15 Tuesday Jan 2019
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had a lovely evening…
headed to Polo Park with a young friend after work…
stopped at Ricki’s and found a jacket, and a purple plaid jean (kind of) shirt… on Saturday I had picked up two cute tops as well… both with purple flowers on them…
then we had supper at Moxie’s…
wandered through a few stores and headed home…
got my hair purpled yesterday so I will be all matched up when I wear the new clothes, lol…
06 Sunday Jan 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, Chihuly, Christmas, clean, family, friend, grandson, moments, pjs, tidy, twinkle lights, un-decorate, widow
spent the day in my pjs…
also un-decorated all of the Christmas bits and pieces… had hoped to have my oldest grandson help me, but he wasn’t available, so I did it all on my own…
worked away at it off and on all day… had given myself a deadline of tonight as the cleaners are coming tomorrow, lol…
not ready to give up the twinkle lights just yet, lol…
redid the living room table… this time with family and Chihuly…
always remember my friend who would clean up before her housekeeper came and I always thought that was so odd…
of course, now that is exactly what I do;-)… well, tidy…
26 Friday Oct 2018
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adapt, appointment, big girl pants, breakfast, buddy, English Garden, friend, geese, halloween, honking, insurance, Leo Mol Garden, neighbours, widow
this morning I started my day at the clinic doing bloodwork before my next appointment…
on my way back to the car I kept having to stop and watch the geese flying overhead… I cannot keep from looking up when I hear them honking…
then I met up with my walking buddy… we had breakfast at The Park Cafe, and noticed that all the geese that usually spend time in the pond were off filling up somewhere else, lol… afterward we wandered through the English and Leo Mol Gardens which are rather sad just now but it was great to be outside…
I dropped her off and we checked out her newly renovated garden… as I was leaving I got this pic of a neighbour’s Halloween decorations;-)…
when I arrived home, had a lovely visit with one of my neighbours… haven’t been outside at the same time for ages so it was great to catch-up… they usually spend a few months at their property in Arizona but with health issues they can’t get insurance so will be selling… they do have a winterized cottage just outside the city, so will spend time there…
seems like we have to adapt quite a bit as we get older…
16 Tuesday Oct 2018
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big girl pants, dinner, friend, Good Earth, goody, lazy, restaurant, walk, widow
had dinner out with a good friend tonight… nearly forgot because I don’t usually go out on a weeknight, lol…
it was wonderful to walk over to the restaurant as I’ve been rather lazy recently…
dinner was delicious and we both left with goody bags filled with leftovers…
07 Tuesday Aug 2018
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a couple of weeks ago I was scheduled to have lunch with a friend…
this person always arrives early wherever we are going to meet…
usually I email the night before or early the day of, but this time I didn’t…
I made it to the restaurant and my friend wasn’t there… I waited about half an hour, ordered takeout and headed back to the office…
sent an email just wanting to be sure they were okay…
later that evening I received a message that they had just not realized what day it was, lol… something about retirement and not checking calendars… so happy that they were fine…
when I arrived back at the office this morning, after being off for a week, I discovered this lovely package…
it was a sorry I missed lunch gift… so not necessary, but what a lovely treat…
it is often chilly in the office so this pashmina will be a lovely way to stay warm on those cool days…
and, it fits into my office decorating scheme perfectly;-)…
I truly am blessed…
02 Wednesday May 2018
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feeling as though I haven’t been eating properly… so tonight I baked a chicken leg and thigh, with eggplant slices, and sweet potatoes… and made a cucumber and onion salad…
was rather pleased with myself… and it was very good…
after supper I peeked outside and saw this lovely sky…
not long before that the sky had been gray and rain had been falling… nice change…
very happy that a young friend had come by on Monday and raked the yard for me… still lots to do, including putting the six bags of leaves out for pick-up…
a bit of rain would certainly be good for the grass and the plants…
02 Friday Feb 2018
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big girl pants, friend, kids, motion, nest, remind, smoke detector, son-in-law, switch, thermostat, widow
every time my son-in-law is here at Christmas I ask him about putting in the type of switch that they have in their bathroom…
it is a motion sensitive switch which comes on automatically when you walk into the room… it is very cool and I keep thinking how great it would be to have something like that here… he reminds me each time that the switch needs to be inside the bathroom and mine is on the wall outside…
I guess I want it enough that I conveniently forget that I can’t have it, lol…
after Christmas he installed my Nest smoke detector which was a gift from the other kids… he also put in a Nest thermostat…
I am slowly getting used to both of them…
the smoke detector has a feature where it lights up in the dark if there is any motion, so it is starting to feel like a friend when I need to get up and go downstairs in the night…
weird…
06 Saturday Jan 2018
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big girl pants, chocolate, coconut wraps, Evolution Sweet Greens, friend, grandson, leftovers, shopping, supper, veggies, widow
focussing on eating a bit better…
got an early text from a friend and she picked me up on the way to La Belle Baguette for some fresh bread… I picked up a cranberry baguette, a rye sourdough, and a chocolate croissant…
when I returned home I had half of the croissant, some Laughing Cow cheese, and a raspberry smoothie… delicious and a bit decadent…
not long after that, I ran out to the mall with my daughter and eldest grandson and when I returned home finished the last bit of shepherd’s pie with Evolution Sweet Green compressed juice, one of the few things I get from Starbucks… it has little sugar, lots of vegetables and few calories…
for supper I used the Coconut Wraps which were a Christmas gift from my daughter… I used up the last little bit of leftover steak, some mushrooms, green onion, pea pods, and garnished it with cilantro and shredded radish… made a bit of cucumber and onion salad to go with it…
pleased that I have used up most of the leftovers in the fridge… and have included lots of veggies in my meals today… this might have been where I fell of the wagon over the last month, lol…
15 Friday Dec 2017
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big girl pants, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, cold, fingers, friend, gloves, lunch, membership, purple, widow
a few days ago I walked over to TheForks to meet a dear friend for lunch…
on my way I got this shot of the CanadianMuseum for Human Rights… it is such a beautiful building… just yesterday I renewed my membership…
it was a lovely day but a bit cold… I was wearing these amazing purple leather gloves which a friend gave me a few years ago… they look great but are not tremendously warm… so eventually I pulled the sleeves down over my fingers to keep them toasty…
looked just like my eight year old grandson, lol…
10 Sunday Dec 2017
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big girl pants, bird, calling, Christmas, decorating, friend, fun, groceries, hot tub, moments, squirrel, widow
early this morning I went out for a hot tub… for the last few days the temperature in the tub has read 104 so I’ve had a few excursions out there…
I don’t usually have the phone when I am in the hot tub, but a bird was calling and I wanted to record the sound so my birdwatching friends could listen and identify it… it was a beautiful morning and besides the bird there were a few squirrels flitting about…
a bit later I ran out to get some grocery shopping done… perfect timing because the store had very few people in it… took quite a few trips to get everything into the house…
got all the stuff put away and prepared for my company to arrive…
my dear friend, who I haven’t seen in ages, came to help decorate for Christmas… we had such fun…
while I was hanging some ornaments in the dining room window caught this little guy on the rail of the front steps…
once we were done my friend headed home and I put all of the unused things back into the bins and carried them downstairs…
certainly was a full day… and the house looks wonderful…
let the celebrating begin…
