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19 Saturday Nov 2022

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was out for the first full sidewalk shovel of the year on Thursday…

last week I did the very front portion of the sidewalk closest to the road, lol… but the shovel I used was not good… it was heavy and the snow clung to the metal…

we went to Canadian Tire and checked out all the options… finally I chose this plastic one…

it worked well and as there wasn’t much snow on the ground it didn’t take too long…

a bit later in the day, I shovelled to the back lane so that the garbage bin could go out;-)…

and then the snow started again, lol…

big quiet flakes;-)…

arrive…

18 Friday Nov 2022

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the Advent calendar has made its way back into the living room… it looks so great in that spot…

last year it was filled with yummy bonbons from Decadence Chocolates…

this year it will be filled with bits and pieces from Canadian Chocoholic’s stash…

now I just have to to wait for the parcel to arrive with the chocolate to go into it😊…

Tums…

17 Thursday Nov 2022

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just finished the calcium pills I had been taking and happily tossed the container into the recycle bin…

they included a bit of vitamin D and were very large, so I was happy to be done with them…

I had asked the pharmacist at the IDA about what to replace them with and he suggested Tums… I was surprised, but happy, because Tums are chewable…

so now I take two Tums and 2 vitamin D pills instead of one huge pill, lol…

hollandaise…

16 Wednesday Nov 2022

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took some time and made a nice breakfast…

quite a while ago, I got some packets of hollandaise sauce… used one for the first time…

started with an Eggo waffle for the base, added some bacon and then a poached egg… finished it off with the hollandaise…

came out nicely and I enjoyed it;-)…

percolates…

15 Tuesday Nov 2022

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while my son-in-law was here at the end of August, we tried to install a tp-link switch in the computer room… an issue with wires meant we couldn’t do it…

it didn’t seem like that big a deal, so I left it alone…

today I removed the cover and put in one of the Philips Hue bulbs… the cover will have to stay off so that it gets sufficient air which is okay…

and, with this bulb I am able to dim the light which will be especially good at night when I am charging my Fitbit…

funny how a simple solution can be found if it percolates for a while, lol…

macaroni…

14 Monday Nov 2022

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I had a craving for macaroni and cheese… well I really wanted lobster mac and cheese, but didn’t have any lobster… I did have shrimp so decided on shrimp macaroni and cheese…

macaroni and cheese has been one of our family favourites… whenever I visit my daughter it is on the list of things that I must make, lol…

I was going to use oat milk instead of 2% regular milk which I didn’t have, but was told it wouldn’t turn out the way I am used to…

I cooked the macaroni and set it in the fridge to cool… then I contacted a friend and they brought me the milk as they were coming over anyway… yay…

once you’ve got a craving it is hard not to make what you want…

I made two pots… one with shrimp and bacon and one with only bacon…

I am going to package some up for the next few days and freeze some for down the road;-)…

it was absolutely delicious and I may have eaten two bowls;-)…

encouraging…

13 Sunday Nov 2022

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recently went to the theatre… a friend and I have been going together for a number of years…

during the pandemic we watched online, but that certainly wasn’t the same…

we had gone to a live presentation in the spring and were happy to be back…

they are still spacing people out, skipping intermission, and encouraging people to wear masks… both of these helped make the afternoon enjoyable… we also had another friend join us…

as is often the case, the set itself was interesting… from before the play started, when the set was quietly tidied… to the end, when it was absolutely trashed, lol…

so nice to do some more normal activities…

on our way home we followed a car with my beloved’s initials…

wonderland…

11 Friday Nov 2022

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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;-)…

registering…

10 Thursday Nov 2022

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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…