06 Friday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, moments, Olympics, reruns, Technology, widow
so, the Olympics have started, woohoo;-)…
I like to watch the original, not the reruns, lol…
which means I will be watching a lot in the middle of the night for the next few weeks…
see you then…
04 Wednesday Feb 2026
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attended an interesting seminar recently…
it was about dementia and I learned so much…
it was presented by the Alzheimer’s Society…
looking forward to receiving the power point deck to help me remember more of the information they shared with us;-)…
02 Monday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, Big Stuff, blessed, cards, friend, happy, moments, performance, PTE, Technology, widow
on Saturday afternoon, we went to our PTE play, Big Stuff…
as we park underground we always leave our coats in the car which makes sitting in the theatre more comfortable…
as we entered the theatre we were given a card with a pencil in it… most people did respond and the actors collected all of them and dumped them into a couple of boxes…
throughout the performance they connected with some of the people who had responded on the cards…
it was quite delightful and one of our favourite shows;-)…
31 Saturday Jan 2026
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adventure buddy, big girl pants, blessed, driven, family, grandson, moments, Technology, tesla, Uber, weather, widow
I don’t think I’ve driven at all this winter…
since the snow started, I have been relying on my housemate and Uber to get me where I need to go… and my adventure buddy who always does the driving (yay to her!)…
my newest process is to volunteer at The Leaf from three until six… that way I can Uber there and my housemate can pick me up… seems to be working quite well…
recently I had a ride in a Tesla, which had the entire roof made of glass… I knew how to get in, from a previous encounter, although the driver automatically opened the door, but it took a while to figure out how to open the door from the inside to exit at my destination, lol……
I was thinking how cool it would be to drive out of the city and watch the stars or the aurora in comfort from the back seat without having to leave the vehicle, lol…
19 Monday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, Fleurs de Villes, food, friends, Gather Craft Kitchen and Bar, gyro, lunch, moments, striploin, widow
had lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar before checking out Fleurs de Villes WONDER in the Mediterranean biome with my BS buddies…
it was nice to be inside after the -30°C walk from the car, lol…
I had the gyro – beef striploin gyro, grilled naan, cucumber relish, arugula, garlic tzatziki… I have had this before and, as previously, it was tasty…
other items at the table included the classic burger, the pasta with shrimp, and the house salad…
everyone enjoyed their meal and there were a few desserts afterwards, lol…
it was rather busy, so it did take a little longer than usual for our meal…
always a treat;-)…
17 Saturday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, car, drone, lane, moments, Technology, widow
so the other day, as I was sitting in the living room, I spotted a drone lift off from a car which stopped in the lane across the way…
it flew right over the house and didn’t return to the car for at least fifteen minutes…
I’m guessing it was doing some shots for a real estate video…
I couldn’t catch it on video but got a few photos of it coming down to land on the top of the vehicle…
I drew circles around it, lol… the brush behind it certainly didn’t help make it visible…
09 Friday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, delicious, devoured, food, friends, maple pecan stuffed French toast, moments, Park Cafe, Technology, widow
was picked up by a friend and we headed to the Park Cafe for brunch…
I had seen a new January offering they had, and wanted to try it out…
the place was jumping when we arrived, but we had a great visit while we waited to be seated, which took less than ten minutes;-)…
we both ordered the special – maple pecan stuffed french toast – and hoped it would look as good as the picture, lol… and it did…
aaaaand… it was delicious and we both devoured the whole thing;-)… what a lovely treat…
if you have a chance this month, you should go and check it out…
03 Saturday Jan 2026
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2025, apps, big girl pants, books, Goodreads, moments, read, Technology, widow
while talking with someone about the 100 books I read in 2025 (yay me), I discovered there were apps out there to track your reading… who knew🤪…
my method had been to take a photo of the book when I finished it and add it to a Books Read album on my phone… this worked well until I dumped my photos, lol… then I would record the count in a new album and continue adding photos of books as I went along…
I am trying one called Goodreads… this one has many options… you can join groups, accept challenges and review books you’ve read… all I want is a place to record what I’ve read…
so, we will see how it goes…
31 Wednesday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, cotton, crochet, crocheted, dishcloth, moments, purple, Technology, try, widow
the other day I ordered some cotton and a new crochet hook…
it arrived yesterday…
I am going to try to make some dishcloths as soon as I remember how to make a square, lol…
25 Thursday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, Christmas Eve, face-to-face, family, memories, moments, Technology, treat, video, widow
all the jobs were done and the living room set up for our morning video call when I went to bed at 11 pm on Christmas Eve…
put my head down thinking I might nap for an hour and then have a Christmas hot tub around midnight…
woke up at 5:15, yikes… apparently no hot tub for me…
laid back down, didn’t really sleep, and got up at 6:30, lol…
made tea and texted a video of me banging pots and slamming doors, (possibly like I used to do when the families would be here overnight, so they would get up), to the kids in Ottawa…
we met and had a lovely time opening gifts and enjoying all of the loot…
what a gift to be able to meet with them face-to-face…
such a lovely Christmas morning;-)…
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