, but nothing actually happened here…
08 Friday Sep 2017
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2017 Ottawa day 9, beauty, big girl pants, breakfast, chocolate, family, fun, Gatineau Park, hike, massage, memories, nature, Nordik, Ottawa, Pink Lake, spa, water, widow
had a sleep in and then gathered everything we would need for the day and headed out…
stopped at McDonald’s for breakfast and sat next to a fireplace… getting pretty fancy there… then drove to Gatineau Park for a 2.1 km hike around Pink Lake… which is not pink at all (named after the Pink family, apparently)… it is actually very green…
started out with chocolate and ended with a selfie to show we were still alive and well, lol…
then it was over to Nordik for a day at the spa… a spectacular spot to relax and regenerate… we dipped in pools, heated up in steamy saunas, ate delicious food, had massages, and sat around fires…
started the day beside a fireplace and ended it beside one… pretty cool…
all in all a wonderFULL day…
05 Tuesday Nov 2013
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gift, healing touch, hot tub, massage, melted away knots, miss time with him, Reiki, talking in the dark
was talking with someone about Reiki and it brought to mind massage…
George was great at giving massages… he got as much enjoyment out of giving someone a neck rub, back rub or complete massage as the person receiving it… he was gentle but was able to melt away all the knots that were hiding…
he didn’t have any formal training, although he took a few short courses and read a lot on the subject…
for a while he was considering taking one of the few programs that were available at the time but the cost was prohibitive in those days…
it was a gift and he was always happy to share… still have the massage table he used… guess I should get rid of that…
we also talked about people who do healing touch and what a gift that is… again, it feels like one of those things where someone has a gift and then it is enhanced by training… one of my friends has saved me a couple of times from debilitating migraines…
April 2011 fun in the hot tub…
tonight, as I was sitting in the hot tub, I was thinking about what fun it was when we would go in together… another person always adds to the water level and it was a game to be the first one in and then have the water rise when the other climbed in… we did some of our best talking in the dark while we sat enjoying the steamy water… of course I don’t have any pictures of the two of us in the hot tub, lol…
I miss that..
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