21 Wednesday Feb 2018
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01 Friday Dec 2017
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big girl pants, boys, Brandon, Brandon Day 2, drive, eat, food, iPhone, meals, pool, volleyball, widow, work
so far… we’ve been to the pool and done some office work…
we have been to a lot of volleyball… three games in fact… two for our boys and one of the girls’ games…
had some fun with my tripod and the new tiny holder for my iPhone…
eaten a lot of food… not quite as well rounded meals as usual…
and driven back and forth, and around the town quite a bit… I believe we passed Brandon University at least four times, lol…
but I did get two Christmas presents:-)…
although we ate out for each meal, we had supper in our room as we were worn out…
everyone is tired, but it was a good day…
20 Friday Oct 2017
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Assiniboine Park Zoo, big girl pants, boys, fun, garden, Grandpa, grandsons, plants, remembering, walk, widow
well, the boys came over this morning and helped me put the garden to bed…
we managed about an hour of work before everyone was done, but accomplished quite a bit… removed plants, mowed grass, put away pots and furniture…
then we walked to the bakery and grocery store to get supplies for making grilled cheese sandwiches… we had to stop at a local park where the boys remembered grandpa playing in this red car with them… and hearing the story of how mommy’s tooth was chipped here…
the older one prepared the sandwiches while the youngest rested from all that walking, lol…
next we headed over to Assiniboine Park Zoo to check out the animals… climbed towers, checked out bugs, looked for polar bears, made a drink combining a slushy with an ice cream cone and ran through a hay bale maze…
pretty nice way to spend this beautiful fall day…
04 Tuesday Oct 2016
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on Sunday the boys brought in the fish from the pond…
a bit surprised to find the collection only included four large ones and four small ones… there were thirteen when they went out to the pond in the summer…
it is always great fun to make the transfer to the winter condo… everyone takes part… also think that a few pairs of shoes might have got a tiny bit wet…
to our wonderful surprise we discovered many teeny fish…
we brought them in and put them in a separate bowl because the big fish might think they are food, lol… will see how many survive…
on Saturday I changed out the drawers in the living room table… have chosen a fall theme and put in leaves and some lovely quilting but did leave the rocks, lol…
05 Friday Feb 2016
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big girl pants, boys, cupcakes, decorate, movies, party, quiet, recuperate, sleepover
came to my daughter’s house after work for a sleepover…
helped decorate cupcakes for the nine boys (ages 6 and 7) who came to the birthday party…
they were made to look like little bags of popcorn… very cute…
the theme of the party was movies…
hot dogs were eaten with French fries and ketchup and then they watched a movie in the basement, for nearly an hour, eating popcorn and candy… 
then they lost interest in that… the next treat was root beer floats… a large number of them didn’t like root beer, ice cream, candy or cupcakes… strange…
then there were presents… yay…
finally out came the cupcakes and happy birthday singing…
now, they are all gone… it is quiet…
we are recuperating…
29 Sunday Nov 2015
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boys slept in until eight this morning… then happily watched cartoons on tv until their mom arrived about 8:30…
we went out for breakfast… second day in a row for me, lol… today it was Perkins for eggs Benedict… the 55 plus portion for me, which is just the right amount…
more shopping and found these adorable battery powered salt and pepper mills… had to bring them home… they are so cute…
now I have to figure out where to put them because they are too tall to fit in the cabinet where the old ones were, lol… but I can get rid of the older ones…
for our supper tonight we had tacos… only the little boys and their daddy came, but everyone loved them and had at least three each…
I used a ground vegan product instead of meat… very tasty and easier than cooking hamburger… no one even noticed the difference… we also had some refried beans, which we adults enjoyed… the boys don’t like beans of any kind…
I love feeding them tacos because they always eat well and there aren’t any complaints… there is lots of lettuce, tomatoes, green onions, avocado and sour cream to go with the soft and hard tacos that they like…
tonight they had milk with their supper… I usually offer juice boxes because I don’t think of drinking milk as I really dislike it, but they think of it as a treat, ugh…
another of their favourites is Subway sandwiches… they would choose that over burgers nearly any day…
wonderful that they enjoy healthy foods…
21 Sunday Dec 2014
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big girl pants, boys, calendars, gingerbread, grandkids, groceries, sleeps
very busy day…
ran out and got the last few Christmas things needed and picked up groceries…
got home, put a few things away and had lunch and a rest…
the boys came and we built a gingerbread house…
I was working in the kitchen while they did most of the decorating…
we got a few little jobs done around the house and had a nice supper…
once they headed home I got into my jammies and climbed into bed…
another of my advent calendars… took this picture yesterday… down to the last few days…
two more sleeps till the kids are home…
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