17 Thursday Nov 2022
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just finished the calcium pills I had been taking and happily tossed the container into the recycle bin…
they included a bit of vitamin D and were very large, so I was happy to be done with them…
I had asked the pharmacist at the IDA about what to replace them with and he suggested Tums… I was surprised, but happy, because Tums are chewable…
so now I take two Tums and 2 vitamin D pills instead of one huge pill, lol…
12 Thursday Jul 2018
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watered the garden this morning before leaving the house…
the plants are all quite happy and there are many flowers…
woke up with a headache which progressed throughout the morning and by lunchtime it was raging…
so bad, in fact, that I took pills and lay on the floor in our meeting room with lights out and blinds closed…
thankfully, eventually the headache dulled and I made it through the rest of the day…
quiet dinner and early to bed tonight…
17 Friday Jun 2016
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Atlanta Day 2, big girl pants, Chihuly, flowers, garden, happy, long way baby, pills, water
this morning I stood at the window looking out over the city of Atlanta taking pills and chugging them back with a bottle of water…
for many years getting pills down was very difficult and I always had to have juice or tea because I didn’t drink water…
now, they slide down easily and water is something I drink all the time…
and I have travelled a whole lot more…
I’ve come a long way baby;-)…
here are just a few shots of things that made me happy throughout the day…
a cacao tree… later in the day we stopped and had some excellent chocolate…
a huge purple orchid…
a stunning blue and purple installation which we nearly missed…
a lotus blooming…
dusting of one of the glass pieces…
a ginormous bumblebee…
fun at the Midtown sign which we just discovered this morning…
being quite naughty and disobeying a few rules…
10 Sunday Mar 2013
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"A", 100th blog, breakfast out, dinners, lovely day, pills, put the kettle on, short drive/walk from home, sun shining, Sunday dinner, The Park Cafe
amazingly, this is my one hundredth blog post…
the counting thing reminded me of my morning routine, BGG (before George gone)…
I would get up, put the kettle on for tea and set out George’s pills… we had these cute little pottery containers that his morning and evening pills would go into… this was to be sure we/he didn’t forget to take them…
now, my morning routine is to get out my pills, take them and then make something for my breakfast, usually a smoothie, before heading out the door to work… I only put the kettle on and make tea on weekends…
little things, but quite the change…
and Sunday mornings we nearly always went out for breakfast… our two favourite spots were the “A” (Assiniboine Gordon Inn on the Park)
family breakfast at the “A”…
and The Park Cafe in the Qualico Family Centre at Assiniboine Park…
The Park Cafe in the Qualico Family Centre…
both of these spots are a short drive/walk from home… usually I would walk over and meet George there, and after breakfast, depending on the weather, we would take a walk through the English Gardens, or drive through the park…
often the kids would meet up with us…
breakfast at The Park Cafe…
I miss going out for breakfast…
currently I am taking an antibiotic with my evening meal… haven’t been doing such a great job of my dinners lately… need to get back to being organized so that there is something ready to make when I get home from work…
but Sunday dinner is always organized… tonight we are having country-style spare ribs, with little potatoes, asparagus and a salad… even have something for dessert…
looks like it is going to be a lovely day, the sun is shining and it is only -14…
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