13 Wednesday Sep 2023
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bacon, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, delicious, family, food, garden, lunch, Miracle Whip, moments, mouthwatering, sandwich, tomato, widow
on Monday, I made a toasted tomato and bacon sandwich, with a tomato from a friend…
it was delicious and reminded me of my beloved…
he made the most delicious tomato sandwiches…
I couldn’t figure out why they were so delicious… at some point I realized that he used a ton of Miracle Whip…
but, my oh my, they were mouthwatering…
26 Wednesday Jul 2023
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beefeater, beefsteak, big girl pants, blessed, delicious, garden, growing, Jonathan’s Farm, loaf, moments, nature, plants, sandwich, sun, tomato, widow
in May, I was very happy to be able to get some veggie plants delivered from Jonathan’s Farm…
amongst them were some very nice beefsteak tomatoes, which for some reason I keep calling beefeater, lol…
I planted one in a pot on the deck and it produced a lovely large tomato which has gotten more beautiful by the day…
last night I got a fresh loaf of bread and today I picked the tomato and made a delicious tomato sandwich…
yum, what a wonderful treat;-)…
08 Monday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, food, friends, greenhouse, high tea, Lily Stone Cafe, Lily Stone Gardens, memories, moments, orchid, rain, Tea, time, weather, widow
had a great time with my BS buddies…
we gathered in two vehicles and drove to Rosenort for our 1 pm High Tea reservation at Lily Stone Cafe…
what a delight… we climbed up stairs, went down a narrow hall, and into a beautifully decorated room ready for our tea…
we just happened to get this space, but for a 20% gratuity you can book one of the private rooms for your group… no one wore gloves, but there were pearls, jewellery, and some fancy clothes, lol…
there were so many teas to choose from it took us a while to decide, and everyone enjoyed their picks…
then the tiered stands with a number of items for us to devour arrived, and devour them we did;-)…
they were able to deal with a food issue for one of us, and everything we ate looked lovely and was tasty… although it didn’t appear like a lot of food, we were all full once we’d cleaned the plates…
from there we drove a few kilometres to Lily Stone Gardens where we toured the Gift Shop and the one open greenhouse…
I found a beautiful white dahlia that is now sitting next to the tubers, which I hope will encourage them to get growing, lol…
the drive took just over forty-five minutes each way, and even in the rain and overcast, it was enjoyable… lots of conversation and laughter in both vehicles…
what a wonderful way to spend an afternoon;-)…
17 Monday Apr 2023
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bag, big girl pants, birthday, blessed, BS, celebrating, cherry pie, delicious, food, friends, happy, moments, pie, treat, widow
as the birthday week celebrations continue, today I gathered with my BS buddies and they brought the birthday bag, a beautiful card, and cherry pie…
we have used the birthday bag for maybe twenty years… found this old photo from 2014 that has the bag in it, lol…
it used to hold a gift, but at this point in our lives we really don’t need anything, so now it contains a card…
this one was a beautiful painting by one of our group… it is a park bench and represents the bench that my beloved and I would sit on in the Leo Mol Garden during our walks…
happy birthday was sung and we had cherry pie with whipped cream… sooooo delicious;-)…
lots of conversation, laughs, and good eats…
now to be sure I don’t lose the bag before it is needed for the next birthday…
07 Tuesday Feb 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, food, kitchen, mashed potatoes, moments, simmered, supper, widow
spent a good portion of the day in the kitchen… it smelled lovely the whole time…
pork hocks and cabbage slowly simmered all day long…
then I made garlic mashed potatoes mid day so that they had time to cool before being reheated…
and then it was supper time;-)…
all that simmering worked as the meat was fork tender and delicious;-)…
17 Saturday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, delicious, friends, fun, garden, good times, goodies, moments, neighbour, purple, trays, treats, widow
had a lovely visit with my neighbour…
she brought over a cute purple tray filled with delightful homemade goodies…
she makes a number of cookie trays for family and usually puts them on red trays, but had to go out and find a purple one for me😊… what a sweetie…
we usually meet for a little glass of something in the garden, lol, so it was good to get together in the house…
we snacked, chatted and had lots of laughs… and there are still some of the goodies left for me to eat and share🤭…
12 Monday Dec 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, chicken soup, delicious, dumplings, food, gummy, homemade, moments, relaxing, time, widow
felt a bit like I was getting a cold, so I dug in the freezer for some chicken and made chicken soup…
just the making of the soup is always relaxing… you can’t really do it quickly… slow and steady;-)…
I also decided on Mom’s dumplings to go with it… that reminded me of the time I took chicken soup with dumplings for my colleagues… a few hadn’t had dumplings, so I made very small ones which I thought would work well… NOT… they were gummy and yucky, sigh… clearly not the way to serve them… so funny, lol…
six o’clock came and I enjoyed a bowl filled with delicious broth, veggies and dumplings…
felt way better🤗…
and then there were a couple of meals ready in the fridge…
14 Monday Nov 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, craving, delicious, food, friends, lobster, macaroni, macaroni and cheese, memories, moments, shrimp, supper, widow
I had a craving for macaroni and cheese… well I really wanted lobster mac and cheese, but didn’t have any lobster… I did have shrimp so decided on shrimp macaroni and cheese…
macaroni and cheese has been one of our family favourites… whenever I visit my daughter it is on the list of things that I must make, lol…
I was going to use oat milk instead of 2% regular milk which I didn’t have, but was told it wouldn’t turn out the way I am used to…
I cooked the macaroni and set it in the fridge to cool… then I contacted a friend and they brought me the milk as they were coming over anyway… yay…
once you’ve got a craving it is hard not to make what you want…
I made two pots… one with shrimp and bacon and one with only bacon…
I am going to package some up for the next few days and freeze some for down the road;-)…
it was absolutely delicious and I may have eaten two bowls;-)…
19 Wednesday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, cooked, delicious, dinner, family, garden, happy, moments, roast, weather, widow
had a delicious dinner recently…
it was great to share a meal inside as we’ve eaten outdoors all summer…
the roast came out perfectly, which made me very happy as the last time I cooked one, it was overdone, lol…
the gravy and the carrots were yummy… and I did have salad afterwards;-)…
good times…
17 Monday Oct 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, BS, delicious, doors, food, friends, gather, inside, macarons, meet, moments, normal, pandemic, together, treat, weather, widow, zoom
today, my BS group gathered in the living room…
we’ve been meeting in the garden but it was only going to 2 degrees Celsius so we decided it was time to come inside…
one person joined via Zoom and had dropped off a lovely treat for us beforehand… boob (for breast cancer awareness month) and regular macarons from Jenna Rae Cakes…
I left the front and back doors open to move fresh air… everyone wore masks until we were all seated…
it was the first time we’ve met in the house since the pandemic began…
felt lovely and odd at the same time, lol…
soon we will all have had the fifth shot which will make us feel a bit more confident about being in a closed space together…
so happy to be getting back to more ‘normal’ times…
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