20 Saturday Jan 2018
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while the kids were here over Christmas they bought me a laundry basket just before they left… actually I found it after dropping them at the airport…
they were doing some laundry and asked if I had a basket… I said no although I do have a hamper in the closet but don’t use it to carry things up and down stairs…
it’s been kind of handy… who knew, lol…
28 Thursday Dec 2017
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big girl pants, Christmas, detector, kids, nest, presents, safe, smoke detector, widow
well I am safe now…
thanks to all my kids I finally have a new smoke detector upstairs…
for Christmas, the Winnipeg kids got me a Nest smoke detector…
and today, my Ottawa son-in-law installed it and connected it to an app on my phone…
it even shows me the temperature outside when I open the app… how cool is that…
think I will save up for the thermostat and maybe a few more of the detectors… checked for Boxing Day sales but there weren’t any huge discounts…
sure do have a great bunch of kids…
30 Monday Oct 2017
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big girl pants, great, kids, prix fixe, Promenade Cafe, sandals, supper, volleyball boot, widow
had dinner out last week… my daughter and I went to Promenade Cafe for supper before going to a volleyball game… it was a spur of the moment decision and we had a great meal…
chose the 4 course prix fixe menu for two… the food was beautifully plated and we divided each course as it arrived…
we were running a bit behind schedule so had to take the dessert to go… and then we ate it in the car after the game, lol… never did get a picture…
at the game took a picture of our feet… it was a bit icy and it was funny to see the variety… I was still wearing my sandals and she had a nice boot on one foot and a boot cast on the other… she can move pretty darn fast when she’s wearing the boot…
enjoyed the volleyball… they actually played four games, although only the first three counted…
great group of kids… and it has been fun to watch them improve year after year… hard to believe they are nearly finished school…
16 Wednesday Aug 2017
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big girl pants, camping, encourage, family, friends, fun, grandson, helpful, kids, memories, Nutimik, teenagers, treat, water, widow
really impressed with the teenagers we spent time with over the last week…
they were polite, helpful, kind and caring…
not what one always thinks of seventeen year olds…
they had such fun together and with our younger boys… clearly most have younger siblings…
they played with the younger kids, had real conversations with the adults, did dishes, cleaned up, ran errands, paid for supplies, and took turns with the fun activities…
the most impressive thing for me was how they encouraged one another, rather than tease or make fun of… jumping off the rocks was quite stressful for some, as was learning some of the water sports, but they only ever encouraged…
what a lovely group of young people and what a treat to spend time with them…
30 Sunday Jul 2017
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big girl pants, Canada Summer Games, Emptyful, kids, lights, mist, Opening Ceremonies, photo, widow
on our way to the car after the Canada Summer Games Opening Ceremonies I took a few pictures of Emptyful…
I see it all the time, but usually in the daylight, so it was lovely to see it as the lights were more visible…
the kids got a kick out of it too…
the colours change quickly…
we often enjoy sitting near it during lunch as the mist is quite refreshing, particularly on hot sunny days…
14 Sunday May 2017
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big girl pants, condo, conversation, family, fish, hot tub, kids, Mother's Day, Ottawa, Park, relaxing, retail therapy, walk, widow, Winnipeg
been a full, but good Mother’s Day…
up fairly early, had breakfast and headed over to the Park to check out the daffodils and tulips…
there were lots of tulips blooming and I’m glad I went today because by next weekend they may be finished…
had a few minutes on our bench while I chatted with my Ottawa girl…
early morning is the best time to wander through the Gardens on the weekend because it is still quiet…
home and then out to pick up groceries and flowers – tulips, then back for lunch and a nap…
sat out in the garden until the kids came… they mowed and whipper snipped and moved the fish from their condo to their summer residence…
always an exciting process..
excellent dinner cooked on Barbie the BBQ, lol…
then some online retail therapy with my Winnipeg daughter… ordered a purple metal bracelet for my Fitbit…
planning a hot tub a bit later, but now spending a few minutes by the pond before heading in…
19 Sunday Feb 2017
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big girl pants, holiday, internet, kids, lunch, Pokémon, sink, strike plate, tacos, widow
today the kids came for lunch rather than our usual dinner…
early this week my son-in-law came over and fixed the garage door… he had to put on a new strike plate… he had added a bar in the summer when the door latch wasn’t quite catching…
a week or so ago I heard something fall to the ground but I didn’t see what actually fell and then when I arrived home later I realized that the door wouldn’t stay closed… the bar had fallen off… I texted him and he came by that night on his way home from work…
had thought he might wait until it was light out, but he got it fixed no problem, even though it was dark…
today he cleaned the drain in the bathroom sink… appeared it was filled with my daughters’ hair… took quite a while but eventually he got it fixed and all back together…
his final project was to check out the internet and wi-fi… think he might have got that working better too…
we also spent a lot of time playing Pokémon… twice while they were here one of them ran out to catch Pokémon close by, lol…
the little guy seemed to be doing yoga poses at one point…
my daughter and I spent some time looking at the information about the hotel and city we are going to visit next month… should be fun…
everyone enjoyed the meal… we had ground beef and shrimp tacos… very tasty… and we had a fun visit…
now for some tv…
30 Friday Dec 2016
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the out-of-town kids have been staying elsewhere but a few days ago they slept over and in the morning we walked to the “A” for breakfast…
had to get a picture of them walking down the street holding hands…
my beloved and I held hands whenever we were out and about… it is one of the things I miss the most…
the “A” is my son-in-law’s favourite place for breakfast and George really liked it as well… we often had breakfast there on weekends….
breakfast was lovely and we enjoyed our walk back to the house…
with the cold and snowy weather I haven’t been out walking nearly as much as usual…
24 Saturday Dec 2016
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big girl pants, Christmas, Christmas Eve, cranberries, dinner, kids, potatoes, prep, tree, turnip, widow
yesterday and this morning got the food prepped for Christmas dinner…
peeled and cut up potatoes and turnip… my dad insisted on turnip water to make the gravy… felt it added just the right flavour… so I cook turnips for every holiday meal, lol… a few of us even eat the turnip…
thought I was done and then remembered the stuffing… broke up the bread while watching tv and then finished it while I was making my supper…
this morning I cooked and blended the cranberries…
picked up the Ottawa kids and now we are at my daughter and son-in-law’s house for a Christmas Eve sleepover…
quite a few presents under the tree…
I’m home with the kids… the big boys are out watching the new Star Wars movie and the girls are doing last minute shopping…
14 Monday Nov 2016
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apple crisp, barbecue, big girl pants, dinner, kids, moon, Park, Pokémon Go, quiet, super, widow
yesterday morning the sky was lovely…
a quiet day with a few chores around the house…
kids came over for supper and we had barbecued pork chops… tasty…
my daughter made a very nice apple crisp for our dessert…
then we drove over to the Park and did some Pokémon Go hunting… lovely walk in the dark around the Riley Duck Pond and by the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden…
the super moon was so big and beautiful… happy that we had lots of time to admire it because tonight the sky doesn’t have a single visible star in it… lots of others out Pokémoning too…
a large buck ran right past us as we were circling the Pond… amazing…
lots of spectacular views…
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