19 Saturday Jan 2019
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admire, big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, dishcloth, gifts, handmade, late, purple, spoiled, tree, widow
had a few late Christmas gifts over the last while…
so nice when that happens and you get to enjoy new treats…
I’d been admiring the tree for quite a while, so it was wonderful to have it given to me…
the purple piece under it is one of those lovely handmade dishcloths… I find them excellent in the kitchen and this one is a great shade…
spoiled, lol…
06 Sunday Jan 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, Chihuly, Christmas, clean, family, friend, grandson, moments, pjs, tidy, twinkle lights, un-decorate, widow
spent the day in my pjs…
also un-decorated all of the Christmas bits and pieces… had hoped to have my oldest grandson help me, but he wasn’t available, so I did it all on my own…
worked away at it off and on all day… had given myself a deadline of tonight as the cleaners are coming tomorrow, lol…
not ready to give up the twinkle lights just yet, lol…
redid the living room table… this time with family and Chihuly…
always remember my friend who would clean up before her housekeeper came and I always thought that was so odd…
of course, now that is exactly what I do;-)… well, tidy…
30 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, breakfast, cake, Christmas, Facebook, family, grandsons, hot tub, lonely, memories, missing, snow, tasty, widow
I’ve been a bit lonely over the last week or so… most Christmases my older daughter and her husband have come home… it didn’t work out this year…
was out in the hot tub this morning, first time in ages… a bit later these two pictures came up in my Facebook memories…
the first is deadly chocolate mousse cake, her favourite… I always make sure to have it in the house when she comes… in fact whenever I go to visit her, I take some as well… we always have the cake for breakfast, which the grandsons think is amazing;-)…
the second is of our water boots from last Christmas… she loves the hot tub and our usual pattern is a late night dip before bed…
it was my other son-in-law who suggested water boots many years ago… they work perfectly so that my feet never get cold or snowy…
today I spent some time cooking… turkey and dumplings, and mashed potato and garlic soup…
they both came out pretty tasty, although I am not going to be able to have the potato soup for work lunches because it reeks of garlic, lol…
26 Wednesday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, books, bookshelf, Christmas, cupboard, dishes, give away, place, plates, tidy, widow
on Christmas Eve day I bought some new plates I’d been eyeing for a while…
last night we used them for Christmas dinner…
today I had to find a place to put them… had a good time going through one of the kitchen cupboards and making space… was able to let a number of things go which always makes me happy…
later in the day I spent some time searching for something on the hallway bookshelf… and in the process was able to set aside a number of children’s books… again, way to go me…
dishes have been put away, give aways packed up, and books ready to be picked up by a young friend…
25 Tuesday Dec 2018
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blessed, Christmas, dinner, FaceTime, family, Fitbit, grandsons, Grinch, heron, lovely, moments, movie, recliners, thoughtful, tree
had a lovely day…
up at 5 to FaceTime and exchange gifts with the Ottawa kids…
my son-in-law was working so he left the house around 6… this year it wasn’t nearly as cold as last, lol… which was good… last year when he headed off it was -40 with the windchill… this morning, when I checked a while after he’d gone it was only -18… practically a heat wave…
everyone was up by about 7:30, so I didn’t even have to bang pots…
thoughtful gifts were shared and everyone was pleased with their haul…
one of my gifts was a lovely top with herons on it and another was a Fitbit Charge 3 which I have been eyeing for quite some time;-)…
we had a sausage, potato, spinach and cheese casserole and then headed off to the movies…
went to see The Grinch at Grant Park… the theatre has what appear to be recliners for everyone to sit in and you pick your seat ahead of time (like on planes)… we sat in the wrong ones but eventually got to the right spot…
then it was on to my house where naps were had by many as the dinner cooked…
supper was ready as the daddy arrived just after 7… delicious turkey dinner followed by his presents, a few minutes of device time and away they went…
a bit of time tidying up and now I am relaxing in front of the tv… wondering how long I will stay awake, lol…
23 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, family, filled, flowers, nature, orchid, pictures, preparations, shopping, snow, supper, widow
today was filled with activity…
started the day with a few pictures of my orchid…
then I prepped potatoes, turnip, stuffing for Christmas dinner and prepared twice stuffed potatoes for tonight’s supper…
it had snowed more overnight and in the morning… there was a lot of snow out there…
the kids arrived and we ran around getting a few last minute items… there were many, many people in all the places we went… particularly the parking lots…
home, dinner cooked, eaten and a bit of relaxing before everyone headed home…
last picture of the orchid…
20 Thursday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, family, haircut, heron, presents, quiet, restful, slippery, walk, widow, wrapping
today I finished wrapping the presents and put them under the tree…
also received a parcel from Ottawa with a few pieces to add to the pile:-)…
it came with a lovely card… it has a heron on it… I love herons…
was going to walk to get my hair cut but after taking out the recycling and garbage decided that it was way too slippery…
enjoying these restful days before the busyness of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day…
18 Tuesday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, lonely, presents, recuperate, relax, repeat, tree, vacation, widow
got the first present to put under the Christmas tree… looks a bit lonely under there, lol…
and my vacation has begun…
rest, recuperate, relax… repeat…
17 Monday Dec 2018
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been thinking of how blessed my life is…
this morning I packed up a parcel for my kids in Ottawa who are not coming home for Christmas this year…
called a courier (integrated freight and parcel solutions provider – fancy title, lol) and arranged for it to be picked up…
without much thought, was able to be sure it will be delivered in the next few days… it cost a bit more, but meant I wouldn’t need to worry about when it would arrive…
tonight we talked about how we take so many things for granted… a secure place to live… clean flowing water at the turn of a tap… warm comfortable beds to sleep in… pantries full of food… health care… safe vehicles to travel in… and friends who care for us…
16 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, cookies, family, fun, gingerbread, icing, moments, supper, widow
tonight after supper we decorated some gingerbread cookies that we’d picked up a few weeks ago at IKEA…
everyone took part… lots of focus and luckily the icing I picked up today worked perfectly…
then we ate them and they were delicious;-)…
we are going to put together the gingerbread house and decorate it on Christmas Eve as we need royal icing to glue it……
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