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Friday…

14 Friday Oct 2016

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thank goodness it is the end of the day on Friday…

since April my work schedule has been Monday to Thursday … 

as of today, for the next while, I am back to working every weekday except the first Friday of each month…

this has been a long and busy week even though it didn’t start until Tuesday… next week is small business week so there are many activities going on throughout the province and we are involved in many of them…

early mornings and late nights and this morning I started the day with an appointment at the dentist…

rather tired and hoping that the coming weeks will be a little less hectic…

had a long chat on the phone after I got home and then decided to make soft boiled eggs for supper… it was very tasty and just the comfort food I needed…

sunset Thursday evening…

meatballs…

13 Thursday Oct 2016

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up and out very early this morning for a work event…  it was really dark…

no birds out and about at this hour, lol…

the parking lot was empty but I got a nice shot of the church steeple…

we all enjoyed the turkey vegetable soup at lunchtime… there was a single bowl left… always a good sign…

when I arrived home the ChefsPlate box was at the garage door… was really tired but decided I would make one of the meals…

chose smokey pork meatballs over cracked wheat with sautéed Brussels sprouts and peppers… really appreciate the clear directions…

took about thirty minutes to pull it together… it was delicious and I have lunch for tomorrow…

as I lay watching some PVRed shows I am enjoying the beautiful moon through the window… didn’t even bother to take a photo…

enjoying the moment;-)…

souper…

12 Wednesday Oct 2016

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been running up and down the stairs as I work on my soup for Souper Thursday tomorrow at work…

I made the broth on Monday and tonight I’ve been adding vegetables and barley and turkey…

it smells divine… and all that running up and down is adding to my step count, lol…

I always enjoy making my offering because the entire time I am prepping I am thinking of my colleagues and how much they will enjoy the soup…

we all look forward to Souper Thursday as it means someone else has organized our lunch… nearly everyone brings items to go along with the soup so there is always something tasty for lunch…

as I was going up and down I spotted this sky… nearly missed it… so beautiful…

working really hard these days to spot and savour those special moments…

dark…

11 Tuesday Oct 2016

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yesterday was in a conversation with someone about how dark it is getting in the evening…

they mentioned that by 8 pm the light was fading… sadly tonight as we were coming home from aquasize at 7:25 it was already dark…

was also thinking about how my beloved would make fish and chips for when I’d get home from swimming… I miss that…

this was the light at 7:48 this morning… just getting light out…

squirrels…

10 Monday Oct 2016

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wonderful relaxing day…

ate, read and napped…

watched some squirrels in the front yard… 

it seems like they are everywhere these days… whenever I go for a walk I see lots of them… 

and they are running around in the garden all the time… 

caught one the other day eating a green pepper…

they can really jump when they want to get somewhere, lol…

but they are fun to watch… 

be thankful…

09 Sunday Oct 2016

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wanted to write a thanksgiving message for Facebook and it took up a good portion of the morning to get it just the way I wanted…

put the turkey in the oven and then ran out for a few final groceries… relaxed and read as a few items cooked ahead of time…

kids arrived and we had dinner a bit early as my son-in-law had to leave for work around six…

the boys all helped with clean-up before we had pumpkin and coconut cream pies….

so great to have everything done by the time everyone leaves…

one went off to work and the rest of us headed over to the Park to collect poke balls…

just before we left, middle guy and I took a selfie…

he dressed up with a white shirt and tie for dinner…

at the Park we walked through the Leo Mol Garden gathering poke balls and took this pic of “our bench“…

then a few of us walked around the Formal Gardens while others drove/parked and waited…

beautiful sky… 

great way to end a lovely thanksgiving…

visit…

08 Saturday Oct 2016

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the orchids are happy, and of course, that makes me happy…

had a great time with my grandson who came over to do some yard work for me… 

he mowed the grass, cleaned eavestroughs, put away outdoor furniture, treated weeds in the front flower bed, emptied and put away flower pots… such a relief to have his help…

while he was doing all that I got the potatoes, cauliflower, turnip and stuffing ready for tomorrow… we had lunch and a good visit…

after he left I worked on the Halloween goodies…

rocket lolly pops that look like ghosts;-)… have done about 120… haven’t quite decided whether to add black dots for eyes…

lately the ladybugs have been everywhere… the other day my youngest grandson counted 20 at the front door…

tonight one came to visit me… nice to have company throughout the day and evening, lol…

thankful…

07 Friday Oct 2016

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more lovely blossoms in the living room this morning…

headed out, met my daughter at Starbucks and then we went and found fresh turkeys for our dinners… they are coming here on Sunday and they are having a dinner for my son-in-law’s family on Monday at their house…

made zucchini-cheese soup, pretty tasty…

later we went to see Cirque du Soleil’s TORUK… it was wonderful…

this one had a narrator which helped everyone understand the story… the last one we saw was a bit confusing, lol…

came home and made the second meal from my #ChefsPlate box…

delicious…but I am certainly using more pots and bowls…

missing my beloved a lot over the last few days… guess it is the whole thanksgiving thing…

I am so thankful for the years we had together…

flowering…

06 Thursday Oct 2016

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beauty…

I love flowers and during the winter months I try to keep some around me because they keep me happy…

been enjoying some lovely blooms on the plants that came in from the garden…

the hyacinth is still flowering although its leaves are falling off… this is often the pattern when they come in from outside…

the gardenias are starting to open and perfume the air… it might just be happier inside the house…

this morning as I was leaving the house I got this picture of the begonias in the planter…

cool to see how some plants just keep on blooming while leaves are falling off everything else around them…

last few bits of summer… such a treat…

plate…

05 Wednesday Oct 2016

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so excited to arrive home and find my ChefsPlate box on the front step…

in it were three 2-person meals…

brought it in, unpacked it and made Hazelnut Crusted Cod with mini potatoes, beets and kale salad for my supper…

the directions were clear and it didn’t take long to make… everything was included except the olive oil, salt and pepper…

very tasty and I have enough for another meal, which will likely be my lunch tomorrow…

looking forward to the next two meals…

this week’s box was just $33… it was half price… the next one will be $66… but I will get 6 meals from it which works out to $11 each… and I am trying things than I wouldn’t usually make… I can also skip weeks or cancel at any time…

the one sad thing is that the ingredients are prepared, packed and distributed from Toronto… had hoped it was being prepared here…