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kindness…

09 Wednesday Jan 2019

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in December we had a Random Acts of Kindness contest at work… we added berries to the wreath whenever we did something kind, or saw someone else doing something kind… at the end of the contest we sent a donation to a local charity…

have been thinking a lot about kindness lately…

from friends taking meals to support others…

to someone bringing me a cup of tea while I was deep in a project…

to the person who brought me my favourite lunch treat for no reason…

whenever I see frost on my garage window I remember the kindness of someone who invited me to their house not long after my beloved died… the frost on the window in their garage was stunning and I will always remember taking some pictures of it…

people are kind…

headboard…

23 Sunday Sep 2018

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amazingly productive day… out and about for groceries and items for a project… it was rainy and cold;-)…

back home I started two types of soup – chicken and vegetable, as well as zucchini basil… made rice and started red lentil curry…

my grandson arrived mid afternoon and helped with a rather long list of to do items…

he helped bring a mattress up from the basement that I am trying out as a headboard… I’ve been wanting a new headboard for ages… think it might work…

plants were brought into the house and feeders were filled… the printer is working again, a light got hooked up in the kitchen, and the living room window is clean…

he left around three hours after he arrived… I’m exhausted, lol… now for a rest before I finish the soup…

project…

18 Tuesday Jul 2017

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wonderful day…

lunch out with a friend… went to The Forks…


ordered a tasty lunch… 


caught up on our lives and discussed a project we are working on together… this is great because we haven’t worked together on anything for quite a while…

and then tonight I spent time with two wonderful women working on the same project… we had laptops, iPhones and telephones to get us through the meeting, lol…


so much more fun to work with others on any project…

pretty special day…

topics…

08 Monday May 2017

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great evening with my BS buddies…

tonight they helped me finish up a project for an event tomorrow… four sets of hands make any piece of work get completed much quicker…

never know what topics we will cover in our time together… tonight we touched on pianos, rubber coated driveways, housing, people skills, travel, teaching, busy schedules, sleep patterns, and chairs…

can’t even imagine where I’d be without these amazing women…

flowers make me happy too;-)…

crafting…

26 Monday Dec 2016

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today I started turkey soup and worked on a craft project which my daughter gave me for Christmas…

the soup has simmered all day and soon I will separate the broth from the meat…

the crafting was fun… started with a box…

opened it to discover everything I would need to produce a Ferrero Rocher tree…

took out the bits and pieces…

pretty cool set up… way better than glueing them together, lol…

couple of levels done…

nice, eh… okay, okay, so all I did was put the chocolates on the layers, but it looks great…

my kind of craft… will use it as the centrepiece for New Year’s dinner…

I love Ferrero Rocher, but shouldn’t be eating them… will be great to have my family’s assistance in getting rid of them, lol… they are very helpful that way…

deciding…

23 Friday Dec 2016

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one of my projects this Christmas was a gift for my colleagues…

after considering what to make for them, chose mouse pads with some of my photography… the pictures were from our visit to Atlanta in June…

once the photos were chosen, and the pads produced, I had to pick which one went to which person… sometimes I have the individuals choose, but decided this time to pick for each one…

set out the pictures and then used little notes to be sure I had just the right one for each member of the team…

once the decisions were made, I prepared a card and wrapped each one up…

at the end of the day on Monday I put them into their mail slots…

it is such fun to choose, prepare and give gifts… so blessed to have the time and resources to do this…

variety…

24 Saturday Sep 2016

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very fall-looking day… 

spent it indoors and the morning melted away as I worked on a little project…

wasn’t expecting it to take near as much time but working with a variety of technology is sometimes challenging, lol… although I always enjoy every minute when I am making something…

kept at it until it was done before I would let myself have lunch…

each meal today was a bit unusual… for breakfast I made zucchini pancakes to go with a poached egg… very tasty…

at lunch I had a whole wheat pita with lettuce and pâté and radishes alongside…

finally my dinner consisted of smoked goldeye with a stir fry of cauliflower, onion, eggplant and mushrooms…

although when I look at the pictures, there wasn’t much variety in colour except for the radishes… looking rather bland, lol…

took this picture of the house yesterday… looks pretty good, eh… thinking of the variety of looks it has had since September 1973…

fixed…

13 Sunday Dec 2015

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made breakfast when my daughter arrived this morning… she had been on a work related check-in close by… then she helped me with the printer which had started to misbehave about 11:30 last night, right in the middle of a project… 

once it was fixed she laid down for a nap and I proceeded to finish the project… 

realized last night how much has to happen before the kids arrive from the East and West on Friday and Saturday… made me a bit nervous, but I wrote a list and checked off a few items today, which made me feel better…

it has been a long time since the two of us have spent the day together, and I enjoyed it all… we met two dear friends for lunch and had a great time… special moments…

tonight my son-in-law fixed two different timers so that the various Christmas trees turn on and off without my help… yay… need to get about three more timers so that everything can be automated…

here are the bigger trees with presents under them now (one of the items checked off the list)…

 
tonight’s supper was a lovely treat… Chinese food, so all we had to do was set the table, lol… and eat…

now everyone has gone home and I am enjoying the quiet beauty of the living room…

 how blessed my life is…

project…

28 Saturday Nov 2015

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out for breakfast and did a bit of shopping with my daughter…

had a nap and watched some figure skating and skiing on tv…

ordered supper in with the kids and saw the Snowbirds out the front window… they were here as part of the Grey Cup celebration I think…

  
watched my grandson find all the purple rocks in the coffee table… “there are a lot Grandma”…

  
he told me all about the birthday party he had been at this afternoon where they got to hold frogs and lizards and snakes… got the bed ready and our project done…

  
hardest part was getting the cardboard off the chocolate covered raisin container…

we worked very well together and had fun counting and talking about nice things we could do for others during Advent…

  
project complete and one of us is in bed watching tv… 

not me this time as I am waiting for his brother to arrive from a different birthday party… 

project…

27 Saturday Dec 2014

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last year I made bookmarks using pictures I took at Chihuly Garden and Glass when we were in Seattle following our Alaskan cruise… the other side was the word gratitude with the names of things and people for which/whom I am thankful…

many of my colleagues still have it up in their offices… felt I needed to do something equally as nice this year, lol…

finally came up with the idea of note cards using some of my photographs…

spent a lovely time looking through pictures I’ve taken in 2014 and picked about thirty… used Publisher to produce 15 pages with two pictures on each…

went to my buddies at Staples and they printed, cut and scored them… picked up envelopes and folded and stuffed them…

put five together and wrapped them with ribbon… then I put nice labels on them and they were all done…

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when I gathered them up into the groups of five, I think I managed to make each group different… quite the feat…

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everyone liked them so I am happy… it is such fun to make something for others… particularly with help from technology…