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…
26 Wednesday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, bivalent, COVID, flowers, garden, moments, nature, needles, Technology, vaccines, widow
got two shots…
both needles in my right arm…
the flu shot was at the doctor’s office, but then I had to go to a local drugstore for the Pfizer bivalent vaccine…
apparently the Manitoba immunization schedule says that six months is needed between the boosters although drugstores are allowed to give the vaccine after three months…
interesting times…
25 Tuesday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, curb, moments, nature, rain, thunderstorm, walk, water, weather, widow, wind
woke up to a thunderstorm yesterday… then had a nice walk, even in the wind and rain…
had to hang on to my hood so that it didn’t blow right off my head, lol… leaves were flying all over the place, but the rain had stopped…
when I came to a corner, the street was filled with water… up to the curb and edge of the tires on a nearby car…
when I walked by, maybe half an hour later, thankfully the water was all gone…
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the walk…
24 Monday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, Delta, downtown, masks, moments, pandemic, taxi, Technology, travel, widow
took my first taxi since before the pandemic…
arranged ahead of time for a pickup to go downtown, and then walked to the Delta to get another one to come home…
had to go in and ask the concierge to call for one… I guess with less people downtown the taxis don’t sit outside the hotels all the time…
wore my mask for both trips and so did they…
