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mugs…

02 Tuesday Jan 2018

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I have a shelf in a kitchen cupboard where my mugs go…

a few taller ones go on the shelf above…

the goal is that when I get a new one I have to give one away…

over Christmas I have accumulated three new mugs, two as gifts and one that I picked up at the Assiniboine Park WildThings Gift Shop…

very happy that I was able to take out four mugs to put in the pass-me-over box…

while having tea with a friend today we discussed how much she loves my mugs… we decided that, as it gets more difficult to let a mug go, I shall pass it along to her, knowing the mug will be loved, lol…

this might just make it easier;-)…

collages…

27 Monday Mar 2017

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lovely evening with my ReImagining group tonight…

we haven’t met for the last few months as weather and other activities intervened…

been carrying around their Christmas gifts in the trunk of the car in my favourite purple bag, lol…

these are the last few which weren’t chosen…

supper was Irish stew with mashed potatoes… so good and the potatoes were a wonderful treat…

and then there was dessert…

we got to make collages and talk about Spring plans…

wonderful evening…

treat…

21 Saturday Jan 2017

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what a wonderful treat today…

watched skating, skiing, snowboarding and a few of my favourite PVRed shows…

then two wonderful women stopped by and we enjoyed some tasty treats…

some of my Christmas baking gifts, chocolate from Hummingbird, ChocoSol, Decadence and Aschenti, and the ever popular raw almonds… 

always amazes me what can be found in the cupboard at the last minute, lol…

and we had a lovely hot tub in the plus two degrees Celsius weather… 

such fun to share these moments with such special people…

playing…

07 Saturday Jan 2017

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spent some time today reorganizing the living and dining rooms…

put away a few last Christmas decorations and got to try out a few of my Christmas presents…

first I played with these nifty gloves that were in my stocking…

they are waterproof and make scrubbing much easier… had a bit of fun cleaning the top of the stove with them…

after I put some of the plants back in their places I played with another of my presents… a can of morning glories...

apparently they will start to sprout in 3 to 5 days… I am really excited to see if we get flowers…

couldn’t put everything away… kept out the glitter trees once I stacked them… and just took a few photos with another of my gifts…

hoping to get there soon…

been a busy day and now to bed…

deciding…

23 Friday Dec 2016

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one of my projects this Christmas was a gift for my colleagues…

after considering what to make for them, chose mouse pads with some of my photography… the pictures were from our visit to Atlanta in June…

once the photos were chosen, and the pads produced, I had to pick which one went to which person… sometimes I have the individuals choose, but decided this time to pick for each one…

set out the pictures and then used little notes to be sure I had just the right one for each member of the team…

once the decisions were made, I prepared a card and wrapped each one up…

at the end of the day on Monday I put them into their mail slots…

it is such fun to choose, prepare and give gifts… so blessed to have the time and resources to do this…

gifts…

17 Saturday Dec 2016

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wonderful time with my BS buddies this morning…

we weren’t all available this coming Monday evening, our usual time to gather… so we arranged to meet today…

when we come together for a meal we usually go out to a restaurant, but we decided to meet here and ordered breakfast from The Original Pancake House, using SkipTheDishes…

it was great… I had my favourite chicken livers and others had crepes and pancakes… even the eggs that came were beautifully cooked… we had a wonderful visit as we ate and shared gifts…

these women are an integral part of my life and spending time with them is always a gift… we’ve met most Monday evenings for years and have shared everything, from the everyday through children’s shenanigans and growing pains, work changes and life changing events…

we try to get a photo when we have one of these special gatherings, could be Christmas, or a birthday celebration… nearly forgot today… thankfully the youngest one remembered, lol…

lots of laughter as we set up and tried to get a good remote shot, lol…

we don’t need gifts, but some of us — me especially — love them… they come from the heart… today there was fruit bread and shortbread, jam, soup mix and chocolate, lotions and towels, donations, ornaments and beautiful cards…

so blessed to have these moments together…

shower…

02 Friday Dec 2016

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what a lovely time tonight… a group of sixteen gathered to celebrate the coming birth of a baby… pretty cool timing, eh…
had a cup of tea and looked over the space before everyone arrived…

we had lots of fun, conversation, good food and there were some great gifts as well…

this was the first big party that I’ve hosted since my beloved left me…

it might have been here, but there were many others who helped make it a success… from the planning team who decided on each step of preparation, to the friends who came and helped with Christmas decorating, to the ones who set up the planter, to the ones who made the centrepieces, to the ones who came at noon and helped with salad prep, to the ones who picked up the pasta and organized the kitchen… to the ones who brought various bits and pieces of yummy treats and gifts, to the ones who cleaned up and left the house the same as it was before anyone arrived…

my life is filled with such special people… 

Ottawa day 7…

07 Wednesday Sep 2016

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well, spent the morning in Ottawa and flew home this afternoon…

started out with an egg on an English muffin, with a side of pistachio/coconut bark, all made by my daughter…

we said our goodbyes and she headed off to work… took a bit of effort to get my bag packed… apparently the gifts for my daughter’s friends filled up my suitcase, lol…

then finished taking a few pictures… of the chocolate stash…

final job was to wash the last of the dishes… this is becoming my trademark whenever I am with my kids… but really, fairly easy to manage, lol…

had my bags at the front door when my daughter surprised me by coming home for an hour before I left…

while I waited for my flight caught a few Pokemon and collected items from three PokeStops which were right at the gate…

touch down… home…

had a wonderful, crazy busy, and memorable week…

special…

30 Monday May 2016

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had a lovely evening…

dinner with a most special woman to celebrate our friendship…

we sat on couches on a patio in the sunshine and traded gifts with one another…

she treated me to a beautiful purple bird feeder and a solar dragonfly for the garden…


for her I’d found a compact umbrella and wrapped it with a pretty scarf… she is one of the best wrappers I have ever come across, so I was feeling a bit of pressure to do a good job, lol… she thought it looked great, yay…

had a virgin Caesar that had three olives in it… practically a meal…


followed that with a delicious pizza… tasty…


once I arrived home I found that two of the dahlias are breaking through the soil in one of the pots… very exciting…


ended the evening with three more special women… we shared stories of recent activities and had a picture presentation of one’s recent trip to the Galapagos Islands…

what a treat the evening has been… 

I continue to be blessed with so many special people in my life…

Christmas…

25 Friday Dec 2015

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woke at five, then climbed back into bed to finally get up around seven…

  
my son-in-law worked the overnight shift and got home about 7:15 so we had tea and waited for the rest of the family to wake up… he’d seen the beautiful full moon on his way home and heard that it won’t fall on Christmas again until 2034 and that it hadn’t happened since 1977…

  
so I had to go out into the middle of their street to see it and get a few photos before it vanished… didn’t have my tripod so was pleased that this one came out…

then I took a few photos of their house in the early morning light…

  
everyone got up, with a bit of coaxing, and we opened gifts… we all did very well…

   
lots of technology this year with tablets and wired headphones for the little people…


and a wireless headset for the oldest, who was visibly pleased… which, for a teenager, is pretty spectacular… well done mom and dad…

  
my stash included some cool technology for meal prep and a few purple items, lol…

we sat down to freshly made waffles and covered them with fresh fruit and a bit of whipping cream…

  
by the time we finished making them no one was left at the table, so this is a picture of what I had, lol… it was delicious…

rests were had, games were played, books were read, naps were taken…

dinner was a lovely roasted chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, brussel sprouts, raw carrots and French fries made in the new fryer that only used a few tablespoons of oil…

quiet time with a bit of colouring after dinner…

  
home now and planning to head to bed… full day…

hoping that you were able to find some special moments in your day…