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treat…

07 Saturday Nov 2015

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so excited this morning to see the moon out the window… made me jump out of bed to take a picture and I discovered that there was a planet just above it…  couldn’t decide if it was Venus or Mars, lol, but cool… this was a wonderful treat because it has been overcast for days…

a little later I got this shot of the sun shining brightly…


what a treat… wasn’t out in the garden for long but took the time to look out the windows to enjoy the sunshine whenever I could…

picked up groceries and made zucchini basil soup, which is becoming a staple in my house, for my dinner… it is so tasty and easy…

got the ingredients chopped and cooking…

  

within half an hour was blending it together…

  

enjoyed it with some lovely Tuscan garlic bread from Safeway…

 

walked into the living room and enjoyed this topper to the day…

 
now spending the evening drinking chocolate rocket tea and watching ice skating on tv… 

funny how the rough days make the ones that follow more special as you realize how wonderful life really is…
  

special…

25 Friday Sep 2015

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looking out the window at the nearly full moon… so beautiful…

when I arrived home the boys were already here…

we walked over to Subway and chose sandwiches for our supper… on our way back I got a picture of the three of them…

  
some were eager to get home… besides the subs there were cookies in the bag… another wasn’t so excited, although there were chips, lol…

after supper the boys had a hot tub…

  
they love the lights but the water level was very low so there was lots of water shooting out of the tub, right where I was sitting… after they got out I added water… hope it warms up by tomorrow night…

snack of popcorn and a bit of tv before bedtime for the two littlest, with the other one ensconced in the basement…

  
excellent start to our weekend…

tomorrow is a celebration of my friend and colleague’s life… I am not able to attend, but with others organized desserts for the event… this afternoon we filled up the back of a car with treats to be delivered…

 
will be thinking of her, her family and friends in the evening… recently someone commented how impressed they were with the way we still include her in our thoughts and stories… 

she loved yoga and I spent our practice today remembering her… 

special people…

dishes…

30 Sunday Aug 2015

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have had a few different conversations recently about doing dishes…

when we were camping I took on the dishwashing duties… often, one of the boys would dry and we would both help put things away… or I would do it all… happy to give them a break…

was doing dishes at the kids’ new house on our last camping day and my grandson advised someone that I loved doing the dishes…

I shared that I don’t mind doing the dishes, but that it is something I can do to be helpful… he was surprised…

was talking with someone else and they also found doing the dishes a great way to free up time for others to do things that need to happen…

yesterday I had lots of dishes to do after making walnut pesto…

  
fresh basil out of the garden…

  
with walnuts, garlic, Parmesan, and olive oil…

  
finished product… yummy, even froze a bit…

when we were first married neither of us liked cleaning up in the kitchen so it would get rather piled up before we’d finally do the dishes, lol… as the years have passed it seems easier to clean up as the mess is being made…

usually do the dishes when I’m in Ottawa too…

hmmm, maybe I do love doing them… uh, no…

spent a few hours on the deck the last few nights and got a couple of good shots of the full moon…  

  

guess I better go and do my supper dishes, lol…

sandals…

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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beautiful sliver of moon this morning…



struggled with technology at work… was very happy to head for home at the end of the day…

should have gone to aquasize, but instead walked the last few blocks and had a long nap…

wonderful to walk in my sandals and not be wearing boots…



I wear sandals all winter at work… they are the most comfortable for my feet, so it just makes sense to wear them… often makes my colleagues shudder in December or January to see me with bare toes, as they think I must be cold, but I don’t feel that…

I’ve been trying to figure out where a second pair of my sandals are… not at the front door where they should be… just couldn’t figure it out…

as I was getting organized to head downstairs to walk, it occurred to me that the missing sandals were the ones I put on to walk on the treadmill…

yikes…

exhausted…

03 Tuesday Mar 2015

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last night I was so tired that I fell asleep and forgot to write a post…

on my way to work in the morning it was a bit foggy but beautiful sun dogs were my company on the drive… my phone was in the back of the car so I never did get a picture of them…

had fun taking a shot of the orchid against the picture on the wall… not exactly what I had I mind, but it was entertaining to try…

moon will be full in a few days…

took this tonight on my way down the stairs…

made one of my favourite comfort foods for dinner… not sure how well it fit into my new eating plan… canned salmon with sliced potatoes in a white sauce… added mushrooms and water chestnuts and used a very small amount of the sauce… usually the potatoes would be pan fried in butter but I used a tiny bit of avocado oil and steamed them to finish… liked the crunch of the water chestnuts a lot…

heading to bed…

inukshuk…

01 Sunday Mar 2015

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wonderful day… up early and walked to the Park Cafe where I met all the kids…

after breakfast we went to visit the polar bears… saw five of them today… although maybe it was all six, because it is difficult to tell them apart…

I am sure that these three were playing ring-around-the-rosy in the pool…

got a good shot of all of the boys with a friend in an inukshuk…

and I was very happy to pick up a new keychain, this one made with wood… my last one lost a leg recently… I bought it with George when we were visiting Vancouver Island…

after a great time I walked home and soaked in the hot tub before having a nap…

got a shot of the special tree by the Park bridge… looked a bit cold, lol…

also got some shots of the snow which looked full of diamonds today…

last night I spent a few glorious moments watching the Northern Lights dance across the sky… I was just getting out of the hot tub and could have missed the whole thing but was so lucky to catch it…

tonight I got a picture of the moon and clouds… sadly, not a good one, but it was a beautiful view…


and topped off the day with eleven thousand steps:-)…

savour…

05 Thursday Feb 2015

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recently someone was talking about how their parent was driving them crazy… made me think of the wonderful last months I spent with my mother as she was dying of esophageal cancer… it was a special time and I was able to savour each of the good, bad and unforgettable moments…

often when I hear people who are struggling with aging parents I think about the days to come when their loved one will be gone and they will be wishing they could hear the complaining or whatever it is that is making them crazy now, lol…

was chatting with someone who was a bit ticked at their partner… I could only think about how I would be so happy to have George here to get ticked at…

I do remember when he would make me a bit grumpy… part of being a couple I think…

it is exactly two years and eleven months today since my life changed forever…

I miss my beloved…

the moon tonight…

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tree…

05 Monday Jan 2015

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this morning as I was getting ready for work I stepped outside and looked at this tree covered in snow…

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as I looked across the street the moon was full and over the neighbour’s house… pictures on my phone didn’t turn out, sadly…

full day back at work after two weeks away… happy to get home and have a rest before supper…

memories…

04 Thursday Dec 2014

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a good day… very few rough moments, which was lovely… birthdays have always been special in our family so marking George’s is important…

started the day by taking the last of the antibiotics, yay… been using George’s pill container as I need to take the pills with my breakfast now…

last of the antibiotics...

last pill…

Crystal and I walked over to the Burger Place and picked up burgers and milkshakes for our supper…

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moon through the trees…

made her hold everything while I took the picture on my phone… met up with all the boys at home and then FaceTimed with the kids in Ottawa… they had picked up burgers and milkshakes at McDonalds… we had apple pie in both places as well…

supper was busy and we shared various favourite memories of Dad/Grandpa… from reading every word of a very long story to the little boys, to always starting a new conversation when someone was trying to hang up or walk out the door, to working with the boys around the house and a love of the garden and ponds…

he would talk to any and every person he came in contact with… and he would know lots about them afterwards… just today I was mentioning how that is one of the most difficult things – not having anyone here to share with…

it was good to all be together, even if it was over the airwaves with the iPad… we continue to talk about him so that we won’t forget how special he was…

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all of the kids, some being naughty…

today’s Advent gift was a bottle of Baileys so I had just a little bit after everyone left… it will be interesting to see what that does to my blood sugar, lol…

what a gift to have met and married my beloved, and spend over forty years together…

CPR…

03 Wednesday Dec 2014

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spent the morning in a refresher first aid course… we’ve done one every couple of years… this is my third…

always seem to do them in early December… just before or after George’s birthday…

the whole conversation around CPR is always difficult and brings me right back to the night he died… but practising what to do is also cathartic…

I keep thinking about the person who called 911 and then stayed with him until the emergency team arrived… did they hold his hand, did they give him CPR…

I miss him so much, and try to remember the good things and not focus on the sadness…

tomorrow he would have turned 66…

the moon was nearly full as I walked home from the grocery store after work… I was too cold to stop and take a picture of it, but took this when I got home…

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and noticed that a critter has been running all over the roof of the garage…

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maybe one of George’s squirrel friends, lol…