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storm…

20 Wednesday Jul 2016

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wow, that was quite the storm…

it was excessively hot today and when we had lunch I only stayed out for a while because of the heat…

went shopping with my daughter after work to pick up the groceries for our camping trip…


the most I’ve spent on groceries in a very long time, maybe ever… my, that girl certainly has her daddy’s skill in packing as she loaded up the cart and then filled the boxes perfectly… George was an amazing packer…

then we raced home, trying to beat the black sky that was following us…


just as she finished repacking a box the thunder, lightning and raindrops started…


everything went dark and then the wind blew like crazy, and the rain poured down… about that time the power went off… crashes of thunder and lightning were wild…


now it is quiet except for the sound of fire trucks and the odd leftover bit of thunder…

always amazing how quiet the house/neighbourhood is when the power is off…

hope everyone is safe…

thunder…

12 Sunday Jun 2016

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quiet day, well except for the thunder… and the rain… 

this was the sky in two directions around ten this morning…

dark and brooding toward the west…

but it looked like it was clearing to the east… not true, lol… rained off and on all day…


my lunch included the last of a bbq grocery store chicken… bought it about a week ago and have been eating it since then… made dinners, a few work lunches, and some meals over the weekend… a friend who has had a difficult year talked about how she had lived on these for months on end as it was a healthy option that didn’t involve a great expenditure of energy to produce…

my goal for the last year and a half has been to ensure there are veggies at every meal… so for this lunch I made gazpacho… pretty happy with how many vegetables I got into it… celery, sad grape tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, mini peppers and basil from the (very wet!) deck… tasty…

chose outfits and packed my bag… hoping I have enough cool clothes as apparently it is very warm in Atlanta… 

yesterday I picked up a top and couple of pairs of shorts to add to the mix…


barely taking anything that is purple… still need to find something in case it is cold…

forks…

12 Tuesday Apr 2016

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had a lovely walk to and from the Forks today… 

excellent meal at Sydney’s at The Forks… had a wonderful shrimp bisque and their signature salad… the bisque had a teeny tiny Monte Cristo sandwich in the middle of it… very tasty… salad was delicious too… today I wasn’t even tempted by the bread, lol… it was a fork and spoon kind of lunch…

  

my friend and I were celebrating our birthdays, which are ten days, and a few years, apart… on top of a great chance to catch up, I was treated to lunch… we’ve known one another for three decades and have both worked and volunteered together… I learned much of what I know about how to deal with people and appreciate them from our time together… always enjoy every chance we have to get together… 

got this great picture of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights as I walked back to the office…

 

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

 
I’ve really come to appreciate the look of it… 

really happy to be outside… although it was a bit cool when I was walking into the wind, the sunshine made up for the chill…

should have gone to aquasize after work but this has been and will continue to be a very busy week so decided to rest and finish up the packing…

well I better get on with that…

chores…

09 Saturday Apr 2016

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had a good day… it was both restful and productive… got lots of chores done…

made a batch of zucchini basil soup and had some for my lunch… tasty as always…

watered plants and did laundry while watching some PVRed shows…

packed more items into my bag for the trip and read up on a few more places to eat…

spent time cleaning up email on the computer and trying to figure out the scanner… maybe tomorrow that piece of technology will cooperate, lol…

  
sun shone for the entire day, but it was cold with lots of blowing…

trip…

08 Friday Apr 2016

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started the day off reading the lovely Secret Adventures of Tiny Toba… it is about finding and sharing gratitude as the authors took a motorcycle trip to the East Coast… I think my boys are going to love it…

  
then I spent some time gathering items and packing for our trip to New York, leaving a week today…

 

treated myself to a pedicure with paraffin and hot rock massage… want those feet to be pretty and ready for all the walking we have planned…

  
hard to tell, but those are purple nails, not pink…

easy to call, book the appointment and go… didn’t even consider calling around to see if I could find someone to go with me…

big girl pants are fitting pretty good today, lol…

skies…

06 Thursday Aug 2015

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been overcast and rainy for the whole day…

took a few minutes between showers to go out and get a few pictures… sadly my camera keeps making the morning glories blue rather than their actual purple so I didn’t include them…

  
fist thing I spotted was the bunny… getting bigger and so cute…

  
this canna has been flowering since July 17, twenty-one days… great addition to the pond…

  
first picture of the echinacea this year… happily they didn’t get pulled out in the spring as they look so much like a weed…

throughout the day, I packed my bag for camping with the kids…

  

still room for a few last minute things… which is good, because there always seem to be items to tuck in… George had a penchant for adding additional bags of stuff at the last second…

spent a half hour on the treadmill and was careful about what I ate during the day…

hoping for clear skies tomorrow and over the weekend:-)…

packing…

10 Saturday Jan 2015

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got a few jobs done around the house…

spent time resting and watching tv, and enjoying the sunshine which was streaming through the windows…

collected all the ornaments and balls in the table and packed them up for next year… table looks a bit empty so I’ll have to find something to put in there… not quite ready for the shells again…

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couldn’t force myself to pack up the ornaments in the dining room window… they look so nice…

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the boxes are full and I still need to pack away the Santas and wreath in boxes in the basement, lol…

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tonight I made popcorn in a measuring cup with a lid and it came out great…

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tastes yummy…

ahhhhh…

23 Saturday Aug 2014

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lovely first day of vacation…

up early and walked over to “the A” to have breakfast with my daughter…

IMG_7414.JPGof course I had to check the morning glories… still can’t believe it was the purple ones that seeded themselves…

IMG_7416.JPGit was misty when I stepped outside and Bruce Park looked cool…

IMG_7417.JPGdelicious breakfast and good to spend time with my girl…

IMG_7418.JPGthen we shopped at a few places… met the rest of the family and my nephew for dimsum and headed home…

had a nap, watched tv and ate leftover roti for my dinner…

got out my suitcase and started packing…

Diary Day 18… the last one…

09 Sunday Jun 2013

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got up and had a lovely seafood Benedict and asparagus… finished packing and fiddled with the bags to make sure the big one wasn’t too heavy… ended up leaving lens solution and a pair of shoes behind, lol… apparently I bought quite a bit of stuff…

crab and prawn benedict was my last dinner at Cyndi and Ron's...

crab and prawn Benedict was my last meal at Cyndi and Ron’s…

put on my big girl pants for the short flight to Calgary with a 45 minute stopover…

prairies...

prairies…

 

and then the last hour and a half to Winnipeg… last part of the flight was a bit bumpy but I did laugh as I heard a male voice go “woo hoo”…

flying through fluffy clounds...

flying through fluffy clouds…

picked up by Crystal and the boys and home…

we had crab (and pizza) for dinner, and I took the last food photo of the trip… distributed a few presents and then everyone left…

tonight's dinner all the way from Courtenay...

tonight’s dinner all the way from Courtenay…

I watched the Tony Awards, first TV I’ve seen since I left home…

have to sort through my bags to find something clean to wear to work tomorrow and am looking forward to sleeping in my bed tonight…

it is good to be home:-)…