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sprouts…

11 Monday Feb 2019

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whenever I grocery shop with my grandson and ask if he wants Brussels sprouts for dinner he always says yes…

they are clearly his favourite vegetable, although he also has a thing for raw carrots, lol…

he cooks them much better than I, so I always get them ready, set out the butter and garlic, and have him do the cooking… sometimes we add a bit of red wine, if there is any around…

this time they went with leftover macaroni that I added to some meat sauce… tasty…

while I was making the sauce I was remembering my dad… his meat sauce was delicious, partly because he added something from every bottle in the pantry, lol…

he’s been gone for over thirty years… always surprises me what might bring up a memory…

recipe…

21 Monday Jan 2019

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yesterday I spent some time preparing a couple of recipes that I can eat throughout the week…

the first one I made was Calico Beans… this is a great recipe because it makes a lot and is very tasty… it is made with three or more types of beans… usually it also has three cans of pork and beans, but I picked up kidney and black beans and only one can of pork and beans, so I improvised, lol… it also has onions, hamburger and bacon in it…

after that I moved onto Curried Red Lentils… it is served over rice and is another delicious recipe… it too makes a good amount…

my grandson came over for dinner and this is one of his favourites… we had some for our supper, packed up some for him to take home and put away two containers for my lunch or supper this week…

I like it when I get organized and have meals prepped for the week…

tidy…

06 Sunday Jan 2019

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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…

cleanup…

27 Thursday Dec 2018

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another wonderful day…

grandson slept over… we made breakfast and then spent a few hours doing a cleanup in the computer room… filled bags of garbage, recycling and a few boxes of giveaways…

my grandson figured out how to get my 500 plus songs onto Google Play… it took about four hours… I am so happy to have them available…

he took out all the trash and then we ran over to Best Buy to pick up a few more plugs for my Google Home… had lunch at Freshii and then back home to connect one of the plugs…

the Himalayan Salt Lamp is now able to turn on and off by voice…

then my work computer person came over and moved computers, drives, pictures and got Outlook working for me… I am very pleased…

now to rest;-)…

canes…

13 Thursday Dec 2018

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a while back my youngest grandson and I were shopping and we spotted cherry flavoured candy canes… my favourite…

they’ve been stuffed up in the cupboard since then…

today after work, I pulled them out and put them on the tree…

there are sixteen of them and they fill the tree up quite nicely…

the plan is that when people are over they will take a candy cane when they leave;-)…

for many years I would make things to put on the tree for this purpose, but have simplified things, lol…

shovel…

20 Tuesday Nov 2018

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we have been very lucky with the snowfall so far this year… been really cold but little snow has fallen…

I do have a person to come and shovel for me, which makes me happy… I don’t have to worry about whether my grandson can make it over, although I am going to miss our time together…

think we will have to plan some supper dates…

here’s what I saw when I opened the back door this morning…

the garage door had opened during the night, sigh… once the temperature reaches a certain point the door won’t stay closed… I didn’t do anything about replacing it over the summer… guess I’ll be using the front to get in and out of the house for the next few months…

but, did see some bunny tracks…

when I came home it was all clear… I think he ended up blowing the snow because there really wasn’t much on the ground…

what a lovely treat…

feeder…

05 Monday Nov 2018

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yesterday my oldest grandson came over and we cleaned up all the pots and planters in the garden…

well, he did most of the cleaning up while I worked on a few things in the house…

we did work together to get the bird feeder hooked up so that it won’t lean over…

we ran out for groceries and then had ribs, baked potatoes and Brussels sprouts for dinner…

when he was picked up I went to bed, lol… fun, but long, day…

arm…

20 Saturday Oct 2018

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today I emptied and refilled the hot tub after my grandson arrived to move the tub a tiny bit before it was refilled…

when we replaced the arm on the hot tub a while ago, we moved it out a bit which meant that I couldn’t open one side of the cover without opening the gate… bit of a pain on a cold night…

it takes about 3 hours to empty and about half an hour to fill…

waiting now to see how long it will take to get up to the correct temperature…

headboard…

23 Sunday Sep 2018

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amazingly productive day… out and about for groceries and items for a project… it was rainy and cold;-)…

back home I started two types of soup – chicken and vegetable, as well as zucchini basil… made rice and started red lentil curry…

my grandson arrived mid afternoon and helped with a rather long list of to do items…

he helped bring a mattress up from the basement that I am trying out as a headboard… I’ve been wanting a new headboard for ages… think it might work…

plants were brought into the house and feeders were filled… the printer is working again, a light got hooked up in the kitchen, and the living room window is clean…

he left around three hours after he arrived… I’m exhausted, lol… now for a rest before I finish the soup…