21 Wednesday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, Fleurs de Villes, flowers, friends, laughs, moments, The Leaf, time, weather, widow
had a wonderful time today with friends at The Leaf…
we travelled together and had a lot of laughs in the process, then checked out all of the displays, and had one of the volunteers take our photo…
ended the day with a lovely lunch and visit at Gather;-)…
dropped off one of us and had a short visit…
what a fun time we had;-)…
20 Tuesday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, buddies, Fleurs de Villes, flowers, friends, gift, moments, nature, The Leaf, widow, wonder
had a lovely visit to Fleurs de Villes WONDER at The Leaf…
for Christmas I had given my buddies tickets to the show… such a great gift which adds another celebration for everyone…
we had lunch at Gather to celebrate our January birthday woman before the tour;-)…
we had dropped our birthday person at the back entrance, which is much closer for anyone with walking issues and then drove around and parked at the front…
for this visit, we skipped the Tropical biome and moved right into the Mediterranean biome to see the fifteen displays…
every time I walk through the area I spot details I hadn’t noticed before;-)…
I’ve volunteered twice, and visited three times so it is quite astonishing that I keep discovering new things…
the group enjoyed all of the displays and it was fun as each person made their choice of favourite piece…
I keep vacillating between three, 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;-)…
14 Wednesday Jan 2026
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advent calendar, big girl pants, blessed, calendar, moments, nature, phases, phases of the moon, weather, widow
one of my Advent calendar items was a phases of the moon one page calendar…
it is very cool and it has taken a while to decide where to put it…
it finally went on the bathroom door…
it is the one place that I pass all the time…
10 Saturday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, Christmas, dishes, family, grandson, moments, putting away, step-stools, widow
spent a little bit of time in the kitchen…
went upstairs and brought down the regular mugs and changed them out for the holiday ones…
next, with help from my housemate, I changed out the dinner plates and saucers… it is always a bit of a process as one set comes down from the top of the cabinet and the other goes up…
step-stools are involved and I am always surprised at how much the Christmas plates weigh, lol…
07 Wednesday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, hoarfrost, moments, nature, nonetheless, rime, trees, walk, weather, widow
went for a walk the other morning and admired the gorgeous trees…
I’m not sure if it was hoarfrost, or rime, or something else, but it was beautiful…
the ones on my street were lovely;-)…
this one was clearly snow but beautiful nonetheless;-)…
and this morning there was more beauty…
06 Tuesday Jan 2026
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got a ride to Ultracuts for a haircut… apparently the last time I was there was early October which explains why my hair seemed to have grown like crazy…
had to have the top trimmed a second time as it was still a bit long;-)…
what a difference a trim makes…
I feel much more tidy;-)…
04 Sunday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, blowing, family, leaf blower, moments, nature, shovelled, snow, weather, widow
Saturday morning I wandered around the house going to each window to look out and take photos of the beauty outside…
it snowed a lot overnight, but the lovely light kind of snow… the trees were gorgeous…
sometime later my housemate was outside blowing the steps and sidewalks…
he doesn’t like to be photographed, lol…
on his return home later he made sure the driveway was shovelled…
I truly am blessed;-)…
01 Thursday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, first-foot, hot tub, moments, picky, weather, widow
prepped my first-footer bag with a few additional items… besides the usual coal, an orange, and a little bottle of Bailey’s; added in some cookies, a toonie, salt, and chocolate…
then, just after midnight, I put on my coat and boots, walked around the house from the backdoor and first-footed myself;-)…
I used to be very picky and insisted on a dark-haired male, but have come to the realization that a dark-haired woman is equally as good;-)…
after that I changed and went out for my first hot tub of the new year…
the temperature was -32° C with the windchill, but once I got in, it was quite lovely… it was overcast, so no stars, and I could hear fireworks going off in various areas, lol…
what a lovely way to begin the year;-)…
26 Friday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas morning, dripped, moments, strawberries, waffles, whipping cream, widow
on Wednesday I made waffles to have on Christmas morning…
of course a few were too filled and the batter dripped out around the edges, lol…
most went into the freezer, but two stayed out for the morning…
fresh strawberries were sliced into a jar and a teaspoon of sugar went in as well…
in the morning, the cream was whipped with the immersion blender and one waffle went onto a baking tray to warm in the oven…
then, everything was combined for a delicious breakfast;-)…
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