25 Sunday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, Christmas, family, hot chocolate, special moments, treats, tree, turkey, widow, Ziggy
felt a bit sad for our friend Ziggy this morning… he looked very sad as we put him into the hot almond milk…
but sure was tasty…
had a wonderful day filled with fun, family, special moments and lots of treats…
ended with delicious turkey and all the trimmings…
the boys did a great job of cleaning up and then we devoured a chocolate Christmas tree;-)…
photo by @peacecyndi…
24 Saturday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, Christmas, Christmas Eve, cranberries, dinner, kids, potatoes, prep, tree, turnip, widow
yesterday and this morning got the food prepped for Christmas dinner…
peeled and cut up potatoes and turnip… my dad insisted on turnip water to make the gravy… felt it added just the right flavour… so I cook turnips for every holiday meal, lol… a few of us even eat the turnip…
thought I was done and then remembered the stuffing… broke up the bread while watching tv and then finished it while I was making my supper…
this morning I cooked and blended the cranberries…
picked up the Ottawa kids and now we are at my daughter and son-in-law’s house for a Christmas Eve sleepover…
quite a few presents under the tree…
I’m home with the kids… the big boys are out watching the new Star Wars movie and the girls are doing last minute shopping…
23 Friday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, colleagues, deciding, gifts, mouse pads, Photography, project, widow
one of my projects this Christmas was a gift for my colleagues…
after considering what to make for them, chose mouse pads with some of my photography… the pictures were from our visit to Atlanta in June…
once the photos were chosen, and the pads produced, I had to pick which one went to which person… sometimes I have the individuals choose, but decided this time to pick for each one…
set out the pictures and then used little notes to be sure I had just the right one for each member of the team…
once the decisions were made, I prepared a card and wrapped each one up…
at the end of the day on Monday I put them into their mail slots…
it is such fun to choose, prepare and give gifts… so blessed to have the time and resources to do this…
22 Thursday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, carols, chocolate shop, Decadence Chocolate, friends, house sit, husband, Stella's Bakery, sunrise, treat, widow, witness, wrapping
full day of fun…
up just in time to witness the beautiful sunrise…
we had smoothies to start our day… hers had fruit in it to sweeten it up a bit…
my daughter headed out with friends for the day…
and I finished off the wrapping as the carols pumped out of the iPod…
all done and packed up ready to go…
we met up in the afternoon and visited a local chocolate shop and a bakery…
picked up her husband when he landed and had a tasty treat…
they have headed off to house sit and I am relaxing in front of the box…
now for a quiet evening…
21 Wednesday Dec 2016
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@peacecyndi, big girl pants, chocolate, ChocoMe, daughter, hot tub, Instagram, macaroni and cheese, sunset, TheChocolateLab, widow, winter solstice
Christmas has begun… my Ottawa daughter is home for the holidays…
took this picture of the hot tub when I returned home from running errands this afternoon… looks pretty although not so good that the ice is all the way down the wall;-(…
as I headed to the airport this beautiful sunset stopped me in my tracks…
it was still light when I arrived and I waited in the car, watching for the plane…
wasn’t very long till it landed, but the light was certainly gone on this winter solstice evening…
the plane was very, very, very, big…
home to her favourite dinner of macaroni and cheese, made by mom…
then we had some chocolate after she took the appropriate pictures for her Instagram account @peacecyndi… it was fun to watch her at work…
the leather and walnut bite we shared was delicious and then we had some of my coconut, candied violet with gold flakes Advent chocolate bar from ChocoMe…
it is lovely to look at and quite tasty…
now for a hot tub and bed…
20 Tuesday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, carols, Christmas, family, fish tank, holidays, presents, shovelled, tacos, widow, wrap
excellent first day of holidays…
slept in a bit, had breakfast and watched some tv…
then I spent a lovely few hours listening to Christmas carols and wrapping presents…
the kids came over and we did a run to Costco to pick up a few final items needed for the season…
while we were gone the oldest grandson shovelled the sidewalk, driveway and backyard…
they brought over the makings for tacos for supper and we gobbled them up…
after supper a bit of work went into the fish tank and the babies were added in… we hope they make it but they’d stopped growing in the bowl…
pretty nice day…
19 Monday Dec 2016
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a few days ago I spent some time taking pictures of all the pottery on the shelves…
mainly I took them so I would remember where to put things back because I was afraid I wouldn’t put them in the right place…
it looks lovely and it would be nice to keep it that way, lol…
I remember the lovely afternoon we spent organizing the pieces… I had anticipated that we would be putting much of the collection into boxes, but not one piece went into a box, lol…
18 Sunday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, Christmas, electronic frame, frame, interesting, orchid, ornaments, reflection, Save-On-Foods, tree, widow
got a variety of interesting shots today…
started early when I took a picture of the tree with the Advent butterflies and angels added to it…
then I got a few pictures of the 2015 October orchid which is still blooming…
back to the tree for another shot which has a reflection in one of the ornaments…
although the moon was full just last Tuesday it is nearly half gone…
spent quite a bit of time updating pictures for the electronic picture frame…
frustrated because some of the pictures are coming up sideways after I turned them on the card… even bought new batteries for the remote to see if that would make a difference… sigh, no luck…
then the kids met me at Save-On-Foods and we checked it out… got the turkey for Christmas and various other bits and pieces… next time I will go on my own to just wander around and really see what they have, lol…
seemed like there was lots going on today…
17 Saturday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, friends, gifts, group, memories, order in, SkipTheDishes, treats, widow
wonderful time with my BS buddies this morning…
we weren’t all available this coming Monday evening, our usual time to gather… so we arranged to meet today…
when we come together for a meal we usually go out to a restaurant, but we decided to meet here and ordered breakfast from The Original Pancake House, using SkipTheDishes…
it was great… I had my favourite chicken livers and others had crepes and pancakes… even the eggs that came were beautifully cooked… we had a wonderful visit as we ate and shared gifts…
these women are an integral part of my life and spending time with them is always a gift… we’ve met most Monday evenings for years and have shared everything, from the everyday through children’s shenanigans and growing pains, work changes and life changing events…
we try to get a photo when we have one of these special gatherings, could be Christmas, or a birthday celebration… nearly forgot today… thankfully the youngest one remembered, lol…
lots of laughter as we set up and tried to get a good remote shot, lol…
we don’t need gifts, but some of us — me especially — love them… they come from the heart… today there was fruit bread and shortbread, jam, soup mix and chocolate, lotions and towels, donations, ornaments and beautiful cards…
so blessed to have these moments together…
16 Friday Dec 2016
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just realized that my knee is feeling great… haven’t had a twinge for a few days… very happy that it is doing so well… interesting how all of a sudden something doesn’t hurt…usually at which point it occurs to me how miserable it has been…
today I was back at yoga… our yogi took a few pictures for me…
worked on some excellent poses to strengthen shoulders and upper back… might even practice some of them at home…
it is always wonderful when your body is doing well and there are no twinges…
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