15 Saturday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, dimsum, dinner, food, Gimli Fish, moments, tasty, Technology, widow
had some very nice dimsum for dinner recently…
I love dimsum but appear to be out of the delivery area for any of the restaurants I like…
not too long ago I found some frozen when I was shopping online at Gimli Fish so I ordered three items…
finally got around to having them… they only took about five minutes in the microwave and were tasty…
going to order those again;-)…
16 Saturday Nov 2019
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fun day with my grandsons…
met the three of them for dimsum… we haven’t been for ages so it was a great treat… felt a bit sad that their daddy was working so couldn’t come because he had mentioned it just last week, lol…
from there the youngest and I ran a few errands… we picked up fish food, birdseed and a few groceries… we also found a wreath for the front door;-)…
once we got home we put everything away and then he filled the reindeer Advent calendar with chocolate covered raisins… that was a lot of fun, and every drawer is jam packed…
we made nachos with bacon for supper and watched a few episodes of the Holiday Baking Championship…
his big brother came and picked him up and I am recovering in front of the tv;-)…
09 Sunday Apr 2017
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big girl pants, blessed, cleanup, dimsum, family, garden, grandson, hot tub, pond, projects, tradition, weekend, widow
I should be completely worn out because it’s been such a busy weekend… but I’m not…
up and out for an early morning hot tub and took a picture of the garden before I came in…
it needs the spring cleanup…
was picked up and met the rest of the family for dimsum… this is one of our traditions when my sister-in-law comes to town… and we all love it… well most of the time… sometimes the younger ones don’t want to have anything, but another time they eat everything in sight…
that black blob on the bottom right is the youngest not participating, lol… but he did eat…
my oldest grandson came home with me and did some cleanup in the garden, although it was rather cold… he raked and swept and moved furniture and took dead plants to the composting barrels… then we sat down at his suggestion, and made a list of projects for the garden this summer…
we didn’t get everything we wanted done today, but it looks much more ready to be in…
I am so blessed to have this young man help me with the garden maintenance… and of course my son-in-law does lots of the work with the ponds;-)…
looking forward to warm days and hours spent by the pond…
30 Tuesday Aug 2016
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beloved, big girl pants, dimsum, grandchildren, Kum Koon Garden, lucky, memories, Park, Pokémon Go, salt water fish, widow
this morning I had a memory on Facebook of my youngest grandson, as a baby, swinging in a park close by… there was also a picture of he, his older brother and my beloved on the back deck that same day…
just last Friday, when the boys were here, we talked about swinging in that very park…
today, the kids came downtown, spent a few minutes playing Pokemon Go at the Millennium Library Park, and then picked me up for lunch…
we went for dimsum at Kum Koon Garden, our favourite…
they have a stunning salt water fish tank and my grandson took a few pictures for me…
he had my phone because we share a Pokemon Go account so whenever we’re together he is checking out the game, lol…
the point of this story is how lucky I am to have the opportunity to spend time with my kids and grandkids… and how lucky we both were to be able to make memories with our grandchildren…
08 Sunday May 2016
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big girl pants, dimsum, dumplings, family, goose, hot tub, kids, pond, rocks, sister-in-law, supper, widow
up early and had a hot tub… a red squirrel came to the feeder as well as this cute little sparrow…
went to Rona and got $56 back from when I bought the power washer, as it had gone on sale… woo hoo…
so then I picked up a gardenia standard and three mini roses, lol…
think all of these will go into the planter at the front door… once the risk of frost is over…
saw this Canada goose as I was leaving Rona…
headed downtown to meet the kids, my sister-in-law, and two nephews for dimsum… great meal and visit…
once home, put out the cushions, had a nap and sat out in the garden… looking forward to finishing the pond remodel now that we have all of the needed rocks…
sunny and warm, with very little wind…
had a few phones calls with my Ottawa kids and made chicken and dumplings for dinner… got the dumpling recipe right this time but not sure how I feel about the whole wheat flour… may go back to white flour and just not have as many… no point making them if they don’t taste good… using almond milk instead of 2% but that doesn’t seem to affect the taste…
was a bit odd not to have supper with the kids but soccer has put Sunday dinner on hold for the next while…
06 Sunday Mar 2016
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big girl pants, boat show, dimsum, errands, Grandpa, groceries, roast chicken, running, Spark, stuffing, widow
seems like it has been a crazy busy day, felt as though I was running from one thing to the next…
up early and headed out to do errands… went to three different stores and got home with groceries to put away…
made the stuffing for the chicken just in time to be picked up by the kids for a dimsum lunch… tasty…
the boys and I all fit into a picture, sort of…
then we went to the Mid-Canada Boat Show in the new portion of the RBC Convention Centre… the space is lovely… didn’t take a single picture…
there were many very big boats there… liked the look of a new model of seadoo called Spark… looks like it might be lots of fun… to drive one I would need a boating licence, hmmmm…
when we got home I stuffed the chicken and popped it into the oven… we visited and I prepped the rest of the food… eventually the chicken was cooked… had mashed potatoes with cauliflower; brussel sprouts with mushrooms and garlic; gravy, and cranberry jelly… and of course our usual Caesar salad, which all the boys love… topped dinner off with some apple pie to remember Grandpa… we talked about his favourite foods… he really liked roast pork, but always enjoyed a roast chicken dinner…
can’t really believe it has been four years since he left us and at the same time it feels like way longer that I’ve been on my own…
01 Sunday Nov 2015
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woke up with a start in the middle of the night… someone was outside yelling… stopped after a couple of minutes, but took a while to get back to sleep…
not sure how I feel about the time change…
the good news is that my new bedside clock changes the time by itself, like my phone and tv… now if my watch would just learn to do that!
the kids picked me up and we went shopping at Costco, where I picked up another few Christmas presents…
then out for dimsum, at my son-in-law’s suggestion… apparently dimsum is growing on him, lol…
the oldest grandson took the bus from home and met us there… and he got a table just as we arrived… although I did miss watching the fish in the saltwater aquarium…
we finished everything on the table… usually we end up with a few things to pack up and bring home… the little boys are eating enough that we don’t need to order rice for them… lots of positive changes…
stopped and shopped at a few more stores and then home…
lovely barbecued steak for supper… kids got a few new CDs onto my phone and then they headed home…
was very happy yesterday to find this new cover for my soap container so I could change it up…
20 Tuesday Oct 2015
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big girl pants, dimsum, fish, salt water, together, tropical
on Sunday the kids and I went for dimsum at our favourite place…
it was really busy and we had to wait about half an hour to be seated…
but they have a beautiful salt water tank so we all spent time admiring and checking out the tropical fish…
hard to keep the youngest from putting his fingers on the glass…
the fish are wonderful colours… there are bright blue, yellow, striped, even some purple ones…
this little creature looks like it is made up of feathers…
the neon green ends on these are so pretty…
the time flew by as we took turns pointing out different discoveries to one other…
what a wonderful way to spend time together…
18 Saturday Apr 2015
woke up way too early… went out for a hot tub and watched the light come up as the birds sang in the trees… opened my parcel from Cyndi and Ron and found a beautiful bead…
which, I discovered a little later, she had made… also some black currant and vanilla tea… gonna try that tomorrow…
went for dimsum with the kids and enjoyed every bite…
then we headed over to The Forks for the Chocolate Festival… wandered around for a couple of hours collecting small bits of a variety of chocolate items… they were tiny and I didn’t have all of them but did get tastes…
ended our visit with a walk down by the river…
lots of steps today…
came home, had a rest and made mashed potatoes and stuffing for tomorrow’s supper…
lovely collection of birthday treats…
calls, emails, posts all added to my special day… and to top things off I have two sleepover buddies tonight…
23 Saturday Aug 2014
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ahhhh, big girl pants, breakfast, dimsum, family, morning glory, packing
lovely first day of vacation…
up early and walked over to “the A” to have breakfast with my daughter…
of course I had to check the morning glories… still can’t believe it was the purple ones that seeded themselves…
it was misty when I stepped outside and Bruce Park looked cool…
delicious breakfast and good to spend time with my girl…
then we shopped at a few places… met the rest of the family and my nephew for dimsum and headed home…
had a nap, watched tv and ate leftover roti for my dinner…
got out my suitcase and started packing…
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