manakeesh…

24 Saturday Mar 2018

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Saturday is usually my do nothing and rest up from the week day…

today I had a lunch date with two lovely women… besides getting me out of the house, it was the first time in weeks that I went for an actual walk to get there and back…

ended up wearing my winter jacket because it was a bit breezy and felt like -13 with the windchill…

I really enjoyed being out in the fresh air…

we had a great time at a new Arab street food restaurant and tried different things… manakeesh with eggplant and cheese was my first pick and then I followed up with Halawa Banana and Pistachio Sweet Manakeesh… I also had a chai tea latte which was delicious and when I checked later, may have had 20 grams, or 4 teaspoons, of sugar in it… yikes… no wonder it tasted so great…

the picture shows my meal and the desserts that my friends had, lol… hadn’t had a visit with them for ages so it was really wonderful to spend time together…

after my walk home, which hopefully dealt with some of that extra sugar, I spent some time watching figure skating…

good day…

icy…

11 Sunday Mar 2018

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been thinking a lot about people struggling with mental and physical health these days…

I usually feel down in February and March and I think it has to do with the lack of light and cold weather… of course this being the time of year that I lost my beloved has added to the negative feelings…

many of those I speak with at this time of year are having similar struggles…

maybe we focus on our aches and pain more because we are getting out and about less, lol…

my knee has been bothering me for about a week now and it is frustrating because I can’t figure out what I did to it…

I will be so happy when I can get out and walk to the Park again without having to worry about freezing temperatures and icy sidewalks… and be able to smell fresh air…

burgers…

16 Saturday Dec 2017

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bit of an odd day… woke up at 6:15, made a thermos of tea and went back to bed… it had snowed a bit in the night…

at 7:30 the power went off and didn’t come back on for two hours… happy to have the warm tea as the temperature in the house dropped to 69 Celcius…

it is always so quiet when the power is off… and with the fresh blanket of snow it felt very cozy… particularly because I didn’t have to go out…

once the power was back on I spent some time working on a project and later met up with my daughter and eldest grandson at the mall… oh my… what was I thinking…

cars and people everywhere… good news is that I now have just about everything I need…

stopped to pick up A & W teen burgers, onion rings and fries and then home… teen burgers from A & W were a treat we would sometimes have on our way home from work… nice to enjoy them with my grandson who is spending the night and helping me with some chores around the house tomorrow…

a number of people say he looks just like my beloved;-)…

leg…

22 Sunday Oct 2017

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on Friday the boys and I did some walking… to the bakery and grocery store, and around the zoo…

I was fine for the first part of the day but when I got out of the car at the zoo I felt like my leg had slipped out of the socket… seemed like it just needed to be pushed back in…

walked all around the zoo slowly and took a few sit down breaks while the boys played on/at various spots…

when I got home it was still very sore and by the time I went to bed it really hurt… thought about a hot tub but was worried I wouldn’t be able to get out on my own… when I went up the stairs I had to take them one at a time… had trouble finding a comfortable spot to sleep…

by morning it was still uncomfortable but a bit better… seemed best when I was still… bending, leaning, twisting all caused pain… walking was a slow process but as the day progressed I felt better…

still sore in the evening but was able to get into the hot tub and felt good when I got out…

slept better and feeling good today although I have taken it very easy…

disconcerting because I can’t put a finger on what caused the problem…

my activity today consisted of putting a roast into the crockpot and enjoying the smell all day… oh my…

came out fabulous… looked a bit brown, but tasted delicious… made a potato and cauliflower mash, blended all the vegetables that cooked with the pot roast in the crockpot and mixed them with the shredded meat…sprinkled some green onion over the top and that was it…

boys…

20 Friday Oct 2017

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well, the boys came over this morning and helped me put the garden to bed…

we managed about an hour of work before everyone was done, but accomplished quite a bit… removed plants, mowed grass, put away pots and furniture…

then we walked to the bakery and grocery store to get supplies for making grilled cheese sandwiches… we had to stop at a local park where the boys remembered grandpa playing in this red car with them… and hearing the story of how mommy’s tooth was chipped here…

the older one prepared the sandwiches while the youngest rested from all that walking, lol…

next we headed over to Assiniboine Park Zoo to check out the animals… climbed towers, checked out bugs, looked for polar bears, made a drink combining a slushy with an ice cream cone and ran through a hay bale maze…

pretty nice way to spend this beautiful fall day…

example…

17 Tuesday Oct 2017

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been thinking of what a great day we had on Sunday…

this picture is an example of the fun that filled the day… the daddy was photobombing a picture…

it is quite wonderful when the stars align and everyone is happy and cooperative…

the sun shone and our group walked and ran and jumped… who knew how much fun you could have in a skate park without a skateboard, lol…

I was especially happy when we ended up at The Forks because I’d been wanting to have a photo with the Winnipeg sign…

when I was visiting my daughter in Ontario we went and had photos taken at a variety of signs… two different Ottawa ones and then at the Canada 150 sign… in Kingston, we took night shots and daytime ones, at the Kingston sign… over the summer I’d taken a few pics at the Canada 150 sign at Assiniboine Park…

so it really seemed important to get one here…

done…

passport…

10 Tuesday Oct 2017

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today I applied for a new passport… had printed off the documents ahead of time and was in and out of their office in about six minutes…

this is what they do to expired passports…

I had been dropped off, and after I was done, I walked back to the office in the lovely fall sunshine…

as I walked along I was remembering when I got my first passport…

it was about six months after George died and I had decided to take all the kids on a vacation so had to go and get a passport… I had never had one before…

it was odd preparing the paperwork and going through the process required to find individuals to act as references, having a photo taken and then taking in the paperwork… the kind of thing we would have done together…

five years have passed since that day at the passport office… hard to believe that my beloved has been gone for five years, six months and twenty-seven days…

loved this view of the moon over the flag as I was waiting to cross the street…

tasks…

08 Sunday Oct 2017

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yesterday I spent time setting the table for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving dinner with my Winnipeg kids…

doing these small tasks while thinking of so many previous Thanksgivings brought to mind how George and I would work as a team to get the house and dinner ready for friends and family…

his job was to grocery shop and get the house organized… that could be tidying or cleaning or reorganizing the hall closet, depending on what he felt was most important… and often, to make a pie…

my job was to prep and cook the meal…

now I get to shop, tidy and everything else… the good news is that someone comes in now and again to clean so I don’t have to do that piece…

I have worked out a system where I do bits and pieces of the prep work over a few days before the special day so that I don’t feel exhausted…

yesterday I even made an apple pie…

today I started my day with a walk to and around the Park…

it was cool and windy… spent quite a bit of time with the geese… still trying to get some good shots of them taking off and landing…

once home I made stuffing, cranberry sauce, peeled and cooked turnip, prepped potatoes, green beans and cauliflower… also cooked the ham and started pea soup…

sounds like a lot, but fit in naps and tv too;-)… there is something holy about preparing space and food for others…

lots of memories as I moved through the day, but this time they are happy, not sad… a step forward…