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Gather…

16 Friday Dec 2022

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once we left The Leaf biomes, we checked out the gift shop and then were able to get a table in the lounge portion of Gather Craft Kitchen and Bar…

the space looks fresh and has some very cool lights…

we were happy to get in because online it appeared there weren’t any spots available until January 😳…

the food was good as was the service… I had pork tenderloin and my grandson had the risotto…

they were both tasty, although I found the pickled carrot purée a bit spicy, lol… the risotto was very tasty…

we ended the meal with two desserts which we shared, lol… I chose the flour-less chocolate fudge cake and my grandson the chocolate mille-feuille…

in the end we liked what the other person ordered best😂…

had a great time and enjoyed the entire evening… can’t wait to go back again…

gummy…

12 Monday Dec 2022

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felt a bit like I was getting a cold, so I dug in the freezer for some chicken and made chicken soup…

just the making of the soup is always relaxing… you can’t really do it quickly… slow and steady;-)…

I also decided on Mom’s dumplings to go with it… that reminded me of the time I took chicken soup with dumplings for my colleagues… a few hadn’t had dumplings, so I made very small ones which I thought would work well… NOT… they were gummy and yucky, sigh… clearly not the way to serve them… so funny, lol…

six o’clock came and I enjoyed a bowl filled with delicious broth, veggies and dumplings…

felt way better🤗…

and then there were a couple of meals ready in the fridge…

particular…

07 Wednesday Dec 2022

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stood at the window and watched chickadees, a nuthatch, and sparrows at the feeders…

and my neighbour shovelling his sidewalk… he is very particular and does a great job every time… it is fun to watch and makes me giggle every time, because my beloved would have been very impressed;-)…

besides shovelling, he also swept the front steps…

sudden…

05 Monday Dec 2022

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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas mugs, giveaway, happy, memories, moments, mugs, purge, sudden, urge, widow

I was watching tv and all of a sudden decided I needed to dig out the Christmas mugs… they haven’t been used for a few years as they were at the bottom of the overflowing closet in the computer room…

so I spent a couple of hours purging…

got down to the mugs, ran them through the dishwasher and changed them out for the current mugs…

in the process, I gathered up six or eight boxes of goodies for the giveaway pile, including two boxes of mugs…

way to go me, lol…

although there are still items all over the room that need to be dealt with…

that is a tomorrow project;-)…

ten…

03 Saturday Dec 2022

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Thursday marked 10 years since I started blogging…

and when I looked at my stats, they tell me I have reached 500 followers… wow…

it also means that ten years have passed since my beloved left me…

just yesterday a delivery arrived and the box smelled of cigarette smoke… haven’t smelled that for years and it reminded me of him, as he was a smoker…

I miss him all the time, but I also know he would be proud of how I have grown over these years…

quick…

30 Wednesday Nov 2022

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I received a box of individually wrapped pieces of chocolate in the mail to fill my Advent calendar…

was very happy and quick to pop one into each of the twenty four squares in the box… and there are two on the last day so that I can enjoy one on Christmas Day;-)…

now to wait for tomorrow, when I get to open the first one;-)…

opportunity…

26 Saturday Nov 2022

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it was above zero today, so I took the opportunity to clear the snow off the deck…

it was beautiful out, warm and still… and I enjoyed my time in the garden, even if it was shovelling…

the weather has been a bit odd, with freezing cold days, then warm ones, and then back to the cold ones, lol…

smoked…

25 Friday Nov 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, cream cheese, fish, food, Gimli Fish Market, Goldeye, happy, lunch, moments, shopping, smoked, treat, widow

I love smoked Goldeye and don’t have it too often…

yesterday, when I was out with a friend we stopped in at Gimli Fish Market and I was able to pick one up…

today, I made Goldeye cream cheese for the future and had Goldeye with cucumber and onion salad for my lunch…

delicious, what a treat;-)…

sofa…

24 Thursday Nov 2022

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finally took the time to move the table behind the sofa in the den…

it sounds simple, but involved moving the table into the hall, pushing the sofa (and carpet) to the side of the room, getting the table past the edge of the sofa, and then putting everything back, lol…

got it all done, found a quilt to put on the table and sat down to recuperate from all that exercise;-)…

looks good…

leggings…

23 Wednesday Nov 2022

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big girl pants, blessed, iPhone, leggings, moments, pocket, shopping, warm, weather, widow

I love my new leggings… I had ordered a large and an extra-large pair and as they both fit, have decided to keep both of them…

they have side pockets, but they open to the back, not the front which seemed odd…

but, because of that, my phone fits into the spot perfectly and doesn’t jab into me when I sit down, lol…

they are thicker and that is keeping me warmer inside the house, as I try to keep the thermostat set lower… although I think it is a going to get raised up before too long…

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