04 Thursday Oct 2018
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big girl pants, blooms, chocolate, cookbook, great day, hibiscus, present, video, weekend, widow
had a great day…
started out with two beautiful blooms on the hibiscus…
got a lovely present… tasty chocolate and a cookbook… looks like there are a couple of recipes that I am going to need to try soon… they can all be made in 15 minutes…
took part in a video with my colleague… we laughed quite a bit…
and that was all before noon…
now for a four day weekend;-)…
17 Thursday May 2018
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amethyst, beautiful, big girl pants, designer, happy, office, omelette, Rice Krispie, sky, space, streaming, weekend, widow
the sky was absolutely amazing this morning…
I took these pictures between 6:07 and 7:15 am…
the sunrise was spectacular… on the drive downtown the sunlight was streaming through the clouds… not a single red light all the way to the office… and by the time I got there the clouds had filled the sky…
just before I left the office for the weekend, I got a photo of my amethysts… today we heard a designer talk about the importance of feeling good in your workspace and as I get used to my office I do enjoy all of the bits and pieces that make it mine and make me feel happy…
once I arrived home I took a picture of a piece of the Rice Krispie cake that my sweet colleague brought me this afternoon…
was so busy getting ready to leave the house early this morning that I forgot to take something out for dinner, but made a veggie omelette… it was tasty…
and now for a four day weekend;-)…
02 Thursday Nov 2017
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wonderful start to my weekend…
dinner at Moxie’s with a dear young friend… they make a lovely lettuce wrap and I tried a kale and quinoa salad which was very tasty… even brought home a few leftovers…
happy to have a visit and enjoyed every minute…
looking forward to a restful three days…
09 Sunday Apr 2017
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big girl pants, blessed, cleanup, dimsum, family, garden, grandson, hot tub, pond, projects, tradition, weekend, widow
I should be completely worn out because it’s been such a busy weekend… but I’m not…
up and out for an early morning hot tub and took a picture of the garden before I came in…
it needs the spring cleanup…
was picked up and met the rest of the family for dimsum… this is one of our traditions when my sister-in-law comes to town… and we all love it… well most of the time… sometimes the younger ones don’t want to have anything, but another time they eat everything in sight…
that black blob on the bottom right is the youngest not participating, lol… but he did eat…
my oldest grandson came home with me and did some cleanup in the garden, although it was rather cold… he raked and swept and moved furniture and took dead plants to the composting barrels… then we sat down at his suggestion, and made a list of projects for the garden this summer…
we didn’t get everything we wanted done today, but it looks much more ready to be in…
I am so blessed to have this young man help me with the garden maintenance… and of course my son-in-law does lots of the work with the ponds;-)…
looking forward to warm days and hours spent by the pond…
06 Thursday Apr 2017
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big girl pants, CityPlace, Farmers Market, Home and Garden Show, late supper, loot, shopping, treasures, weekend, widow, women
been a long full week…
did have some fun at lunch when a few of us went shopping at the final Farmers Market at CityPlace…
picked up a gift, Aschenti chocolate, peach and ginger tea, and a cooling neckband…
at the end of the day I was exhausted, but my daughter called and wanted to meet and take a wander through the Home and Garden Show…
so, after work I met her and a friend and we walked over to the Convention Centre and toured the show…
found a few treasures… delicious fudge, very similar to what my dad would make… cool hooks that appear to be invisible… and some neat containers that flatten when not in use… and we ran into a number of people we knew…
on our way back to the cars we stopped at Boston Pizza for wings and nachos…
a very late supper… but a fun time with these young women…
here’s the loot;-)…
good thing I don’t get out much, lol… no longer tired and a great start to my weekend…
02 Thursday Feb 2017
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almonds, aquasize, big girl pants, cookies, shortbread, snack, weekend, widow
great start to my weekend…
shortbread and almonds for a snack before heading to aquasize… have two cookies left…
great class and now home to watch some tv…
15 Saturday Oct 2016
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I love my tea in the morning… there isn’t time on weekdays to make it at home, so I have tea at the office…
on weekend mornings the first thing I do is fill my kettle to make a pot…
every time I take it out of the cupboard and fill it with water I think abut my dear friend Dobby who bought it for me after my hysterectomy in 2012… I wasn’t able to lift anything for many weeks afterward and my usual kettle was twice as heavy…
she stayed and looked after me for a week and fed me, entertained me and reorganized my freezer while she was here…
it made all the difference to my recovery as I was still struggling with pain and couldn’t even go up the stairs… she made lovely bits of food to encourage me to eat and helped me get outside to sit and enjoy the sun and fresh air…
so every time I see the kettle I think of her wonderful care…
and now I also remember fun with family…
this summer I went camping with my kids for a few weeks and I took along the kettle… it became a lifesaver… the first site we were at didn’t have electricity so I’d go to an empty site early in the morning so I could make a thermos of tea… then I realized that if I just put the hot water in the thermos there would be water for the tea I wanted and the coffee the kids like, but needed quite a bit later, lol… it also came in handy to heat up water for dishes…
at our second location we had two sites, one with electricity and one without… we’d put the kettle on the table by the power to heat for tea, coffee, hot chocolate and dish water and would run back and forth to get it for whatever we were working on… lots of fun…
this morning I had a raspberry smoothie with my tea…
great memories…
09 Wednesday Mar 2016
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big girl pants, daughters, ECCO, nervous, new, New York, pain, sandals, shorts, tree, weekend, widow
on Saturday I picked up these new shorts…
the ones from last summer aren’t going to fit this year…
and I will need them for our trip to New York City for a weekend mid April…
not exactly sure what the temperature will be but want to be prepared…
I’m going with my two daughters and one of their friends… looking forward to it…
have been looking through websites, Pinterest, and talking with people who’ve been…
we will be going early on a Friday and returning home late on the Monday… not too long but we are planning to see lots while we are there…
everyone I’ve talked with has said it is wonderful… been a bit nervous because I’m not very good in crowds and am worried that there will be tons of people everywhere…
I’m looking forward to dinner at a great restaurant, maybe seeing some cherry trees in bloom and walking in Central Park…
early in the winter I bought a new pair of ECCO sandals and will be happy to break them in on this trip… for a number of years my feel hurt all the time but once I started wearing these shoes they have been pain free…
all winter I wear my sandals at work… people laugh when they see me with bare toes but I can still remember the pain that I was in constantly before… these are the only shoes for me now… I can walk forever…
28 Friday Aug 2015
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big girl pants, dahlia, garden, hummingbird, light, morning glory, sad, storm, weekend
early this morning I was forced to turn on lights because it was dark, sigh… as I was getting ready for work, thunder and lightning were filling the sky…
a few minutes before I had to leave, I ran outside and got this picture of the morning glory blossoms…
apparently the storm did a number on them…
got a nice picture of the dahlia… been thinking I might cut them and bring them into the house… so beautiful…
after work sat outside and was checking my phone when something crossed my vision and hovered in front of the basket of flowers just four feet from me… took a few seconds to realize what it was… a tiny hummingbird… it moved and hovered over the hot tub for another few seconds before flying off… needed to go in and finish dinner, but couldn’t leave the chair in case it came back…
finished off the day with a light ice cream cupcake… it’s been in the freezer for a couple of weeks and really felt like I needed to get it out of there…
ten to nine and it is dark…
going to have to take my SAD light to the office next week and start turning it on…
but, it is the weekend and I am going to enjoy every minute of it…
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