05 Tuesday Feb 2019
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what a wonderful surprise…
the cleaners were supposed to be here yesterday but they took a snow day because of the weather which made perfect sense… I couldn’t get out of the driveway…
I was thinking they wouldn’t be here today although I asked if they might be able to fit me in…
it was a very long day so when I walked through the door and saw they’d been here it was such a treat…
just what I needed;-)…
30 Wednesday Jan 2019
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battery, big girl pants, brrr, cold, frozen, garage, hot tub, pictures, plug, weather, widow, winter
my, oh my… it has been crazy cold…
this morning while I was waiting for the car to warm up a bit, I took some pictures…
the cover of the hot tub is amazing… I haven’t been in it for a while, but it looks like it has turned into a cocoon to keep the heat in, lol…
it is so beautiful as everything is covered in ice…
I don’t usually sit in the car while it is running in the garage, but it was so cold that I felt Indi needed to warm up before we left… although the door was wide open it smelled, so I moved her onto the driveway for a few final minutes…
that’s when I got the pictures, lol…
last night when I left the office it was so cold that it felt like everything in the car was frozen, even though the battery had been plugged in all day…
rarely do we all plug in, but this morning I took this photo… clearly others felt it was cold as well…
23 Tuesday Oct 2018
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big girl pants, garden, leaves, quote, raking, snow, son-in-law, widow, winter, yard cleaning
spent part of the day yesterday trying to find someone to clean up the leaves in the yard… eventually I hired my son-in-law who came today and raked everything up… then he put away all of the lawn furniture… looks great…
also trying to find a snow-clearing company as my grandson who has been doing the snow removal for the last few years is now busy with university and work and not available…
of three places I contacted, two were already filled up for the winter…
I have received a quote from the third place and will be in touch with a few questions…
hoping that it all works out because I don’t need to be worrying about snow when it starts falling, lol…
18 Friday May 2018
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big girl pants, Birchwood Toyota, Indi, nail, rain, service, tires, widow, winter
this morning I put on those big girl pants and headed out to Birchwood Toyota… in the rain… to pick up my tires…
when I took Shadow to trade her for Indi, she still had her winter tires on… got a call about a week ago saying they were ready for pick up…
had a bit of a giggle when I pulled up to one of the three service bay doors… hadn’t realized that it said Lexus on it while the other two said Toyota… a service guy had me move, lol…
once in the bay a kind man went and found my tires, wrapped them up and put them into the car for me…
once home I was able to get them out of the car and piled them up in the corner… I couldn’t lift them to their spot in the shelf, but will have my son-in-law or grandson do it next time they are here… was rather proud that I had managed to get them moved…
and only broke one nail…
11 Sunday Mar 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, health, ice, icy, light, struggles, thinking, walk, weather, widow, winter
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…
06 Tuesday Feb 2018
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winter is often a down season for me… I really miss the light…
George always made sure I had lots of flowers throughout these darker months…
yesterday I was at the grocery store and bought flowers to brighten my space…
they will be in the living room and the bedroom at home and on my desk at work…
also noticing that the days are getting longer…
I already feel happier…
07 Wednesday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, crazy, drift, grandson, shovelling, snow, snowstorm, widow, winter
after such a late start to winter the snow has been coming down like crazy for the last few days…
when I looked out this morning the driveway looked like it had just a bit of snow, but when I opened the garage door I discovered this drift…
clearly the car wasn’t going to make it through that… so I shovelled for a while… wasn’t too windy or cold, in fact I could hear water dripping from the eavestrough as I worked…
it was, however, very heavy… and there wasn’t really anywhere to pile it up, so I did a bit of walking and dumping, lol…
eventually it was cleared enough for me to get the car out…
the drive downtown was slow but steady and most of the roads had little snow on them, thanks to all the workers who have been working around the clock to keep the city moving…
snowed off and on for most of the day and my grandson got dropped off at my office to come home and shovel again…
we parked on the street so he could work without anything in his way…
he worked outside and I made supper inside and we finished at just about the same time…
then we visited… well, he played on his phone and I wrote my blog while we waited for his dad to pick him up when he was done work…
happily we had lots of conversation in the car and over supper…
just need to bring Shadow in and then head to bed…
20 Wednesday Jan 2016
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big girl pants, bunny, diamonds, gentle, snowflakes, sparkly, winter
last night as I went past the window on my way downstairs I spotted the bunny making a trip through the garden…
it was too dark to get a picture so I just stood still and watched… hopped and stopped and hopped some more… at one point it stood up on its hind legs to have a good look around… such fun to watch… then it hopped out of the yard…
tonight, as I drove home huge snowflakes were gently falling… it was so beautiful…
just looked outside and spotted the diamonds in the snow, sparkling like crazy…
winter can be filled with such stunning beauty when you take the time to see it…
04 Sunday Oct 2015
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big girl pants, clouds, condo, fish, flicker, plants, pond, transition, winter
early this morning the sky was beautiful with some lovely clouds…
checked on the morning glory and mandevilla… still trying to bloom even though it is getting colder as we transition into the fall season…
not long after that, caught a Flicker at the pond getting a drink…
the weather wasn’t so great and for the rest of the day, it was overcast with a bit of rain now and again…
when the kids came over, the boys worked to catch and bring in fish…
so far we have four or five fish who have made the trip into their winter condo… the rest were doing a great job of hiding… there must be at least a dozen left out there…
lovely to have some buddies in the house…
the guys also brought in some of the pond plants and they look nice in the front window…
will be interesting to see if they make it through the winter…
09 Monday Feb 2015
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big girl pants, depths, energizing, hot tub, ReImagining, winter
what a wonderful re-energizing evening with my ReImagining friends…
had chicken pot pie from Costco and it was delicious… with broccoli salad and Greek salad… topped it off with a small piece of lovely light cheesecake for dessert…
then a great conversation about the goodness in the depths of the darkness of winter…
exhausted when I got there, but filled with peace and contentment when I left…
once home had a lovely hot tub to top off the evening…
fabulous way to start the week…
