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boots…

12 Wednesday Nov 2014

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big girl pants, boots, computer, sandals, snow

snow was on the ground again this morning… had to put my boots on… I go as long as possible wearing my sandals… even once I am wearing my boots I use my sandals at work… they are by far the most comfortable shoes I have…

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after work I helped a friend download and learn a new computer program… great fun… whole process went very well… download was a piece of cake, and we were able to copy data into the program without any issues either… we entered new data and saved it easily… looks like it is going to be a great program…

tonight I am feeling cold and tired… going to climb into my pyjamas, get under the covers and get lots of sleep…

remembering…

11 Tuesday Nov 2014

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George, hibiscus, poppy, remembering, snow

woke up to snow on the ground this morning…

snow on the ground...

snow on the ground…

when I went downstairs a red hibiscus was in full bloom and I could see the snow on the ground… reminded me of a poppy…

hibiscus with snow through window...

hibiscus with snow through window…

spent a good portion of the morning watching the Remembrance Day service from Ottawa…

sunrise...

sunrise…

remembering my mother and father and George’s father and their service to our country… neither my father or George’s ever talked about what they did…

my mom’s work involved removing or adjusting pictures of ships so that when they were published in newspapers anywhere in the world they wouldn’t be recognizable as a certain ship… she was heavily involved in having this statue designed and raised at the Legislative grounds… this picture was one I downloaded from the internet, and there was no information about who took it…

statue of women in the three services at the Manitoba Legislature building...

statue of women in the three services at the Manitoba Legislature building…

had a quiet day thinking of them and also George… his dad died just a few days before Remembrance Day which made the day very special for both of us…

dinner…

28 Tuesday Oct 2014

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aquasize, big girl pants, crockpot, dinner, snow

been a long day… hard to get out of bed as I felt very tired…

on top of that it snowed today… thankfully it melted as it hit the ground…

usually we get our first snow on Halloween…

dark and overcast all day… bit of a downer…

really thought about putting the meat in the crockpot, although I wasn’t sure how long it would take so I decided not to…

when I got home I got the pot with my dinner in it all organized, but didn’t turn it on… still not sure of the new stove so I didn’t want to be worrying about whether the liquid might be evaporating and burning up…

after aquasize I put it on and then watched some tv while it was cooking…

should really have simmered a bit longer, but after an hour or so I had some and it was good…

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vacation day 1…

25 Friday Apr 2014

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bendy bus, clouds, Ottawa, rain, shopping, snow, vacation

started with rainy snow…

20140425-221554.jpgflew east through and then over the clouds…

20140425-221957.jpgarrived in Ottawa and Cyndi met me and we took a bendy bus back to their place… almost immediately we headed downtown to Poutine Fest…

20140425-222213.jpgtasted six kinds of poutine, one of which was lobster…

20140425-222324.jpgyum, yum, yum…

the weather was beautiful, nice with just a sweater on… we walked to the Centennial Flame in front of the Parliament building where I took a few pics with my Nikon…

20140425-222938.jpgsaw Quebec from a distance and returned to the apartment…

opened lovely birthday presents, which had a purple theme, had a short rest, and then headed to St. Laurent Mall to find something to wear tomorrow afternoon… we had a very productive visit…

20140425-223302.jpghome now and thinking about bed…

and I walked 11,535 steps today… think my teammates will be happy about that:-)…

packing…

24 Thursday Apr 2014

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Montreal, packing, snow, suitcase

started this morning when I gathered my clothes and filled up the suitcase…

I picked the smaller one as we will be spending a night in Montreal and I didn’t want to have to take a big one…

hopefully all the last minute bits will still fit in…

outside it is snowing…

20140424-211621.jpgcan’t believe it…

well, the bags are packed… heading to bed…

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surprise…

16 Wednesday Apr 2014

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flower bed, melting, snow, Spring, surprise, waterfall

I was surprised this morning when I looked out the window and spotted the edge of the top portion of the pond…

20140416-210046.jpgyou can see the small gray spot in front of the waterfall rock…

there is still lots of snow in the backyard, even though every day you can see more has melted… maybe there really is going to be a Spring…

when I walked up the sidewalk tonight I realized that one of the front flower beds was almost completely clear of snow… seemed like just a few days ago the snow was a couple of feet deep…

20140416-210837.jpggoing to have to clean out the bed soon, although the ground will probably be frozen for some time…

life moments…

12 Saturday Apr 2014

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beloved, big girl pants, fish and chips, George, life moments, married, memorial service, snow, wedding

today was filled… started around noon when huge snowflakes descended from the sky… for a long time…

look what's back...

look what’s back…

about that time one of our young friends got married… my daughter sent me a video of their vows… lovely to watch… I am hoping their love endures like that of my beloved and I…

a friend picked me up and we headed off to a memorial service for another friend’s mother… second one I’ve been to since George’s… wasn’t really sure how I would make out, but it was fine… it was in a church – a denomination that I have been connected to over the years, so the process was familiar… it was beautifully done and my friend managed very well…

but it did remind me of the memorial service we went to a week before George died… on our way home he commented about how people might remember him… that kept coming to my mind during today’s service… friends at today’s event were mindful and checked to see how I was doing… nice to be cared for…

interesting to have a beginning and an ending all in the same day… just yesterday someone commented on their parents’ 45 years of marriage… feel like I need to let the tears flow, but that hasn’t happened so far…

last night I found the missing pickerel (which I had been searching for) in the freezer and thawed it to have tonight… I made fish and chips… it was something that George made on a regular basis, often on Tuesday night when I got home from aquasize…

fish and chips...

fish and chips…

was rather proud of myself as I have only made chips a few times since then…

those big girl pants slip on easily sometimes and other times are very difficult to get into…

weather…

10 Thursday Apr 2014

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melting, snow, sunrise, weather

we do love to talk about the weather…

got a great shot of the sun shining on trees across the street this morning as I waited for my ride…

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now that it is warm and sunny, not sure what we have to discuss, lol…

20140410-213448.jpgI’ve been taking pictures daily of the snow melting in the backyard… kind of fun to see it going down and have a record of it…

events…

09 Wednesday Apr 2014

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big girl pants, events, funerals, health and loss, journey, melting snow, snow, struggling

was thinking about going to events such as funerals… a friend had just been to the first one since her mom died… we talked about how often it is about your own journey, as much as that of the one recently departed…

made me think of the first funeral I attended after George died and how emotional it made me… thankfully I was with good friends who passed Kleenex and hugged me throughout the service… hadn’t expected that it would be so hard…

will be attending a funeral on Saturday and will be thinking of my friend as she takes the necessary steps to keep moving through the process…

feels like many people I know are struggling with health and loss these days… as I think of them, it reminds me of what a good place I am in most of the time… I am well, safe and have friends and a good work environment… pretty darn lucky…

this morning I took this picture of the backyard… lots of snow on the deck…

backyard this morning...

backyard this morning…

tonight I took a picture from the same spot…

backyard this afternoon...

backyard this afternoon…

the deck is nearly clear of snow… very exciting as I am hoping to sit out there for a bit if the sun shines in the morning on the weekend… the deck can be 3 or 4 degrees warmer than the surrounding area when the sun is out…

I am looking forward to getting some work done in the garden and being able to sit out there and enjoy the pond and birds…

soon… all part of wearing those big girl pants…

 

warming…

05 Saturday Apr 2014

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hot tub, melting, snow, Spring, sunshine, warming

a beautiful day… had a lovely nap in the warm sunshine this afternoon…

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the neighbour had his motorcycle out…

when I was outside, in my bare feet on the deck, putting chemicals in the hot tub, I could hear the snow melting from the garage roof… you can actually see the snow melting away…

had windows open for the first time for a good portion of the day… very nice…

just had a wonderful hot tub… finally the temperature feels like Spring…

wondering when all the snow will be gone…

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