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…
11 Tuesday Oct 2016
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aquasize, beloved, big girl pants, conversation, dark, fish and chips, light, widow
yesterday was in a conversation with someone about how dark it is getting in the evening…
they mentioned that by 8 pm the light was fading… sadly tonight as we were coming home from aquasize at 7:25 it was already dark…
was also thinking about how my beloved would make fish and chips for when I’d get home from swimming… I miss that…
this was the light at 7:48 this morning… just getting light out…
10 Tuesday May 2016
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aquasize, big girl pants, deer + almond, jacket, rain, tuna, water, window
woke up to the gentle sound of rain on the window… we’ve really needed it…
could almost see the grass getting greener, lol…
was a bit worried because I am still getting water in the basement if it rains a lot… happily, when I got home and checked, it was dry… even though it rained on and off all day…
finally wore my new Patagonia rain jacket when I headed out for my lunch date… bought it for New York, but the weather was great so I never used it…
met a friend at deer + almond… my first time there and it was excellent… food was tasty and the service was impeccable…
I had an open faced seared tuna sandwich with a goat cheese salad… yum…
spent time in the water after work as my swimming pal and I went for an aquasize class…
lots of water today, lol…
16 Wednesday Mar 2016
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antibiotic, aquasize, big girl pants, feet, medication, pharmacist, reaction, sandals, snow, sun, surprises, widow
couple of surprises over the last few days…
last night as we were getting ready for aquasize, I noticed that my feet were red and warm… at first I wondered if it was something from the spa… or maybe from my sandals…
they were still red this afternoon so I contacted the pharmacist to see if it was something to do with new antibiotic I am taking to help with an outbreak of blepharitis…
because my body responds so poorly to any type of medication I was worried that I was having a strange reaction… Grant reviewed the side effects and thought it was a sensitivity to the sun… I had spent some time on the deck on Monday so that was certainly a possibility… when I got home I changed into some leggings which matched the marks on my ankles exactly… happily I think that confirms his idea… for the next month I will have to be very careful when out in the sun…
as I drove home from work it was spitting and I took this picture when I got into the house just before five… can’t believe that nearly all the snow is gone…
I had a lovely nap and woke up to this just before eight…
not such nice surprises, lol…
maybe I won’t be wearing my sandals to work in the morning…
