27 Sunday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolates, daughter, family, hot tub, mid-day, moments, packed, suitcases, Tony Roma's, weather, widow
today, we had one hot tub mid-day and a final one is planned for just before bed…
laundry was done and bags were packed…
a favourite meal was ordered and enjoyed…
we visited, napped, and ate chocolate…
things are lined up at the door for the very early morning trip to the airport…
it was a wonderful time and I enjoyed every single minute;-)…
25 Friday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bookmark, car, Dairy Queen, family, ice cream, Indi, moments, Monet, puzzle, treat, widow
it is my normal pattern to look out the bedroom window when I get up to check the weather and see if the snow has melted, or more has fallen, or whether the sun is shining, lol…
this morning I was surprised when I looked out and spotted Indi… she is home for a few days so that we have transportation while the guest is still here and because of all the snow there wasn’t room to go into the garage…
there were also treats… I received this lovely Monet bookmark from Paris which matches the sweet tray I was given the other day;-)… I put it right into the book I was reading…
and a bit later in the day this ice cream cone arrived… yum, haven’t had one since my booster shot…
we ended the day working on the puzzle I ordered quite some time ago – which I hadn’t been able to connect the edge pieces, so I had packed it up and put it away in disgust…
in about an hour the border was done… hmmm, what a difference a little help makes;-)…
every minute has been delightful…
24 Thursday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, computers, family, garden, grandson, hot tub, moments, nature, networked, snow, the Chocolate Lab, time, widow
another good day with my guest…
started it off with a smoothie, cashews, tea and the last of my Calgary bonbons…
had a hot tub and put chairs on the deck in anticipation of warmer weather and more melting snow…
got a new external drive hooked up remotely, and the various computers networked, thanks to my computer geek in Ottawa…
had a bit of a rest while my guest was out for a few hours with a friend…
and then we had dinner with the oldest grandson…
it was delicious…
on our way out for an end of day hot tub;-)…
23 Wednesday Mar 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, family, food favourites, girl, happy, macarons, memories, moments, Monet, talk, treat, visit, walk, water, water lilies, widow
it has been two and a half years since I last saw this girl in person…
and something like four years since she’s been home…
I am delighted and look forward to making the most of these next few days…
so far, we’ve eaten chocolate and macarons and I got the cutest tray from Paris with Monet’s NYMPHEAS (water lilies)… it was a lovely reminder of a wonderful visit the two of us had to a museum in New York…
more lazy days, tons of conversation, favourite foods, and walks outside are on the agenda;-)…
what a wonderful treat this is…
24 Thursday Feb 2022
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spent some quality time in the kitchen recently…
I made Thai Shrimp Soup from leftover shells and shrimp that I had a few days before…
I cooked enough spaghetti for three meals and then prepared a mushroom and chicken sauce which will go with two meals of the spaghetti…
finally, I produced a grilled cheese and onion on sourdough sandwich for my lunch…
I enjoy working in the kitchen, particularly when I can assemble a number of meals for the coming days…
14 Monday Feb 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, charcuterie, dinner, family, memories, Michael Buble, missing, moments, red, steak, sun, sweatshirt, treat, treats, widow
today I wore a red sweatshirt that my beloved bought for me many years ago on a trip to Banff…
I also wore my leggings that have maple leaves down the side for our team members…
I’ve enjoyed a few treats over the last few days and for lunch finished the charcuterie board that came on Saturday… the board itself is lovely…
for supper I made a steak using a method my daughter recommended… no barbecuing as I haven’t cleaned the path to the garage yet and there is a big drift in front of the door, lol… baked a potato earlier in the day and heated that up to go with it… finished with a cucumber salad… a nice treat as I haven’t had steak for a while…
missing my beloved, but as I sat in the sun, listening to Michael Bublé, enjoyed lots of wonderful memories…
what a great guy;-)…
13 Sunday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, Fairmont Winnipeg, food, grandson, memories, moments, Olympics, remembering, snow, Tea, tea-to-go, treat, Valentines, weather, widow
a number of months ago, on Mother’s Day, I had a tea-to-go from the Velvet Glove at the Fairmont Winnipeg…
it was delightful and the presentation was beautiful…
recently they posted on social media that they were having another for Valentine’s Day… I was quick to check with my grandson to see if he would be able to pick it up for me, and once I received his confirmation, I called and ordered it…
upon arrival it looked just as good as last time…
the sandwiches were delicious… I enjoyed each one, but my favourite was the cream cheese and cucumber;-)…
next were the desserts… little bites of delight…
the tea I had was Flora’s Berry Garden and there is some Earl Grey to have later…
it was lovely to enjoy this lovely lunch, watching the Olympics, as the snow was falling again…
I was so full, I couldn’t eat the last few bites of dessert, but I devoured them after supper, lol…
my beloved was a great romantic and special treats like this bring back so many wonderful memories of previous Valentine celebrations…
I have been, and continue to be, blessed…
12 Saturday Feb 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, charcuterie board, chocolate, cookies, delicious, flown, food, memories, moments, nest, not-for-profit, Oak Hammock Marsh, supper, treat, Valentine's Day, widow
I’ve always loved Valentine’s Day… from getting flowers from my beloved, to making heart shaped sugar cookies for the girls’ classrooms for years, to taking roses to my colleagues…
in later years, once the girls had flown the nest, we would have a special dinner… often steak and lobster…
this year I ordered a charcuterie board from Oak Hammock Marsh, one of our local not-for-profits, for my dinner tonight…
it was delivered to my door and looked festive…
there were cheeses, olives, crackers, cold cuts, fruit, nuts, herbs, even a bit of chocolate… and it came on a nice wooden board…
tonight I enjoyed half of it, and will finish it either tomorrow or Monday…
was thinking of my beloved as I enjoyed this treat…
02 Wednesday Feb 2022
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aroma, big girl pants, blessed, chicken soup, dumplings, happy, memories, moments, old-fashioned, remembering, snowflakes, supper, widow
made chicken soup the other day… cold outside and huge snowflakes were falling… seemed like just the thing to do…
although I could use the Instant Pot, I do it the old-fashioned way… I enjoy the aroma as it simmers away on the stove…
I like the time it takes to cool the chicken down and then separate the meat from the bones, adding in the barley, potatoes and other veggies and putting it back on to simmer…
once it was finished I packaged it up and with the last bit in the pot added dumplings for my supper…
good use of the day and delicious…
15 Saturday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, dimsum, dinner, food, Gimli Fish, moments, tasty, Technology, widow
had some very nice dimsum for dinner recently…
I love dimsum but appear to be out of the delivery area for any of the restaurants I like…
not too long ago I found some frozen when I was shopping online at Gimli Fish so I ordered three items…
finally got around to having them… they only took about five minutes in the microwave and were tasty…
going to order those again;-)…
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