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purse…

02 Wednesday Mar 2016

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got to help open the box filled with all the purchases from our Elise Accessories show a couple of weeks ago…

  

I picked up the cute little black purse… it has lots of different compartments but is quite small… can also attach it to a belt, like a fanny pack… too funny as they are now becoming popular again…

think it will be very handy for walks… I always take my camera and my phone with me when I go for a walk… also like to take my credit card and some cash too…

wonder what I will fill up all the spaces with…

currently I use my black Coach purse… it is a medium size but also has a number of compartments so that things can be put away in their proper space… it is my most expensive purse… my daughter picked it up in a Coach warehouse store for a great price when she worked in Calgary…  

  
I have a few larger bags that I use when I need to carry more, or bigger, stuff…

always find it interesting which will become my favourites… whether it is colour, ease of use, compartments… never know until I’ve used each one…

how will this new one fit…

ice…

02 Tuesday Feb 2016

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today I had lunch at Promenade Cafe and Wine... excellent mussels and fries… yummy…

  
took me half an hour to walk there but only twenty minutes to get back, lol… there were some icy patches but on the whole the walkways were clear…

great to spend time with a good friend…

had a peek at the Great Ice Show Winnipeg as I walked past it… looks big and beautiful…

after work went for a pedicure with two colleagues…

  
final product – purple toes…

  
after the spa… two pedicures and one manicure later… we went to Ripe Bistro and Lounge for dinner…

  
had an interesting salad and three mini seafood sliders… made me giggle because I was surprised when they came on buns, duh…

  
lovely evening and our opportunity to debrief after a big event…

enjoyed a gorgeous ice sculpture out the window of the restaurant and discovered that the chef had carved it…

  

  

overcast…

31 Sunday Jan 2016

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yesterday I walked over to the Park and took a few shots along the river…

  
although it was overcast the snow looked so pretty…

also took a picture of where our favourite tree stood…

  
the bench in this shot is right where the tree was… Dutch elm disease… very sad…

overcast again today and when we were out we looked at orchids at IKEA… we talked about the amazing orchid I’d purchased there so many months ago…

  

vanish…

22 Friday Jan 2016

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on my way out to the car this morning — with my hands full of various bits and bags for work — I had to stop and take a picture of the pink sky…

 
my driving buddy thought I’d fallen as it took me a few extra seconds to get to the car, lol…

 took lots of pictures as we drove downtown… you never know, when the sky is so beautiful, when it will vanish…

  
at lunch I went for a walk with my daughter as our yoga class was cancelled… did well, particularly as I hadn’t planned on walking… had a spare jacket to put under my coat and pulled up my hood… only my legs got cold…

then my grandson met me at the office and came to shovel… afterwards we had leftover lentils with brown basmati rice along with roasted brussel sprouts and mushrooms… 

  

he chose the menu and prepped the veggies… we had a lovely visit and he headed home on the bus…

what a treat…

routine…

13 Wednesday Jan 2016

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part of my morning routine includes fifteen to twenty minutes on the treadmill every work day…

  
the weekends are a bit more laid back, lol…

watch a morning show while I walk and sometimes check out my social media programs…

very occasionally I will walk in the evening but I find my energy level is highest in the morning so that is the best time for me…

I also try to walk a few items a week on the treadmill at the office…

am supposed to use weights on a regular basis but I’ve kind of fallen off the wagon… 

my goal is to do some weight training three times a week, even if just for a few minutes…

I firmly believe that the exercise really helps keep me well…

ready…

26 Monday Oct 2015

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worked the late shift today so first thing I walked over to the grocery store to pick up a few items…

really considered taking the car, but knew I needed the exercise…

on my walk I saw a nicely decorated yard…

  
fun to see it as I was walking by so I could admire all the pieces… was especially taken by the crows, which at first I wasn’t sure were fake, lol…

encouraged me to walk down a different street on my way home to look for other cool places…

been thinking about Halloween and being ready… kids brought me a new candy bowl and I have a box full of chocolate bars…

not so ready with the pumpkin… usually we would have carved three or four pumpkins by now… I don’t even have one to carve… but did notice that there were lots at the grocery store…

hope we have an opportunity to do some carving and decorating…

still have to put out the decorations around the house… usually the boys help me with that too… not as much fun on my own…

will see how ready I am by Saturday, lol…

Ultimate…

17 Saturday Oct 2015

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don’t think I’d heard of Ultimate until a few years ago when a colleague mentioned it…

since then I’ve seen people playing it in the Park by the Lyric, but I’ve never actually watched…

today I was at my first game… my friend let me know she and her daughter were at Assiniboine Park for a tournament…

usually on Saturday I spend the day vegging out and watching tv…

great way to get me up and moving, lol… I got ready and walked over to the Park… had a visit with my friend and learned some of the finer points of the sport while we watched her daughter play…


there aren’t any referees and lots of support from the sidelines… the rule book is very long so having individuals like my friend, who has played for twenty years, around who know the rules is a great benefit… had to giggle as one of the coaches went to the rules online from their phone for a bit of clarity…

this is a mixed league and being a good sport is very important… and there is no body contact…
  
always so happy to see that the kids treat one another well… the handshake at the end of the game is just the same as my boys have with their soccer and volleyball games…

 
teams for this tournament played with four males and three females on the field… 

there was a great deal of terminology to learn… not sure that I got it all, lol…

excellent way to spend a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon… don’t think this will be the last time I watch Ultimate…

  

ladybugs…

11 Sunday Oct 2015

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absolutely gorgeous day…

took a walk to the grocery store to pick up a few things for tomorrow’s dinner…

came across this beautiful tree… admired it when I passed it the first time and had to stop to take a picture when I came back…

  
also got a shot of some Virginia creeper berries…

  
there aren’t any leaves left on them… that frost last week did a lot of plants in…

the ladybugs have been out in full force for the last few days… yesterday there were five at once on the bedroom window…

today they were on the door when I left the house, landed on me as I was walking and were inside and outside the house…

   

not sure why they are everywhere… from a bit of reading it looks like the warm weather might have woken them up from hibernation…

I also spent some time preparing vegetables, more stuffing and cranberry sauce…

  
friends are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary which made me spend a bit of time remembering ours… it was when I was in hospital with pancreatitis and waiting for gall bladder surgery… we had missed a trip to the coast to see the kids because I got sick…

on our anniversary George brought in a basket with 40 roses in it… it was amazing… at night they had to put it into the hall because the perfume was so strong, lol… he was such a romantic…

good times… 

 

reenergize…

16 Wednesday Sep 2015

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took a few minutes of my lunch break to take a walk around the block and stop and sit in the Millennium Library Park for a few moments…

  
this grass just looked so lovely that I had to take a picture…

while I was sitting on one of the cool lounge chairs – which I have looked at and never had the opportunity to test out, until today – I took a picture of the view…

  
huge grassy area with Emptyful and the church spire in the background…

just a few minutes later a group of young men were playing boules or bocce right in front of me…

 

what a great way to reenergize on a busy day… 

outdoors…

26 Wednesday Aug 2015

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first thing this morning took pictures of the big morning glory… apparently they are never going to open on a day when I am home and can see it when it is fully open, lol…

  
interesting colour on it… also took this one of the mandevilla… there are lots of blossoms on it…

  
on a walk at lunch I spotted some kids climbing on Emptyful… they were having a great time as the spray blew over them… 

 
beautiful day… on the way home enjoyed the lovely weather as I walked…

  
got a shot of the morning glory when I arrived at the house… bit of a hybrid I think…

  
got a pretty good shot of it as it was starting to close up…

finished off my day with fresh corn on the cob which was delicious…