24 Friday Oct 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, cold, dawdle, friends, moments, nature, Park Cafe, walk, weather, widow
went to The Park Cafe and met up with two friends…
we had a lovely breakfast and then a couple of us took a quick walk through the English and Leo Mol Gardens…
it was cool out so we didn’t dawdle… still a few beautiful colours out there…
then I walked across the bridge to where I’d parked the car…
22 Friday Aug 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, donor, English Garden, falafels, family, food, Leo Mol Garden, lilies, moments, muskrats, nature, Park Cafe, pond, rose, walk, widow
finally walked over to the Park this morning…
started with breakfast at the Park Cafe… I really enjoyed the falafels…
from there it was over to the English Garden which is just gorgeous right now…
I found a lovely rose, just after we saw a hummingbird, although it moved too fast for me to get a photo…
in the Leo Mol Arbor we spotted one of the muskrats;-)…
had some fun with water lilies and frogs at the lily pond…
the gardens were being prepped for the big donor event this week… pressure washers were cleaning up the concrete, while lights were being added to the trees throughout the space… it will look lovely in the evening;-)…
19 Wednesday Feb 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, Eggs Benedict, food, happy, hash browns, moments, Park Cafe, server, service, stellar, tip, widow
went to the Park Cafe for breakfast and had a very nice time…
Richard was our waitperson and he did a wonderful job…
I had tea as we waited for our breakfast and it did seem to be taking a bit longer than usual, but not horribly…
when it came, Richard advised that they cooked my poached eggs to medium and he remembered that I had asked for very soft, so he had them redo them, which was why it took a bit longer…
he also mentioned at the end that I could have requested a grilled tomato instead of the hash browns which he saw that I hadn’t eaten…
it was the first time in ages that I felt we’d received stellar service at a restaurant…
he got a big tip;-)…
26 Sunday Jan 2025
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airport, art, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, family, Katita, moments, Qaumajuq, Stella’s, visit, WAG, widow
Friday, we started our day at Stella’s on Portage, before visiting the Winnipeg Art Gallery…
after avocado toast with poached eggs and hashbrowns, I finished my meal with a haystack (or fiddle diddle), and I even shared, lol… yum…
once at the WAG, we left our jackets in lockers and explored… so much art to see… my favourite was this carving…
we had a snack in the Katita cafe and wandered around the vault…
it was spectacular;-)…
from there we hurried home, grabbed her bag, and dropped her at the airport for her flight home…
what a wonderful way to end our time together;-)…
10 Sunday Nov 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, CDCP, cleaning, dentist, food, goodies, happy, moments, stress, Technology, wait, widow
Friday morning I had an appointment to have my teeth cleaned and only had to wait a few minutes before getting into the chair…
everything went well and I was happy to only pay a tiny piece of the invoice… thanks to the CDCP… I was pleased because previously my dentist had advised they wouldn’t be participating in the program…
I usually don’t eat before my appointment, so on the way home I got a breakfast burrito;-)… yum…
and then I admired my goody bag treats, lol…
I’ve been going to this dentist for years, but still stress before and during the appointment…
15 Tuesday Oct 2024
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, birthday buddy, blessed, breakfast, bridge, friends, gardens, moments, nature, Park Cafe, pedestrian, running shoes, time, walk, weather, widow
the other day, I drove to the pedestrian bridge and walked over to the Park Café where I met a birthday buddy for breakfast and a visit…
I would usually walk but one of my feet was a tad unhappy, so only walking partway made sense…
I even wore running shoes😳…
usually we meet between our birthdays, but this year got a bit hectic, lol…
I had falafel with red pepper hummus and we talked the entire time…
then I had a quick walk through the English and Leo Mol Gardens before making my way back to the car and driving home…
and, my foot didn’t bother me;-)…
17 Saturday Aug 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, Bruce Park, ditched, family, grandson, moments, nature, the "A", trailer, walk, widow
had breakfast with my grandson at the “A” a few days ago…
it was a nice walk there and back…
we had the breakfast special, our usual…
on our way home we had a good look at a trailer that has been sitting near the end of the street…
it has been there for a long time… we are wondering if it has been ditched…
25 Tuesday Jun 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, delicious, early, EOB, family, moments, restaurant, Technology, widow
this morning I discovered OEB… it is a restaurant that my daughter had encountered in Calgary and said was excellent…
we ordered last night and it was delivered first thing this morning…
I chose the French Toast Trifle… it looked delicious on the website and was exactly the same when it arrived…
there were two pieces of brioche smothered in custard with blueberries and strawberries… and to top it off there were three cute little meringues on top…
and it was delicious;-)…
06 Wednesday Mar 2024
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"A", beloved, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, family, food, grandson, health, memories, moments, passing, routine, slippery, snow, treat, walk, weather, widow
went for a walk on Sunday morning… the front steps were covered with slippery ice pellets, so we walked carefully…
the temperature was around 0°C and it felt like -8°C… not bad and the wind was behind us as we walked towards Portage…
we arrived at the “A” and had a lovely breakfast…
it has been many months since I’ve been there and it was a nice treat…
breakfast here used to be one of our regular activities on the weekends… I would walk over and my beloved would drive… after breakfast we would head out in the car to do errands or take a drive…
it was nice to eat here this week as we come to the anniversary of his passing…
I sure do miss him…
12 Sunday Nov 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, concoction, experiment, moments, omelette, practise, tasty, Technology, waffle maker, widow
now that I have access to the waffle maker, I keep wanting to make other things in it… and with the colder weather, I want warmer things to eat;-)…
I found a recipe online for an omelette, so I decided to give it a try…
it was simple, yay, which made me happy…
I did wonder about using three eggs, but decided that for this first time I would try to follow the directions, lol…
it had a breakfast sausage, but I just used half of it… it also called for red pepper, but I didn’t have any so used extra onion instead… and I used more or less the amount of cheese mentioned…
hmmmm, maybe I did change it quite a bit, oopsie…
as I poured the concoction into the waffle maker, I realized I had been right, two eggs would have been much better… there was some leaking at the edges…
it came out pretty good, but I think using less egg would have helped it cook better… so I am going to make it again tomorrow;-)…
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