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hanging things…

17 Monday Feb 2014

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lots of Olympics today…

and I hung up some beautiful glass hearts in the bedroom window… took me quite a while to get that done… searched all over for some tiny cup hooks but couldn’t find them… saw them recently but they were hiding today… ended up using screws that were too long but I wanted to get them up so that’s what got used…

hearts in window...

hearts in window…

made me think of how long it would take George to get a simple chore done… now I know what it was that took so long… finding the appropriate tools, measuring and putting in the screws/nails, measuring the string to be used and making sure that things were hanging at the right height…

mirror on door...

mirror on door…

then, I hung a mirror on the inside of the hall closet door… another ten minute job, which took me over an hour to accomplish… and I’m not sure it is done exactly the way it should have been…

mirror detail...

mirror detail…

need to get a small battery powered drill as using my little screwdriver certainly added to the amount of time it took to get both these jobs done…

and finally, I went outside and moved chunks of snow from the end of the driveway… the city plows came by yesterday and cleared the street… they did a good job of clearing the end of the driveway but I wanted to be sure there was nothing blocking the car when I head out to work tomorrow morning… the sidewalk has about two feet of snow chunks at the street end, and I didn’t even try to move them… I did shovel the rest of the sidewalk and up to the driveway…

busy day wearing those big girl pants, no wonder I am ready for bed, lol…

 

letting go…

16 Sunday Feb 2014

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can’t believe that it started to snow again not long ago…

besides watching Olympics and doing some laundry, I spent the majority of the day working on the bookshelves in the hall… two shelves are not painted and I am trying to decide whether I will paint them… I don’t like to paint, so will see…

one portion of the shelves organized...

one portion of the shelves organized…

today I was able to divest myself of another 3 boxes of books… gave up school books that had belonged to both George and I… lots of gardening magazines, cookbooks and kids books…

couldn’t give up our school yearbooks.. even found a couple from the 30’s when my parents went to my high school…

treasures...

treasures…

had great fun going through all my nature books – birds, wild life, plants… kept nearly all of them… lots of books about sea shells and I couldn’t give any of those up… reminded me that I had started collecting when I was about eleven or twelve and a woman who worked with my dad brought me my first shell from Florida… it was an abalone shell and that was the beginning of my collecting obsession… just recently Crystal brought me home some lovely shells that she got in Mexico… of the two I have so far, both have purple on them, lol…

was able to let go of some trinkets from my days of angel collecting… and I found a dear little silver apple bowl that a friend had given me… now I just have to figure out what to put into it…

took one box downstairs, but will need to have the kids carry down the others as they are too heavy for me… was again very careful as I worked to be sure that I didn’t hurt my back further…

been trying to drink more water because I’ve got a new app which reminds me to drink throughout the day… so yesterday, I made some grape Kool-Aid as there wasn’t anything else to drink… it used to be my drink of choice and as I was making it, was giggling as I remembered how George knew that I only liked it once it was aged…

 

my Valentine…

14 Friday Feb 2014

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hard day today… Valentine’s Day and a full moon, lol…

woke up early thinking of my beloved… he was quite the romantic… one of the things he always did was make sure both of the girls got a rose… sometimes they would be delivered but most often he would deliver them himself…

for the last two years I have sent them a rose in remembrance of their dad, who loved them so much… this year I sent them the day before so they would have them for the whole of Valentine’s Day…

Crystal's rose...

Crystal’s rose…

did well at work except for the email that a friend sent which brought a tear to my eye… sometimes I forget that I am still loved…

Cyndi's rose...

Cyndi’s rose…

had a little meltdown at the end of the day when there was conversation about partners and their level of romanticism… had to leave, and as I drove home tears were streaming down my face as I remembered my beloved and how special he would make me feel…

in 2012, our last Valentine’s Day together, he gave me a jacket I had been eyeing for quite a while, along with a beautiful red rose, heart chocolates and candies… I considered wearing that jacket this morning but decided I should wear red, rather than purple…

the only red thing in my closet that wasn’t too warm was a red Canada Day shirt which also seemed like a good plan today as the Olympics continue…

card from George, 2012...

card from George, 2012…

how lucky I have been to have such a romantic in my life…

 

snow…

13 Thursday Feb 2014

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on the way out the back door this morning I stepped into six inches of freshly fallen snow…

as I struggled to get the car out of the garage and down the driveway I made up my mind that if it got stuck I would just call a cab… thankfully I made it out onto the street, and safely to work…

I texted my son-in-law, who had just been here yesterday shovelling, to see if he could come and snowblow… offered dinner as a bribe, and it worked… everyone arrived about 5:30, which gave me time for half an hour of Olympics…

when I arrived home and walked up the front I took a picture of how deep the snow was… those were the footprints of my construction fella who had been by earlier in the day…

sidewalk and front steps...

sidewalk and front steps…

Crystal got here first and shovelled the front steps and sidewalk in about three minutes flat…  oh to be young… I didn’t lift a shovel because of my back, which is feeling much better – and which I want to keep that way, lol…

Crystal shovelling...

Crystal shovelling…

all the boys arrived and the two biggest ones got to work cleaning up all the snow… while they were busy, we ordered Chinese food for dinner…

had a lovely visit with everyone and heard all about each person’s day… Gray spoke about Grandpa a bit, which is fairly unusual, as I don’t think he really remembers that much as he was so little when George died…

it was good to spend the time with them this Valentine’s eve…

450 posts…

09 Sunday Feb 2014

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yesterday was my 450th blog post… quite amazing really…

I wrote about divesting books and got a few likes and a couple of new followers…

following the MBlog 2014 conference we went out for dinner and I got to spend some quality time with Cynthia Sanchez (Oh So Pinteresting) who gave me some great tips on how to grow my blog using Pinterest… things have been busy since then and I haven’t been able to look into her suggestions further, but hope to make some time in the next few weeks to test out her suggestions…

 

empty closet...

empty closet…

 

today I spent quite a bit of time emptying my closet so that my contractor can work in it tomorrow… in the process I have injured my back…

sadly I haven’t finished getting all the books off the shelves, and have had to let go of the plan that they would come off the wall and it would be freshly painted, sigh…

 

not yet empty bookshelves...

not yet empty bookshelves…

 

 

Olympics…

07 Friday Feb 2014

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spent a good portion of the day watching some of the overnight moguls, slopestyle and the opening ceremonies live…

lighting the torch...

lighting the torch…

it was lovely… the TV had been on all night but I did sleep through most of it… which was fine because I had PRV’d everything…

as I was watching the opening ceremonies the sun was streaming through the window… I do love the sun, lol…

sun on the garage...

sun on the garage…

napped for a while, and then watched more TV and worked on a project…

reminded me of the last time I was watching the Olympics… it was the summer Olympics in 2012, and I was watching from the main floor bedroom… we had brought in a bed from my daughter’s house and had purchased a new TV… I had just had my hysterectomy/hernia surgery… got out of the hospital earlier than planned and my nephew came and stayed with me for the first few days…

this was the first time in my adult life that George wasn’t there to look after me… big girl pants can be a drag…

I have bad reactions to drugs of any kind and within 12 hours of my surgery had stopped taking meds as the side effects were worse than the pain… but it did mean that I was hurting and had trouble getting up and out of bed for a while… my nephew was amazing and took great care of me… then my friend arrived and spent a wonderful week with me… she found treats to encourage me to eat as I really had no desire for food… eventually I was able to walk to the back of the garden and sit by the pond…

my friend headed off and I was on my own… and then the Olympics started… I was able to get in and out of bed, but needed lots of rest… so, I would watch for a while and sleep for a while and then watch for a while and so on… it was a perfect distraction…

I am very happy that I had today and have the next few days to watch all I can and then I will PVR all the overnight shows and watch them in the evenings…

and I am very happy that I am healthy and able to work…

life is good…

food…

06 Thursday Feb 2014

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today seemed to be all about food…

started out with breakfast at a regular event we now host monthly… it is at The Met just down the street from our office and the space is lovely, the staff are attentive and the food is excellent…

didn’t actually get a shot of my plate, but made this collage of the bits that filled up my plate…

breakfast collage...

breakfast collage…

then at lunch time – for our Souper Thursday – we had a marvelous Thai soup… my colleague has made this one a few times, but each time it is slightly different, always delicious…

Thai soup...

Thai soup…

spent some time sharing about how WordPress works… it is always exciting to share something you know about with others… nearly always learn something in the process…

finally tonight’s supper turned out to be a lovely garlic bread broiled with fresh garlic and brie and some strawberries on the side… I had a handful of pistachios a bit earlier…

brie on garlic bread...

brie on garlic bread…

as I ate my supper I was watching slopestyle and team figure skating, sigh… I do love the Olympics… a friend of mine was teasing me about this today, lol…

my day really was all about food…

the Olympics…

03 Monday Feb 2014

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starting to get excited about the Olympics…

have now organized having Friday off so that I can watch the Opening Ceremonies… I really like to watch the events live if I possibly can…

have downloaded an app – Sochi 2014 – which lists times when all of the different sports are taking place and you can add them to your calendar…

Sochi Olympics app...

Sochi Olympics app…

planning on some Slopestyle qualifying around 4 am on Thursday with semi finals late Friday night…Saturday has lots of skating and some moguls as well… Sunday looks to have some downhill, ice dance and luge…

going to be a rough week next week.. short track is happening at 5 am Monday so I should be able to watch a bit of that before heading to work, lol…

this has reminded me of the time that I was listening to the TV as I was getting ready for work a number of years ago… was so intent on hearing how our athletes were doing that I put cleaning solution on my contact and then put it into my eye… I could barely move, the pain was so bad, and I remember calling George to help me get the lens out.. after rinsing it for quite a while I contacted my eye doctor and had to go right to his office to get it looked at… it too ages to heal… since then I have been extremely cautious as to what solution I am using…

in a recent conversation, realized that I am currently looking back but also seeing how I have grown… some days it is quite easy to put on those big girl pants…