14 Thursday Mar 2019
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03 Thursday Jan 2019
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beautiful, big girl pants, delicious, flowers, garage, groove, moments, smell, treadmill, walking, widow
been back in the groove of walking on the treadmill every morning… kind of fell off the wagon over the holidays, lol… happy to get back on track…
before I left the house I sat and enjoyed the flowers that I picked up on Monday… a lovely treat to have the moment to focus on the beauty…
when I got into the garage it still smelled delicious… just like barbecued steak… yum… pretty nice after three days… didn’t smell when I got home… will check it out tomorrow, lol…
04 Tuesday Dec 2018
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on my way home from work today I stopped at Co-op to fill up the tank… I do not put gas in the car, mainly because I can’t stand the smell… my beloved always looked after making sure the car was always filled and at top performance…
today marks the seventh birthday for my beloved without him… he would have been seventy…
he liked the gas at Husky… something to do with the quality… for the longest time after he died my kids would fill up the tank for me whenever it was low…
finally I went to get gas, only to learn that they hadn’t pumped gas for ages, lol… pretty embarrassing…
so, now it is Co-op for me… happily they still serve…
today I had them wash the windows and they did a great job… having worked so long at his dad’s service station my beloved was very particular about the cleaning of windshields…
he would have been happy with the job… although maybe not so pleased with how dirty the car is, lol…
17 Wednesday Jan 2018
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big girl pants, calories, Fitbit, flowers, happy, MyFitnessPal, smell, smile, widow
today I got an email from MyFitnessPal congratulating me on six years of using the app… I started using this one not too long after I started using my first Fitbit…
it is the place where I keep track of my calorie intake… it took a while to figure out how to get the most value from it…
today I also picked up flowers… they make me feel happy and in these darker and busy days put a smile on my face…
and when I got home and walked into the house it smelled wonderful as both of the hyacinth flowers were blooming…
what a treat…
11 Thursday Jan 2018
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big girl pants, flowers, hyacinth, moments, scent, smell, snowflakes, stop, widow
this morning on my way to work I had to stop and take a photo of the snowflake wreath hanging on the back door…
trying hard to remember to stop for the moments…
also spent some time smelling my hyacinth tonight… such a beautiful scent…
27 Sunday Aug 2017
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big girl pants, campfire, camping, dinner, eggs, family, food, memories, moments, reminder, smell, widow
read a post on a friend’s Facebook page about smelling like a campfire…
made me giggle and think back to our recent camping trip… once I got home I had to wash everything because all of the clothes smelled like the campfire, lol…
when I smell a fire in the neighbourhood or someone’s barbecue, it takes me back to all the delicious meals we ate…
I think my favourite was the morning that my son-in-law produced sunny side up eggs for my breakfast… on the campfire… amazing…
of course, steak and lobster and kebabs were other highlights, lol…
what fun we had and great memories we made;-)… maybe we will be able to fit in one more weekend…
as it happens, the neighbour is barbecuing as I write this, although it smells like it might just be hot dogs…
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…
01 Monday May 2017
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or not…
Saturday was a good day… up at a reasonable time… made a lovely breakfast… I tend to have eggs on the weekend…
got some laundry done… even scrubbed down the top of the stove… sure do miss George for some jobs and scrubbing is one of them… my arms are wussy but he had strong hands and arms… when he scrubbed a pot it was completely shiny when he was done;-)…
had a break and sat outside and read for a bit… texted with my daughter to see if they were coming for dinner on Sunday and when she advised they were, I headed down to the freezer to pull something out to thaw…
that is when the day took a turn… everything was thawed… as in not frozen, not even cold… bad… it smelled bad and all of it was bad…
my daughter and grandson came over and he – who has a strong stomach and weak nose – unlike his mother and grandmother – took out five bags to the garbage…
then he hosed down and rinsed out the freezer a few times and moved the – now very heavy and completely full – garbage can to the back of the yard… of course Friday was garbage day, so the disgusting smell will be around all week… likely we will need to put some bleach in it for a few days after it gets dumped to get rid of the odour…
so, here’s my freezer today…
waiting to be picked up and taken to the scrap yard…
starting to research a replacement… should I get another chest freezer or go for an upright one…
decisions, decisions…
01 Saturday Apr 2017
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have really taken the day to rest and recover from the cold I’ve been struggling with all week…
these are some of the times when I most miss my beloved… he always did a great job of looking after me…
jammies on all day and the only thing I did was prepare meals…
for breakfast I really wanted to order something, but dragged myself down to the kitchen and took inspiration from the cute woman at the resort who made all the egg dishes… cooked up mushrooms, green onion and spinach and made an omelette with a little cheese in it as well… came out very nicely…
for lunch I chose the last bit of my zucchini basil chicken soup with chips and some Mexican chocolate… seemed like just the right combination, lol…
for supper made one of the ChefsPlate meals… still enjoying the process of preparing the meal… and it tasted great…
turkey and spinach meatballs…
as I was sitting in the living room waiting for the meatballs to finish cooking I could actually smell the hyacinth…
hurray, the cold is starting to let up…
23 Thursday Jun 2016
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had to run and get my camera this morning when I saw these squirrels… one was running up a telephone pole and the other was standing at attention on the peak of the roof…
so cute…
after work I walked over to the Park and watched some Ultimate… had a lovely visit with a friend and on my way home stopped to smell the air in a few spots where the lilacs were blooming… it was wonderful…
got a nice shot of one of the Duck Pond fountains… different angle…
also came across this little manicured garden by the Pavilion… took a few moments to breathe in the peace…
