11 Tuesday Jul 2017
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took a drive outside the city for lunch today…
landed at the Summit Cafe in Stony Mountain…
cute little place with a penny covered floor…
we were the first to arrive and they had set up a table for 12… gave us a bit of extra time with the menu…
I chose the Spicy Shrimp Grilled Cheese…
oh my, it was delicious… had half of it and brought the remainder home for dinner tomorrow…
got a great shot of the group…
wonderful day with some really special people…
19 Friday May 2017
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there were sparkles everywhere today…
my chair at work, the floor, the seat of the car… even my face, I think… too funny… but I really like the t-shirt… enjoyed spotting the places where the sparkles were and spending a moment giggling to myself…
ate at the new Japanese restaurant across the street from work… at lunch they have a few bento boxes to choose from, as well as the usual sushi options…
lunch was delicious and the visit with my friend was wonderful, as always…
so happy to have special moments like these and be able to take the time to savour them…
11 Thursday May 2017
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. soup, big girl pants, lunch, The Stak Co, Thursday, toppings, tortilla, widow
last night I made soup for our Souper Thursday lunch…
was really simple… had picked up two Tortilla Soup Fiesta mixes from The Stak Co...
dumped the two packages into a pot and added water…
cooked it on top of the stove for a couple of hours… added canned tomatoes and it was done…
prepared toppings of shredded cheese, sour cream, green onions, cilantro, avocado and broke up some tortillas…
everyone in the club brings additional items to round out the meal… so we had salad, tomatoes and three types of bread – we haven’t had bread for the last few times and apparently we were all missing it…
delicious and enjoyable… always enjoy time sitting down to a meal together amongst the busyness…
25 Tuesday Apr 2017
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big girl pants, colleague, computers, fabric, feel, friend, lunch, nightie, problems, purple, shopping, widow
more fun today…
got to shop right in the office when a client brought in some nighties and pyjamas… she had a lot of purple and mauve, lol…
lovely colours and beautiful work…
the most important thing for me is the feel of fabric… I have been known to feel an article of clothing on someone else without asking…
chose a very soft nightie with little purple hearts… it is being shortened for me… seems like my favourite sleepwear is soft like a worn t-shirt but a bit longer…
then it was off to Nick’s on Broadway…
have heard about this spot before but today was my first visit… been craving grilled cheese so ordered one which came with coleslaw and a pickle… it was okay, but not something I would order again…
great visit with a friend and former colleague… we’ve gone through some very complicated and stressful times together… always a treat to spend time with her…
back at the office had some success with computers and solved a few problems…
a good day…
07 Friday Apr 2017
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what a wonderful day off… not exactly as planned…
started with a walk around the pond at the Birchwood Automotive Group to see the geese… at first there were two and then three others arrived… little bit of discussion amongst them before they became friends…
from there I headed off to lunch with a great friend who is having a birthday tomorrow… excellent meal and fun to be together…
always have lots to talk about, lol…
came home to find my sister-in-law had arrived from Calgary… it is always special when we have time together… before she moved to Calgary, besides spending family time, we also worked with one another…
we ran out and did a bit of grocery shopping… she found this cute tray for me…
back home we had a snack and waited for my nephew to pick her up… once they left I had a nap and made dinner…
picked up a beautiful purple calla lily…
28 Tuesday Feb 2017
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bacon, big girl pants, friend, lunch, pancakes, recipe, whole wheat, widow
had a lovely lunch at a new restaurant down the street from the office…
met with a good friend and had a great visit while we caught up on our lives…
saw some great pictures of a recent trip and enjoyed a delicious meal…
on my way home after work I picked up bacon to go with the pancakes I made for my dinner for Shrove Tuesday…
last night I dug out the pancake recipe that we’ve used for forty years and sent it off to my daughter, so it was all ready for me tonight… I did add whole wheat flour to the recipe… came out pretty good…
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…
27 Friday Jan 2017
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we often spend our lunch hour discussing various topics…
recently we’ve been talking about the enneagram…
wonderful to have a variety of opinions and points of view…
we are diverse, with ones, twos, sixes and sevens in the group… a great opportunity to see how each personality works at their best, and sometimes, not so best, lol…
these amazing women are always learning… I am so proud to be able to spend time with them and learn from and with them…
this shot I took of some hoarfrost on the garage window reminded me of how unique we all are, even as we are similar… and what a beautiful pattern we make together…
25 Tuesday Oct 2016
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aquasize, big girl pants, boost, leftovers, lunch, sky, treadmill, under the weather, widow
feeling a bit under the weather and had a very hard time getting out of bed this morning…
so slow that there wasn’t time to walk on the treadmill… that is a rare occurrence…
as I turned onto the road at the end of the street I saw this beautiful sky… luckily there was no one behind me so I could stop and get a photo…
did give me a bit of a boost…
then I had lunch with a dear friend… lovely treat…
picked up and taken to aquasize by another friend and afterwards had a bit of leftover dinner from last night’s meeting…
now watching a bit of tv and thinking of a short nap and a hot tub…
03 Monday Oct 2016
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big girl pants, camera, cleaners, flowers, health, leaves, lunch, money, priviledged, walk, widow, work
been reminded a few times recently of how privileged I am…
today I was able to take an extra half hour and have lunch with a great friend… we try to get together every month or so and check out different downtown restaurants, mostly within walking distance of my office… today we went to the Velvet Glove…
had a good visit and a fine meal…
not only am I able to take a little extra time for lunch but get to spend time with friends…
did laugh at the end of the day when I realized how much of what I ate was green… even the soup had green pumpkin seeds in it, lol…
yesterday I walked to and around the English and Leo Mol Gardens with my camera… another privilege that many people don’t have…
the fact that I have the time, am fit and healthy and able to take on such an activity is great too…
still lots of flowers around… and the leaves are turning colour at an alarming rate… for some of my walk it felt like it was raining leaves…
the final reminder of my privilege was in the bathroom after I got home…
the toilet paper is folded all fancy because the cleaners were in today…
talk about privilege…
