19 Friday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Fleurs de Villes, fourth, gift, moments, nature, Technology, The Leaf at Assiniboine Park, weather, widow
a few days ago I booked my fourth visit to Fleurs de Villes at The Leaf in January;-)…
it is always wonderful to see and I have given a number of friends tickets to go (with me of course)…
seems like a perfect Christmas gift for anyone who appreciates art, flowers, nature, and creativity… especially after looking out the window and seeing this, lol…
17 Wednesday Dec 2025
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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, continuity, exercise, friend, moments, warm, water, weather, widow
went to our last aquasize for the year on Tuesday…
the weather was warm, which always makes going out more fun;-)…
it is always a great time, even if we are worn out at the end of the class, lol…
we’ve had to miss a few times due to other activities, and we are going to change to Thursdays in the new year which means we shouldn’t miss any…
being there every week will also provide some continuity and keep us more fit…
13 Saturday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, colleagues, commemorated, memories, moments, retirement, Technology, widow, work
Facebook reminded me that yesterday commemorated my last day of work six years ago… it was a special and fun day…
I spent the day saying farewell to my colleagues and had lunch out with a former colleague…
surprising to think that so much time has passed… and how much I have enjoyed these past years of retirement;-)…
11 Thursday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, display, enjoy, holiday display, lights, moments, nighttime, shift, Technology, The Leaf, volunteer, widow
so happy that my volunteer shift went until six…
got to see the new display when it was completely dark outside…
and the new hanging lights add such a delightful effect…
it is beautiful in the day, but if you have the opportunity to see it at night as well, go for it…
10 Wednesday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, championship, early, F1, F1 Qualifying, moments, snuggled, Technology, widow
got up early Saturday morning to watch the final F1 Qualifying of the season…
there is great excitement as these three were all in the hunt for the Driver Championship…
up a few minutes before to get a pot of tea ready, and then snuggled back into bed to watch the action…
watching live is much more fun than the PVRed version, although I do tape them to be sure to be able to see them if anything comes up and I miss the live show…
08 Monday Dec 2025
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recently I purchased a few pairs of wide leg pants…
of course they had to go to be shortened…
it only took a few minutes for them to be pinned…
one of the pairs is cargo pants… I am excited to have them for volunteering… it will be great to have a few more pockets to pop things into, lol…
just got them back and they look great…
excited to wear them at my next volunteer shift at The Leaf;-)…
07 Sunday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, friends, fundraiser, moments, ornaments, planter, put away ornaments, weather, widow
went to Shelmerdine with a friend to pick up some items from a fundraiser she was connected with…
always a treat to wander through all the areas of the greenhouse… even found a little something for someone’s next year’s Christmas present…
this planter was so pretty and the balls were so nice, especially with the snow on them…
when I got home I hung the swag that came from the fundraiser on the front door… not sure if the cord needs to be shorter…
lovely treat;-)…
06 Saturday Dec 2025
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adventure, big girl pants, blessed, fish and chips, friend, liver, moments, onions, widow
after aquasize, my adventure buddy and I did some Christmas shopping…
then we had lunch out…
we chose Silver Heights Restaurant and had a great meal…
she had fish and chips and I was so happy to have liver and onions in gravy with mashed potatoes…
meals that we had each been craving;-)…
it was delicious and we are planning another lunch there as there were a few other items on the menu that were calling to us…
05 Friday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, completed, done, family, mailed, moments, presents, Technology, tree, widow, wrapped
enjoyed time in the computer room wrapping up the Christmas presents…
this year there was just a small box to go to Ottawa which went into the mail a few days ago… a few items were ordered and delivered directly to them…
the remainder of the presents are now under the tree…
happy to have this piece of work completed…
04 Thursday Dec 2025
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beloved, big girl pants, birthday, blessed, Christmas stocking, family, grandson, memories, moments, Technology, widow, widowhood, WordPress
as I sit here quietly in the living room I am thinking of two big events that took place in the last few days…
the first was a congratulatory note from WordPress… on December 1st, 2012 I began writing about my journey into widowhood… and have continued that since then, moving into commenting on my life…
the second was today, which would have been my beloved’s 77th birthday… this year we had burgers here, one of his favourite foods, while the kids in Ottawa had an apple galette… he loved apple pie… we had a video visit between the burgers and galette, lol…
my grandson is going to use his Christmas stocking for the first time…
I sure do miss him🤗…
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