10 Sunday Nov 2019
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aquasize, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, fish, food, French fries, memories, moments, oil, widow
made fish and chips for my supper recently…
the house smelled of cooking oil… triggered some lovely memories…
on aquasize night when I got home, there would always be fish and chips ready…
and my beloved made the world’s best french fries…
22 Friday Feb 2019
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aquasize, backyard, beloved, big girl pants, fish and chips, garbage, memories, recycling, shovelled, snow, supper, widow
felt like I was wearing those big girl pants all day long…
this morning I went out into the backyard and shovelled the windrow outside the gate so that I could get the garbage and recycling bins into the back lane…
it has been weeks since I’ve taken it out…
put two bags beside it… not sure if they will take those or not…
I decided on pickerel for my supper… instead of the deep fried French fries that my beloved would make, and which were amazing, I baked them in the oven… a recipe from my grandmother… fish and chips was one of the regular suppers that he would make, particularly on swimming nights… makes me think that I need to get back to aquasize…
tasty…
19 Thursday Oct 2017
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aquasize, big girl pants, CityPlace, Farmers Market, Lugg, widow
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…
18 Thursday May 2017
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aquasize, big girl pants, bunny, evening, fish and chips, move, trees, walk, widow
had a lovely stroll home after supper with my swimming buddy… following our aquasize class we went out for fish and chips…
it was a beautiful evening so I decided to walk home…
nearly home I met up with this cute bunny…
at first he thought if he didn’t move I couldn’t see him… then we walked nearly a block together…
street is looking beautiful as the trees have leafed out…
20 Thursday Apr 2017
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aquasize, big girl pants, moments, pho, Pho Hoang, shrimp, sweet potato, widow, yummy
tonight, after aquasize we went out for pho…
our favourite place, Pho Hoang, is just a few blocks from the Cindy Klassen Recreation Centre where we swim… we try to get there a few times over the winter but this was our first visit this season…
started with sweet potato and shrimp crepes…
the crepe is a lettuce leaf… it was delicious and I will certainly order it again…
this restaurant is on my SkipTheDishes list so I’m quite excited to have another item to order from them… I love sweet potatoes and pairing them with shrimp and deep frying them is very clever… and that lettuce makes them a healthier choice for me to eat…
we also shared prawn tempura with a tasty sweet chili dip…
they were delicious as well…
the main course was #16 – rare steak and flank pho… my go-to;-)…
the mint and bean sprouts finish it nicely… can’t see the rice noodles in the bottom of the bowl, but they were yummy…
I don’t think I’ve ever finished the whole bowl and tonight was no exception… but I did eat more than half, lol…
then they packed up the leftovers for me to take home…
lunch tomorrow…
what a wonderful treat and great time together… special moments…
07 Tuesday Mar 2017
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alarm, aquasize, big girl pants, exercise, firefighters, noise, weather, widow, wind
last night we were supposed to get a snowstorm but instead the wind swirled around the house… very little snow but we had a bit of snow and lots of cold wind all day…
tonight we decided we would go to aquasize even though it was blustery out…
rather proud of ourselves for going out in the miserable weather, lol…
had a good class, although there were only five of us…
got out of the pool and were drying off and getting dressed when the fire alarm went off…
terrible noise… everyone in the complex had to go to the front lobby and wait… with the alarm still ringing…
eventually the firefighters arrived and they spent about fifteen minutes going here and there… while the bells still rang…
eventually the alarm was turned off… at that point we couldn’t hear very well…
after another fifteen or twenty minutes we were allowed back in to get dressed…
we think that there actually was an issue although they never said anything while they were there…
made for an interesting evening…
21 Tuesday Feb 2017
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aquasize, band, big girl pants, change, dinner, family, optimist, Optimist International Band Festival, widow
headed downtown to work this morning planning to go to aquasize at the end of the day…
instead I met up with my daughter, grandsons and a few friends… we headed over to Portage Place to find dress pants for the oldest who was performing at the Optimists International Band Festival tonight…
then we had supper… the kids had sandwiches from Subway and we adults went to Clay Oven…
we got to the venue just before they played their pieces and then watched their workshop with an adjudicator from Montreal who spoke in French for the whole time…
took a video of both of their songs… but didn’t take a single picture of the whole band, lol…
a wonderful treat to get the opportunity to hear the oldest one’s band…
02 Thursday Feb 2017
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almonds, aquasize, big girl pants, cookies, shortbread, snack, weekend, widow
great start to my weekend…
shortbread and almonds for a snack before heading to aquasize… have two cookies left…
great class and now home to watch some tv…
24 Tuesday Jan 2017
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aquasize, big girl pants, cookie, packed, parking lot, widow, workout
back to aquasize tonight… been a while… the parking lot was jam packed… we are anticipating that by mid-February there will be ample room…
and although there were many people at the Rec Centre, our class was rather small, but we got a good workout… the best part was the generous space in the Change Rooms… had a whole section to ourselves…
after supper I enjoyed one of these wonderful peanut butter cookies that my swim buddy brought over last night…
delicious…
25 Tuesday Oct 2016
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aquasize, big girl pants, boost, leftovers, lunch, sky, treadmill, under the weather, widow
feeling a bit under the weather and had a very hard time getting out of bed this morning…
so slow that there wasn’t time to walk on the treadmill… that is a rare occurrence…
as I turned onto the road at the end of the street I saw this beautiful sky… luckily there was no one behind me so I could stop and get a photo…
did give me a bit of a boost…
then I had lunch with a dear friend… lovely treat…
picked up and taken to aquasize by another friend and afterwards had a bit of leftover dinner from last night’s meeting…
now watching a bit of tv and thinking of a short nap and a hot tub…
