24 Saturday Dec 2022
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my dad insisted on turnip water to make the gravy… felt it added just the right flavour… so I cook turnips for every holiday meal, lol… and I’ve also passed along the need for this important ingredient to others;-)…
of course when I ordered the turnip I got two good sized ones, lol…
happily I was able to give one to a friend…
I peeled and cut up the other one and after boiling it, saved the water for gravy, and mashed it up…
had a bowlful and put some away to go with Sunday’s dinner;-)…
18 Sunday Dec 2022
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had some fun this morning… after going out and shovelling the droppings from the city snow plows…
been planning to colour the letters for these chocolate ornaments that I received from Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers…
finally got around to it… sadly there was no purple in the paintbox🤪…
I am pleased with how they came out… I used some of my gifts from last year in a slightly different way and enjoyed the time…
now they are on the tree…
14 Wednesday Dec 2022
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I’ve been taking the time to enjoy the moments…
one of those moments was my delight at finally getting a stain out of this sweater;-)…
seems like a little thing, but I had tried for ages to get it out… particularly as I have been wearing more long sleeved warm tops…
reminded me of my mom, who loved doing laundry, and could just about remove any stain…
13 Tuesday Dec 2022
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been wrapping presents and in the process, making a bit of a mess, lol…
things are now ready to pop in the mail and the finished parcels have found their way into the living room…
Christmas is coming and things are getting organized;-)…
almost ready;-)…
06 Tuesday Dec 2022
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Sunday we celebrated my beloved’s birthday…
the kids in Ottawa ordered A&W and I ordered it here… this was as close as we could manage to get burgers which were one of his favourites, lol…
ordering and having the meal delivered makes it easy to meet and eat at a specific time without going crazy in the kitchen trying to get separate meals ready…
we met online and enjoyed our burgers and chatted about him…
whenever we meet up we like to “cheers”… in person or over screens…
after we finished our call, I had one of their apple turnovers… he loved apple pie;-)…
it was a low key and enjoyable way to remember him…
03 Saturday Dec 2022
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Thursday marked 10 years since I started blogging…
and when I looked at my stats, they tell me I have reached 500 followers… wow…
it also means that ten years have passed since my beloved left me…
just yesterday a delivery arrived and the box smelled of cigarette smoke… haven’t smelled that for years and it reminded me of him, as he was a smoker…
I miss him all the time, but I also know he would be proud of how I have grown over these years…
01 Thursday Dec 2022
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today marks 10 years since I started blogging…
and when I look at my stats, it tells me I have reached 500 followers… wow…
it also means that ten years have passed since my beloved left me… ten years…
just yesterday a delivery arrived and the box smelled of cigarette smoke… haven’t smelled that for years and it reminded me of him, as he was a smoker…
I miss him all the time, but I also know he would be proud of how I have grown over these years…
this photo includes a wooden angel that he made for me;-)…
ten years…
30 Wednesday Nov 2022
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I received a box of individually wrapped pieces of chocolate in the mail to fill my Advent calendar…
was very happy and quick to pop one into each of the twenty four squares in the box… and there are two on the last day so that I can enjoy one on Christmas Day;-)…
now to wait for tomorrow, when I get to open the first one;-)…
21 Monday Nov 2022
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had a lovely day on Saturday…
started with six beautiful hibiscus flowers smiling at me;-)…
my grandson texted to say they were going to pick up some groceries and a parcel for me so we decided to have supper together…
I had a good time making stuffing and mashed potatoes, cooking mushrooms for gravy, and getting a chicken ready to roast…
in between those activities I watched speed skating and a Christmas movie, lol…
when the kids arrived we enjoyed a great visit and delicious meal… then he shovelled the driveway, decks and sidewalks… I truly am blessed…
it is always a treat to spend time with them;-)…
19 Saturday Nov 2022
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was out for the first full sidewalk shovel of the year on Thursday…
last week I did the very front portion of the sidewalk closest to the road, lol… but the shovel I used was not good… it was heavy and the snow clung to the metal…
we went to Canadian Tire and checked out all the options… finally I chose this plastic one…
it worked well and as there wasn’t much snow on the ground it didn’t take too long…
a bit later in the day, I shovelled to the back lane so that the garbage bin could go out;-)…
and then the snow started again, lol…
big quiet flakes;-)…
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