15 Tuesday Jan 2019
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had a lovely evening…
headed to Polo Park with a young friend after work…
stopped at Ricki’s and found a jacket, and a purple plaid jean (kind of) shirt… on Saturday I had picked up two cute tops as well… both with purple flowers on them…
then we had supper at Moxie’s…
wandered through a few stores and headed home…
got my hair purpled yesterday so I will be all matched up when I wear the new clothes, lol…
05 Saturday Jan 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, family, memories, moments, nature, purple, River Trail, shopping, skates, The Forks, widow
went to Canadian Tire because they had a sale on… I’d decided after my Christmas Eve skate that I’d like to get my own so we could all skate together…
got the cutest ones… they have a C on them and mauve accents;-)… I mean, clearly designed specifically for me…
we went to The Forks, along with what felt like millions of other people, and had fun skating on the River Trail…
I still worry about falling but they had the neatest chairs on skis… it was wonderful to have one to steady me and I was able to relax and get more comfortable… soon I was gliding along… one day I might be able to do that without hanging on to something or someone, lol…
my daughter had a problem with one of her feet so I pushed her for a while… gave the youngest a short ride and then he pushed me for a bit… my son-in-law ended up giving me a very fast ride back to the start;-)…
didn’t skate for long, but it was great fun to be outside with the kids…
maybe next week we will go to the Duck Pond…
24 Monday Dec 2018
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yesterday a couple of fun things happened…
I took a picture of my The Chocolate Lab bonbon in front of the purple dragonfly on the Christmas tree…
not that big a deal, except that a picture of me opening that ornament from its box in 2013 on day 23 of Advent came up in my Facebook feed just a little while later;-)…
and then to top that, I decided to put on a pair of fuzzy socks as the floor was a bit chilly… I don’t usually wear them, but had an urge this morning…
these were from last year’s day 23;-)…
and look what else came up in my feed, lol…
02 Sunday Dec 2018
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angels, beloved, big girl pants, Christmas, decorating, friends, glitter, lustre, ornaments, purple, reindeer, santas, silver, snow people, snowflakes, trees, widow
for the last few years a dear friend has come over to help me with the Christmas decorating…
I’ve always loved Christmas but since the loss of my beloved it has lost a bit of its lustre…
this year I’ve been working away on my own to decorate… I decided to try some different options… took me a few weeks but it is done now…
have put my tree collection in the dining room where my pottery usually lives… and even passed along some pieces, yay for me;-)…
put up a new tree with purple and silver decorations and hung up the glass balls on either side of the picture above the sofa…
put the snow people up the stairs…
got a garland going along the ledge in the dining room… final piece was to put the glittery trees on the fish tank…
still might have my friend come by to check it all out…
then going to go through the rest of the Christmas boxes and maybe pass some decorations along to others…
there are the reindeer, the snowflakes, the nativities, the angels, the santas…
30 Friday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, bracelet, cupcakes, gift, purple, seconded, snow people, team, treats, widow
we’ve had a lovely young woman working with us for the last three months… she has been seconded from RBC and we have enjoyed having her as part of the team… the time has flown by…
a few days ago she brought gifts for everyone, as well as kind notes for each member of staff… my bracelet was purple…
today we celebrated her time with us with cupcakes and presents… there were the cutest little snow people rings on top of the cupcakes so we took a group photo;-)…
08 Saturday Sep 2018
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yesterday I went and had my hair purpled…
spent the entire appointment chatting with my stylist ‘s two year old… such fun to visit with little people…
hair came out nice too…
today I went for a pedicure… last night my daughter suggested I step out of the box and go with something other than purple, lol…
so I chose mauve;-)… also had the paraffin treatment…
all prettied up;-)…
07 Friday Sep 2018
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app, BeeWi, big girl pants, iPhone, light, purple, Technology, widow
having to turn on the bedroom light in the morning, sigh, so I’ve started to use my BeeWi iPhone app to turn off the light when I leave the room…
had a bit of fun with changing the colour of the bulb… nice to play with, but I’m sure it will end up white again, lol…
so far I don’t need to use it to turn the light on when I come upstairs after work:-)… sadly the time is coming when I will need to…
06 Thursday Sep 2018
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haven’t had any morning glories bloom for the last week…
so this morning I was happy to see two buds, although they weren’t open… I love how they unfurl from a tightly twisted centre…
I figured that they would open and then close before I got home after work…
was very pleased to discover eight blooms in the garden that were still open…
what a lovely surprise…
27 Friday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, feet, gentle, nails, purple, Total Wrapture, treat, vacation, widow
gave myself a lovely treat as I start this ten day vacation…
went for a pedicure at Total Wrapture and was looked after by Shauna who was so gentle as she worked on me…
I have sensitive feet and she was ever so careful as she went through the process of getting them ready for the colour…
I sometimes get ingrown toenails and she put a tiny piece of cotton under the nail which will help keep that from happening again… sure hope it works…
24 Tuesday Jul 2018
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afraid, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, classic, Courtenay, fun, good times, heights, July, memories, missing, moments, morning glories, purple, remembering, surgery, vacation, widow
wondering if the reason I’ve been missing my beloved so much lately has to do with the social media reminders of how difficult Julys have been for me…
he was always there to look after me…
eight years ago today I had a procedure which gave me pancreatitis and kept me in hospital for six weeks… my beloved came everyday and often brought photos of the morning glories that were blooming that day… this was by far the most painful health experience of my life and I cannot imagine how I would have managed without him…
six years ago in July I had surgery for cancer and to repair a hernia… he wasn’t there to support me for that one…
but I also remember the wonderful trip we had in July of 2011 when we went to Courtenay to visit the kids… we saw hundreds of classic cars, walked among the huge redwoods, went up the chairlift on Mount Washington and lived to tell the tale… anyone who knows us would know how afraid of heights we both were, and I still am…
a glorious time…
so amongst the dark times there were also some great times…
really, how blessed have I been…
