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Barbie…

27 Sunday May 2018

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much more relaxed day today…

started the day with a hot tub in the mist… while I was sitting there, looked over to see I had left cushions on one of the chairs, lol… luckily that chair was under one of the cedars…

happy to find a white mandevilla along with a couple of pretty baskets when I was out shopping…

picked up a few groceries, came home and had a short nap… spent the remainder of the day in the shade reading…

because it was so lovely out, I chose a steak for dinner… and I brought Barbie out of the garage to make it… usually I don’t bother unless the kids are over and they do the barbecuing, but did a great job of the meat and the asparagus… even cooked the mushrooms out there… forgot to take a picture of them on Barbie, lol…

delicious dinner…

calling…

10 Sunday Dec 2017

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early this morning I went out for a hot tub… for the last few days the temperature in the tub has read 104 so I’ve had a few excursions out there…

I don’t usually have the phone when I am in the hot tub, but a bird was calling and I wanted to record the sound so my birdwatching friends could listen and identify it… it was a beautiful morning and besides the bird there were a few squirrels flitting about…

a bit later I ran out to get some grocery shopping done… perfect timing because the store had very few people in it… took quite a few trips to get everything into the house…

got all the stuff put away and prepared for my company to arrive…

my dear friend, who I haven’t seen in ages, came to help decorate for Christmas… we had such fun…

while I was hanging some ornaments in the dining room window caught this little guy on the rail of the front steps…

once we were done my friend headed home and I put all of the unused things back into the bins and carried them downstairs…

certainly was a full day… and the house looks wonderful…

let the celebrating begin…

rain…

22 Monday May 2017

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another overcast and rainy day… but, I decided to go for a walk anyway…

made it to the Park and part way around the Gardens before the rain began…

took at least six pictures, from various locations, of this tree in bloom… just stunning…

this shot has tulips and lilacs… the pond on the right is now filled with water and the fountains are running… excited for the water lilies to be added in…

this year the tulips are red and white, I’m thinking a nod to Canada 150… usually they are multi-coloured…

had to open the zoom and dry the camera when I got home to be sure it wasn’t damaged by the rain…

had some tea to warm my hands which felt frozen by the time I got home…

went to Save-On-Foods and did a grocery shop… been enjoying shopping there… they have the very best coconut Greek yogurt… with a low sugar content… they also carry the Pro Activ margarine that can be difficult to find… was nearly blown away trying to get to the car with the bags…

got home, put away the groceries and had a nap…

focused on seafood for the week’s meals…

made jumbo prawns with rice, fresh asparagus and green onion for dinner…

bud…

15 Sunday Jan 2017

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sunrise…

and sunset…

today…

what a great day…

sunshine all day long today and yesterday, and it wasn’t freezing cold either…

went grocery shopping with my daughter and picked up some beautiful flowers…

they make me feel happy…

and I cannot believe it but the never ending orchid has a new bud on it;-)…

groceries…

06 Saturday Aug 2016

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woo hoo… the Olympics are on… I love to watch and have spent a good portion of the day glued to the tv…

they started early so I was watching rowing by about 6:30… enjoyed some of the men’s bike road race…

making potato salad and spinach dip for tomorrow’s birthday party for the 16 year old has certainly put a kink in my viewing, lol…

headed out fairly early to pick up potatoes at the grocery store and realized after I got home that I didn’t have any mayonnaise for the spinach dip… made the potato salad in stages, between the sports I wasn’t as interested in…

five pounds of potatoes… hope it is enough…

later in the afternoon I walked over to the grocery store and picked up the missing ingredient… also found fresh green beans and little cucumbers… so, for my dinner, had goldeye, a tiny bit of the potato salad, the beans and cucumbers…

very tasty, and easy, as I wanted to keep watching swimming and tennis…

finished the spinach dip and everything is ready to go…

present is wrapped, which took about half an hour to finish… 

and now I can focus back on the games…

bye…

storm…

20 Wednesday Jul 2016

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wow, that was quite the storm…

it was excessively hot today and when we had lunch I only stayed out for a while because of the heat…

went shopping with my daughter after work to pick up the groceries for our camping trip…


the most I’ve spent on groceries in a very long time, maybe ever… my, that girl certainly has her daddy’s skill in packing as she loaded up the cart and then filled the boxes perfectly… George was an amazing packer…

then we raced home, trying to beat the black sky that was following us…


just as she finished repacking a box the thunder, lightning and raindrops started…


everything went dark and then the wind blew like crazy, and the rain poured down… about that time the power went off… crashes of thunder and lightning were wild…


now it is quiet except for the sound of fire trucks and the odd leftover bit of thunder…

always amazing how quiet the house/neighbourhood is when the power is off…

hope everyone is safe…

running…

06 Sunday Mar 2016

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seems like it has been a crazy busy day, felt as though I was running from one thing to the next…

up early and headed out to do errands… went to three different stores and got home with groceries to put away… 

made the stuffing for the chicken just in time to be picked up by the kids for a dimsum lunch… tasty…

  
the boys and I all fit into a picture, sort of…

then we went to the Mid-Canada Boat Show in the new portion of the RBC Convention Centre… the space is lovely… didn’t take a single picture…

there were many very big boats there… liked the look of a new model of seadoo called Spark… looks like it might be lots of fun… to drive one I would need a boating licence, hmmmm…

when we got home I stuffed the chicken and popped it into the oven… we visited and I prepped the rest of the food… eventually the chicken was cooked… had mashed potatoes with cauliflower; brussel sprouts with mushrooms and garlic; gravy, and cranberry jelly… and of course our usual Caesar salad, which all the boys love… topped dinner off with some apple pie to remember Grandpa… we talked about his favourite foods… he really liked roast pork, but always enjoyed a roast chicken dinner…

can’t really believe it has been four years since he left us and at the same time it feels like way longer that I’ve been on my own…

preparing…

14 Monday Dec 2015

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another great day off…

worked on my list of prep for next weekend, and then Christmas… wrapped the last few parcels… put ribbon on the finished ones and made sure that each person had an ornament on one of their gifts…

then I sorted out which gifts will stay here and be opened on Sunday when we have our Christmas with everyone, and the ones that will go to my daughter’s house for our actual Christmas morning celebration… 

also preparing to stay healthy by getting the shingles vaccine this morning… on my way there saw these two adorable reindeer…

had to stop and take a picture… very cute…

had a triennial medical appointment and picked up a few final items as I prepare for the holidays… think I got the last gift…

  
picked up these little numbers for me…

brought home all the groceries for the week and our Christmas dinner…

  
still on a roll, cleaned out the fridge and put everything away…

then a rest, lol… 

finally tidied everything up… looks lovely and I am feeling much better about what is left to do over the next few days…

was able to enjoy each piece of my day as I worked on my preparations…

news…

05 Monday Oct 2015

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good news… my eyes are in good shape… saw the eye doctor this morning… surprised me with a field test… thankfully it came out okay… always nervous when taking one… 

sky was changing every time I came out of a business…

  
met with my finance guy and my investments are doing fine as well…

then off to pick up a few groceries… had a lovely wander around at Costco… didn’t even buy much that wasn’t on my list, lol… finished up at Safeway where I picked up the other items for Thanksgiving dinner on the weekend…

on the drive home the sky changed yet again…

  
at least there was a bit of blue in it…

had a nap after all the groceries were put away, and then made a couple of pita pizzas for dinner…

  
delicious…

now to plan what I will eat tomorrow…

money…

26 Sunday Apr 2015

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busy day… up fairly early because the birds were singing away before dawn… had a few tough moments missing my beloved… amazing how those moments just materialize and you have to wait them out…

went to Dollarama looking for a small drinking glass but they didn’t have any… I did find a cute tray… looks a bit like the dining room chairs, lol…  on to the grocery store where I loaded up on veggies and some tulips jumped into my cart…  grocery shopping is getting more expensive, but I have tons of healthy food for the next week or so… once everything was put away, had a nap and lunch… 

sat in the garden reading for a few hours and then the kids arrived for dinner… steak and lobster with baked potato, mushrooms. asparagus and Caesar salad… yummy… 

doorbell rang and a fellow was wanting to do some yard work to raise money for his hockey playing son…  while we finished cleaning up the kitchen, he and his family cleaned out the front flower bed and raked the front yard…

ran out to take a picture of the finished product and caught the mallards, who live in our creek, as they flew over…  excellent day…