22 Saturday Feb 2020
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I was recently reminded how important it is to hear that you are valued…
if others only point out negative things, even if they aren’t true, it is easy to fall into the trap of believing them and forgetting your best qualities…
don’t let the negativity make you forget your own value;-)…
remember your worth, because you have many excellent talents…
04 Monday Mar 2019
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555, 7 years, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, gone, hoarfrost, memories, moments, nature, Park, pictures, remember, widow
tomorrow marks 7 years since my beloved left this earth…
Google tells me that it is 2,555 days since that day…
I’ve been remembering some of the fun things we did during those last weeks…
you would think after seven years it would get easier…
but it doesn’t …
this is the last picture I took with him… it was Sunday, March 4, 2012… we had taken a drive around the Park so I could get some photos of the beautiful hoarfrost… this tree is on the drive to the Park… he had to stop in the middle of the road so that I could get the shot I wanted;-)…
02 Saturday Mar 2019
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recently read something on Instagram that was a reminder for me…
someone I follow had a conversation with another person (whose name wasn’t provided) about motivation to get up in the morning, and their comment was:
…when you figure out what that something is that you love, and get to do it, you’re excited for what unfolds each day…
it struck a cord… I do love what I do… my purpose at work is to help everyone on the team be able to accomplish whatever they are working on in the simplest and easiest manner… maybe I’ve forgotten that…
and as it happened, I spent an hour this morning, once awake, considering an issue with our database and coming up with a simple workaround that will produce the outcome needed but cut back on the process to achieve that outcome… looking forward to getting to the office on Monday and trying it out;-)…
it is good to remember how lucky I am…
31 Thursday Jan 2019
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tonight I made scrambled eggs for my dinner…
made me think of my dad…
he always used a fork to work the eggs in the frying pan… he would have been using a pan that didn’t have coating so the metal fork would have been fine, lol…
he felt that the fork made the eggs more light and fluffy…
I use a spatula, usually a purple one…
always interesting what we remember, isn’t it…
06 Saturday Oct 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, bread, butter, cranberry, dinner, family, moments, muffins, onion, prep, remember, sauce, stuffing, thanksgiving, widow
my family loves the stuffing that I make…
it is a simple recipe… butter, onions, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper, water and torn up bread…
while the butter was melting I used the mandolin to dice up the onion… while they cooked I added the poultry seasoning, salt and pepper… once the onions were soft I added in the water and let it simmer for a few minutes…
once the liquid is poured over the bread, I stir it in… then I put it into the bread bags and it goes into the fridge…
I make a lot because it is so popular, lol…
some goes into the turkey, some goes into muffin pans, and if there is any left it will go into a casserole dish with the turkey neck, or some other poultry part…
the kids really like the stuffing muffins;-)…
I made it today so there is less to do on Monday for dinner…
also made fresh cranberry sauce…
some of the family prefer the kind that comes in a can so I have that available as well…
really enjoy getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner… reminds me of all the times that my beloved and I prepared for special meals…
08 Thursday Feb 2018
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back door, big girl pants, garage, garage door, gate, opener, remember, shift, Technology, widow
in recent weeks I’ve been entering and exiting the garage via the big rolling door…
over the last couple of years midway through the winter something shifts in the garage and the door I usually use won’t stay closed… so, currently, I have a stool up against the door to keep it from opening … which means that I need to come and go through the big door…
rather than have to open and close the gate into the backyard which has an odd handle, I’ve been using the front door of the house to come and go…
so,!as I walk towards the house and get inside, I have been reciting back door, back door, back door so that I remember to go and shut the door with the opener located there… otherwise I forget and hours later realize that the big door to the garage is still open…
so, tonight, it occurs to me that I could bring in the remote from the car and use it to close (and open) the door from the front of the house and not worry that I might forget to close it, lol…
duh…
I have put the remote in my jacket pocket so I don’t forget it in the morning, lol…
13 Saturday Jan 2018
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10 Wednesday May 2017
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big girl pants, blink, change, circle, difficulties, eye, family, remember, roses, smell, tulips, widow
things can change in the blink of an eye…
recently a number of women in my circles have been dealing with very difficult situations… loss of parents, illness of partners and children, employment concerns…
often there is little to do besides sending positive energy and love over the airwaves… spending time holding them in thought and prayer feels like a good use of time…
good to remember to smell the roses, or in this case, tulips…
19 Monday Dec 2016
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a few days ago I spent some time taking pictures of all the pottery on the shelves…
mainly I took them so I would remember where to put things back because I was afraid I wouldn’t put them in the right place…
it looks lovely and it would be nice to keep it that way, lol…
I remember the lovely afternoon we spent organizing the pieces… I had anticipated that we would be putting much of the collection into boxes, but not one piece went into a box, lol…
07 Monday Apr 2014
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this morning I put on a jacket that I bought here with my daughter before heading to the West Coast for the cruise to Alaska…
it made me giggle as I remembered packing to go to the airport and discovering the security tag still attached… it was very late and I was heading to the airport early the next morning… I couldn’t figure out how to get it off and worried that it would set off the alarms… had picked it up particularly for the rain I anticipated we would run into on the trip, so I didn’t want to leave it behind…
thank goodness my son-in-law came by after he got off work at eleven that night and figured out how to remove it…
tonight I got to have a few lovely macaroons which my nephew brought back from his trip to Ottawa… very tasty…
had a great visit with one of my friends and saw some pictures of her new granddaughter… so sweet…
when she left I stood at the window and waved, as I always do…
reminded me of my Aunty Vi… she died many years ago… she and my Uncle Don lived in a tiny little house filled with knick knacks… she loved to make things such as pottery, knit things of all types, food that she would share with all of her family… she made me laugh…
she always stood at the door to wave everyone off… my dad’s sister, she was very special…
lovely to remember her tonight…
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