here is my tower of Christmas treats… it is beautiful…
I am eating my way through them, one piece at a time…
I have such wonderful friends;-)…
tower…
13 Wednesday Jan 2021
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threshold…
05 Tuesday Jan 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, doorway, family, first footing, friends, moments, New Year's Day, surprise, threshold, treat, widow
on New Year’s morning I was walking on the treadmill and happened to turn on the front camera to see if any birds were at the feeder…
there was a man standing there, so I ran upstairs to see what was going on…
it was a young friend with a gift in his hand… he said he was looking for coal… I had him step back, and put out a gift bag I had put coal and a scone into… anticipating that my middle grandson was coming over…
then he stepped over the threshold and put down the gift and gift bag and stepped back outside…
my daughter had sent a number of items to her friends and they had packaged them up and delivered them to my door…
for years we have done first-footing… this was by far the fanciest package, lol…
there was tea, charcoal shampoo, chocolate covered fruit, a Christmas cracker, little bottles of alcohol, sourdough chocolate, a delicious fresh banana chocolate chip muffin, an adorable tin with a cute gingerbread person in it and a fresh orange… and of course the chunk of coal;-)…
what a wonderful surprise… truly, I am blessed…
kick-off…
03 Sunday Jan 2021
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barbecue, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, celebrate, garden, kick-off, lobster, moments, snow, steak, treat, widow, wine
on New Year’s Day, I barbecued steak and lobster for my dinner…
the weather was lovely which made standing around in the garage comfortable, lol…
as I came and went, I would visit with the bunny that was hanging around at the back of the garden…
was pleased with how both the steak and lobster turned out, particularly as I so rarely use the barbecue…
and there were mushrooms, a baked potato and melted butter… and a tiny glass of wine…
a great way to kick-off the new year…
truffle…
01 Friday Jan 2021
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appetizers, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, eating, family, lobster, memories, moments, Technology, truffle, widow
yesterday I had delicious snacks and dinner thanks to the kids in Ottawa…
early in the afternoon I started with some Prosecco popcorn, followed by sardines, olives, crackers and a bit of zucchini basil soup I prepared…
my supper consisted of beef bresaola, canned lobster, truffle potato chips and red peppers… it was a play on our usual New Year’s Eve dinner of steak and lobster…
then for dessert there were some delicious star shaped shortbread with a piece of chocolate in my holiday cracker…
of course, I couldn’t get the cracker to snap, as per usual…
throughout the day we chatted off and on and I focused on their time zone so that I could get to bed, lol…
ended the night with some sparkling wine and their voices…
charcuterie…
30 Wednesday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, charcuterie, chocolate, Christmas, duck, family, food, memories, moments, Ottawa, pictures, plate, treats, vacation, widow
this photo was taken last year on this day when I was in Ottawa… we made a few plates with veggies, crackers, fruit, cheese, duck, and chocolate…
I think we were ahead of the current charcuterie craze, lol…
today, after I saw this picture, I made my own fancy plate…
it was fun to enjoy the items and remember our delicious lunch a year ago…
so blessed to have had that holiday… looking forward to the day we can do it again…
macadamia…
29 Tuesday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, daughter, dishes, family, gift, macadamia, Maui, memories, moments, treat, widow
yesterday I had one of the chocolate covered macadamia nut clusters that were part of my Christmas present from the kids in Ottawa…
for fun, I went and found one of the little dishes that we took to Hawaii when we went in April of 2019… it looked very cute with the nut cluster on it…
so happy that we were able to go, and have such wonderful memories from our time there…
as I ate the chocolate I spent time remembering the same chocolates that we enjoyed throughout our trip;-)…
salt…
28 Monday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, broken, food, pepper mill, purple, salt, seasoning, widow
so happy that my salt mill has been replaced… it stopped working a few weeks ago and I took it apart to see if I could fix it… wasn’t possible…
a bit difficult because I only have coarse salt so seasoning was troublesome…
eventually, I emptied the pepper mill and filled it with salt… for a few days it produced salt and pepper together, lol…
of course, then I couldn’t use pepper…
finally my grandson was able to pick up a replacement for me…
so happy to have salt and pepper available now;-)…
relaxed…
27 Sunday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, Christmas, friends, gift, moments, nature, orchids, pictures, purple, quiet, relaxed, supper, treat, widow
had a quiet day yesterday… spent time taking photos of ornaments on the tree and the orchids…
a friend dropped off the fixings for turkey dinner which I warmed up at supper time… it was a lovely treat and made for a relaxed and enjoyable meal… ended the day with hot lemonade in my new mug and gifted shortbread…
just another reminder of how blessed I truly am…
unusual…
25 Friday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, delicious, family, food, friends, gift, lobster, memories, moments, quiet, Skype, Technology, treat, unusual, widow
this morning the living room looked lovely and I enjoyed the serenity as I sat in the quiet and enjoyed the lights…
the Ottawa kids and I Skyped and we opened our presents together… following our usual pattern, in this unusual time, we opened the gifts one at a time… it was great fun… they liked all their gifts, which made me happy…
one of my gifts from them was all the fixings for my New Year’s Eve dinner… usually on New Year’s Eve we have steak and lobster, although for the last number of years that meal has happened on New Year’s day… there was beef carpaccio, lobster, truffle chips, olives, red peppers, cookies, a lovely glass of wine (with gold in it) and a festive cracker…
there were also gifts from a number of friends, filled with goodies… I am blessed…
a bit later the Winnipeg kids FaceTimed as they opened the gifts I had sent over… I didn’t do so good with their gifts as two of them had received the same gift from their parents, lol…
yesterday I peeled potatoes and turnip, made stuffing, and produced Thai Shrimp soup so that there wouldn’t be too much to do today… I had decided that, even though I would be here alone, I wanted a proper Christmas dinner… it was delicious;-)…
it was a different, but very nice, Christmas…
royally…
20 Sunday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, deliveries, friends, gifts, happy, moments, royally, treat, widow
well, talk about being treated royally…
three different present deliveries to me today… and one last night…
only spoke with each person for a second… it was chilly out there, but such a joy to have a socially distanced word with each of them… and these days that is an exceptional treat…
friends are gifts on their own;-)…
