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detector…

28 Thursday Dec 2017

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well I am safe now…

thanks to all my kids I finally have a new smoke detector upstairs…

for Christmas, the Winnipeg kids got me a Nest smoke detector…

and today, my Ottawa son-in-law installed it and connected it to an app on my phone…

it even shows me the temperature outside when I open the app… how cool is that…

think I will save up for the thermostat and maybe a few more of the detectors… checked for Boxing Day sales but there weren’t any huge discounts…

sure do have a great bunch of kids…

opening…

27 Wednesday Dec 2017

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enjoyed some beautiful flowers today…

was at the office for a few hours and the African violet was still blooming and looked so nice…

I was laughing when I got home to see that the hibiscus was blooming again… the buds started opening when my daughter arrived in the city… she and my son-in-law have been house-sitting for a friend and while she’s been gone it has not bloomed… she arrived home about five minutes before I took this shot…

finally, while I was out today, I picked up this cute little tree that was on sale at Safeway… I bought it instead of flowers;-)…

a lovely addition to my tree collection;-)…

insights…

07 Thursday Dec 2017

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been looking at my stats recently…

as of today I have 280 followers… 270 on WordPress and 10 via email…

sort of fun to review the insights and see how many people are checking it out…

it is also interesting to see where the viewers come from…

kind of amazing to think of people across the world checking out what you’ve written, lol…

I started writing in December of 2012… been a real journey… sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday and other times a decade ago…

and so we move forward… those big girl pants…

Brandon, Day 3…

02 Saturday Dec 2017

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up early and the youngest and I went for an early breakfast… he is usually the first up in their family so was excited for us to go down to eat together…

spent an hour in the pool area… the boys really enjoyed their final trips down the slide…

packed up our bags, checked out and headed to the first game…

it ended up being the last game for the team… they finished the tournament in 5th place… our guy had some great serves and volleys… so proud of the entire team… they have come a long way over the four years that I’ve been watching them play…

we watched one of the girls’ semi finals and then began our trip home…

another beautiful drive on a sunshiny day…

Brandon, Day 2…

01 Friday Dec 2017

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so far… we’ve been to the pool and done some office work…

we have been to a lot of volleyball… three games in fact… two for our boys and one of the girls’ games…

had some fun with my tripod and the new tiny holder for my iPhone…

eaten a lot of food… not quite as well rounded meals as usual…

and driven back and forth, and around the town quite a bit… I believe we passed Brandon University at least four times, lol…

but I did get two Christmas presents:-)…

although we ate out for each meal, we had supper in our room as we were worn out…

everyone is tired, but it was a good day…

Brandon, Day 1…

30 Thursday Nov 2017

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left work at noon and met up with my kids at home…

then it was into their car and off to Brandon for the eldest grandson to play in his last high school volleyball tournament…

my goodness… seems like just a few years ago he was a baby;-)…

nice drive on a warm and sunny day…

we made it just in time for their first game… they played really well and just missed out on the win.. our hearts were racing…

then we headed to the hotel and checked in… fifteen minutes later we were on our way to the next game…

saw this lovely sunset as we arrived at the second school…

their game was over half an hour late and this series had very poor refereeing…

out for supper at the hotel now and then to bed… been a rather long day…

rental

22 Wednesday Nov 2017

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this morning I had to leave Shadow at the car hospital… it was rather sad…

took out the car emergency bag, the quilt, and the grocery bags from the trunk… the parking pass and garage door opener from the front… and, finally, the snow brush from the back seat…

then spent quite a while at the car rental place getting another vehicle… a long involved process that included walking around the rental car looking for any teeny dents or scrapes…

it was difficult to leave her behind… likely for two weeks, while she has work done to fix her up like new…

didn’t like the feel of the new car and it has the touchiest brakes ever… stopped to shop and parked a long way from everything as I tried to figure out all the stuff…

did manage to connect the phone and get the seat and mirrors in the right position…

then I had to take a picture so I knew what I was looking for when I came out, lol…

Alt…

17 Friday Nov 2017

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had a wonderful lunch today at the Alt Hotel… was there to celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day and hear the stories of four women who are changing the world, or at least their small corner of it…

started with a nice fresh salad…

the space is very simple, but comfortable… and the rooms we were in were bright and modern…

the main course was mushroom stuffed chicken breast with roasted vegetables and a delicious sauce…

when it arrived I was thinking it was kind of small… but then I tasted it… yummy, and filling…

for dessert we had creme brûlée….

one of my all time favourites… and so good… had to kind of gulp it down so that I could take some video of the speakers, lol…

the food comes from the Merchant Kitchen which is right next door to the hotel…

all of the staff were pleasant and eager to make our experience the best it could be…

thinking about what else we might do there…

watermelon…

27 Friday Oct 2017

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finally got back to ordering ChefsPlate meals… took the summer off as we were camping a fair bit and there were so many fresh veggies in the Markets…

on Wednesday my first box arrived… I had chosen two meatless options and one beef… filled the fridge up, lol…

life had been very full so I haven’t had an opportunity to make anything until tonight…

chose a delicious Beef Taco Salad… it had watermelon radishes, which were beautiful to look at and tasted a bit spicy… first time I’ve tried them…

happy to have the time to make the meal… it is always fun to follow the directions and see what turns out… saved the second half separately so that nothing will be soggy… just need to combine and eat;-)…

looking forward to a weekend of figure skating on tv…

good thing that I have lunch already prepared for tomorrow…

Lugg…

19 Thursday Oct 2017

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as I left the house this morning I had my new Lugg bag with me, ready for aquasize tonight…

it holds everything for the class… even had a spot for my shoes and wet swimsuit… also took my new Turkish towel… it is very pretty but not as absorbent as my others…

my pass was at zero dollars so I had to purchase another ten visits… and then the lovely young woman didn’t charge me for today’s class… how nice was that… excellent customer service…

at lunch time a few of us went over to Cityplace to check out the Farmers Market… unfortunately it is only there every two weeks, which meant not this week, lol…

I printed the schedule and put it up on the bulletin board so we get it right next time…

aquasize went well… I survived, lol… first time this year and we had a new teacher… she was very energetic and fun…

now to sleep…