08 Monday Oct 2018
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big girl pants, dinner, family, pictures, prep, thankful, thanksgiving, widow
had fun setting the table over the last few days for Thanksgiving dinner…
spent some time printing pictures of things that I am thankful for… then had some fun making word art…
had a lovely afternoon and delicious dinner with family and a new friend…
everyone has gone, dishwasher is going, soup is on, and I am resting;-)…
06 Saturday Oct 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, bread, butter, cranberry, dinner, family, moments, muffins, onion, prep, remember, sauce, stuffing, thanksgiving, widow
my family loves the stuffing that I make…
it is a simple recipe… butter, onions, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper, water and torn up bread…
while the butter was melting I used the mandolin to dice up the onion… while they cooked I added the poultry seasoning, salt and pepper… once the onions were soft I added in the water and let it simmer for a few minutes…
once the liquid is poured over the bread, I stir it in… then I put it into the bread bags and it goes into the fridge…
I make a lot because it is so popular, lol…
some goes into the turkey, some goes into muffin pans, and if there is any left it will go into a casserole dish with the turkey neck, or some other poultry part…
the kids really like the stuffing muffins;-)…
I made it today so there is less to do on Monday for dinner…
also made fresh cranberry sauce…
some of the family prefer the kind that comes in a can so I have that available as well…
really enjoy getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner… reminds me of all the times that my beloved and I prepared for special meals…
09 Sunday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, cooking, dad, dinner, family, flowers, memories, missing, morning glories, pasta, rain, raindrops, remembering, rummaged, sunshine, tomato, treat, weather, widow
odd weather today… went from cloudy to sunny, to rainy, and back again a number of times… ended with sun shining through the clouds…
the poor morning glories took a beating early on… nearly every time it rained the drops were huge…
thinking of my dad today as I took hours to make fresh tomato sauce to go with some spaghetti for supper… I keep buying grape tomatoes to make caprese salad and then never use them all up… he would add all kinds of condiments to add flavour and it always ended up delicious… as I rummaged through the cupboard, I remembered watching him do the same thing, lol…
it turned out great and was a lovely treat as I don’t often have pasta… made some homemade coleslaw to go along with it and have a bit of both for lunch tomorrow;-)…
29 Wednesday Aug 2018
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basil, big girl pants, bread, colleagues, croissants, dinner, eats, fresh, La Belle Baguette, lunch, treat, widow
had some delicious eats today…
picked up a loaf of bread and some croissants at La Belle Baguette on my way into the office…
the car smelled amazing all the way downtown and the croissants were a hit with my colleagues…
at lunch I made a tomato sandwich, and a cucumber one as well, with the fresh bread and a ripe tomato from a colleague’s parents’ farm… used basil instead of lettuce… oh my, it tasted wonderful…
for my supper I finished off the shrimp from last night and the last of the mango slices I picked up the other day…
yummy day…
05 Sunday Aug 2018
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relaxing day today as I focused on preparing for the camping trip… as we are leaving on Thursday after work decided to start gathering required items…
did laundry and started packing the hamper basket that I will be taking my stuff in…
the oldest and youngest came for dinner and we had Chinese food… nice to spend time with these two…
going to gather a few more things tonight… then a hot tub and bed…
27 Wednesday Jun 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, birthday, blessed, celebrate, dinner, family, French, French Immersion, graduate, Grandpa, grandson, International Baccelaureate, moments, next steps, pictures, proud, widow
what a great evening…
met up with a group of friends and family for an early dinner at Hermanos to celebrate the graduate… we also toasted the dad on his birthday…
on to the Concert Hall for the graduation ceremony… there were many early birds like us who wanted to get great seats, lol…
we are so very proud of this young man, who moved from a French immersion school to a fully French school in grade nine, and in the process completed the International Baccalaureate program…
following the ceremony there was lots of photo-taking with proud friends and family;-)…
grandpa would be pleased and I am sure he was watching… I was happy to see that he was wearing my beloved’s high school ring and my mother’s chain;-)…
exciting to see where his next steps will take this very special young man…
24 Sunday Jun 2018
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big girl pants, board, cutting board, dinner, English Garden, family, flowers, garden, grandson, overcast, rush, son-in-law, walk, widow
productive day… up early and out by eight for a walk to the Park…
it was overcast and cool… nice for walking… the English and Leo Mol Gardens were empty except for a few gardeners and me…
by the time I left there were runners, dog walkers and families flooding the space…
music was coming from the Lyric as I headed along the path and I wondered what was happening today… as I crossed the bridge and saw everyone with at least one dog, it came to me that it was PawsInMotion, lol…
once home, I finished my grocery list and went to Safeway to pick up a few things for tonight and the coming week…
my son-in-law and youngest grandson arrived for supper and a visit… everyone else in the family was busy…
after dinner my son-in-law cut down the piece he had found to make my new cutting board… the one I’ve been using had come out of their house when they moved in and remodeled their kitchen nearly three years ago… it was a bit narrow and short… my previous one, which George had made, had gone into the garbage as it was completely worn out…
this new one fits perfectly… it is quite dark so likely it is going to take a while for me to get used to it;-)…
but I am very happy because a new board has been on my what I would like list since at least two years ago Christmas, lol…
can’t rush a good thing…
14 Thursday Jun 2018
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big girl pants, dinner, fireworks, friends, lightening, pedicure, purple, rain, sheets, spa, stunning, thunder, toes, widow
what a wonderful evening…
supper out with some very special women…
tried shrimp stuffed eggplant at Blaze Bistro… tasty…
then it was off for pedicures… such fun…
as we left the spa the sky was dark gray… getting into the car it was starting to spit…
by the time I arrived home I’d driven through sheets of rain, loads of lightening and waterlogged streets… that part wasn’t so fun, lol…
as I write this the thunder is rolling around the sky… it looks amazing out there… and is currently sounding like fireworks… yikes…
but my toes are stunning;-)…
07 Monday May 2018
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big girl pants, conspicuous, dinner, family, hockey, Jets, party, people, whiteout, widow
tonight after work I met up with my kids downtown and we had dinner together before they attended the #wpgwhiteout party and I headed home…
on the way there they had stopped in at the Jets store to pick up some white Jets t-shirts and I think a hoodie or two, lol…
I did feel conspicuous walking to the restaurant without wearing some piece of Jets clothing, lol… good thing I had white capris on and a black and white top…
the youngest asked his mom if I’d be going to the #whiteoutparty as well and she advised there were “way too many people for grandma to go” and she was absolutely correct…
just getting from the restaurant back to the office and the car had me sweating and people were just starting to arrive… thankfully my son-in-law walked with me…
my daughter sent me this shot of the crowd around them…
too many people for me;-)…
20 Friday Apr 2018
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Atelier, Bayshore, big girl pants, Day 2, dinner, family, flowers, fun, hog, memories, Ottawa, Ottawa Outing, Peace Tower, transit, widow
it was a long night, what with my buddy, the bed hog… not only does he hog the bed, but he snuggles right up… and he’s hot…
up early and checked out a few feeds on my phone… my grandson got up about half an hour later and we had some quiet time while the others slept…
when they got up, we had omelettes for breakfast and tried to get tickets to go up the Peace Tower, but is was closed for the day due to a protest…
we drove to Bayshore Mall because my daughter said we needed to go there… and discovered a beautiful show of mannequins dressed in flowers… had a wonderful time wandering around and taking pictures while the boys did other things…
then three of us took a bendy bus, train and double decker bus to get home;-)… lots of fun…
home for a nap, a quick hair trim and then the boys dropped us off for a fancy meal while they went out for dinner and a movie… and even remembered to take the picture I asked for;-)…
we went to Atelier and had a magnificent fourteen course dinner… here are a few of the courses…
they also brought us each an adorable micro mini cake with a chocolate candle that burned…
an excellent day;-)…
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