25 Saturday Feb 2017
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05 Sunday Feb 2017
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lovely sky this morning, even with the overcast…
that is the sun in the trees…a bit later it started to snow and it snowed for three or four hours…
picked up by my kids and went to their place to celebrate the eight year old’s birthday…
they showed me their shark, that they got for Christmas, after they topped up the helium…
ready for cake… it looked delicious and the birthday boy was happy…
got very quiet as everyone was gobbling it up…
home soon and then to bed…
12 Thursday Jan 2017
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big girl pants, furnace, home, service, snow, temperature, widow
this is so not how I wanted to end a very long day…
been outside and cleaned out the pipe, but the furnace is not happy…
waiting for a call back from the service people…
hope I get to bed before tomorrow’s very early start;-(…
have now spoken with the furnace doctor who said it should be fine as the heat has started to come through… apparently all the blowing snow has caused lots of problems…
even if the furnace stops working in the morning it shouldn’t get much below 55 by the end of the day…
good news, I guess…
09 Monday Jan 2017
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big girl pants, conversation, friends, nap, ReImagining, snow, supper, weather, widow
was supposed to meet with my ReImagining friends tonight for supper and conversation…
when I left the office the snow was coming down like crazy… I started across town but then decided the weather was too miserable to make the trip…
headed home and got a few shots of the snow coming down when I drove into the garage…
found some leftovers for my supper and am going to have a nap…
08 Sunday Jan 2017
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backyard, big girl pants, laundry, purple, quiet, sand dollar, snow, snowflake, widow, wreath
been a quiet weekend which was exactly what I needed as I move into a very full week…
yesterday the kids dropped by in the afternoon and did a few little jobs around the house… I think they actually got the furnace fixed… reamed out the pipe again and also melted any ice which may have been in it…
I’ve put away most of the Christmas decorations over the last few days except for the snowflake wreath on the front door…
it is just too pretty to take down…
also included this picture of the sand dollar wreath that just got rehung at the front door… it had a couple of broken pieces and while she was here my daughter repaired it and we put it back up…
going to have one of my decorator friends make a bigger purple bow to finish it off, lol…
the backyard is looking very lovely with the snow sculptures that the wind has made…
the stone for the waterfall has never been this covered up… there is a lot of snow out there…
took this shot a few days ago of the steps between the upper deck and the back door…
they are completely covered in snow…
doing laundry this morning, I was thinking of my mom who loved laundry… and could get any stain out… sadly, I did not inherit that love, or ability, lol…
cooked a few meals, tidied and relaxed…
happy for the down time…
03 Tuesday Jan 2017
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ate well today… started with smoothies… mine was the usual spinach, yogurt, avocado and almond milk… my daughter’s was banana, frozen red berries, coconut yogurt, a bit of spinach, almond milk, and chocolate nibs…
we made it out of the driveway… there was a good bit of snow in it but I didn’t get stuck…
did a bit of shopping, came home, picked up her luggage and went for sushi on the way to the airport…
yummy… and I didn’t eat too much…
got her to the airport and then went and picked up a few groceries…
made it home and into the garage without getting stuck…
my grandson and his girlfriend came over and he shovelled…
made them pizza and I had goldeye, salad and radishes…
after supper they headed across town…
I am now home alone…
with tea and the last two imperial cheese cookies from one of my Christmas gifts…
15 Thursday Dec 2016
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it seemed lighter as I drove home today… wondering if it is due to the fact that the sun has actually been out, lol…
the solar lights in the garden were shining under the snow tonight… always pretty and makes me smile every time I see them…
to top off all the cool things, received a Christmas card and two gift cards in the mail…
11 Sunday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, ChefsPlate, clothes, IKEA, quiet, Rona, sky, snow, Superstore, widow
was anticipating a quiet day but it didn’t turn out that way… did take a few pictures of the gorgeous snow…
worked on a project and then headed out to meet my kids…
we met up at IKEA, did a little shopping and then headed to Moxie’s for lunch… a wander through Rona and then I headed toward home as they went off to a soccer game…
stopped at Superstore to pick up a few groceries and some clothes jumped into my cart…
couple of pairs of leggings and three long-sleeve tops… with the cold weather haven’t seemed to have enough warm things for work…
bit of a nap and then I made Lemon Chicken and Rosemary Pappardelle from my ChefsPlate box…
the sky was beautiful again tonight…
finished work on the project and watched a bit of tv…
off to clean up from supper…
07 Wednesday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, crazy, drift, grandson, shovelling, snow, snowstorm, widow, winter
after such a late start to winter the snow has been coming down like crazy for the last few days…
when I looked out this morning the driveway looked like it had just a bit of snow, but when I opened the garage door I discovered this drift…
clearly the car wasn’t going to make it through that… so I shovelled for a while… wasn’t too windy or cold, in fact I could hear water dripping from the eavestrough as I worked…
it was, however, very heavy… and there wasn’t really anywhere to pile it up, so I did a bit of walking and dumping, lol…
eventually it was cleared enough for me to get the car out…
the drive downtown was slow but steady and most of the roads had little snow on them, thanks to all the workers who have been working around the clock to keep the city moving…
snowed off and on for most of the day and my grandson got dropped off at my office to come home and shovel again…
we parked on the street so he could work without anything in his way…
he worked outside and I made supper inside and we finished at just about the same time…
then we visited… well, he played on his phone and I wrote my blog while we waited for his dad to pick him up when he was done work…
happily we had lots of conversation in the car and over supper…
just need to bring Shadow in and then head to bed…
06 Tuesday Dec 2016
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Advent Elf, beautiful, big girl pants, driveway, snow, snowstorm, sticky, weather, wifow
woke up to this…
it had snowed all night and snow was sticking to everything… couldn’t see through the windows…
it looked different when I got home… it was still snowing a bit but was all cleaned up… very happy that I was able to get up the driveway and into the garage…
the Advent Elf came by and shovelled as my grandson wasn’t able to make it over… there was a lot of snow, and it isn’t done yet…
a pain to clean up and travel through but so beautiful…
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