What's in your wallet?

A few weeks ago, my sister blogged about what was in her freezer, snack pantry and bar. After that I noticed that I could hardly close my wallet and wondered why and finally I realized I had too many things in there.

I did not realize I had my ID for my lens after I had surgery and I did not think I should be carrying that with me everyday. There was the number tag for my keys for my vehicle. And then the numerous reward cards for stores I buy groceries, toiletries, casino cards, credit cards, debit card, health card, medical benefits cards and more cards and coins. All 21 cards !!!!! I also have bus tickets, car registration and insurance,  coupons from Sobey's so I can collect more Aeroplan points
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When I took this picture, the only thing missing is paper money which is the main reason why we carry a wallet. It was before the weekend and I guess I had spent all my money and I only go to the bank or ATM machines on Fridays after work. 

This weekend I will try to leave only the cards I feel I need. And maybe I will take a look at my purse and see what things I have there. Oh, there might be weird things, and I have no idea why they would be there.

It is almost weekend....enjoy it.



More freebies.....

When my niece and family came over for a visit, they had brought with them sandals and shoes given by my aunt and grandniece. They know I love shoes and I do and have a lot. My youngest son would say..."As if she needs more pairs",  I took two to work and only got pictures of the other two.

Thanks Wiwa and Victoria



Another freebie

A few months ago, one of my office mates was sent to audit a property in Slave Lake which is a norhtern town. Since she stayed in a hotel and had nothing much to do after office hours, she has done a lot of window shopping/shopping really.

She bought a pair of casual boots and took it home. After getting back to Edmonton, she tried the boots again and realized it was too tight for her. Now, she can't go back to return the boots.

She gave it to me as we wear the same size foot wear. Thanks a lot Jillie.



A busy weekend.....

On Friday my niece and her family came into town. My grandniece had a hockey tournament over the weekend. Saturday after lunch, they picked me up to watch one of her games. She was with a mixed team from Yellowknife and playing against all boys team. They had played against this team and had won and with this game, they were behind but managed to tie the game with much help from the 3 girls. All 3 were good, even the guys behind us were commenting on how good they were.

After the game we went to WEM (West Edmonton Mall). Where else would people who visit Edmonton go to shop? We went to stores the girl wanted to shop. When we went to Victoria's Secret, all of us bought some underwear. Then we went to The Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner. I had the seafood linguine with Alfredo sauce. It was good. As usual I forgot to take pictures. We went home when the mall was closing.

Sunday, they picked me up again and we went to have dinner at Pagolac, a Vietnamese restaurant. I had the hot pot (seafood combination). We had salad roll and spring roll for appetizers. Then they came and stopped by my place for more than an hour and we had fun just doing crazy things.

We might meet again tomorrow at WEM.

Victoria in action. She had one assist and a goal.

On the menu....for someone

As I have mentioned in the last blog, I have a friend who is quite ill. So I decided to make it a bit easier for her, I have cooked and baked a few meals for her and her hubby.

Menudo

Banana bread

A different adobo version

magic bars

I have cooked/made other meals but did not have pictures.....macaroni salad and beef stir fry with garlic black bean sauce. I hope that I have helped her recovery even in a small way. Get well soon.

Appreciate what we have.....

During the time I had taken a break from blogging, I had been doing a lot of complaining about the inconvenience of having had the surgery. There was a time when I felt regret about having it done.

Then two weeks ago, I found out that a good friend of mine who is legally blind in one eye and the other eye is also not good, had to have surgery. She was diagnosed with breast cancer, this was after she had gone through a different kind of cancer two years ago. She was lucky enough that they got all of it and she did not have to have any kind of treatment.

This time she will have to go through treatment, as they also found cancer in her lymph nodes. I hope she gets through this without a lot of complications.

I realized that whatever I have gone through does not compare to what she will have to deal with. I thought about how lucky I am compared to other people and that I should really appreciate what I have.

I have faced illness and survived or overcame it. Sometimes I feel that we do not see or realize the life we have is so good and we should just enjoy it.

She will be in my thoughts and prayers.

I'm back.....

It had been more than 6 weeks since my last blog and my right eye has completely healed and the left one is on its way to healing, hopefully completely. I have had a few complications and it did not help that I am a diabetic and we are slow healer. Sometimes I still feel things but even my doctor had told me to start to ignore it. My left eye is still having a bit of a problem and I hope I don't have to go through the option of another surgery and this time they would have to get into my eyeball......OUCH!!!! even my doctor said he would not want to do it.

I will be blogging again. I would like to thank my friends who have been there for me during all these times, giving me a ride to get groceries, getting to the doctor and back to the office and even helping with washing my vehicle which has collected dust while parked underground for a long time.

It is spring but the weather is still cold. I still take the transit in the morning and I walk home when it is warm. Soon I will be walking in the morning as well, it is still a bit dark yet in the morning.

I have relatives coming this Monday. My grandniece is playing in a hockey tournament and I hope to watch at least a game. I will try to go with them when and if they do some shopping.

I have been baking on the weekends but I still forget to take pictures but I have a few to post soon. I hope you will take the time to read my blog even though I have been away for a long time.