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weather…

25 Friday Oct 2013

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alarm, amazing sky, big girl pants, cool and windy, Fazes Hair Studio, hot tub, Michael Buble Everything, rain on the moon roof, slept through alarm, sun through clouds, weather

I know I am tired when the alarm goes off and rings for 15 minutes before I wake up… this is extremely rare… my usual pattern is to wake up about five minutes before the alarm – which is Michael Buble singing Everything – goes off…

glad that tomorrow I cal sleep in… although usually that means I wake up early anyway, lol…

strange weather day… it was cool and fairly windy this morning when I headed off to work and stayed windy throughout the day… a colleague went for a walk around two and it was lovely, even with the wind… the sun was shining and it felt quite warm…

left the office at 3:30 to get to the hair salon and it was cool and windy… as I drove the sky was amazing, with the sun behind some clouds casting some wonderful sunbeams through some lovely blue sky… quite breathtaking and I was able to enjoy it for much of my trip…

while inside at the salon, apparently it clouded over and rained, and when I left it was still raining a bit… once in the car I looked up at the moon roof and had to take a picture of the beautiful design the raindrops had made…

rain pattern on the moon roof...

rain pattern on the moon roof…

blustery on the way home and after getting in the house looked out the front window to see the sun coming through the clouds even as it was raining… took a few pictures…

sun coming through the clouds as the rain was still falling...

sun coming through the clouds as the rain was still falling…

it is still blowing out there, but I expect it will calm down in an hour or so… usually when I head out to the hot tub around 11 the wind has died right down… we will see…

sushi…

24 Thursday Oct 2013

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Addition Elle, assorted tempura, big girl pants, book gifts, Chapters, edemame beans, family pictures, Reitman's, sushi, sushi rolls, tradition

got a call a few days ago talking about getting family pictures taken this Saturday…

wasn’t sure I really wanted to participate, but decided to get a haircut just to be on the safe side… after that I realized that all the purple is gone from my hair, so I made an appointment to get purpled…

the pictures are going to be taken in the park, and when I ask what people will be wearing I’m told – blue jeans…

here’s something you may not know about me… I don’t think I have ever worn blue jeans… for sure not in the last 50 years… this past summer I was talked into a pair of blue jean shorts, which I wore out about three times – when I was with my daughter, lol…

so, after talking with Cyndi, this morning I asked Crystal if she was available to go shopping with me after work… we went to Reitman’s which is where daughter number one suggested they might have something in their Petite line that I would like…

after trying on a couple of pairs Crystal picked one which I didn’t mind too much… then we went to Addition Elle and picked up a hoodie type top to go with them… Crystal had to text her sister to let her know the exciting news… she is waiting for pictures…

tempura and edemame...

tempura and edemame…

after that, to celebrate, we went out for sushi for our dinner… funny because I’ve been thinking about sushi for days and when I asked Crystal what she wanted the first thing out of her mouth was sushi…

sushi rolls...

sushi rolls which we gobbled up…

after our lovely dinner we went to Chapters where she picked up a book and I found a few for the little boys for Christmas… since Cyndi was born we have given each of the kids a book for Christmas and their birthdays… that has followed through with the boys – husbands and grandsons…

finally home after another busy day…

so, now I am ready for family pictures…

pumpkins…

23 Wednesday Oct 2013

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big girl pants, Dollar Store, Halloween pumpkins, pumpkins, squash

the kids picked me from the office and we went to get our Halloween pumpkins…

snow falling and lifting a BIG pumpkin...

snow falling and lifting a BIG pumpkin…

by the time we got there it was a bit windy and the snow was flying…

everyone's choices in the wagon...

everyone’s choices in the wagon…

each of the boys got to choose the pumpkin they plan to carve… that takes a while… when they were done the little ones ran all over while the grown-ups chose some different squashes…

a flash going by...

a flash going by…

I like to get quite a few as they last a really long time… already have some so got a few more small acorns and a funky looking one that is like the acorn…

then we stopped at the Dollar Store and I got a few new decorations… purple spiders and bats and a couple of good-sized skeletons for the door, and a lovely purple witch’s hat…

yummy supper at their house, putting up Halloween decorations and a ride back to the office to get my car and then home…

phew…

skeletons…

21 Monday Oct 2013

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big girl pants, decorate, getting pumpkins, halloween, skeletons, spiders, witches on the stairway

yesterday afternoon the boys brought up the Halloween box and then proceeded to decorate…

it was really lots of fun because they had no preconceived ideas about where things should go… after all these years, I tend to put things in their place… not so the boys… there are ghosts hanging from lights, the front window and between the living room and dining room… a mobile is hanging over the mirror at the front door and looks great there…

last year the spiders had to go in an inconspicuous spot because the littlest guy was a bit afraid of them… and we didn’t even get to put out the skeleton because he was terrified of it…

this year, he happily helped his brothers put that skeleton on the window and arranged the spiders all over the place…

witches gathered up the  stairs...

witches gathered up the stairs…

he was also in charge of the witches and put most of them on the stairway…

what a difference a year makes, lol…

think we are going to pick out a few pumpkins one night this week…

tacos…

20 Sunday Oct 2013

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Amish Friendship bread, big girl pants, dessert loaf, Halloween decorations, shopping at Safeway, tacos

this morning I prepared the meat for tacos for tonight’s dinner…

then I headed over to pick up a few items that were still needed for tonight… fairly busy at Safeway but I ran in and out and got everything…

after I got home I also made some Amish Friendship bread… I had been given the starter over a week ago… thought it was going to be an actual bread but it turned out to be more of a dessert loaf…

ready for dinner...

ready for dinner…

the boys love tacos and tonight they gobbled them up… one of the reasons I make them is the fact that everyone eats them… not always easy to find something that they all like…

taco inside a taco...

taco inside a taco…

it is always fun to watch them put them together… A soft taco gets sour cream on it and then it wraps around the hard taco before getting filled with all the goodies…

one likes them best with cheese and lettuce…

my taco...

my taco…

they also liked the loaf…

finally, the boys put out the Halloween decorations while I finished tidying up in the kitchen… now to get some candy…

Saturday…

19 Saturday Oct 2013

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big girl pants, donation items, dumpling recipe, full moon, leaking pond, lent car, overcast, reorganized the kitchen, Saturday, tons of leaves

spent a quiet day… mostly overcast with a bit of rain here and there… didn’t have any urge to go out anywhere…

Crystal came by to pick up and drop off the car, which she was borrowing for a few errands…

reorganized the kitchen a bit by moving the recycling box under the counter… made chicken and dumplings for my dinner which got me thinking about my mom… the dumpling recipe I use is one she always used… these days I am cutting it in half as I don’t want to be eating dumplings for days, lol…

when I made the turkey stock the other day, I roasted the bones first and I am not sure if I like the flavour or not…

put chemicals in the hot tub, watched some tv and cleaned out my closet… even managed to put a few clothing items into a box to give away…

felt like I just did what I wanted which was very nice…

had to unplug the pump in the pond because it appeared to be running out of water… which leads me to think that the leak is still not fixed… I am going to have to deal with that again this week and also need to rake both the front and back yards as the trees have very generously donated leaves everywhere… sadly the tree next door still has lots of leaves on it, so no doubt we will have to rake again…

got this shot of the full moon the other night as I was arriving home from my dinner out, and the hour-long drive home… the lights on the new baby are much brighter than on the last car…

full moon over the garage...

full moon over the garage…

dinner…

18 Friday Oct 2013

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big girl pants, Boston Pizza, dinner, fish, leftover, water hyacinth, young friend

for my dinner tonight I had leftover salt and pepper chicken wings, cactus cut potatoes and Caesar salad… it was quite yummy…

they were the remainder of my dinner last night… I went out with a lovely young friend who I hadn’t seen in ages… we had a great visit, got caught up on our families and I got to show her the new baby (car, I’m talking about!)…

when I go out now, I often order enough to have as leftovers the next day… this was particularly good tonight as I always find Friday a night when I really don’t want to have to cook dinner…

fish in the winter condo...

fish in the winter condo…

sitting here with only one light on and can’t see the fish in the tank, but earlier I made sure to feed them… there are 13 of them and they are fairly big, so I want to be sure they get enough to eat… there are also a few water hyacinth plants in the tank, but they won’t last for very long in the house… they do best outside in the heat…

water hyacinth blooming in the pond this summer...

water hyacinth blooming in the pond this summer…

music…

17 Thursday Oct 2013

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big girl pants, Corolla S 2013, current music, download songs, music, new car, Slacker radio

I enjoy music, but these days I do most of my listening on the way to and from work… I enjoy much of the current pop music but can never remember the name of the artist or the song title for that matter…

I am constantly asking Crystal to download songs for me, but usually can only tell her a few of the words because I’ve forgotten all the other information… apparently this makes it hard for her to find them, lol…

every now and then I listen to Slacker radio on my phone and you can like a song and it will save it so I have been able to provide a few names of pieces that I have taken a liking to…

screen in the new car that shows the music playing...

screen in the new car that shows the music playing…

but, one of the exciting things about my new car – for me and for her – is that when a song is playing it shows the name of the song and the artist… Crystal was very happy when she saw this because she figures I might be able to give her the name of a song as well as the artist when I want her to download something…

we shall see if this helps, lol…

stuffies…

15 Tuesday Oct 2013

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big girl pants, kangaroos, memories, penguins, stuffies, zoo

when we went to the zoo on Sunday to visit the kangaroos we also checked out the penguins…

they are here until the end of October and it was nice to see them again… there are three and they are so cute… they were having a rest, like every other animal in the zoo, lol…

of course there is a shop where they are and we agreed the boys could look but we weren’t getting anything…

until the volunteer there advised that everything was 50% off…

at which point grandma caved and said everyone could get one thing…

the little boys and I each found something although the oldest wasn’t able to find anything… sad to think he has passed the age of wanting a stuffy…

a blue penguin that makes noise and a black and white penguin for them… and I got an igloo with a cute little penguin in it… when visiting the boys are always looking for things to stuff other things into…

great memories…

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blessings…

14 Monday Oct 2013

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big girl pants, blessings, centrepiece, cheesecake, fish, good memories, no tears, raked leaves, second without my beloved, thanksgiving, winter condo

had a quiet morning, doing a bit of laundry and some final prep for tonight’s dinner…

kids came over just after noon and the house filled up with the smell of Crystal’s pumpkin cheesecake baking while Jeff, with a little help from Kyler and I, raked up the leaves and put away some lawn furniture… then the two of them caught the fish from the pond… rather easily I might add…

the big boys catching the fish...

the big boys catching the fish…

they moved them to their winter condo in the house… the little guys came to watch the transfer, both wanting to help, but the bucket just got dumped so all they could do was feed them, lol…

pouring the fish into their winter home...

pouring the fish into their winter home…

the water looked a bit murky but the tank was filled with life…

winter condo quite filled up...

winter condo quite filled up…

turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, carrots, turnip, brussel sprouts, Caesar salad, along with home-made cranberry sauce (with the canned stuff for those who didn’t like the home-made version) and gravy filled us up… and then we had luscious cheesecake with whipped cream…

ready to eat...

ready to eat…

last year we had a crowd, although Crystal wasn’t here… this year it was just the Winnipeg family, although we were missing our Ottawa contingent who celebrated yesterday…

after dinner Crystal took a few photos of the great centrepiece that Kyler and Tavin prepared… they found leaves outside, brought up the Thanksgiving decorations box and put everything together… we added two pumpkins from a friend and a few fresh tomatoes grown in the garden… we included the silver pheasant salt and pepper shakers that my mom brought back to my grandma from England, the bunny the boys gave to Grandpa when he had his heart surgery, and at dinner used a gravy boat from his mom… very nice…

thanksgiving centrepiece...

thanksgiving centrepiece…

we shared around the table many of the things we are thankful for and they included: school, family, Grandpa, friends, Elisabeth, iPads, moms, meat, work and time with family… .

after everyone had left, I took a few pictures of the happy fish… then I talked with Cyndi, finished tidying the kitchen and am now heading for bed…

happy fish...

happy fish…

this is the second Thanksgiving without my beloved and during dinner I told a few stories about our parents, and Jeff and Crystal shared stories of big family dinners over the years… no tears, just good memories…

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