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stopper…

01 Monday Dec 2025

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ran around Saturday morning and basically finished my Christmas shopping…

a beautiful outdoor tree tried to seduce me at Canadian Tire, but I walked away, lol…

we also had a lot of fun at BulkBarn finding things for a couple of Advent calendars…

the last few books were picked up at Chapters for my littlest friends and we found the last sheep door draft stopper…

so, I guess now I have to wrap things, lol…

contemplate…

30 Saturday Nov 2024

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one of my previous Advent Calendars, which my daughter gave me, is a lovely set of 24 hand painted cards with interesting quotes…

although it isn’t Advent yet, I have been choosing one each day to contemplate;-)…

it is fun to spend some time each day thinking of the quote…

kaleidoscope…

12 Tuesday Dec 2023

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this morning in my Advent box I received a kaleidoscope of butterflies…

I love that name for a group of butterflies;-)…

some of them had broken free of their original home and had stuck themselves all over the inside of the box… it took a bit of time to get them all out, lol…

the glue on them is just down the centre of each one so their wings raise up a bit and they do look as though they are fluttering…

I put them on the bathroom mirror and they look very sweet there…

we will see if they stay or flutter to the ground as there isn’t much stickiness to them;-)…

clicking…

07 Thursday Dec 2023

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sounds can make me a little crazy when I hear them and can’t figure out what they are…

once I know what they are then I am fine…

recently, whenever I closed the fridge door, this odd clicking sound happened…

I tried a few things but couldn’t figure it out… eventually I realized it was the feet on the little reindeer… as the door closed they moved and banged onto the Advent calendar the small reindeer was sitting on…

once I crossed them, the noise disappeared;-)…

quick…

30 Wednesday Nov 2022

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I received a box of individually wrapped pieces of chocolate in the mail to fill my Advent calendar…

was very happy and quick to pop one into each of the twenty four squares in the box… and there are two on the last day so that I can enjoy one on Christmas Day;-)…

now to wait for tomorrow, when I get to open the first one;-)…

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😊…

parcel…

24 Saturday Nov 2018

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a parcel arrived for me at the office on Wednesday…

my daughter had advised that she had ordered a Chocolate Lab Advent calendar for me but I wasn’t sure when it would arrive…

opened it up and discovered inside the lovely box filled with beautiful chocolate bonbons…

because I was planning to stop for a haircut on my way home that night, I decided not to take it home with me, as I didn’t want the chocolates to freeze…

one thing I’ve learned from my daughter is that you have to be careful of chocolate, not let it get too hot or too cold so that it’s at its best… left it on my desk all day Thursday but brought it home that night… put it on top of the fish tank where it looks quite lovely…

looking forward to opening it on December 1 and checking out the first drawer to taste the delicious bonbon inside… I sure am lucky…

memories…

04 Thursday Dec 2014

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a good day… very few rough moments, which was lovely… birthdays have always been special in our family so marking George’s is important…

started the day by taking the last of the antibiotics, yay… been using George’s pill container as I need to take the pills with my breakfast now…

last of the antibiotics...

last pill…

Crystal and I walked over to the Burger Place and picked up burgers and milkshakes for our supper…

moon through the trees...

moon through the trees…

made her hold everything while I took the picture on my phone… met up with all the boys at home and then FaceTimed with the kids in Ottawa… they had picked up burgers and milkshakes at McDonalds… we had apple pie in both places as well…

supper was busy and we shared various favourite memories of Dad/Grandpa… from reading every word of a very long story to the little boys, to always starting a new conversation when someone was trying to hang up or walk out the door, to working with the boys around the house and a love of the garden and ponds…

he would talk to any and every person he came in contact with… and he would know lots about them afterwards… just today I was mentioning how that is one of the most difficult things – not having anyone here to share with…

it was good to all be together, even if it was over the airwaves with the iPad… we continue to talk about him so that we won’t forget how special he was…

all of the kids...

all of the kids, some being naughty…

today’s Advent gift was a bottle of Baileys so I had just a little bit after everyone left… it will be interesting to see what that does to my blood sugar, lol…

what a gift to have met and married my beloved, and spend over forty years together…

treats…

01 Monday Dec 2014

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yesterday an Advent calendar was delivered to my door… it was from my daughter in Ottawa…

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a carton filled with 24 boxes… such fun to open one each day…

this morning I opened box 1 and discovered striped purple socks and a dragonfly stick-on…

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wore them when I went for a walk today…

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at work I wear sandals and don’t usually wear socks in my boots unless I am going to be doing a lot of walking…

still thinking about where to put the dragonfly…

treats…

01 Monday Dec 2014

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yesterday an Advent calendar was delivered to my door… it was from my daughter in Ottawa…

IMG_9535.JPG
a carton filled with 24 boxes… such fun to open one each day…

this morning I opened box 1 and discovered striped purple socks and a dragonfly stick-on…

IMG_9536.JPG
wore them when I went for a walk today…

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at work I wear sandals and don’t usually wear socks in my boots unless I am going to be doing a lot of walking…

still thinking about where to put the dragonfly…

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