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appropriate…

07 Sunday Apr 2019

Posted by sulis303 in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, travel, Uncategorized

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appropriate, big girl pants, Hawaii, preparations, ready, temperature, travel, Tuesday, widow

well,

the flights are booked… ✔️

the hotels are confirmed… ✔️

the car is rented… ✔️

the car insurance has been purchased… ✔️

the travel insurance is in hand… ✔️

the house sitter is organized… ✔️

the bags are packed… ✔️

although the temperature is around 28° (compared to around 4° here), it looks like it drops by 10° at night…

hope I’ve chosen appropriate clothing for two weeks in Hawaii…

ready to leave on Tuesday…

Jericho…

24 Sunday Mar 2019

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big girl pants, grandson, green, Jericho, Ottawa, resurrection plant, Rose of Jericho, travel, widow

I was tidying up one of the kitchen junk drawers yesterday and I found the resurrection plant that we bought when my youngest grandson and I were in Ottawa last year about this time…

its actual name is Rose of Jericho… thank you Google;-)…

I took pictures as it opened…

12:07, 12:22, 1:31, 3:23…

4:20, 6:23 yesterday and 8:08 am and 5:06 pm today…

it is now a beautiful green floating plant… I am interested to see how it will end up…

slides…

14 Monday Jan 2019

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bassinet, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, camper, camping, car, Chevelle, daughter, family, memories, moments, slides, travel, widow

the other day I came across some slides from the 70s…

this first one is from a trip we took with my beloved’s parents to Vancouver in 1978… it was just after our first daughter was born… she travelled in a travel bassinet for the whole trip… times have certainly changed, lol…

at least every second day something bad happened to the car… from blown tires, the muffler falling off at least three times, to windows freezing in the open position, to the engine catching fire… and other things in between…

clearly, a trip to remember…

the second photo is of a camping trip… shows our Chevelle and camper… I purchased that car with my dad in 1968 and we had it for many years… it was a wonderful car… and I have many amazing memories of our times with it…

the camper we have now is very similar to that one… I hope we make as many memories with it;-)…

flipped…

06 Sunday May 2018

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amazing, Atlanta, big girl pants, blue, calendar, Chihuly, flipped, garden, goddess, installation, memories, next, photos, travel, widow

when I flipped my Chihuly calendar to May, I was reminded of our wonderful visit to the Atlanta Botanical Garden a few years ago to see the Chihuly Installations…

the picture is a tower and reminded me of the tall yellow one where we had a picture taken by some people walking by, lol… my daughter had taken a few pictures for them just before that… it was also one that lit up at night…

I dug through old photos and found a few of my favourites from that trip…

the goddess was the reason for the trip and we spent a fair bit of time at that installation…

of all of Chihuly’s pieces, I am always most drawn to the blues… from the very first ones I saw at Chihuly Garden and Glass… here is a blog I wrote about that amazing experience…

lovely memories… wondering what might be next…

2017 Ottawa day 1…

31 Thursday Aug 2017

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well, today I’ve travelled in cars, planes, boats and on foot… all of it very good…

on my flight I watched a movie through WestJet Connect… first time I’ve used Connect and also the first time I’ve watched a movie on my phone… sadly the flight ended before the movie… apparently you can purchase internet access… might have to try that another time…

was picked up at the airport and we went to visit all the Ottawa signs and in the process wandered through Byward Market… just love how beautifully the produce is set out…

first actual stop was for a Beavertail… we shared a garlic and cheese one… yum…

then stopped and took pictures at every Ottawa sign downtown, lol…

walked over the bridge to see MosaiCanada which was very cool…

I will post more pictures of that later…

took a water taxi back to the Locks and walked along Sparks Street till we came across Bier Markt where we enjoyed a delicious dinner of mussels, duck wings and a Brussels sprout and kale salad…

back home for tea and a sliver of Baked Expectations Deadly Chocolate Mousse which I brought from Winnipeg…

now to bed…

compromised…

05 Wednesday Jul 2017

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big girl pants, cancelled, compromised, credit card, travel, WestJet, widow, withdrawal

about three weeks ago my credit card was compromised… someone tried to use it for a few things in the States…

the credit card company called and left a message… I called them back, using the number on the back of the card, instead of the one on the message in case it was a scam… 

sadly it had been compromised so they cancelled the card and couriered a new one to me within a few days as this is the only card I have…

lucky for me I only have one monthly withdrawal so was able to call them with the necessary information once the new card arrived…

just last week, I went to pay the credit card bill and realized I hadn’t added the new card… wasn’t sure about one of the questions when I tried to add it to the payees so called the credit union and they were able to add it while we were on the phone… excellent… 

so today, I get what I think is a similar phone call at the office, but didn’t hear the whole conversation so when I got home I checked for messages… and there it was another call from the Security department…

this is the situation my card is in now… compromised again…

the good news is that they are able to catch these activities quickly and be in touch…

the bad news is that I have to wait again for a new card… although now I am on top of all the things I have to do, lol… 

practice makes perfect;-)…

I’m worried that I am doing something wrong at my end, but the agent assured me that wasn’t the case… 

I am going to Ottawa in a few months and don’t want to have to go through this before, or during, my trip…

arghhhhhhhh…

events…

12 Friday May 2017

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big girl pants, busy, events, flowers, food, Friday, nametags, prepare, travel, tulips, widow

been an absolutely crazy busy week…

Monday night my friends helped stuff nametags for an event on Tuesday…

Tuesday I brought the snack for our staff meeting… had great fun the night before finding treats that everyone could enjoy… cheese and crackers, nuts and fruit made for a tasty start to the meeting, lol…

then there were the flowers… picked up tulips for the event… have learned a few tricks to help transport flowers from home… they ride in the back seat in a reusable grocery bag, with the seatbelt on, which keeps them from falling over on the trip… used them at the staff meeting before they headed over to the venue… they looked great simply put into tall vases, and came back to the office to brighten our space afterwards…

more food was involved when I prepared soup for our Souper Thursday… 

rarely does it happen that we would have two events at work that one of us would be responsible for, lol… just my luck that I got so many things to do this week…

more flowers to celebrate a colleague’s birthday…

and finally today a gorgeous bouquet to take pictures of as someone picked up a treat for a family friend…

very happy it is Friday… gonna do lots of relaxing on the weekend…

yellow…

03 Monday Apr 2017

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big girl pants, daffodils, flowers, happy, smile, sunshine, travel, widow, yellow

so happy… there are flowers everywhere…

yellow daffodils in the kitchen last night…

then they travelled in the car this morning on their way to the office…

found their final destination on the counter at the front of the office…

remind me of sunshine and smiley faces…

pyjamas…

09 Thursday Mar 2017

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big girl pants, clothes, packing, preparing, pyjamas, sandals, shopping, suitcase, summer, travel, widow

bought some new pyjamas on the weekend when I was shopping with the boys…

they are very comfortable… only problem is that the bottoms are about six inches too long, lol…

thought about just chopping them off but after checking the idea out with a sewer realized that wasn’t such a good plan…

today I took them to City Place to get shortened… will be ready tomorrow afternoon… just in time for the packing plan…

have all of the summer clothes out but haven’t had time to try them on to be sure they fit and decide on which pieces to pack… a Saturday job…

need to decide whether I need a new pair of walking sandals… guess I better make up my mind soon…

strap…

23 Wednesday Nov 2016

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beautiful, big girl pants, car, flowers, purple, strap, travel, widow

last night on my way home I stopped and picked up some beautiful flowers…

divided them up and took half to the office this morning…

have a new technique when I take flowers in the car… put them in one of the cloth/fabric grocery bags and then strap them into the car seat…

works great to keep them from getting crushed and they stay upright on the trip… 

enjoyed them all day;-)…

the others are in the bedroom where I can enjoy them all evening…

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