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cooking…

18 Thursday Sep 2014

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bechamel, big girl pants, cheese, cooking, crockpot, Pinterest, potatoes, purple

last night and this morning I worked on a crockpot recipe for our potluck today…

for the last year or so we have had Souper Thursdays where we’ve taken turns bringing soup for our lunch…

today was our kick-off meal…

I chose to make crockpot scalloped potatoes… spent quite a bit of time on Pinterest looking for possibilities…

on Sunday I made a test batch which we had to go along with the tacos, lol…

came out very nice and were cooked perfectly…

last night I made the cheesy béchamel to go on top of the potatoes… I have always called it white sauce and have used the recipe that I learned in grade seven home economics class… still have the book… but really béchamel sounds so much fancier, lol…

I also prepped the onions and peeled the potatoes… I enjoy thinking of the people who will be eating my food as I work…

this morning got up, sliced the potatoes and filled the crockpot with the potatoes, salt and onions… then I poured the sauce over and took the whole thing to the office… plugged it in on high and left the crockpot to do its work…

hmmmm, apparently four hours wasn’t quite enough time, so had to nuke them to finish cooking right before our lunch… put a few more potatoes in and guess they needed just a bit more time…

but my crockpot is beautiful…

IMG_8265.JPGmy daughter bought it for me and I traded my black and silver one with her for this gorgeous purple one…

potatoes were good by the way…

light…

17 Wednesday Sep 2014

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big girl pants, garden, geese, George, light, morning glory, sun

noticing every day how there is less light… waking up in the dark and needing to turn on the lights to get ready…

the sun is setting around eight so it is dark before you know it… less than thirteen hours of light each day…

the garden is struggling as well, what with the low temperatures… I check as soon as I get outside to see if any morning glories have braved the weather and bloomed…

IMG_8256.JPGI can’t see a morning glory without thinking of George counting how many were blooming each morning when I was in hospital for a six week period, and often bringing me a picture… sure do miss him…

IMG_8257.JPGhard to see, but this is a picture of some geese flying over first thing… the sound of their honking makes it clear that Fall is coming, lol…

IMG_8258.JPGfresh tomato with my chicken, potatoes and roasted garlic tonight… love popping something into the oven and napping while it cooks…

even with a persistent cold, life is good…

still…

16 Tuesday Sep 2014

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cold, juice, morning glories, sky, still, strawberry

this morning it was warmer out and the morning glories were trying to open…

IMG_8245.JPGwhen I looked up the clouds in the sky were like a picture…

IMG_8246.JPGas the day went on I felt less and less well… by the time I left the office my throat was very sore and I was coughing more…

I am still sick with this cold and decided to head right to bed…

IMG_8249.JPGphone seemed to ring off the hook, but eventually the calls stopped… made some orange and strawberry juice which usually makes me feel better…

really need to shake this…

comfort

15 Monday Sep 2014

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big girl pants, BS friends, comfort, companions, tomatoes

too cold for the morning glories today… but it was beautiful when I left the office… sun was shining and it was around 20 Celsius… very nice after a week of rather chilly temperatures…

the tomatoes were looking rather sad, so I took them off the vine… certainly didn’t get as many as usual…

IMG_8239.JPGwas very happy to spend a couple of hours with my BS friends… it is always great to be together and we haven’t met for a while – I was away and then there were scheduling conflicts… these women have been my companions for over two decades… being with them provides comfort and balance in my life…

storage…

14 Sunday Sep 2014

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big girl pants, George, Rona, shoes, storage, Trones

had a quiet morning, taking it easy… then I cooked the meat for our taco supper…

kids picked me up and we went to Rona to get screws and anchors to hang up the shoe storage containers at the front door… still find it difficult to go there without seeing George… today one of the people helping us said I looked familiar, and when I said I was George’s wife, he said they still miss him… while we were out we ran a couple of errands, got home and finished the prep for dinner while Jeff put up the units…

IMG_8233.JPGJeff figured out how to give me access to the plug through the first bin… still have to put a board across the top to finish it off…

IMG_8234.JPGthe front area looks great and I got most of the shoes in and put a couple aside to give away… think I will hang scarves in front of these…

cold…

13 Saturday Sep 2014

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alyssum, big girl pants, chicken soup, cold, hot tub, spider

been a very quiet day… taking it easy in the hopes of shaking this cold…

went outside a few times, mainly to put chemicals in the hot tub…

IMG_8227.JPGwhile I was out there took a pic of the fish in the tub pond…

IMG_8228.JPGone of the pots is gorgeous, filled with beautiful alyssum which smells absolutely gorgeous…

IMG_8226.JPGmade some chicken soup in the hope that it will help fight the cold…

had my big girl pants on when a huge spider ran across the ceiling in the bedroom… got a book and dealt with it without even cringing…

fighting…

12 Friday Sep 2014

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big girl pants, cold, fighting, hot tub, Kraft dinner

been fighting with a cold for the last few days…

sadly I think it might be winning…

last night when I got home I climbed into my pyjamas and then into bed… woke up two hours later, made some Kraft dinner, had a quick hot tub and went back to bed…

IMG_8192.JPGmade it through the day but am back in bed…

hopefully a quiet day tomorrow will sort things out…

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look…

11 Thursday Sep 2014

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geese, look, morning glories, sky

this morning I was taking a picture of the morning glories… I can’t really go past them without checking to see how many are blooming…

IMG_8181.JPGthis one was particularly beautiful as it looks like the light is glowing from the centre…

IMG_8180.JPGheard the geese and looked up to see them flying by the trees… such a beautiful sight and sound…

IMG_8182.JPGas I drove to work the sky was quite amazing and I was able to get a picture at a stop light…

lovely what you see if you take the time to look…

full…

10 Wednesday Sep 2014

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full, Japanese Maple, moon, ornament

this morning I got a couple of shots of the moon… it was full last night but cloudy here, so I was happy to see it this morning…

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IMG_8155.JPGweather has been very cool and the plants in the garden are shivering…

brought in the Japanese Maple because I don’t want it to lose all its leaves again…

enjoyed the beauty of the clouds in the sky as I drove to the office, the sound of the geese flying over and also my lovely ornament hanging from the rear view mirror…

IMG_8162.JPGit is a sterling Christmas ornament that spells out JOY… it is hanging there to help me find my car, lol… but it also reminds me to see the joy in everything…

maybe…

09 Tuesday Sep 2014

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big girl pants, flowers, lock, maybe

the other day when I was cleaning out that difficult drawer, I came across this key…

IMG_8148.JPGthought it looked like the one for the safety deposit box they showed me at the credit union …

very excited and hopeful, I stopped in on my way home tonight to see…

the person I showed it to thought it was theirs as well… she found another
staff person and we went into the vault and they tried it in two boxes, both with the same number…

it didn’t fit either… we’ve had that
safety deposit box for probably forty years… think they moved it when the credit union moved to its new location, lol… haven’t been in it since 2005… and I’m fairly sure it is empty…

they can have a locksmith come in and drill it open for about $150, so if I can’t find the key I may have to do that…

currently I pay around $50 per year for it… used to be about $15 which didn’t seem too expensive…

tonight a few flowers were still blooming, even though the temperature has been very chilly for the last few days…

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maybe the right key will turn up…

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