16 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, cookies, family, fun, gingerbread, icing, moments, supper, widow
tonight after supper we decorated some gingerbread cookies that we’d picked up a few weeks ago at IKEA…
everyone took part… lots of focus and luckily the icing I picked up today worked perfectly…
then we ate them and they were delicious;-)…
we are going to put together the gingerbread house and decorate it on Christmas Eve as we need royal icing to glue it……
09 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, buds, developing, flowers, moments, orchid, plants, surprise, treat, watering, widow
was wandering around watering the plants and had a lovely surprise…
usually I water on Saturday but was a bit behind so got to it this morning… was pleased that the paper whites have a couple of buds developing…
was at the mandevilla which has an orchid beside it – usually I keep the orchids for a year or two once they are finished blooming and then end up replacing them…
to my delight, I discovered four buds…
what a wonderful treat…
01 Saturday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, blog, days, loss, moments, posts, snail’s pace, widow
I wrote my first blog on December 1, 2012… it was nine months since my beloved died and I had gone through many difficult times as I learned what it meant to be a widow…
not really sure if the time has flown by or moved at a snail’s pace…
that day I was just going to see what WordPress was all about, lol…
Google tells me it has been 2191 days and I’ve posted almost every one of those and twice on a few…
that first day I put up this picture… it was of flowers that my colleagues sent me…
it is still one of my favourite shots…
every day when I write a post I check to see if the title has been used before… always interesting to see what I’ve written previously… sometimes I am surprised at what I’ve posted… other times I can remember every word…
life has changed a whole lot in six years… but I am still getting used to the new journey…
I am blessed but miss my beloved every day…
27 Tuesday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, camera, family, gently, memories, moments, photos, snowflakes, walk, widow
we haven’t had much snow so far… on Sunday I walked over to meet my family for breakfast…
snow was gently falling and it was beautiful…
stopped along the way and took this shot of snow on a truck which was right by the sidewalk…
then I got my camera out and took some snowflake pictures… enjoyed the chance to spend some time playing with the camera…
reminded me of all the times that my beloved and I would go places so that I could take pictures… I sure do miss him…
24 Saturday Nov 2018
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advent calendar, big girl pants, bonbons, chocolate, Chocolate Lab, delicious, moments, parcel, special, treat, widow
a parcel arrived for me at the office on Wednesday…
my daughter had advised that she had ordered a Chocolate Lab Advent calendar for me but I wasn’t sure when it would arrive…
opened it up and discovered inside the lovely box filled with beautiful chocolate bonbons…
because I was planning to stop for a haircut on my way home that night, I decided not to take it home with me, as I didn’t want the chocolates to freeze…
one thing I’ve learned from my daughter is that you have to be careful of chocolate, not let it get too hot or too cold so that it’s at its best… left it on my desk all day Thursday but brought it home that night… put it on top of the fish tank where it looks quite lovely…
looking forward to opening it on December 1 and checking out the first drawer to taste the delicious bonbon inside… I sure am lucky…
16 Friday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, coffee table, decorations, drawer, family, fun, moments, photos, redesigned, widow
on the weekend I had a bit of fun as I redesigned the drawer in the living room table…
in the summer I usually fill it with sea shells and rocks…
in the fall I’ve used scarves or photographs…
for the holiday season there have been a few versions of Christmas ornaments… one year silver and blue and purple… another year there were red balls too…
this year I used silver, blue and purple and included some framed pictures of family and friends…
kind of enjoy thinking up new ways to fill it…
and it looks lovely… now to figure out the rest of the Christmas decorations…
this year I am hoping to do some serious decluttering of excess decorations… not that I have too many, lol…
15 Thursday Nov 2018
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a while ago I discovered a new chocolatier in Winnipeg – Amanda Green of Melt Chocolate Co…
I messaged her and ordered some of her bonbons and she delivered them;-)… wow…
they are quite lovely to look at…
and very tasty… shared some with my BS group on Monday and everyone enjoyed them…
happy they could assist in the eating as I might have eaten every one…
think I will be purchasing some more, lol…
14 Wednesday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, difficulties, family, friends, happy, moments, struggles, thoughts, trauma, widow
have had a few conversations recently with individuals who are going through some big struggles…
some are missing loved ones… seems like November can be an especially difficult month… maybe it is the cold and dark… for me it has to do with family birthdays and colder weather…
some are going through family trauma… could be issues with children or partners or parents…
some are dealing with difficulties at work… too much, not enough…
lots going on for many… need to spend a bit of time sending love and healing thoughts their way…
but happy to have had the moments to connect with these special individuals…
11 Sunday Nov 2018
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anticipated, big girl pants, ceremony, chocolate, family, moments, nap, quiet, remembering, Remembrance Day, sky, snow, widow
anticipated a quiet day… no plans to go out or anyone coming over… I would watch the Remembrance Day service on Parliament Hill and read and watch tv…
woke up to blue sky out the window… haven’t had much of that recently, so it was a great treat…
I did a few little jobs around the house and settled in to watch the service…
received a message that someone was going to drop off some chocolate within the hour, so I responded saying as long as it wasn’t while the service was on…
then my son-in-law called and said he was on the way over for tea… he and the youngest arrived just as the moment of silence was taking place…
we watched together and a few minutes later there was a loud noise coming from the driveway… the person who is going to clear my snow had come over and was blowing the little bit of snow on the ground with a strong leaf blower… I wrote out cheques while we were watching the tv and then waited for him to knock on the door… eventually I realized he had left…
about then the kids left…
didn’t really get to watch much of the ceremony, lol…
decided not to nap in case either the snow blower person or the chocolate person turned up…
the snow clearing person arrived a bit later and I gave him the cheques…
wasn’t until I was making supper that the chocolate person arrived…
much busier day than expected…
09 Friday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, calendar, Chihuly, garden, glass, installations, memories, moments, special places, widow
really can’t believe how fast time is going by…
seems like it was just yesterday that I turned the page to November on my Chihuly calendar…
rather like this picture…
looking forward to getting a 2019 Chihuly calendar and wondering what spectacular photos will be included…
whenever I look at the calendar I remember the amazing places I have been to see Chihuly installations…
the mind blowing Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle…
the gorgeous installations at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens…
the chandeliers at the Hilton Lac-Leamy in Gatineau…
wonder where I might see some next;-)…
