slippers…

15 Sunday Apr 2018

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so very happy this morning when I was able to step into my slippers without thinking… for days I’ve had to lean on something and concentrate on my knee as I would slide my foot into the slipper…

while grocery shopping I treated myself to some flowers to celebrate my birthday week;-)…

didn’t arrange them that well, but might take some to the office and ask a friend to make them more beautiful… and tomorrow night I will ask another friend to do something with the ones I leave at home…

to top the day off, my grandsons came for dinner and helped with a few jobs around the house, including filling and hanging the feeder in the garden…

if the hot tub ever gets to temperature I will be able to watch the birds, lol…

and after the busyness of the day, my knee is feeling good… yay…

physio…

13 Friday Apr 2018

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today I went to see the physiotherapist again for my knee…

before he looked at it, they iced it… then he checked to see what was still painful… happily most of what he did, didn’t hurt… yay…

then he used ultrasound on it, followed by an electrical current… the ultrasound just feels like gentle massaging but I’m not so sure how I feel about the electricity bit… he describes the feeling as worms running around under your skin… hmmm…

he was showing his Jets love with a great jersey…

we talked about what types of physio I needed to do while I am away to stay on the improvement journey… we also discussed treatments that might be available in the future if it doesn’t settle down… people have given me many suggestions, lol…

I will see him once I get back from my trip… looking forward to walking without a limp;-)…

well, easy does it…

nametags…

04 Wednesday Apr 2018

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been working on nametags for an event I volunteer for occasionally… off and on over the last week I’ve designed, prepared a list, merged it, printed, separated and stuffed them…

it has reminded me of the first year at my current position when I would agonize over preparing nametags for any events we did… for the longest time I would lose every seventh name on a list… then the printer and I would fight over the printing process… eventually I would come out on top, but only after numerous trips to the printer and a lot of stress…

since then I have refined the process of making nametags and enjoy the various steps, which is particularly handy as I make them all the time…

no matter what, it still takes a good bit of time and energy to get a set ready, lol…

happy the job is done…

lamb…

30 Friday Mar 2018

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my middle grandson came over this morning to spend the night…

first thing we did was change the display in the living room table… took out the Chihuly bits and put in shells, books and rocks…

he has an artistic streak so it was fun to watch as he decided what needed to go where…

off to the Park, where we had brunch, walked through the Conservatory, and stopped by the Zoo to see if his toque had turned up in the lost and found…

sadly, no toque…

home for a rest and then some roasted lamb for our supper…

it was cooked perfectly…

lovely day filled with special moments…

snow…

29 Thursday Mar 2018

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day started sunny, but cold… then mid morning it started to snow…

the sun was back as we headed home…

the sunlight in the dining room shone on the bunnies…

although one of my grandsons said the wire one looked like a bird on Sunday, lol…

in the living room the flowers shone…

sunlight and shadows are so beautiful…

really happy to have the next four days off…

manakeesh…

24 Saturday Mar 2018

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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…

asparagus…

18 Sunday Mar 2018

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had a bit of fun today…

picked up a few tops while I was out shopping… didn’t try them on until I got home…

they all fit but might not go with the pants I had on, lol…

once home I prepared a few types of soup which was fun… I made my favourite zucchini and basil and then played with an asparagus soup… read a number of recipes and then designed my own… came out nicely…

packaged up the zucchini basil for lunches, but enjoyed the asparagus as part of my dinner…

own…

16 Friday Mar 2018

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today was my Friday off but I was very busy…

started the morning with breakfast from McDonald’s…

went in all on my own, ordered and then ate in the car… a lovely treat as I really enjoy their breakfast burrito and, of course, the hash browns…

then I spent some time in Staples… I do love me a good office supply store… similar to a candy shop for others…

later in the day I took Shadow in for a bath… so dirty that she looked gray…

last time I was there it took a long time for the wash to be done so this time I set my timer for 20 minutes and did some reading… when it beeped I watched for her and eventually went outside to be ready… I waited a long time and finally turned to go back in to see what was going on and at that point saw Shadow in a different part of the lot… apparently I should have turned around a bit sooner, lol…