10 Sunday Nov 2019
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aquasize, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, fish, food, French fries, memories, moments, oil, widow
made fish and chips for my supper recently…
the house smelled of cooking oil… triggered some lovely memories…
on aquasize night when I got home, there would always be fish and chips ready…
and my beloved made the world’s best french fries…
09 Saturday Nov 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, dad, family, father, gentle, memories, picture, remembering, soldier, special, strays, widow, work
been thinking of my dad a lot recently… his birthday was in November and he spent time overseas as a soldier, so during these days of remembrance it just seems right to look back at some lovely memories…
this photo is from Then to Now, the history of La Salle, Manitoba…
a gentle man, in all ways… he spoke quietly but if you were in trouble you knew it… not that you’d be in trouble very often…
he always saw the best in people, which made him particularly suited for his work with Canada Manpower where he helped individuals figure out what type of work they were best suited for, and then found them an appropriate position… in those days you might only have one or two jobs in your career…
at home, he took in strays… not animals, lol, people… we would often have someone staying with us who needed a safe place to regroup for a while…
he was wise and generous… one of those people who always had a thoughtful opinion when you needed it, although, only when asked… and would give you the shirt off his back, or anything else he had, if he felt it would help…
he has been gone for over thirty years but I can still hear his wisdom…
I miss you dad…
04 Monday Nov 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, blog, followers, loss, memories, moments, Technology, widow
just reached 350 followers on WordPress…
laughed the other day when a friend introduced me and said that I had 3000 followers… really made me giggle, lol… 300… 3000… very close;-)…
it has taken six years to reach that number…
had me thinking of the changes over that time… how the blog has gone from information on what to do when you become a widow/widower to my daily life…
my life really has been blessed… as I continue to put on those big girl pants…
30 Wednesday Oct 2019
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backing, big girl pants, family, memories, parents, poppy, remembering, widow
picked up a poppy the other day…
dug around and found a backing piece and put the poppy on my jacket… I hate to lose them…
it feels important to wear this sign of respect for our veterans and those who serve now…
I remember my mom and dad, my father-in-law and my son-in-law…
29 Tuesday Oct 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, memories, moments, organized, prepared, review, widow, will
recently I’ve heard a lot about Wills…
today on tv they were discussing the need for one, and how most people don’t get that piece of organization done…
I did mine in July of 2012… and I likely need to update it as they mentioned you should review it every five years or so…
amazingly, it has been over seven years since it was written… it was shortly after my beloved died and I was getting ready to have major surgery… I wanted to have my affairs in order on the chance that I didn’t make it… wanted things to be as easy as possible for the girls…
rather proud that I was able to put my fingers on it right away when I went looking, lol…
27 Sunday Oct 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, condo, family, fish, garden, grandsons, pond, searched, son-in-law, widow
all the boys came for dinner tonight…
they searched for fish in the pond, but the fish are trying really hard not to be found… wish we could tell them they are going to freeze if they don’t come into the condo;-(…
my son-in-law is much more patient than the younger boys although he only caught a few… two more of the babies and one bigger one…
we talked about catching the fish with grandpa and how the three biggest ones have been in the tank and pond since before he died…
we will continue to see if we can find more… still time before the pond freezes over…
21 Monday Oct 2019
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I’m not sure why but I love bendy buses…
I’ve ridden in them in Ottawa, when visiting my daughter and son-in-law… there are lots of them there…
there haven’t been many here until recently…
for whatever reason they’ve been driving down the street by our office and I got a photo the other day…
not sure why, but when I see them they make me smile…
16 Wednesday Oct 2019
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big girl pants, everyone, family, fish, shopping, sushi, time together, widow
recently had a wonderful afternoon with my grandson…
he picked me up and took me to vote at the advance poll… then we went out for sushi and a visit to what is becoming our favourite fish store…
from there it was on to Costco, where everyone in St. James appeared to have decided to go at the same time as us, lol…
home and he helped put everything away, including all of the items that needed to go downstairs…
then it was off home to make supper for his siblings…
15 Tuesday Oct 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, fish, fun, garden, goldfish, grandsons, hiding, home, nature, pond, snow, stirring, supper, thanksgiving, why, widow
what a busy day yesterday… I’d prepped everything for our dinner ahead of time… good thing…
my three grandsons and a friend arrived at 1:30 and we were busy until around 7…
the younger two shovelled the driveway and the older two started working on getting the condo ready for the fish… they cleaned the tank, washed the gravel and rocks, spent time placing the rocks and then put in pond water and tap water…
all of them worked on catching the fish in the pond… that didn’t go so well as they only caught seven and one of the teeny babies… there must be another fifteen still out there, lol… hoping that the daddy will be able to collect the rest…
my beloved was always very patient in the catching process, although sometimes in the spring we might find one that hadn’t made it inside…
at about this point we discovered that the pump in the tank wasn’t working so the two older boys ran out to the Pet Store and were able to get a replacement…
then we finished getting supper ready and on the table… it was fun because I gave each of them a task to complete…
the middle grandson wanted to know why I did this every year because it was a lot of work, lol… he was stirring the gravy;-)…
supper was delicious and we had great conversation… they headed out shortly after we finished and I had a rest before starting on the disaster in the kitchen;-)… seems like the more helpers you have, the bigger the mess…
finished cleaning up this morning and had a very tasty plate of leftovers for my lunch…
13 Sunday Oct 2019
one of the things I love about Thanksgiving is the preparation…
today is my day for prepping… I’ve been making Thanksgiving dinner for decades and I’ve got it down to a science, lol…
I do miss my beloved’s help… besides making sure the house was clean and tidy ~ particularly the front closet, lol, he often made apple pie from scratch… yesterday a Facebook reminder from ten years ago mentioned the smell of apples being peeled for pie…
used the mandolin to slice up the rather tiny turnip… next up was getting potatoes peeled and cut up… I made extra so the boys can take home leftovers to get through the week…
then on to the stuffing… used two large loaves of bread because the boys requested “extra, extra”… hand ripped the bread and the mandolin worked great for the onions;-)…
table is nearly set although I couldn’t find the box of Thanksgiving decorations, lol…
