21 Friday Feb 2020
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, diabetes, doctor, moments, route, stroll, walk, weather, widow
had a lovely walk this morning…
exactly a week since I took the same route on a freezing morning… quite a difference today…
today I parked much further down the street and enjoyed the stroll to and from my appointment, where my doctor was pleased with my blood pressure, A1C and heart…
looking forward to more walks in nicer weather…
10 Monday Feb 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, friends, happy, knee, lunch, memories, moments, pain-free, sky, snow, treat, trees, walk, weather, widow
today, I walked to the Park, had lunch with friends, and walked home without any pain in my knee…
it is the furthest I’ve walked in months…
the weather was cool, a bit breezy, and snow fell gently as I walked… I left in lots of time for my lunch date so I didn’t have to rush… I’m finding that as long as I don’t try to walk too quickly I am good…
and what a treat to have lunch and a visit with two wonderful women…
good to get out and move… was very happy and pleased that the sidewalks were clear and not icy/slippery…
looking forward to more pain-free walks…
03 Monday Feb 2020
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29 Wednesday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, Chocolatier Constance Popp, expedition, food, friends, Fromagerie Bothwell, fun, moments, shopping, treat, treats, walk, widow
went out on a shopping expedition today with a friend…
checked out the Fromagerie Bothwell on Provencher… I thought it was just a cheese store, but it isn’t… it has all manner of other locally produced goodies as well… I picked up some De Luca’s pasta sauce, a pepperoni and cheese snack, soft goat cheese, and some of their marble cheese…
from there we went along the street to Chocolatier Constance Popp where I picked up some coconut dark chocolate macaroons (delicious), a sugar-free bar, a coconut and lime bar and finally a Manitobar to send to my daughter… that was fun…
back to St. James to check out Winners/Homesense… found a number of items which had been on my shopping list for a while… a cute little backpack, thermal socks, salt for my grinder, a soap dish, a lemon squeezer and a small container for my bedside table…
great fun…
19 Sunday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, Christmas, exercise, grandson, health, moments, Saje, shopping, sleep, snow, Technology, walk, widow
actually went outside for the first time in at least a week…
walked to the “A” and met my grandson for breakfast… had a lovely meal and conversation…
from there we headed out to do some errands… bought some rollers at Saje… been trying to get there since I got back from Ottawa… picked up Sleep Well, Peppermint Halo and Pain Relief… I used the first two while I was away and will give the third one a try for some of the pain I’ve been experiencing in my knee…
was able to replace a Google Hub to get the correct colour… it was one of my Christmas gifts… but I did see a Lenovo Smart Display 10″ with Google Assistant… going to look into that a bit more in case it would do more of what I want than the Hub…
Indi finally had a bath and a few groceries were purchased, including a cute new plate…
I have been enjoying using different plates to eat from and I think this one will be a great addition…
home, put away the groceries and my grandson took the car… the plan was that he would come back tomorrow for dinner…
then it was afternoon nap time, lol…
02 Thursday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, family, happy, horses, lights, memories, moments, Technology, train, Upper Canada Village, village, walk, widow
last night we went to Upper Canada Village to see the lights…
the weather was balmy, with a bit of wind blowing now and again…
we wandered around and admired the hundreds of thousands of lights that lit up buildings and trees, had two horse and wagon rides, ate cookies with hot chocolate, sang Christmas carols in the church and had a wonderful train ride around the property…
unfortunately we couldn’t ride the carousel because you had to weigh less than 100 pounds;-(…
an excellent way to get in some walking…
29 Sunday Dec 2019
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beavertails, big girl pants, birds, blessed, butterflies, Canadian Museum of Nature, eventful, family, happy, making memories, Mer Bleue, moments, nature, pictures, treat, walk, widow
what an eventful day yesterday was…
in the morning my daughter and I headed to Bulk Barn for bird seed and then on to Mer Bleue where it was way too slippery for a walk but we spent a lovely time feeding the birds from our hands… such fun;-)…
chickadees came and went from the surrounding trees… we saw blue jays, two types of woodpeckers, a nuthatch and maybe a partridge…
it was great fun… my daughter took the picture of the chickadee looking at me, lol…
then we picked up my son-in-law and his mom and went to the Canadian Museum of Nature where we saw exhibits about the arctic, the earth and Canadian birds… and we spent some quality time in the butterfly exhibit…
here are a few of my favourite photos…
birds AND butterflies…
finished the day off with a BeaverTail;-)…
those were for sharing, I only had half of one;-)…
24 Tuesday Dec 2019
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Alaska, bag, belt, big girl pants, camera, fastener, garden, home alone, iPhone, pocket, purse, walk, widow
I’ve had this cute little bag since a visit to Alaska in 2013…
I usually use it to protect my camera in my purse… sometimes I’ve worn it cross body when I’ve needed to carry my phone, without using my hands, or if I don’t have pockets…
a few days ago I figured out how to wear it around my waist…
added another fastener to it which makes it much easier to clip on and off…
in these last few years, being on my own, I have felt it more important to have my phone close at hand in case I trip, fall, or need help for some other reason…
going to be much easier now…
19 Tuesday Nov 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, celebrated, flowers, moments, pictures, roses, walk, widow
yesterday we celebrated a couple of birthdays at work… usually it involves roses and cards…
got this photo of one of the roses…
it is a treat to wander around the office and spot beautiful flowers;-)…
06 Wednesday Nov 2019
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big girl pants, dark, light, moments, snow, street, Technology, walk, widow
this was the view as I walked up the street at 5:30 tonight, sigh…
sad about the time change… I am still waking up at 5 am…
been using my SAD light at work most days…
hope to be back to normal in the next few days, cause this is rather tiresome…
