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03 Tuesday Jan 2017

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ate well today… started with smoothies… mine was the usual spinach, yogurt, avocado and almond milk… my daughter’s was banana, frozen red berries, coconut yogurt, a bit of spinach, almond milk, and chocolate nibs…
we made it out of the driveway… there was a good bit of snow in it but I didn’t get stuck…

did a bit of shopping, came home, picked up her luggage and went for sushi on the way to the airport…

yummy… and I didn’t eat too much…

got her to the airport and then went and picked up a few groceries…

made it home and into the garage without getting stuck…

my grandson and his girlfriend came over and he shovelled… 

made them pizza and I had goldeye, salad and radishes…

after supper they headed across town…

I am now home alone… 

with tea and the last two imperial cheese cookies from one of my Christmas gifts…

museum…

02 Monday Jan 2017

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started the day with breakfast at the “A” as my son-in-law was leaving around noon… we took the car cause it was kind of chilly out…

good sized snowflakes were coming down so I took a bit of time and got a few good shots…

came home, packed up the son-in-law and dropped him off for his flight…

we ended up waiting with him for over a hour… always sad when they are heading home…

we headed downtown, visited Chocolatier Constance Popp chocolate shop and went to check out the Empowering Women Exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights…

we didn’t walk the ramps due to time constraints but it would have really helped our Fitbit steps, lol…

it was very windy today which made it feel especially cold… but we did go to The Forks for a short wander… nice to check out the renovations…

came home, warmed up leftover steak and lobster for supper, and then headed out for a hot tub…

in now and planning some chocolate tasting with wine and tea… then to bed…

she leaves tomorrow afternoon…

sparkly…

01 Sunday Jan 2017

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this morning the table was covered with glitter as we toasted the new year over breakfast and then fixed a few things around the house before the kids headed out to visit with friends…

I set the table and prepared for our family New Year’s dinner of steak and lobster… we used to have it on New Year’s Eve but it has morphed into New Year’s Day…

used the Ferrero Roche tree as the centrepiece, as well as our dessert, lol… had fun setting the space up… even put out some glow-in-the-dark bracelets…

groups arrived at different times and last to arrive was the working son-in-law who joined us just after seven and headed right out to the garage to barbecue the steak and lobster…

it was beautifully done and went perfectly with the baked potatoes, escargot stuffed mushrooms, fried Brussels sprouts and Caesar salad…

the dessert tree was a hit as well… the kids cleaned up and we had some fun tasting chocolate…

photo by @thedevils3


fun time… as they were leaving we lit sparklers for them to enjoy…

above 2 photos by @peacecyndi


blessed to be able to spend time with the whole family as the year begins…

toys…

31 Saturday Dec 2016

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got some fun toys over the last week…

first this cool leef gadget… it sticks into the phone and copies whatever is on it, then plugs into the laptop and copies the contents onto the computer… it also acts as storage for my phone…

very quick and easy… think that it is going to be much simpler than connecting a cord to the computer and trying to find the phone before being able to copy over photos and other data… such fun;-)…

also got a much larger hard drive so my computer will stop telling me it is out of room… possibly it thinks I take too many pictures…

and last, but not least, a chromecast… 

just learned about this a few days ago… it streams media from the phone or laptop… I can now watch Netflix from the bedroom, using my phone… very cool…

picked up everything now so that my son-in-law could get it all working before he heads home from holidays…

testing it all to be sure I can work it without any problems when I’m on my own, lol…

hands…

30 Friday Dec 2016

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the out-of-town kids have been staying elsewhere but a few days ago they slept over and in the morning we walked to the “A” for breakfast…

had to get a picture of them walking down the street holding hands…

my beloved and I held hands whenever we were out and about… it is one of the things I miss the most…

the “A” is my son-in-law’s favourite place for breakfast and George really liked it as well… we often had breakfast there on weekends….

breakfast was lovely and we enjoyed our walk back to the house…

with the cold and snowy weather I haven’t been out walking nearly as much as usual…

stoneware…

29 Thursday Dec 2016

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stopped in at The Stoneware Gallery this afternoon…

my, oh my… what fun I had…

came home with three beautiful pieces…

this small plate was my first pick… the colour is such a wonderful shade of purple… and it looks like it has a spiral pattern…

then I found a small shallow bowl with a purple dragonfly…

the final piece was this large stunning bowl in various shades of mauve…

haven’t purchased any pottery for ages, so felt like I hit the jackpot…

now to reorganize the shelves to make room for them…

tasting…

28 Wednesday Dec 2016

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last night we spent some time preparing chocolate tasting packages…

we prepared six of them… two for us and four to do with some of the kids’ friends while they are here…

it is a bit of a process… first my daughter chose which bars to use… first tasting was chocolate from Central and South America…

then we wrote down which bar was used and wrapped a few small pieces of each type in foil… because you usually taste five or six pieces they don’t need to be big… so the bars go a long way…

numbered them and put them into bags…

then we had our tasting… we paired it with a California Square red wine… in the end, the wine wasn’t that great a match, but the chocolate was delicious…

it was also great fun to do the prep work… 

going to look into finding a better wine to pair with the next batch of chocolate…