03 Wednesday Mar 2021
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big girl pants, blessed, divided, flowers, friends, groceries, happy, moments, photos, tulips, vases, widow
a friend picked up a few items for me at Costco this morning and brought me some tulips…
they are beautiful and I divided them into four containers…
one is on the stairs ready to go to my bedroom… another is in the bathroom… a third in the den…
the final one is in the living room… they brighten up the whole space…
I am blessed;-)…
29 Sunday Nov 2020
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bakery, big girl pants, blessed, bread, delivery, freezer, groceries, La Belle Baguette, moments, options, out-of-stock, widow
yesterday, I had two deliveries…
the first was from La Belle Baguette and included croissants, butter tarts and sourdough bread… I was hoping for scones, but they aren’t baking those just now…
I am so happy that they are doing deliveries on Fridays and Saturdays now that we have been shut down again… I shared the croissants and enjoyed my chocolate one… it was delicious, as always…
I had other things planned for dinner, but decided on a grilled cheese with onion and bacon… yum… the rest of that loaf will be cut up for stuffing and popped into the freezer…
the butter tarts were put into the freezer, either as a treat for me, or something to have should anyone drop anything off and I want to send something home with them…
a bit later in the day, my groceries from Save-On-Foods arrived… these days it takes four or five days for delivery and more items are out of stock… but, nearly everything gets here…
I am blessed to have these options available… and happy to do a bit of local purchasing where I can…
30 Wednesday Sep 2020
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my personal shopper arrived with a few items I had missed from my grocery order the other day…
he came by motorbike and luckily I only needed a few items as he had to fit them all in his backpack…
he brought eggs, mushrooms, and the margarine that I use which is hard to find…
I am so thankful to have this wonderful young man in my life…
27 Wednesday May 2020
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big girl pants, Costco, deliveries, flowers, garden, grandson, groceries, moments, nature, planting, plants, raining, Shelmerdine, shopping, widow
more deliveries yesterday…
Shelmerdine delivered plants and two new bird feeders… it was raining when the truck arrived and the driver offered to put everything in the garage, which was very nice…
not much later UPS arrived with the items I had purchased online from Costco about ten days before…
this one really made me laugh because the parcel came from Airdre, Alberta, rather than the store that is less than four kilometres from my house… don’t think I will be ordering from there again;-(…
today I called and spoke with someone at Costco to see if my grandson could shop using my card and it is possible, so I won’t have to get things sent all the way from Alberta… I will call and let them know the date he will arrive to shop each time, but that is much better than having things travel from two provinces away… the person I spoke with advised that they are currently testing Instacart…
28 Tuesday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, cookbook, datura, friends, grandson, groceries, moments, nature, research, stalled, Technology, widow
the day went by very quickly…
set an alarm to be sure I was up for the 8-2 window for my Save-On-Foods delivery… they arrived around 9:30, and nearly everything turned up, including toilet paper…
after the groceries arrived, all the datura pots made their way outside for the day once the temperature hit 10 degrees Celsius… this is good weight training for me…
from there I worked on updating my cookbook…got quite a few pages done, which made me happy as it had kind of stalled…
a phone call and time online trying out and searching to find a particular resource… no luck so far, but I am not giving up, lol…
FaceTimed with my oldest grandson and a few PVRed shows finished the day;-)…
25 Saturday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, groceries, missing, moments, out-of-stock, pistachios, shopping, Technology, widow
my groceries arrived at 7:45 pm…
sadly, a few of the items I really wanted were out-of-stock, sigh… Greek yogurt, fresh chicken thighs and Splenda…
and apparently pistachios aren’t considered a necessity, lol… although nuts are certainly an important part of my meal planning…
will have to reorder and hope these items are available next time…
still I am amazingly blessed to be able to order and receive groceries without leaving the house;-)…
05 Sunday Apr 2020
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back, big girl pants, blessed, dressed, groceries, homemade, hot tub, mail, meals, moments, pasta, pjs, sauce, shoveler, snow, spaghetti, sugars, sunshine, widow
today, I got dressed, lol… I know that is a big deal for me and a lot of you, I’ll bet… not having to worry about anyone coming to the door makes pjs perfectly acceptable all day…
in the morning I cooked spaghetti and let it cool down so that the sugars would fly through my system when I warm it up…
looked in the fridge and found part of a jar of spaghetti sauce which I used as a base for my sauce…
the addition of spices, A1, ketchup, and soy sauce, with time to mingle together, makes for a tasty addition to the spaghetti… also added some frozen meatballs to get in the required protein… smelled lovely as it was simmering…
while that was cooking, I went out and shovelled between the front steps and the driveway… snow seemed heavier than in the backyard yesterday, lol… and my back is not so happy just now;-(…
my shovelers came by this morning and did the driveway and sidewalk (but not the connecting area)… very happy they were able to get that done as it needs to be clear for the mail carrier… and Tuesday my grocery order should arrive as well…
supper was tasty and there is enough sauce and spaghetti for two more meals… yay…
seemed like a full day;-)…
26 Thursday Mar 2020
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big girl pants, careful, groceries, Maui, memories, moments, purple, shopping, snow, supper, Technology, widow
interesting weather today… I took pictures between 8 and noon as the snow came and went on the deck, lol…
actually got dressed… put on a long dress that I picked up on Maui last April…
flowers and turtles brightened my day…
I also ordered dinner in… this is the first time I’ve done this since I got home in January… was very careful when I brought in the bag and removed the food… this is what I had for my dinner…
since then I have washed my hands many times and been very careful not to touch my face…
I ordered a couple of items so will have four or five meals to take me through the next week;-)…
was also able to order groceries that will come in about a week and a half… the system is overloaded so I am pleased to get on the list at all…
21 Saturday Mar 2020
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big girl pants, delivery, groceries, health, moments, process, safe, Save-On-Foods, shopping, Technology, widow
technology is certainly helping us in these crazy days…
the groceries I ordered online from Save-On-Foods came right at the time they said… the delivery person called ahead to let me know they would arrive so it gave me a chance to ask a few questions…
usually they bring the groceries into the house and have you sign a form…
the new process is that they drop the bags on your front step… once they are back at the truck and see you bring in the groceries they sign the form for you… while he was describing the new process he advised of the substitutions they had made…
I thanked him profusely for providing this great service for those of us older folks, particularly as I currently have a cold which is making me exceptionally careful…
it is a new world we are living in…
08 Sunday Dec 2019
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big girl pants, Christmas movies, family, food, gingerbread, groceries, health, meals, moments, packed, shopping, widow
had the most wonderful quiet day today… I am particularly happy about this as I anticipate that the next four days are going to be packed…
wrote a few cards to pop into the mail, made chili and spaghetti with meat sauce, and put away the last few groceries from yesterday’s shopping trip…
the chili came out great… I added some hamburger and onion to the basics… delicious…
missed having the boys for dinner, but they were busy… we are planning to make a gingerbread house next time they are over…
packaged up some meals to share and for the coming week…
had a number of phone calls and enjoyed a few Christmas movies as well…
nice;-)…
