14 Friday Aug 2026
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yesterday, we went to Dairy Queen to get blizzards to support the Children’s Hospital Foundation…
it was all for the children… you have to do whatever is needed to be supportive 😂…
28 Sunday Jun 2026
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last evening, after supper, my housemate and I went to Dairy Queen, and he treated😊…
sadly, they were out of skor bits so I wasn’t able to get my favourite skor blizzard…
instead I chose a turtle blizzard… bit of a mistake, lol…
I enjoyed the pecans, and the ice cream but the little chocolate half circles (with caramel in them) were just not the least reminiscent of a turtle;-)…
of course I did eat half of it then and finished the second half after supper tonight…
it was a lovely summer treat though…
21 Tuesday Apr 2026
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was treated to a blizzard to celebrate my birthday…
was kind of funny, because I was cold after getting chilled in an air conditioned restaurant…
so I sat there eating the blizzard in my winter coat, with the seat warmer going, and gloves on…
but it was a wonderful treat… and half of it did go into the freezer for another day, lol…
05 Friday Apr 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, carts, Dairy Queen, delicious, dim sum, family, fish, ice cream cone, memories, menu, moments, widow
went for dim sum on Wednesday… can’t even think of the last time I had it…
it was supper time and they worked from a menu, not just having the carts going around…
spent a few minutes with their fish…
as per usual we ordered too much, but that meant I had a lovely leftover lunch on Thursday…
it was delicious both times…
ended the evening on our way home with a cone from Dairy Queen…
yum;-)…
30 Tuesday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, Dairy Queen, doors, ice cream, kitchen, moments, projects, screws, son-in-law, washers, widow
Thursday, the actual paint went on the shelves and doors…
the dishes that weren’t staying were all packed up and a pickup scheduled for next week…
we had to run out to pick up some washers and screws to use on the doors…
we also stopped for ice cream… I got a blizzard and my son-in-law a banana split… yum…
what a great treat after all the work…
11 Thursday Aug 2022
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had the kids over for dinner…
we had steak and zucchini, which they barbecued…
mushrooms that my grandson cooked, even though it was his birthday;-)…
salad as well as twice stuffed potatoes, which I made;-)…
everything was delicious and we all enjoyed it…
then we went for blizzards…
I haven’t had one for many years and it was delicious… I ate more than half of it before putting the rest in the freezer, lol…
25 Friday Mar 2022
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it is my normal pattern to look out the bedroom window when I get up to check the weather and see if the snow has melted, or more has fallen, or whether the sun is shining, lol…
this morning I was surprised when I looked out and spotted Indi… she is home for a few days so that we have transportation while the guest is still here and because of all the snow there wasn’t room to go into the garage…
there were also treats… I received this lovely Monet bookmark from Paris which matches the sweet tray I was given the other day;-)… I put it right into the book I was reading…
and a bit later in the day this ice cream cone arrived… yum, haven’t had one since my booster shot…
we ended the day working on the puzzle I ordered quite some time ago – which I hadn’t been able to connect the edge pieces, so I had packed it up and put it away in disgust…
in about an hour the border was done… hmmm, what a difference a little help makes;-)…
every minute has been delightful…
26 Saturday Jun 2021
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Wednesday was a busy day…
got the bathtub pond up and running…
then climbed into the main pond to clean out the pump…
after lunch my son-in-law and middle grandson came by… one levelled the waterfall stone so that water doesn’t leak out and need to be replaced as much… he also spread soil in the front, filled containers and tidied up the dirt pile…
the other mowed and whipper snipped the front and garden, including along the lane (sometimes we forget about that area)… he also helped with the soil cleanup…
they left, and the oldest grandson arrived to take me downtown where I got vaccinated for the second time;-)… as a treat we got ice cream cones on the way home;-)…
once home he changed a leaky hose and carried many boxes of books to the front step for pickup… we put them in plastic bags because they weren’t being picked up until Friday, but were too heavy for me to move, lol…
really was a busy one…
30 Wednesday Aug 2017
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all kinds of activity today…
a big fire kitty corner from our office… a colleague took the picture with the flames and a few seconds later I took the one with the smoke as they extinguished it…
my grandson picked me up at the office and we went and picked up a few slices of cake to take to my daughter…
treated to fish and chips for dinner and then home to finish the packing…
final treat of the night was a quick trip to Dairy Queen…
now off to bed… going to be a full day tomorrow;-)…
26 Sunday Jun 2016
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big girl pants, blizzard, Dairy Queen, drive, flowers, goldfinch, overcast, serendipity, swimsuits, widow
up early again… no doubt tomorrow I will want to sleep in…
another serendipitous moment when I peeked out the patio doors and caught sight of this beautiful goldfinch having breakfast at the feeder, on this overcast/rainy day…
put on those big girl pants and drove around the Perimeter to get to my daughter’s place… we went shopping before the family birthday party for the middle grandson and his daddy…
picked up new swimsuits for everyone to have here for the hot tub and one for me to leave at their house for their new hot tub…
tested out the hot tub, and both it, and the new swimsuit, were great…
also picked up a Canada Day t-shirt…
my older daughter encouraged me a few years ago to have an appropriate shirt on Canada Day so I’ve been doing that…
after supper the birthday boys blew out the candles on a Blizzard Cake from Dairy Queen…
drove home and got a shot of two more hibiscus flowers…
quite a fun day, even if I am exhausted, lol…
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