01 Sunday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, food, friends, lunch, memories, moments, Pho Hoang, sugarcane, treat, widow
had lunch out on our way to the theatre the other day…
went to Pho Hoang, which was one of our favourites when we used to go to aquasize at Cindy Klassen pool during our working days, lol…
as always, it was delicious;-)…
I had shrimp salad rolls and sugarcane shrimp…
23 Friday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, friends, Gather Craft Kitchen and Bar, lunch, moments, pasta, prawn, widow
had a delicious lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar on Wednesday…
my main was:
it was delicious and I ate every bit of it…
and for dessert I had:
also delicious, although I didn’t eat it all…
just enough to enjoy it, yum…
and, to top it all off, my friends treated me to lunch;-)…
21 Wednesday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, Fleurs de Villes, flowers, friends, laughs, moments, The Leaf, time, weather, widow
had a wonderful time today with friends at The Leaf…
we travelled together and had a lot of laughs in the process, then checked out all of the displays, and had one of the volunteers take our photo…
ended the day with a lovely lunch and visit at Gather;-)…
dropped off one of us and had a short visit…
what a fun time we had;-)…
20 Tuesday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, buddies, Fleurs de Villes, flowers, friends, gift, moments, nature, The Leaf, widow, wonder
had a lovely visit to Fleurs de Villes WONDER at The Leaf…
for Christmas I had given my buddies tickets to the show… such a great gift which adds another celebration for everyone…
we had lunch at Gather to celebrate our January birthday woman before the tour;-)…
we had dropped our birthday person at the back entrance, which is much closer for anyone with walking issues and then drove around and parked at the front…
for this visit, we skipped the Tropical biome and moved right into the Mediterranean biome to see the fifteen displays…
every time I walk through the area I spot details I hadn’t noticed before;-)…
I’ve volunteered twice, and visited three times so it is quite astonishing that I keep discovering new things…
the group enjoyed all of the displays and it was fun as each person made their choice of favourite piece…
I keep vacillating between three, lol…
19 Monday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, Fleurs de Villes, food, friends, Gather Craft Kitchen and Bar, gyro, lunch, moments, striploin, widow
had lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar before checking out Fleurs de Villes WONDER in the Mediterranean biome with my BS buddies…
it was nice to be inside after the -30°C walk from the car, lol…
I had the gyro – beef striploin gyro, grilled naan, cucumber relish, arugula, garlic tzatziki… I have had this before and, as previously, it was tasty…
other items at the table included the classic burger, the pasta with shrimp, and the house salad…
everyone enjoyed their meal and there were a few desserts afterwards, lol…
it was rather busy, so it did take a little longer than usual for our meal…
always a treat;-)…
09 Friday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, delicious, devoured, food, friends, maple pecan stuffed French toast, moments, Park Cafe, Technology, widow
was picked up by a friend and we headed to the Park Cafe for brunch…
I had seen a new January offering they had, and wanted to try it out…
the place was jumping when we arrived, but we had a great visit while we waited to be seated, which took less than ten minutes;-)…
we both ordered the special – maple pecan stuffed french toast – and hoped it would look as good as the picture, lol… and it did…
aaaaand… it was delicious and we both devoured the whole thing;-)… what a lovely treat…
if you have a chance this month, you should go and check it out…
16 Tuesday Dec 2025
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07 Sunday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, friends, fundraiser, moments, ornaments, planter, put away ornaments, weather, widow
went to Shelmerdine with a friend to pick up some items from a fundraiser she was connected with…
always a treat to wander through all the areas of the greenhouse… even found a little something for someone’s next year’s Christmas present…
this planter was so pretty and the balls were so nice, especially with the snow on them…
when I got home I hung the swag that came from the fundraiser on the front door… not sure if the cord needs to be shorter…
lovely treat;-)…
21 Friday Nov 2025
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checked out a friend’s condo recently… it was lovely and nicely decorated…
we had a great visit over tea and raisin scones (she makes the best)… and I was given some to bring home;-)…
thinking how blessed I am to have so many wonderful people in my life…
20 Thursday Nov 2025
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art, big girl pants, birthdays, blessed, buddies, food, friends, moments, pictures, WAG/Qaumajuq, walk, White Star Diner, widow
had a lovely day with my buddies…
we spent time at WAG/Qaumajuq checking out the various galleries;-)… so much to see…
this piece of art was the only one I took a photo of, and apparently a bit crooked, lol…
from there we walked over to the White Star Diner for lunch… fun time and tasty food…
we do love celebrating birthdays😊…
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