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01 Wednesday Jun 2016

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worked a bit late and while I was still there got a call from my oldest grandson…

he wondered if I wanted to go to his band concert tonight…

we figured it out, they picked me up from the office, and off we went…


they are very good… this is the grade 10-12 band…


here is the grade 9-10 jazz band… the music was excellent… their director tells a story/joke when she introduces each piece… they are always very funny… although we never get them because she tells them in French, lol… tonight I think the person beside me was translating for the person on the other side of her…

always so pleased when I can fit this type of thing in… he is growing up so fast and when you look at him now you see a young man, not a kid anymore…

very happy he called and we were able to make it work…

helper…

23 Saturday Apr 2016

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woke up to a cool looking sky out the window … the clouds made an interesting design…

  

had a good time with my grandson… he came over around lunchtime to help me in the garden… 

made his favourite red curry lentils for lunch and then we got to work…

  
raked up all the leaves and pulled up lots of dead grass… filled three yard waste bags…

while he finished up, I put the furniture into its usual arrangement and cleaned the tables…

then we moved the rocks that came out of the pond in the Fall…  we are going to reset them to have a better look… will probably be getting rounded rocks because the flat ones just don’t look right around the edge of the pond…

looks good back there now… hopefully the temperature will perk up and I’ll be able to sit out in the next few days…

  
he got the front yard cleaned up as well… next time we are going to tackle the front flower beds…

enjoy getting to spend time with him…

working outside reminded me of my walk through the woods yesterday…

  
similar type weather… made me think of one of the lovely cards I received for my birthday… it is a copy of a friend’s painting…

  

bit more sunshine in that picture, lol… 

  

adapt…

26 Friday Feb 2016

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had a lovely day focused on family…

met my daughter for lunch at The MET… first time she’s been there… beautiful architecture, but also light and airy…

  
I beat her there and had a cup of tea while I waited…

we both had fresh mussels and frites… I asked that they leave the cheese off  mine… delicious… ate every single bit… 

I ordered the mixed salad for us to share but ran out of time so brought my portion back to the office and gobbled it up around four…

after work I walked to her office and we went over to the RBC Convention Centre where my grandson was meeting us with his other grandparents… then we watched his band play in the Optimist Clubs of Winnipeg International Band Festival…

  
they did a great job and the adjudicator/ conductor had fun as he shared a few ideas with them… it was amazing to watch and hear them adapt and improve with his conducting and stories… his final comment was you are a very good ensemble and if you work on each note on the page you will be amazing…

lots of adapting today as I hadn’t even heard about the band festival until lunchtime… happy to have the salad to eat before I headed out… important that I eat at appropriate times now…

reorganized my schedule and had a great time… those big girl pants, lol…

paths…

08 Monday Feb 2016

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it snowed on Thursday and Sunday… and there was lots of blowing yesterday… my shoveler wasn’t able to get over, so tonight he met me at work and rode home with me…

he cleaned the paths and driveway after a short hand warming break…

  
looks great after it had all been tidied up… also happy to see that the solar lights are getting enough sunlight to turn on at night…

then we had supper together and a short visit before he took the bus home…

supper was the leftover chili which I had made for our family dinner last night, but the kids ended up staying at home…

I had listened to a show on chili making and decided to make this chili with kidney beans, mushrooms and some ground veggie burger with onion and diced tomato… used garlic, cumin, oregano and chili powder… just tossed things into the pot without measuring… 

came out very nice… he liked it, even when I told him it was veggie burger meat… he has quite an adventurous palate…  sent him home with a bag of red lentils… the last time we had dinner together he loved a red lentil recipe I’d made and wanted the recipe, lol… now he can make it at home for the family…

nice to spend time with him…

vanish…

22 Friday Jan 2016

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on my way out to the car this morning — with my hands full of various bits and bags for work — I had to stop and take a picture of the pink sky…

 
my driving buddy thought I’d fallen as it took me a few extra seconds to get to the car, lol…

 took lots of pictures as we drove downtown… you never know, when the sky is so beautiful, when it will vanish…

  
at lunch I went for a walk with my daughter as our yoga class was cancelled… did well, particularly as I hadn’t planned on walking… had a spare jacket to put under my coat and pulled up my hood… only my legs got cold…

then my grandson met me at the office and came to shovel… afterwards we had leftover lentils with brown basmati rice along with roasted brussel sprouts and mushrooms… 

  

he chose the menu and prepped the veggies… we had a lovely visit and he headed home on the bus…

what a treat…

shovelling…

17 Thursday Dec 2015

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early this morning I took a picture of the front yard…

  
there was just a dent to show all the shovelling that my grandson did last night…

the snow had been quite light and easy to work with…

tonight he was here again, but the snow was very different… 

yesterday he came in runners, without anything on his hands… today he had on his boots and brought gloves…

  
the drift in front of the rolling garage door was solid when he went to shovel it… took a great effort on his part to get it done…

  
sidewalk looks clear and welcoming for his aunty’s arrival tomorrow…

  
driveway is clean and ready for me to drive down it first thing in the morning without anything keeping me from getting out…

his mom came and picked him up again so I don’t have to worry about him getting home on the bus…

really appreciate having someone to make sure it is all looked after… 

concert…

09 Wednesday Dec 2015

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another beautiful sky this morning…

  
kind of tired because for some reason I woke up at 4:15 and didn’t get back to sleep…

had Subway for dinner with the kids and the day ended with a band concert with the oldest grandson… he plays in both regular band and jazz band…

  
seemed a bit long, likely because I was tired, but it was enjoyable… now to bed…

project…

28 Saturday Nov 2015

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out for breakfast and did a bit of shopping with my daughter…

had a nap and watched some figure skating and skiing on tv…

ordered supper in with the kids and saw the Snowbirds out the front window… they were here as part of the Grey Cup celebration I think…

  
watched my grandson find all the purple rocks in the coffee table… “there are a lot Grandma”…

  
he told me all about the birthday party he had been at this afternoon where they got to hold frogs and lizards and snakes… got the bed ready and our project done…

  
hardest part was getting the cardboard off the chocolate covered raisin container…

we worked very well together and had fun counting and talking about nice things we could do for others during Advent…

  
project complete and one of us is in bed watching tv… 

not me this time as I am waiting for his brother to arrive from a different birthday party… 

laurentien…

17 Tuesday Nov 2015

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there has been this new thing where adults are colouring in a variety of adult colouring books…

was talking with my grandson about colouring… asking if he might like one of these types of colouring books… wasn’t sure if he would find them too complicated… we were looking at a number of them… he thought he would like one of them… he usually uses markers on his projects so we talked about how he would need to use coloured pencils in these books… he thought he could do that…

since then I’ve talked with a few people about coloured pencils…

my daughter and I were talking abou what type to get if I was getting some for a present… she said not to get anything but Laurentien Coloured Pencils...

  
in a conversation with someone else, we were talking about when we were kids and getting a new package… and how special it was… usually you got them at the start of school… 

sometimes you would get a twelve pack, but if you were really lucky you might get the 24 pencil case… reminded us both of how much fun we had with them… she was flooded with memories just talking about it…

  
I checked in my craft box tonight and found this… they are still the best…

might have to get me one of them colouring books…

gardening…

23 Saturday May 2015

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what a wonderful day…

up early, had breakfast and headed into the garden… set out the cushions and cleaned all the tables… took out all the plants from the dining room and set them beside the pond…

  
got all the water plants into the pond and then took a little break…

  
still looks a bit empty…

  
before long the water hyacinth will multiply and the water lilies will pop up to the surface and fill in with green lily pads…

the kids came over and my grandson and his friend worked away in the side garden cleaning up two years worth of weeds… looking very nice… I am so happy that we got this done as last year I just pretended there wasn’t anything there, lol…

my daughter and I went to a couple of garden centres and got most of the plants I will need…

the little boys picked up twigs and swept the decks while we were gone… had pizza for supper and they headed home…

filled the planters around the deck, made three baskets, and planted about seven pots before I finally came in tonight…

took a few breaks to read and watch the goldfinches at the feeder…

all around, an excellent day…