12 Sunday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, colouring, moments, music, pencil, pencil crayons, relaxing, widow
yesterday I spent a lovely time listening to music and colouring…
found two types of pencil crayons in the drawer… was really impressed with the twisty ones, which are like mechanical pencils…
very relaxing… might do this again…
29 Saturday Dec 2018
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art, big girl pants, blanket, collage, colouring, crafty, crocheting, food, friends, fun, happy, knitting, widow
time with friends… had a wonderful afternoon with a very crafty group of women…
there was knitting, colouring, collage-ing, crocheting, eating, drinking, and lots of conversation…
my project…
it is going to be a blanket for my bed… I worked on it while I was there and when I got home…
this morning as I was crocheting away I realized that it was way too long, sigh… would have been great for someone seven feet tall, lol…
so I unraveled it and started over…
this time it will be about four feet wide which should work nicely on the bed…
back to crocheting;-)…
22 Saturday Apr 2017
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big girl pants, colouring, fun, hot tub, pictures, shopping, sleepover buddies, snow, surprise, widow
fun day…
took numerous pictures of the snow outside this morning… pretty, if somewhat surprising…
then my daughter came by and we went shopping… picked up some seeds and a container to plant them in… then we checked out a few stores and I found a few plates and a lovely tray… have already used it twice… for supper and for an evening snack…
home for a nap and then my sleepover buddies arrived…
colouring (in adult colouring books, because he is way beyond kid books), electronic games, tv, hot tubbing and chocolate milkshakes before bed…
hope they go to sleep soon…
all that fun has made for a long day and I am tired, lol…
17 Monday Oct 2016
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beautiful, big girl pants, colouring, group, mandala, pencils, sweet potato chili, widow, women
tonight I gathered with a wonderful group of women…
we had a lovely dinner of sweet potato and bison chili with a salad and lovely fresh bread…
during our meal we checked in with one another and when we finished we spent a wonderful hour colouring mandalas…
we talked about everything as we coloured…
same picture, same coloured pencils, completely different outcomes… all beautiful…
25 Friday Dec 2015
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big girl pants, Christmas, colouring, French fries, gifts, house, moments, moon, Technology, tree, waffles
woke at five, then climbed back into bed to finally get up around seven…
my son-in-law worked the overnight shift and got home about 7:15 so we had tea and waited for the rest of the family to wake up… he’d seen the beautiful full moon on his way home and heard that it won’t fall on Christmas again until 2034 and that it hadn’t happened since 1977…
so I had to go out into the middle of their street to see it and get a few photos before it vanished… didn’t have my tripod so was pleased that this one came out…
then I took a few photos of their house in the early morning light…
everyone got up, with a bit of coaxing, and we opened gifts… we all did very well…
lots of technology this year with tablets and wired headphones for the little people…
and a wireless headset for the oldest, who was visibly pleased… which, for a teenager, is pretty spectacular… well done mom and dad…
my stash included some cool technology for meal prep and a few purple items, lol…
we sat down to freshly made waffles and covered them with fresh fruit and a bit of whipping cream…
by the time we finished making them no one was left at the table, so this is a picture of what I had, lol… it was delicious…
rests were had, games were played, books were read, naps were taken…
dinner was a lovely roasted chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, brussel sprouts, raw carrots and French fries made in the new fryer that only used a few tablespoons of oil…
quiet time with a bit of colouring after dinner…
home now and planning to head to bed… full day…
hoping that you were able to find some special moments in your day…
17 Tuesday Nov 2015
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big girl pants, colouring, colouring book, craft, grandson, laurentien coloured pencils, memories
there has been this new thing where adults are colouring in a variety of adult colouring books…
was talking with my grandson about colouring… asking if he might like one of these types of colouring books… wasn’t sure if he would find them too complicated… we were looking at a number of them… he thought he would like one of them… he usually uses markers on his projects so we talked about how he would need to use coloured pencils in these books… he thought he could do that…
since then I’ve talked with a few people about coloured pencils…
my daughter and I were talking abou what type to get if I was getting some for a present… she said not to get anything but Laurentien Coloured Pencils...
in a conversation with someone else, we were talking about when we were kids and getting a new package… and how special it was… usually you got them at the start of school…
sometimes you would get a twelve pack, but if you were really lucky you might get the 24 pencil case… reminded us both of how much fun we had with them… she was flooded with memories just talking about it…
I checked in my craft box tonight and found this… they are still the best…
might have to get me one of them colouring books…
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