01 Wednesday Nov 2017
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big girl pants, bitter, car, delicious, Hachez Chocolate, licence plate, plate, widow
two fun things today…
at lunch I got to enjoy this lovely little Hachez chocolate…
77% bitter it said… it was delicious…
on my drive home I spotted this licence plate…
I really like that one… and it reminded me that I don’t work this Friday…
one of these days maybe I will get a special plate of my own…
31 Tuesday Oct 2017
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big girl pants, cape, halloween, photos, place, pumpkins, sky, treadmill, widow, witch’s hat
no time to walk on the treadmill this morning as I had to get the pumpkins in place on the steps and bring up a couple of inside pumpkins from the basement…
it was still dark, but sort of looked the same as they did this evening…
got a nice shot of the front of the house as I was leaving… the orange looks great with the purple and gray…
at the end of the street I stopped and got a picture of the stunning sky… happy that I was in a place where I could stop and take the picture…
often when I see one of these beauties there is nowhere to pull over and the shot doesn’t get taken…
I took my cape and hat to the office and on a break did a little walk about… a colleague got this picture which is just how I looked as I handed out treats tonight;-)…
had over thirty kids and almost ran out of goodies… excellent outcome…
happy halloween…
30 Monday Oct 2017
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big girl pants, great, kids, prix fixe, Promenade Cafe, sandals, supper, volleyball boot, widow
had dinner out last week… my daughter and I went to Promenade Cafe for supper before going to a volleyball game… it was a spur of the moment decision and we had a great meal…
chose the 4 course prix fixe menu for two… the food was beautifully plated and we divided each course as it arrived…
we were running a bit behind schedule so had to take the dessert to go… and then we ate it in the car after the game, lol… never did get a picture…
at the game took a picture of our feet… it was a bit icy and it was funny to see the variety… I was still wearing my sandals and she had a nice boot on one foot and a boot cast on the other… she can move pretty darn fast when she’s wearing the boot…
enjoyed the volleyball… they actually played four games, although only the first three counted…
great group of kids… and it has been fun to watch them improve year after year… hard to believe they are nearly finished school…
29 Sunday Oct 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, carvers, family, George, grandsons, halloween, pumpkins, simple, supper, widow, witch
this afternoon when the kids came over, they brought their pumpkins… they are way bigger than mine, lol…
we had supper early and then got down to the business of carving…
this year we all scooped out the guts and seeds from the inside of the pumpkins… usually some people don’t want to get their fingers dirty…
went for simple designs this year as there were only three of us carving four pumpkins… great job by everyone…
they decided to leave the pumpkins here because they will all be out on Tuesday trick or treating…
works well for me because I haven’t brought out any of the Halloween decorations…
wrote this blog on carving pumpkins a few years ago and there are pictures of George working with the kids…
was thinking of him a lot as the younger boys and I worked away…
witch’s hat looks pretty cool…
28 Saturday Oct 2017
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beloved, big girl pants, brilliant, Ginger Peach, memories, miss, remembering, skating, Tea, teabags, teamate, widow
on Thursday I ran across to the CityPlace Farmers Market looking to refresh my stash of Teamate loose tea…
I really love their Ginger Peach and often make it in the evening using my wonderful Wall left handed tea mug… but sometimes it feels like too much effort… I usually make tea in a thermos, take the bag out after it has steeped and then have it for the next while… I don’t want to use loose tea in my thermos as it would be very difficult to get it clean afterwards…
a friend mentioned they had suggested to the tea person that they should put it into teabags… what a brilliant idea…
as it happens I have tea bags from David’s Tea, so I filled a few and then put them back into the empty Teamate package…
this morning I used one of those bags…
worked perfectly… and way less work…
made me think of my beloved… our all time favourite tea was Apricot Ginger from Twinings… we were so sad when it was discontinued and we never did find a good replacement… until now…
I’ve spent the day watching figure skating… drinking my tea and remembering how my beloved would watch tv in the basement, particularly when I was watching skating, so he wouldn’t have to watch it, lol…
sure do miss him…
27 Friday Oct 2017
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big girl pants, box, ChefsPlate, figure skating, fridge, lunch, meals, meatless, watermelon, widow
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…
26 Thursday Oct 2017
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couple of surprises this morning…
as I was searching for a pair of gloves I brought down a basket from the front entryway… was surprised to find a bunch of ladybugs behind it… not sure what I need to do about this…
of course I had to climb down off the chair, find my phone, and then climb back up to take pictures, lol… I don’t mind ladybugs, not like spiders… from a bit of research it appears that dark warm high places are just what they like to hibernate…
happily I did find the gloves which was great because when I looked outside the ground was covered with snow…
maybe Fall is over…
25 Wednesday Oct 2017
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. soup, big girl pants, buses, logistics, mandolin, school, Souper Thursday, traffic, we, WE Day, widow
WE Day in Winnipeg… made for a lot of traffic around the office…
at one point in the afternoon the street was completely filled with school buses picking up sixteen thousand kids and taking them back to school… the logistics must be crazy… way to go…
when I got home I had a short rest and then made zucchini basil chicken soup for tomorrow’s Souper Thursday…
I really love my mandolin… it makes chopping the onion and zucchini quick and easy… this is the simplest soup to make and very tasty…
we all love the fact that on Thursday we only need to bring a little something to go with the soup that someone else is making…
24 Tuesday Oct 2017
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was recently talking with friends about cleaning windows… at the time we were looking out the dirty ones in my living room…
in our house George was the one who cared about the windows being clean…
my friends felt that their husbands seem more interested in clean windows as well…
we kind of laughed because we all like clean windows, we are just less likely to do the cleaning, lol…
as I arrived at the office this morning I noticed the window cleaners setting up across the street…
too funny…
23 Monday Oct 2017
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. soup, big girl pants, errands, halloween, hat, shopping, spiderweb, Thursday, widow, zucchini basil
worked the late shift today so first thing this morning I ran around and did a few errands…
Thursday is my soup day so I went to the grocery store to get the ingredients to make zucchini basil chicken soup…
then it was over to the dollar store to look for little gloves… didn’t have what I wanted but I did find a few goodies for Halloween;-)…
a new witches hat… I have a few but this one was cute… and a spiderweb-y cape to go with it…
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