25 Friday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cream cheese, fish, food, Gimli Fish Market, Goldeye, happy, lunch, moments, shopping, smoked, treat, widow
I love smoked Goldeye and don’t have it too often…
yesterday, when I was out with a friend we stopped in at Gimli Fish Market and I was able to pick one up…
today, I made Goldeye cream cheese for the future and had Goldeye with cucumber and onion salad for my lunch…
delicious, what a treat;-)…
21 Monday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cooked, family, food, grandson, moments, nature, parcel, shopping, shovel, snow, supper, Technology, texted, widow
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;-)…
20 Sunday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, finished, friend, living room, moments, parcel, plants, read, reorganized, scones, visit, weather, widow
a good friend came by Friday morning with a parcel they picked up for me…
I also received some delicious scones;-)…
after they left, I spent time in the living room reorganizing the space…
tidied and moved plants, rearranged tables and sat and read in the finished space…
18 Friday Nov 2022
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Advent, advent calendar, arrive, big girl pants, blessed, calendar, Canadian Chocoholic, chocolate, Christmas, Decadence Chocolates, family, food, happy, hibiscus, moments, purple, Technology, treat, widow
the Advent calendar has made its way back into the living room… it looks so great in that spot…
last year it was filled with yummy bonbons from Decadence Chocolates…
this year it will be filled with bits and pieces from Canadian Chocoholic’s stash…
now I just have to to wait for the parcel to arrive with the chocolate to go into it😊…
16 Wednesday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, Eggs Benedict, food, hollandaise, moments, sauce, treat, widow
took some time and made a nice breakfast…
quite a while ago, I got some packets of hollandaise sauce… used one for the first time…
started with an Eggo waffle for the base, added some bacon and then a poached egg… finished it off with the hollandaise…
came out nicely and I enjoyed it;-)…
14 Monday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, craving, delicious, food, friends, lobster, macaroni, macaroni and cheese, memories, moments, shrimp, supper, widow
I had a craving for macaroni and cheese… well I really wanted lobster mac and cheese, but didn’t have any lobster… I did have shrimp so decided on shrimp macaroni and cheese…
macaroni and cheese has been one of our family favourites… whenever I visit my daughter it is on the list of things that I must make, lol…
I was going to use oat milk instead of 2% regular milk which I didn’t have, but was told it wouldn’t turn out the way I am used to…
I cooked the macaroni and set it in the fridge to cool… then I contacted a friend and they brought me the milk as they were coming over anyway… yay…
once you’ve got a craving it is hard not to make what you want…
I made two pots… one with shrimp and bacon and one with only bacon…
I am going to package some up for the next few days and freeze some for down the road;-)…
it was absolutely delicious and I may have eaten two bowls;-)…
12 Saturday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cream, food, moments, mushroom soup, Pinterest, widow
made cream of mushroom soup on Saturday…
had some mushrooms that needed to be used up, so I searched Pinterest for a recipe…
the one I tried was simple and turned out delicious…
made me happy because I no longer use canned soups and now I may make some recipes that call for them…
06 Sunday Nov 2022
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, chicken, moments, weather, widow, zucchini, zucchini basil
cooling off again, so it appears I need to make soup…
recently, it was zucchini basil, with the basil I got in my grocery order…
came out nicely… I added a bit of poached chicken to finish this cup off…
four containers filled and ready for the fridge and freezer…
wonder what kind I will make next…
04 Friday Nov 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, craving, family, food, French fries, fries, memories, moments, neighbour, smell, treat, widow
a while ago, as I was sitting on the deck reading, I smelled hot oil…
my neighbour was making French fries for his family… he makes them in the garage so the house doesn’t get all smelly…
it reminded me of my beloved… one of his specialties was homemade French fries…
I really wanted some, and finally made a batch of frozen ones… not nearly as delicious as his, lol… but helped with the craving…
interesting how quickly a scent can take you somewhere…
03 Thursday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, birds, birdwatching, blessed, cooking, family, fire pit, food, grandkids, homemade, moments, nature, portion, spaghetti sauce, supper, widow
had a great day on Tuesday…
worked on homemade spaghetti sauce for a good portion of the day…
watched chickadees, nuthatches, and squirrels out the front window…
set the table for supper with the kids and tidied the house in preparation for the cleaners…
finished getting the rest of supper ready and had a great visit over the meal…
and they fixed the fire pit…
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