29 Sunday Dec 2024
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25 Wednesday Dec 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, food, friends, gathering, moments, photo, presents, Skip the Dishes, snowflakes, stress-free, Technology, treats, widow
had a lovely time on Sunday getting ready for a Christmas gathering with my friends on Monday…
dug out a snowflake tablecloth and discovered some stains on it so soaked, washed, and dried it before placing it on the table…
then I brought down Christmas plates to put on the table…
snowflake napkins and silverware, along with chopsticks finished the setup…
a bouquet of red and white flowers went into a low vase to finish off the display;-)…
we met on Monday and had a delicious lunch via Skip the Dishes… such a great way to share a meal together stress–free for everyone, lol…
before we ate, we took our annual Christmas photo, once I remembered which particular button to press on the camera, lol…
once we’d eaten, we moved to the living room to open our gifts to one another… always great fun and thoughtful presents…
such a special group of women…
19 Thursday Dec 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, fish and chips, food, friend, gifts, hugs, lunch, moments, time, treat, widow
had a wonderful lunch date on Tuesday…
a dear friend came by with fish and chips and we had a delightful visit…
it has been a while since we’ve been together and it is always a treat to spend time with her…
we traded gifts and she headed off after some warm hugs;-)…
18 Wednesday Dec 2024
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available, big girl pants, blessed, candy canes, Christmas, company, food, happy, moments, nuts, oranges, tradition, treats, widow
picked up candy canes and more oranges…
makes a lovely display on the table in the living room and ensures I have treats available whenever someone stops by…
I also picked up unshelled nuts (much harder to find these days) which have been a long time family tradition;-)…
17 Tuesday Dec 2024
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Advent, adventure calendar, big girl pants, blessed, family, heart, heart shaped, memories, moments, shortbread, sixteenth, widow
Monday’s shortbread was heart-shaped and tasty;-)…
when I was looking at memories, I discovered that many years ago I also received something heart-shaped on the sixteenth;-)… and both from the same person, lol…
it is fun to go down memory lane…
16 Monday Dec 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, cookies, dinner, food, friends, gift, homemade, moments, tarts, treat, widow
out for a lovely dinner a few days ago and came home with a box of delicious frozen treats…
there were five or six types of cookies and a few butter tarts, one of my favourites;-)…
what a delightful surprise…
now to eat some and share some too;-)…
15 Sunday Dec 2024
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my goodness, we went to Costco on Friday morning…
the parking seemed fairly full but we got a spot after only a few minutes…
when we got into the store it seemed busy, but just a little more than usual…
then we went down the first few rows and had a bit of trouble getting around the middle section as carts were lined up, but that is fairly usual that close to the checkout lines…
but then we discovered that the line to the checkout area went all the way to the very back of the store, and there were two lines!
it became easier to return to where we had begun in each row rather than attempt to make it through and around the line, lol…
what was most amazing was that not a single person – staff or shopper, grumbled or made negative comments…
once we were in the line, it moved along quickly and efficiently… we were out of the store in a short time…
and I did manage to get the two items which my housemate had requested, lol…
11 Wednesday Dec 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, Chapters, Christmas, cold, D. A. Niels, friends, Lee Valley, moments, restrained, shopping, shovelling, Sleepy Owl Bread, snow, treat, weather, widow
fun morning… picked up by a friend after shovelling the sidewalk… my fingers were very cold in my gloves when I put the shovel away, and I discovered that it felt like -40°… no wonder I thought it was cold, lol…
we visited a number of spots and I got some goodies;-)…
a nice loaf of rustic sourdough which made a lovely grilled cheese, with onion and pistachios for my lunch…
we visited Chapters where I found a few fun books for some little friends and got the cutest cloth bags to put them in…
then a wander around Lee Valley where I picked up a couple of things, including this 2 tablespoon silicone freezer tray… leftover pesto and tomato sauce went into it after my lunch…
finally we had a great time at D. A. Niels where I saw many things I would like, but restrained from purchasing anything today, lol…
what a fun way to spend the morning;-)…
06 Friday Dec 2024
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went to take out the last sleeve of crackers and thought it had already been opened because it was so low in the box…
it wasn’t, and I was shocked when I measured the sleeve alongside the box…
it was way shorter…
maybe the price hasn’t changed much, but there are way less crackers in it…
04 Wednesday Dec 2024
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beloved, big girl pants, birthday, blessed, burgers, family, food, memories, moments, remembering, seventy-six, Technology, time, widow
today would have been my beloved’s seventy-sixth birthday…
I have come across a few lovely memories…
from visiting beaches, playing with grandkids, eating with family, cold weather fun, to barbecuing dinner…
such wonderful memories…
tonight burgers were eaten in Winnipeg and Ottawa to remember a very special person…
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