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dimsum…

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;-)…

bath…

09 Friday Aug 2019

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this morning I ran a number of errands…

paid for my house insurance… it had been in both our names, but after my beloved died and they changed it to my name only, the birthdate was still his… cost me more money when I advised that I wasn’t that age, lol…

also changed over my car insurance to have the payments come out of the bank automatically, as MPI has stopped taking the monthly amounts from credit cards…

went to the credit union where they put a cheque in and immediately made a payment onto my credit card… handy, as there was no need to wait any additional time… added a few accounts and discovered that I could send up to $3,000 via eTransfer, although I am still ticked that they charge for that service…

took Indi for a bath, which she really needed as she’s been driven to Kenora twice in the last while and was covered in bugs…

finally picked up a few groceries before heading home… nice to get all that over with…

then there was eating, tv watching and napping…

hat…

23 Monday Oct 2017

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worked the late shift today so first thing this morning I ran around and did a few errands…

Thursday is my soup day so I went to the grocery store to get the ingredients to make zucchini basil chicken soup…

then it was over to the dollar store to look for little gloves… didn’t have what I wanted but I did find a few goodies for Halloween;-)…

a new witches hat… I have a few but this one was cute… and a spiderweb-y cape to go with it…

dogs…

05 Saturday Aug 2017

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the day took an interesting turn…

beautiful morning in the garden and then family arrived from out of town…


had a lovely visit in the garden and then ran around doing a few errands…

we met up again for lunch, in one of her favourite spots…


a few more errands and we headed to my nephew’s for dinner and playtime with the fifteen huskies and malamutes…


the kids all had a wonderful time… supper and time together was delightful… my sister-in-law is a marvellous cook and a great story teller…

she used to live here and we worked together, so I really miss her… happy to have this time together… 

seals…

03 Saturday Dec 2016

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great day with the little boys…

they arrived at 10:30 and we ran out to do some errands…

got the hot tub water tested… then we stopped at Henry’s for some help with a little issue I was having with my Nikon… apparently I had pushed a tiny button which was causing quite a big problem… I’d spent quite a while online trying to find a solution without any success… the staff person fixed it in about fifteen seconds…

on to Indigo where both boys found a book and we picked up an adult colouring book, as well as a special gift for a friend… very happy that the littlest one found a book he wanted as he tells me he doesn’t like books or reading…

went to the zoo to visit the polar bears… we saw a few, but the seals gave us a wonderful show…

six of them were swimming around…

they seem to swim mainly on the backs…

started lunch with hot chocolate and watched a few bears wander past…

stopped at the grocery store to pick up a final Advent calendar and some reindeer poop (chocolate covered raisins) and headed home…

coloured, watched tv and read a bit before they were picked up around 6:30…

now I’m resting, lol…

progress…

26 Saturday Nov 2016

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knew I had lots to do today so was up early and made bacon and eggs with rösti and spinach… smoothies make up my morning meals on weekdays, so I always enjoy having time to make something special on the weekend…

made a list to be sure I remembered everything that needed to be done…

paid some bills, ordered a few things on the Internet and then headed out to do some errands…

picked up the cutest purple magnetic white board and put it up on the cabinet door by the stove…

then I spent quite some time emptying, and then filling, the hot tub… it is a process… first I had to check if I needed any chemicals, then had to pick up a filter… empty the tub which takes at least a few hours… wipe it down, put in the new filter and fill it up… when I restart the pump sometimes it takes a while for the jets to work… only had to reset it once tonight… it was getting dark as it filled up and I went flying when checking the water level… the deck had become slick as the temperature dropped…

now it is a waiting game as it warms up… always like to have a fresh filter and water for when my daughter comes home… she really enjoys the hot tub…

made supper with one of my ChefsPlate meals and used the new magnetic board… worked perfectly to hold the recipe out of the way, but handy…

exactly what I was hoping for… supper was good too…

made a lot of progress on my Christmas list, which makes me happy…

snuggles…

25 Sunday Sep 2016

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another fall day… overcast with rain off and on…

drove to the Formal Gardens at the Park and walked two loops… it was drizzling about half the time I was walking…

needed poke balls and this is a great place to find PokeStops and get in the walking, all at the same time… 

the actual garden always looks lovely and you can see how the wind was blowing…

the trees are starting to change colour and it was hard to decide which picture to put up…

last time I walked in this spot a friend shared that her family had a memorial bench for her husband there, as they would walk this circle and he often needed to stop and take a break… 

the bench says stop and rest awhile so I sat down for a few minutes and listened to the geese flying overhead… a special moment… reminded me of George and my special bench in the Leo Mol Garden and the memories that fill my heart when I sit there, even now…

still haven’t seen the trees turning red in the East so I’m always looking for bright colours here, lol…

when I got home after running a few errands I had the marvellous gift of spending an hour with this lovely baby and her mom… and my Ottawa daughter via FaceTime… we had a wonderful visit and lots of baby snuggles…

snuggled up on the bed, watched tv and read while my dinner was cooking…

running…

06 Sunday Mar 2016

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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…

together…

29 Monday Feb 2016

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up and about fairly early for a day off…

ran some errands and picked up my hemmed jeans… my girls will be so proud:-)…

  
found a few pairs of socks and a nice white t shirt to go together with the jeans…

stopped in at DAVIDsTEA for the free cup that I heard about by email… really enjoyed the Mom’s Apple Pie flavour… and came away with this, lol…

 
it is a gorgeous shade of purple and keeps things hot or cold… also collected some tea that I had earned… 

my shoveler came after school and cleaned up all the snow… it was really cold out and he had to come in midway to warm up his hands…

  

we had supper – the red lentil curry – and he headed home on the bus, with curry, chicken and dumplings, and pistachios in his bag… 

always enjoy spending time together…

 

beautiful…

04 Monday May 2015

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well, today was more like it… second day of my .9 time and a beautiful one…

slept in a bit and had a leisurely breakfast… headed out and got a few errands done… even booked an oil change for the car…

new shoes, bra, swimsuit and groceries…

  
nice haul… once I got home I took a walk around the creek…

saw a wood duck couple and got a few pictures…

  
very exciting because we’ve only seen mallards in the creek… the mallards have been nesting here for the last thirty years…

  
here’s the fella… beautiful…

later, spent a bit of time weeding the front flower bed… the rubber mulch isn’t doing quite what I was hoping for… grass is still coming through, sigh…

  
beautiful day… looking forward to many more like it:-)…