22 Tuesday Jun 2021
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, curry, family, flavours, food, lunch, memories, mom, moments, scent, widow
today, as I was eating my cauliflower soup for lunch, I was thinking about my mom…
she loved curry… at that time it was not one of my favourites, but yesterday I popped some into the soup…
tasted pretty good and the smell certainly brought back memories of times with her;-)…
21 Monday Jun 2021
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, difficult, family, Father's Day, guy, happy, love, memories, moments, remembering, widow
I’ve been thinking of many special Father’s Days and missing this great guy…
interesting how difficult holidays can be sometimes… used to be such a wonderful time… pleased that most years I am able to focus on the special times that have taken place…
still happy that the day is over…
17 Thursday Jun 2021
Posted in family, garden, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, family, fixes, flowers, garden, grandson, grass, moments, nature, widow
my grandson came recently and spent the day working in the garden…
many jobs were done, including emptying, cleaning and filling the hot tub…
stones were moved, grass seed put down, the umbrella put up, hoses run and the waterfall rock repaired…
we had a lovely day together, and then he and his girlfriend had supper with me on the deck…
they sat at the table and I was in my chair by the door…
he reminds a lot me of his grandpa, lol…
what a wonderful treat…
18 Tuesday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, bloodwork, family, fish, garden, grandson, moments, pond, repair, son-in-law, steps, toolbox, tools, widow
crazy day today…
no one has been inside my house for weeks and three people were in it today…
nice man from Dynacare to do bloodwork…
my grandson to bring up the toolbox from the basement… he also brought us breakfast, chose tools and discussed a landscaping job that needs to happen in the garden… thankfully we did all of that outside…
and my son-in-law to catch the fish and take them out to the pond… he also repaired the very broken bottom step on the deck so I won’t fall through it, and fixed a rocking bench in the shade garden…
I’m exhausted from all that company, lol…
13 Thursday May 2021
Posted in family, garden, life, loss, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garage, garden, moments, nature, pond, repair, son-in-law, steps, tools, vanishing, waterfall, widow
this afternoon my son-in-law came over and got the waterfall going… looks like he has also solved the vanishing water problem by moving the large standing stone and levelling it… this is very exciting as we’ve been struggling for a few years trying to fix it…
he also spent a bit of time in the garage sorting the tools to give away, toss, and the items he wants to keep… we already have a couple of toolboxes with most of the things I might need…
finally, he did a quick fix of the step so I can use it until he brings over the board to repair it properly…
so happy to hear the water running in the garden;-)…
09 Sunday May 2021
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afternoon tea, big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, heirloom, high tea, memories, moments, Mother's Day, Tea, Technology, time together, treat, Velvet Glove, widow, Zoe’s
what a wonderful time I had today on Google Duo…
I had ordered the Velvet Glove’s Mother’s Day High Tea, and the kids got Afternoon Tea from Zoe’s in the Chateau Laurier…
my grandson picked mine up and dropped it off here for me… it looked so cute…
we had such fun… their savoury items were different than mine, but it was fun to compare…
we ate our way through the savoury items, and then the sweet items… I was full, and still had four sweets left (gonna have them with my supper)…
we drank tea (mine was Liza Hill) and chatted about everything and nothing, lol…
using my fancy tea set was fun and a way to include the matriarchs in my family…
I absolutely loved the presentation that the Velvet Glove used… it was much fancier than Zoe’s, which was a surprise because Zoe’s have Afternoon Tea on their menu every day, lol… I am going to save the tiered platter to use again, or make tea for someone else;-)…
I will certainly order this again… thanks to Carly who provided great customer service at The Fairmont;-)…
04 Tuesday May 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, food, fun, heirloom, memories, moments, Mother's Day, remembering, Royal Winton, Tea, treat, widow
planning a fancy Afternoon Tea on Sunday and I’ve been trying to find a pretty teacup and saucer to use…
somewhere, in a box, in a closet, in the basement, there is a Royal Doulton teapot with cups and saucers, but I have no idea exactly where, lol…
so, I’ve been looking online and found a very cute set which I would have ordered, but it wouldn’t arrive until next week so that wasn’t going to work… I do love the saucer though…
while on a phone call today, I remembered a set that my mom, while she was serving as a WREN in England, had sent to my grandma…
I knew exactly where to find it, and was so pleased when I pulled it out, as it will be perfect;-)…
besides the small teapot, cup, creamer and sugar bowl, it also has a little toast stand…
not planning on any toast, but it is very cute and will look great with the other treats… so cool to have this family heirloom to use which represents both my mother and grandmother on Mother’s Day…
looking forward to a fun Afternoon Tea;-)…
30 Friday Apr 2021
Posted in family, health, life, moments, nature, retirement, Uncategorized, weather
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appointment, big girl pants, blessed, bunny, car, drove, family, grandson, memories, moments, nature, outside, walk, weather, widow
cannot remember the last time I walked outside…
I drove to my appointment and giggled as I realized I hadn’t driven since September or October… haven’t forgotten how to drive, lol…
I always park the car a good distance from the clinic so I can get steps in… today I came across a bunny on my walk…
after I got home my grandson rode his bike over to pick the car back up… while he was here he played with the dog next door for a few minutes…
it has been close to a year since he has had the car… crazy…
28 Wednesday Apr 2021
Posted in health, life, loss, moments, retirement, travel, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, car, cleaning, family, garage, grandson, moments, overnight, purple, swept, weather, widow
busy day yesterday…
spent time in the garage bringing the floor back into view…
the car hasn’t been here for an overnight since the fall so the garage has filled up with a number of things… a couple of the chairs waiting for their new brackets, a table with bits and pieces on top, numerous boxes, a few cushions not put into their proper place and some pumps…
I had moved a few items around the day before and yesterday I finished and was able to put the table away…
then I even swept the floor… Indi may not have recognized the space when she showed up this afternoon… my grandson didn’t even open the door when he arrived because he had been in it recently, lol…
had him put her into the garage and I opened all the windows and hope that any aerosols will be gone by morning when I need to head to an appointment…
27 Tuesday Apr 2021
Posted in business, garden, life, retirement, technology, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, blessed, family, garage, house, neighbour, repairs, siding, son-in-law, vinyl, weather, widow
a week or so ago, the doorbell rang and a person asked if I wanted my vinyl siding fixed as they had noticed a couple of loose pieces…
I was thrilled, as in the fall my son-in-law and a neighbour had both tried to fix a couple of pieces on the front…
this person was working on a house down the street and came back on Saturday to do the fixes…
they also added more flashing to the garage so that the water won’t drip down behind the eavestrough…
so happy to have these pieces of siding put back into place and that I won’t have to listen to flapping in the wind anymore;-)…
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