chips…

02 Thursday Aug 2018

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one of the great things about going to Kenora is getting french fries at ye olde Chip Truck…

in the midst of the regatta there was a break so we drove into town to go to Canadian Tire…

they didn’t have what we wanted, but they did have one of the chip trucks…

neither of us was really hungry but we got a small order…

we had been tasked with bringing back a Subway sandwich for the rower…

when we found the store I laughed because it was right next to the original Chip Truck…

a bit sad but we for sure didn’t have any room for more…

good news is we are going back next weekend and I am going to be sure to get more… when I’m hungry, lol…

bowls…

28 Thursday Jun 2018

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received these sweet bowls from my daughter when my youngest grandson and I visited Ottawa in March…

she had been using them while waiting for us to arrive, lol, and really liked them… there was some talk about not giving them to me…

when I first brought them home I didn’t use them, but decided one day that the largest one would be great for my evening chip nibble… it is about the same size as one of the cereal bowls I’d been using for ages… and much prettier;-)…

then I discovered that pretzels fit beautifully in the one the next size down… and finally, things like olives or almonds and chocolate wafers fit perfectly in the smallest one…

having appropriate sized snack containers is very helpful for portion control…

now I use them all the time, lol…

a lovely gift…

rowing…

22 Saturday Jul 2017

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big girl pants, Boathouse Restaurant, campsite, Canada Games, chips, grandson, Kenora, memories, rowing, sunset, Tops and Bottoms Regatta, views, widow

yesterday, started our morning at the campsite… quick breakfast and my daughter, oldest grandson and I headed to Rabbit Lake, on the outskirts of Kenora…

it is a lovely little lake that is going to be the site for rowing at the Canada Games over the next few weeks…

we spent a good portion of our day here… waiting for the boats to arrive, watching the kids get them offloaded, and then various practices as they prepared for today’s Tops and Bottoms Regatta…

we headed into town for a bit of the time where we had lunch at the Boathouse, which seemed fitting, lol… while we were there it started to pour… there was thunder, and lightning was flashing… we had to go back and get our boy, but did stop for some chips from the Ye Old Chip truck… I mean, we were in Kenora, lol…

picked up our boy, came back into town and checked into the hotel… our room had a great view of the harbour…

back at Rabbit Lake the sun came out and we actually got to see some rowing… very proud of my grandson as he prepares for his first races…

after practice it was back to town for supper and an early evening…

he went out with his teammates and we had dinner in the Waterside Restaurant which is high above the water and offered stunning views… the food was very tasty…

not sure how many pictures I took, lol…

memory-filled day…

easy…

25 Saturday Mar 2017

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took it easy today after all the fun and busyness of the last week…

slept in and had a smoothie for breakfast… unpacked and did laundry… put chemicals in the hot tub and watered the plants…

added the new blanket to the bed, watched a good amount of tv (we didn’t even turn the one on in our room while we were away)… and also ate chips… had very few while I was away… missed them a lot…

gathered up all the chocolate that I purchased and took a few photos…

loving my new tech bag… it has all my bits and pieces in one spot…

tonight took this picture of the sun setting… appreciated the sunsets in Mazatlan but happy to be home and see my own, lol…

really enjoyed the quiet day…

florist…

31 Tuesday Jan 2017

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needed chips and flowers today so I stopped at Safeway on my way home and picked up both…

spoke to the florist on duty and told him about the hydrangeas that I brought home a few weeks back and which died within a few days… he mentioned they would replace them so one batch of these flowers were free… nice…

had enough flowers to make two arrangements so I’ve got one in the living room and one in the bedroom…

munched on a bowl of chips while enjoying the flowers…

delight…

06 Wednesday Apr 2016

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took some pictures of my newest orchid this morning… it is such a delight to gaze upon…

great way to start the day… beautiful flowers and photos…

a colleague was out for an errand and brought back a bag of chips… as it happened there weren’t any in my treat drawer… nice to have a few goodies available at all times, lol…

it was my lucky day because someone else brought me Vietnamese shrimp rice rolls... one of my all-time favourite things to eat…

came home and enjoyed them as a late afternoon snack while dinner was cooking…

I remember how my colleagues came to see me a few at a time during the days right after George died… they brought me many of my favourite things as well as their company… these rolls were one of the items they brought and were the first thing that I eventually ate… wasn’t eating or drinking at all for a number of days and when I finally felt able to get something, down the rolls were exactly what called to me… enjoyed them for a few days as I was trying to get my appetite back…

kind of giggled when they arrived today as I had just been thinking of them…

special moments… all in all, a delightful day…

creation…

23 Tuesday Feb 2016

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seemed like I was surrounded by creation today… some days it just jumps out at me…

on my way out to the car this morning stopped to take a picture of these bunny tracks…

came right up the steps to the front door…

at the office took some pictures of the tulips that arrived yesterday as part of a Lung Association fundraiser…

one of my colleagues really wanted a shot of the black centre ..

here’s a picture of my purple ones with a colleague seen through them…

just love flowers… how wonderful it is to see them all around the office…

as I walked up the driveway tonight I stopped to take this picture of the squirrel tracks…

and I enjoyed this creation in the afternoon… jumped off the shelf when I was picking up milk for the office…

oh my… unfortunate about the 270 calories for 5 chips… only ate 3… considered just having these for supper but eventually thought better of it, lol…

treats…

11 Friday Dec 2015

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this morning a colleague brought in some treats, including these delicious purple chips… they come from blue potatoes and she picked them up with me in mind…

but, we all loved them… think I am going to have to get more of these, lol…