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19 Thursday Oct 2017

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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…

bunny…

18 Thursday May 2017

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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…

pho…

20 Thursday Apr 2017

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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…

alarm…

07 Tuesday Mar 2017

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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…

optimist…

21 Tuesday Feb 2017

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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…

workout…

24 Tuesday Jan 2017

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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…

boost…

25 Tuesday Oct 2016

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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…

dark…

11 Tuesday Oct 2016

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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…

rain…

10 Tuesday May 2016

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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…