12 Friday Jul 2024
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air, air conditioner, barbecue, Barbie the Barbecue, big girl pants, blessed, delicious, garden, grandson, hot, moments, nature, option, weather, widow
it has been very hot here for the last few days, with no rain, woohoo…
last night’s supper was pork tenderloin with potatoes, onions, and mushrooms and asparagus…
all cooked on Barbie the Barbecue…
nice to have an option for preparing supper in this heat…
sadly, it appears that the air conditioner has shared its last cooling;-(…
22 Thursday Jun 2023
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barbecue, Barbie2, big girl pants, blessed, family, food, happy, moments, rain, steak, surprise, weather, widow
went out to barbecue a steak for our dinner before the rain was expected and when I removed the cover, I found Barbie;-)…
knew exactly how to use her, lol…
the steak came out perfectly, and it never did rain…
20 Monday Jun 2022
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barbecue, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, garden, grilling, hot, irrigation, memories, moments, nature, steak, weather, widow
it was a hot one on Sunday…
I spent a good part of the day in the garden… the sun was blazing…
went around and watered all of the planters and then turned on the irrigation system… it worked fairly well and I am excited to get the rest of it connected…
had a nap in the house over the hottest part of the day and then sat on the upper deck in the shade and read…
dug out the grill and barbecued a steak which I enjoyed with some homemade potato salad and asparagus…
nice to do some grilling… my beloved would have cooked the steak better, but as time goes on, I am learning;-)…
16 Friday Jul 2021
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barbecue, Barbie, big girl pants, blessed, clap, delicious, garden, hail, moments, nature, rain, sky, steak, thunderstorm, weather, wet, widow
I was laying on the bed upstairs yesterday watching the end of a movie when I heard a huge clap of thunder…
jumped up and ran outside to put away the cushions… I don’t like it when they get wet and they were on all of the chairs…
almost got the last ones into the garage when the downpour began… I stood in the garage doorway and watched rain and hail pelt down for a while and then, when it slowed down a little, made it into the house…
all of the windows were wide open as well as the screen door, but luckily only the kitchen and bedroom had issues…
had to take up the rug at the door and wipe up the water in the kitchen… the other rooms were pretty good… thankfully, the blinds were down in the bedroom so the water only came in a bit in one corner of the frame… once I wiped it up it didn’t take long to dry…
it remained overcast for a while, but then the sun came out and it was beautiful…
brought Barbie the barbecue out and grilled a steak for my dinner to go along with the potato salad I had made earlier in the day…
then I sat on the deck and read;-)… crazy weather…
22 Thursday Apr 2021
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barbecue, big girl pants, blessed, learning, moments, nature, practice, snow, tasty, weather, widow
I had planned to barbecue steak and lobster for my birthday supper… unfortunately, it was cold and snowy, so I ordered in…
Monday the sun was shining so I went out at noon and barbecued both… even filled a bird feeder while I was waiting for the temperature to get to where I wanted it…
had half of both for my lunch and set the rest aside for a salad…
I am getting much better at barbecuing… clearly practice helps…
23 Tuesday Feb 2021
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on Sunday I took out a couple of little bacon wrapped steaks to barbecue, being as it was so warm out…
earlier in the day I baked a potato and then cooled it in the fridge so the sugars would be better…
moved Barbie into the middle of the garage and got her going…
the steaks cooked nicely and the potato warmed up just right…
I had a few Brussels sprouts which I cooked with garlic…
it turned out delicious… the steak was exactly the way I like it…
getting more used to using the barbecue…
03 Sunday Jan 2021
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barbecue, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, celebrate, garden, kick-off, lobster, moments, snow, steak, treat, widow, wine
on New Year’s Day, I barbecued steak and lobster for my dinner…
the weather was lovely which made standing around in the garage comfortable, lol…
as I came and went, I would visit with the bunny that was hanging around at the back of the garden…
was pleased with how both the steak and lobster turned out, particularly as I so rarely use the barbecue…
and there were mushrooms, a baked potato and melted butter… and a tiny glass of wine…
a great way to kick-off the new year…
01 Thursday Aug 2019
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anniversary, barbecue, big girl pants, butterflies, commemorate, family, forty-nine, grandsons, lobster, Memory Stone, stingrays, widow, zoo
I spent the day with my youngest grandson and we had lots of fun… we also talked a fair bit about Grandpa…
he was just three when my beloved died so it is quite amazing what he remembers, although I do try to talk about him often…
hard to figure out how to commemorate what would have been our forty-ninth wedding anniversary…
one of the things we did was find the memory stones that my eldest daughter had put into one of the walkways at Assiniboine Park…
he was even happy to do some selfies which doesn’t always happen…
we saw the butterflies, stingrays, snow leopards, and had a wagon ride… it was hot out… we remembered visits to the zoo with Grandpa and the fun we had…
my eldest grandson arrived after work and we barbecued steak and lobster for our supper…
great way to spend this special day…
20 Saturday Jul 2019
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barbecue, Barbie, big girl pants, dinner, family, fish, garden, goldfish, grandson, pond, quickly, small, widow
last night my grandson came over for dinner…
I cooked a roast, as well as a combination of potatoes, onions and mushrooms on Barbie, the barbecue;-)…
came out perfect and delicious…
after supper we sat in the garden and my grandson decided he should catch the goldfish that we had popped into the top of the pond hoping they would grow a bit before joining the other fish as they were very small… they have grown quite nicely so we thought they could move to the other section of the pond…
those little fish move very quickly we discovered… he was able to catch and move two… rest of them are going to stay there until they get bigger, and possibly easier to catch…
29 Monday Apr 2019
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barbecue, big girl pants, croaking, frogs, garden, grandson, pond, Sargent Sundae, son-in-law, spawn, steak, walk, widow
yesterday my son-in-law and youngest grandson came over…
we ran out and got a few errands done and then made a late lunch…
my son-in-law barbecued steaks and my grandson sliced mushrooms and chopped lettuce for our salad…
first barbecue of the year and it was delicious…
while the steaks were cooking my son-in-law cleaned up a bit of the yard and the pond… and he found three clumps of frog spawn…
been listening to frogs croaking since I’ve been home, so very excited and hopeful that we will have lots of tadpoles and frogs…
then we walked over to Sargent Sundae for ice cream, although it was a bit chilly, lol…
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