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batch…

12 Friday Feb 2021

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there was a whirlwind of activity in the kitchen a few days ago…

not sure what it was about, but went with the flow, lol…

after breakfast, I used the leftover half banana to make some overnight oats…

a bit later I produced a small batch of homemade macaroni and cheese which I will have over the next few days…

then I prepared sweet potato oven fries to go with my pickerel for supper…

wonder if I will have this much energy over the next while, or whether it was a one time event…

boil…

23 Saturday Jan 2021

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today, I took a little time, while I was waiting for the kettle to boil, to put loose tea into disposable tea bags…

that way, when I want some next, it will be ready… I filled a bag for each of the three teas in the container…

good to be prepared…

review…

29 Tuesday Oct 2019

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recently I’ve heard a lot about Wills…

today on tv they were discussing the need for one, and how most people don’t get that piece of organization done…

I did mine in July of 2012… and I likely need to update it as they mentioned you should review it every five years or so…

amazingly, it has been over seven years since it was written… it was shortly after my beloved died and I was getting ready to have major surgery… I wanted to have my affairs in order on the chance that I didn’t make it… wanted things to be as easy as possible for the girls…

rather proud that I was able to put my fingers on it right away when I went looking, lol…

prepared…

18 Thursday Jan 2018

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recently was talking with someone about meals…

I find that getting supper organized either in the morning before I leave the house or the night before really helps me stay on track…

if I rush out in the morning without thinking and pulling something out for that night, I end up eating something I shouldn’t, or ordering in… not that ordering in is bad, but it is better if it is part of the plan…

this morning I decided on chicken thighs for dinner and mashed cauliflower and potatoes… took out the meat to defrost and off to work I went…

my weekday breakfast is a green smoothie… that makes it easy to get started in the morning…

I try to plan lunch when I am deciding on dinner, in case I might need extra so I have leftovers to use for another meal…

being prepared is helpful… too bad I can’t be prepared all the time, lol…

grief…

05 Monday Jun 2017

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had a conversation with someone who had recently lost a family member… we were comparing notes…

both of us talked about how slowly the person seemed to go downhill and then how fast the final moments were…

although you think you are prepared, you aren’t…

we talked about how the grief overcomes you at anytime… for sure not when you’d expect it, and the only way forward is to succumb to the feelings and walk through them…

for me, when the moments come, if I can figure out why I’m feeling that way, seems to make it easier to let it wash over me and then I am able to move forward…

sometimes though they just come with no explanation…

it’s been over five years and I can still drop to my knees with the pain on occasion…

for whatever reason I am going through a deep period of sadness… maybe because my beloved did so much of the work in the garden… maybe because it is Spring and a time for new beginnings… not sure, but it is certainly tough…

the garden, which is usually my favourite place to be, is not providing the usual peace and renewal…

one step at a time…

moon rising over the trees last night…

accidents…

17 Monday Apr 2017

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had a couple of accidents recently…

a few weeks ago this happened…

I was opening a cupboard and this tiny vase fell out and broke… it was made for a single bloom and I really enjoyed it… sadly I can’t even remember where it came from so won’t be able to replace it…

the second oopsie is due mainly to laziness I think… I didn’t empty the rain barrel before the weather changed and the water inside froze and now it is trashed…

pretty sure we aren’t going to be able to fix this, sigh… and it had taken so long to find one that I liked… 

because it is all one piece don’t even think I can use it for anything else…

will need to be careful in the Fall with whatever I replace it with…

but I am excited that the weather is warming up and before long we’ll be sitting out in the garden…

plate…

05 Wednesday Oct 2016

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so excited to arrive home and find my ChefsPlate box on the front step…

in it were three 2-person meals…

brought it in, unpacked it and made Hazelnut Crusted Cod with mini potatoes, beets and kale salad for my supper…

the directions were clear and it didn’t take long to make… everything was included except the olive oil, salt and pepper…

very tasty and I have enough for another meal, which will likely be my lunch tomorrow…

looking forward to the next two meals…

this week’s box was just $33… it was half price… the next one will be $66… but I will get 6 meals from it which works out to $11 each… and I am trying things than I wouldn’t usually make… I can also skip weeks or cancel at any time…

the one sad thing is that the ingredients are prepared, packed and distributed from Toronto… had hoped it was being prepared here…

Be prepared…

27 Sunday Jan 2013

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was busy today putting away Christmas decorations and cleaning the house…

I also talked with a friend about some of my experiences since George died, and how that was the reason I began to blog – so that I could share some of the things that happened to me… and hopefully save someone else from going through unnecessary problems…

I was reminded of my preparations for my cancer and hernia surgery… making sure that the insurance money that came to me was in an easy-to-get-at place in case I didn’t survive the operation… having a new will, power of attorney, and health directive prepared, and getting all my papers in order in case my kids needed to sort out my stuff…

we had thought that all of our information was in one place and that we were prepared should something happen to one of us, but I realized quickly that we weren’t… it took me ages to find George’s handwritten will, and then the Credit Union made noises about how they might not accept it… of course they did, once it went to their legal department… I think the young people in the office hadn’t ever seen a handwritten will before…

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remember…

I remember how, for many weeks following my diagnosis, I wasn’t able to get my head past the surgery, and expected to die on the table…  it was really only a week or so before the actual hospitalization that I began to imagine that I would survive the surgery and move on with my life…

I was reminded how quickly the actual insurance companies responded, once I completed their documentation, but how long some of the other organizations took, including CPP to accept the claim and send the appropriate funds…

some days it feels like that was years ago, and other days, like it was just yesterday…

I have suggested to all my friends that they have the conversations with their loved ones about where all the necessary information is, what each person would like regarding organ, skin, eye donations, funeral wishes, etc. sooner, rather than later…

knowing that information makes walking through the necessary steps when someone dies much easier…

give someone you love a big hug today… you never know when you will be able to give them another one…

 

 

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