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;-)…
13 Sunday Nov 2022
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, encouraging, masking, memories, moments, out and about, PTE, Technology, widow
recently went to the theatre… a friend and I have been going together for a number of years…
during the pandemic we watched online, but that certainly wasn’t the same…
we had gone to a live presentation in the spring and were happy to be back…
they are still spacing people out, skipping intermission, and encouraging people to wear masks… both of these helped make the afternoon enjoyable… we also had another friend join us…
as is often the case, the set itself was interesting… from before the play started, when the set was quietly tidied… to the end, when it was absolutely trashed, lol…
so nice to do some more normal activities…
on our way home we followed a car with my beloved’s initials…
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…
11 Friday Nov 2022
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, cameras, moments, nature, neighbour, shovel, snow, snowblower, surprise, Technology, weather, widow, wonderland
woke up to a winter wonderland…
there was so much snow on the window ledges that the cameras couldn’t see out… found some boxes and raised them up, lol…
not long after I got up, my neighbour came by with his snowblower and cleared the main part of the sidewalk and he shovelled the front steps as well…
a bit later I went and finished the front portion of the sidewalk where the snowblower can’t go…
hard to see the section I shovelled… it is always much narrower, due to the railway ties along that edge, lol…
I think that winter is here;-)…
10 Thursday Nov 2022
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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, exercise, friends, moments, Pan Am, pool, registering, Technology, water, widow
this morning my adventure buddy and I went back to aquasize for the first time in about three years…
we’d been going to Cindy Klassen at that time… currently that pool is closed for repairs, so our excursion today was to the Pan Am pool…
we hadn’t been there previously and weren’t sure of the situation with Covid, so we were a bit nervous…
registering for the class online had been complicated, but we got it done… and the great news is that we can use our Healthy Living Access card from now on… no more fighting with the online registration system;-)…
the space was clean, there were ample lockers, the other participants were friendly, music was excellent and the teacher was tremendous…
and we appreciated the assistance of the staff as they answered all our questions;-)…
we had a great experience and are looking forward to the next time… especially now we can use our Access cards, lol…
had a two hour nap when I got home…
wonder how I will feel tomorrow…
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…
05 Saturday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, happy, moments, nature, outstanding, photos, sky, sunrise, sunset, Technology, treat, tree, weather, widow
the past week the sky has been outstanding…
Monday the sunset was a deep red… and within minutes changed to a lovely pink…
Tuesday morning was another stunner…
Wednesday evening, the blues and pinks were lovely…
and Thursday the deep reds were back…
Friday I was a touch late getting a photo, but caught the last little bit of light before the sun went down…
so pleased to have enjoyed all of these views of the sun…
28 Friday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, driving, getting out, Life, masking, moments, normal, Staples, vote, widow
was out and about like normal people on Wednesday…
walked to the community club to vote, then to the IDA drugstore and back home…
after lunch drove to Staples, Home Depot, and Chapters…
wore my mask whenever I was inside and felt pretty good about the whole business, lol…
gave my hands a good washing each time I arrived home…
27 Thursday Oct 2022
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A1C, appointment, big girl pants, blessed, bloodwork, clinic, Dynacare, moments, results, Technology, widow
had bloodwork done again yesterday morning…
when I was at my appointment recently, the doctor advised they hadn’t received a report from Dynacare with numbers for my A1C…
I had it taken a week ago, so he checked online, and it said there was no sample… once I got home I gave them a call and was told someone would call and they would come out to take it again at no charge…
apparently, something happened in the lab…
I am still happy to pay for them to come to the house to get this done, rather than go to a busy lab…
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