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brainstorming…

12 Wednesday Apr 2017

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excellent day at work… fabulous brainstorming session followed by fun with technology in preparation for the evening’s training session…

when I arrived home I found this treat in the mailbox…

one of my favourite cookies… imperial cheese cookies made with Rice Krispies… just like a breakfast cookie…

friend came over for a visit, glass of wine and hot tub… couldn’t get much better;-)…

I have the best friends…

farewell Mazatlan… 

24 Friday Mar 2017

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today we were up very early…

we had our luggage down to the lobby before six and waited for the bus to take us to the airport…

while we waited the sun rose… enjoyed the beauty one last time…

we rode the bus through the city which was nice as we had gone around it when we arrived…

when we got to the airport we had breakfast and then waited as our flight was delayed… thank goodness for technology, lol…

after a long flight we arrived home… as we were landing planes were taking people to other vacations…

after a taxi home, the kids discovered the battery on their vehicle was dead… luckily a friend was close by and they were able to boost it and head home…

lots of snow has melted away and looking forward to the rest of it disappearing soon…

been a wonderful time away but I am happy to be in my own home once again…

toys…

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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got some fun toys over the last week…

first this cool leef gadget… it sticks into the phone and copies whatever is on it, then plugs into the laptop and copies the contents onto the computer… it also acts as storage for my phone…

very quick and easy… think that it is going to be much simpler than connecting a cord to the computer and trying to find the phone before being able to copy over photos and other data… such fun;-)…

also got a much larger hard drive so my computer will stop telling me it is out of room… possibly it thinks I take too many pictures…

and last, but not least, a chromecast… 

just learned about this a few days ago… it streams media from the phone or laptop… I can now watch Netflix from the bedroom, using my phone… very cool…

picked up everything now so that my son-in-law could get it all working before he heads home from holidays…

testing it all to be sure I can work it without any problems when I’m on my own, lol…

opportunities…

03 Thursday Nov 2016

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the last few days there’ve been lots of opportunities to deal with technology… some of it new, some of it old…

mostly I find it energizing, but sometimes it can be a bit draining…

at one point today I fixed something completely by accident and it made a huge difference…

at a different point I missed hearing some important information because I was trying to do too many things at once…

not sure whether to shout with excitement or cry with frustration, lol…

so instead of either of those I took some pictures of my new orchid…

and had a giggle about an incident yesterday…

heard what sounded like a cat yowling and wondered if it was a baby out in the main entrance of the building… curious, I went to our door and looked out to see this…

a huge cat, on a leash, tied up to a bicycle… too funny…

celebrate…

29 Thursday Sep 2016

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this morning I took gerbers to the office to celebrate my seven year anniversary…

I’d picked them up last night and stood them up in a reusable grocery bag… even put the seat belt on to keep them from falling over…

I had spent some time last week making cards with some of my photographs and writing a note for every person…

had a few issues with the technology of getting the note and the picture in the right place, lol… but eventually they were all prepared…

it is always a treat to do something that makes others happy… one colleague commented how she loved when I had special events happening in my life because the rest of the team always get to celebrate as well… another suggested I was confused, as on your special day you are supposed to get the treats, not give them, lol… she’s new to the office;-)…

had a bit of a laugh when I realized that I hadn’t taken a picture of the flowers and vases in the kitchen before everyone started to come and choose theirs… usually I am on top of getting pictures, but the early birds were so excited that I got distracted… don’t have a single picture of the set up or even of any of the flowers in everyone’s space…

then just after lunch I found this at my desk…

in it was this beautiful rose and a lovely note from my colleague, who also happens to be my supervisor…

what a lovely treat…

it is wonderful to be appreciated… whether it is your special event, or someone else’s…

variety…

24 Saturday Sep 2016

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very fall-looking day… 

spent it indoors and the morning melted away as I worked on a little project…

wasn’t expecting it to take near as much time but working with a variety of technology is sometimes challenging, lol… although I always enjoy every minute when I am making something…

kept at it until it was done before I would let myself have lunch…

each meal today was a bit unusual… for breakfast I made zucchini pancakes to go with a poached egg… very tasty…

at lunch I had a whole wheat pita with lettuce and pâté and radishes alongside…

finally my dinner consisted of smoked goldeye with a stir fry of cauliflower, onion, eggplant and mushrooms…

although when I look at the pictures, there wasn’t much variety in colour except for the radishes… looking rather bland, lol…

took this picture of the house yesterday… looks pretty good, eh… thinking of the variety of looks it has had since September 1973…

Ottawa day 5…

05 Monday Sep 2016

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had a lovely sleep in… my daughter made me breakfast… first sit down for our morning meal since I arrived, lol…

we played on our electronics, visited for a bit, and then took back the rental car…

forgot to take a photo of the whole car… took this one when we got it so we’d be able to recognize it in a parking lot…

jumped on a bus to downtown where we shopped for shoes and technology, and enjoyed wandering around the Rideau Centre which has lots of new shops since I was last here…

got a picture of us on the bus… strange that I’ve been here this long and this was our first bus trip…

this is my daughter’s usual mode of transportation…

I find it fun to travel on the bus with her… she is trying to convince me to take the bus to and from work at home, as I have just lost access to reasonable parking…

had a lovely lunch on the patio at Social in Byward Market… we were under the shade of this lovely tree…


tasty beet, nut and ricotta salad…

think I got a Pokemon we haven’t caught before… sent an email to my grandson, but haven’t heard back from him… just makes my girl laugh… she keeps sending pictures of me playing to my oldest grandson…  

also picked up this sparkly new phone case…

it will be an excellent reminder of my time in Ottawa…

back home on the bus, followed by a quiet restful time… ordered supper using SkiptheDishes… beef ribs from The Smoque Shack…

yummy, but a little spicy…

then we did a chocolate tasting… what fun… will write about that tomorrow;-)…

camping, day 4…

24 Sunday Jul 2016

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busy day today…

didn’t get up till 7… big sleep-in for me…

then we had pancakes with freshly picked blueberries and bacon… make a bacon sandwich with mine, thanks to my son-in-law’s suggestion;-)…


saw this cute little mushroom which popped up overnight…


then, as the sky clouded over, everyone helped with the packing up and there wasn’t a single hissy fit…

we had a leisurely drive toward our next destination and stopped at Rainbow Falls… pretty, and likely beautiful in the sunshine… wasn’t any when we were there, the wind was blowing, and there was a bit of spitting…


back into the caravan and we moved on… found the campground and our spot… happily no one was in it so we could unload and put up the tents… 


the site is right on the water, without electricity, and the wind was crazy strong… took four of us to get the cover on one of the tents, lol… upside, there haven’t been any mosquitoes… we have a second spot across the road which does have electricity so we can charge  the various technology, and also heat water for tea and coffee in the morning, lol…


all set up, required groceries and drinks purchased, and we sat and had a lovely quiet time reading… bliss… 


sun was shining, screens and doors were open, and the kids went for a walk…

only downside, no showers or Internet… but the boys have found a spot that we can walk to and connect…

technology…

05 Tuesday Apr 2016

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happy today to get my camera back from the hospital… it had been there for a couple of weeks and I was really missing it…

  
pleased it wasn’t an expensive fix and it is back to its usual wonderful self…

  
am going to have to re-enter all the info about my eyefi to get it connected again, so that will be a job for the next few days…

had a friend look at the Olympus to remove the histograph from the view on the screen… I had tried a few times, without any success, to delete it as I find it distracting… he couldn’t figure it out either, lol…

had some fun downloading pictures from my iPhone to my computer at work… this was great because I had taken 77 pictures of an event last week and wanted to get them into a folder on my office computer and didn’t want to send them in groups of four by email… much simpler and way quicker… 

technology is great when you think about it…

just this afternoon we were looking at a form we had used six years ago when I started… it collected all the information but was handwritten so then we had to guess what had been entered… now, we email a fillable form which comes back typed and makes entering the data simple… if it isn’t filled out when a person arrives, we have an iPad available so that it can be completed in the office…

here’s the view out the window today…

  
enough with the snow already…

technology…

20 Saturday Feb 2016

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had a bit of fun shopping…

went to Henry’s and picked up the eyefi mobiPRO… staff there helped link it up to the app I had already downloaded onto my iPhone… I do love technology…

  
it is very cool…

from there we went to Urban Trail where I checked out a number of Canada Goose jackets… and then I found a gorgeous purple North Face jacket…

  
it is gorgeous… fits great and works to -10 C… it weighs about the same as a cute little vest I have that fits into a tiny bag…can hardly wait to wear it;-)…

wandered around a few other shops and headed home…

since then I’ve been playing with my Nikon and iPhone…

took these pictures in the living room…

   
 
and transferred them to my iPhone in a flash… so great to have the ability to get pictures from my camera to the phone so easily…

also enjoyed the sunshine…

  
yesterday, my Facebook showed a few memories with my beloved speaking in a video… he made a number of angels using this particular one as a sample… 

I sure do miss him and loved hearing his voice…