05 Monday Sep 2022
Posted in business, family, food, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
Tags
bacon, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, family, food, lunch, moments, son-in-law, supper, Technology, treats, widow, work for food
while he was here we worked at having all the foods my son-in-law has missed…
we’ve had burgers and bacon in many forms… we’ve been to a few favourite places…
we ordered samosas and butter chicken… and had Chinese food…
and then there was Tony Roma’s and Captain’s Table and Dairy Queen;-)…
and a few of my recipes were included, lol…
a delicious two weeks😁…
29 Monday Aug 2022
Posted in family, food, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
Tags
arrange, big girl pants, blessed, cupboards, dishes, family, foodstuff, kitchen, moments, painting, widow
Saturday morning, all the dishes went back into the cupboards… woohoo…
it was fun to arrange, and then rearrange, everything until it was just right;-)…
we left the doors off to be sure there is good airflow to get rid of any paint smell…
then we removed all the foodstuff from the cupboards on the other side of the sink… and put them on the table in the dining room… it was a bit of a process, but we eventually removed the shelf liner… what a difference between the dark and light insides…
once the doors came down, I took them outside to remove hinges and knobs and then cleaned them…
while that was happening, the shelves were sanded and two coats of primer put on them…
coming along nicely…
26 Friday Aug 2022
Posted in business, family, food, life, moments, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, installed, kitchen, moments, painting, screen, son-in-law, Technology, widow
busy day Wednesday… we went to Rona and picked up paint and a few other bits and pieces… then Best Buy for a couple more switches… finally Safeway for the last item for our supper…
once we got home, plastic was put all around the kitchen… the ceiling was scraped and sanded… plastic came down, floors were swept, paint went up and a new light fixture was installed…
it works perfectly with the switch that went in a few days ago, and which has a dimmer in it… it is beautiful and puts out a great deal of light…
the screen door was removed and had a good scrub down before going back into its track…
almost invisible now, lol…
the new switches were installed and we had bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches for supper…
woohoo…
24 Wednesday Aug 2022
Posted in business, food, garden, life, moments, nature, Photography, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, flowers, friends, garden, memories, moments, nature, Park Cafe, pictures, stroll, treat, usher, walk, widow
on Monday morning we went to the Park Café for breakfast with my BS buddies and then took a stroll around the English and Leo Mol Gardens…
my son-in-law and I walked over and met the rest of the group inside the restaurant… it was wonderful to finally get there, as it had been a long time… breakfast was tasty and my favourite server mentioned how she had missed seeing me😊…
it was the first time I’ve been back in the Gardens for at least a few years and they were full of colour and blooms…
what a lovely way to usher in the week…
16 Tuesday Aug 2022
Posted in business, food, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized
Tags
big girl pants, blessed, bread, flowers, garden, gladiola, moments, nature, purple, shopping, treat, widow, Wolseley Farmers Market
went to the Wolseley Farmers Market with a friend and had a great time…
came home with a bag filled with beans, peas, green onions, a zucchini, baby potatoes, garlic, bread, a mushroom galette, and a beet and pesto treat…
and two gorgeous stalks of purple gladiola;-)…
11 Thursday Aug 2022
Posted in business, family, food, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
Tags
big girl pants, birthday, blessed, Blizzards, Dairy Queen, dinner, family, food, grandson, moments, treat, widow, zucchini
had the kids over for dinner…
we had steak and zucchini, which they barbecued…
mushrooms that my grandson cooked, even though it was his birthday;-)…
salad as well as twice stuffed potatoes, which I made;-)…
everything was delicious and we all enjoyed it…
then we went for blizzards…
I haven’t had one for many years and it was delicious… I ate more than half of it before putting the rest in the freezer, lol…
02 Tuesday Aug 2022
Posted in food, garden, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
Tags
beans, big girl pants, blessed, bowlful, delicious, garden, moments, neighbours, widow
my neighbour brought me a few handfuls of beans… mainly green, but a few yellow and one purple…
I made a delicious bowlful for lunch…
so fresh and delicious… a wonderful treat…
27 Wednesday Jul 2022
Posted in food, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized
Tags
big girl pants, food, garden, moments, nature, snack, squirrels, strawberry, widow
I did not put this almost completely eaten strawberry (which I found on the weekend) on the top of the deck…
and then, a few days ago I spotted one of the red squirrels racing across the deck and into the cedars, with a whole strawberry in his mouth, which he took from the hanging basket…
luckily, I have been able to get a few of the berries to eat, lol…
and they were delicious… now to figure out how to foil the squirrels from getting any more🤪…
25 Monday Jul 2022
Posted in food, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized
what a treat it was to watch a new batch of baby house sparrows test out their wings…
they kind of hover when they are trying to figure out where they want to land…
and they don’t really understand that a person might not be safe to land close to…
once they’ve finally found a spot, they sit there and call mom or dad to come and feed them… I finally got a photo of the feeding, although it is a little fuzzy, lol…
so cute to watch…
23 Saturday Jul 2022
Posted in business, food, garden, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
Tags
basil, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, food, friends, garden, happy, Hilda the Gardener, moments, nature, plants, pond, ripe, tomatoes, visit, waterfall, widow
Wednesday was another beautiful day…
put out all the cushions as a dear friend was coming over later in the day, and it always looks so much nicer when they are all set out…
Hilda the Gardener came and weeded and moved a few plants… we had a lovely visit while that was happening…
I climbed into the pond and cleaned the filter which made the waterfall happy;-)…
read a good book and had lunch on the back deck with some of my ripe tomatoes and fresh basil…
had a delightful supper and visit with a friend I haven’t seen for ages and toured the garden with her…
also shared some poppy and morning glory seeds…
herbiggirlpants 