28 Friday Feb 2020
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address, big girl pants, colleagues, iPhone, memories, moments, photos, retirement, selfies, Technology, widow, work
on my final day of work I took a selfie with each person on staff…
I’ve since used those photos to update their contact and address information in my phone…
at first I was cropping myself out of the pictures, but then I realized how nice it was to see us together;-)… so I’ve left them as I took them…
it is lovely when I am sending a text or email to see their faces;-)…
27 Thursday Feb 2020
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this week was Shrove Tuesday and I decided to make pancakes… I sort of followed my recipe, but cut it back by two-thirds and adapted the ingredients…
took the page from my new cookbook and stuck it up on the message board so I could read it easily…
as I’ve typed the recipes, for many of them I’ve added two sets of quantities so there is less likelihood of messing up the ingredients… I will redo this one with the smaller amount for next time, lol…
I used to make this recipe for the family and would take the last few tablespoons to mix with grated potatoes to make potato pancakes for me…
worked out well with the adjustments and they were delicious…
usually I’d use sour cream, but this time I used Greek yogurt and it worked well…
there were a few pancakes left for breakfast;-)…
26 Wednesday Feb 2020
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bevels, big girl pants, blessed, floor, light, Maui, memories, nature, purple, rainbows, remembering, sunshine, vacation, widow
recently I was checking out the rainbows on the kitchen floor… there has been lots of sun;-)…
thought they were coming through the patio door, but then I figured out they were coming from the back door window which has a number of bevels on it…
brought back memories of our time in Maui where there were rainbows all the time…
one day there were seven different rainbows within about an hour… it was amazing…
I do love rainbows…
25 Tuesday Feb 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, family, memories, moments, relish, shopping, son-in-law, the "A", time, widow
had a lovely day…
my son-in-law arrived and we had breakfast at the “A” before we headed to Costco…
I really enjoy spending time with him and relish every moment… lots of great conversation as we talked about their upcoming vacation…
off to Costco where we picked up a few things and renewed my membership as well as used my annual refund towards paying the bill… this time when the renewal notice arrived, the cheque was on the first page, lol… last time it was on the second page and I didn’t see it… maybe I wasn’t the only one who didn’t see it…
I always appreciate when one of the kids come shopping with me… once we were back home, he helped put everything away and we had a cup of tea before he left to get his errands done…
19 Wednesday Feb 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, birds, blessed, grandson, grateful, Japanese Maple, memories, moments, nature, orchid, rainbow, reminder, sunshine, widow
this morning my Seize the Day calendar reminded me to start each day with a grateful heart... it was a good reminder…
I am grateful for the birdseed in the feeders in the front and back yards… thanks to my middle grandson who filled them all on Saturday…
so far only the squirrel has found the one in the front, I had a quiet time watching for the birds through the window as I sat in the sunshine…
both birds and squirrels have found the one in the garden…
I am grateful for an early morning rainbow on the kitchen floor, new leaves on the Japanese Maple, and sunlight shining on orchids…
I am grateful for time to read, food to eat, a comfortable home to live in, and wonderful memories…
sometimes a reminder is just what’s needed…
18 Tuesday Feb 2020
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beloved, big girl pants, Christmas, craftsperson, decorations, February, Heart & Stroke month, hearts, memories, moments, ornaments, purple, quadruple bypass, widow
I was looking through some albums recently and came across this photo from Christmas…
it was an ornament on one of my daughter’s presents… a family tradition has been to give an ornament to each person on one of their gifts…
made me think of all the love signs around the house which I have put out for the month…
there are hearts all over the place… in the kitchen, bathroom, dining, living room, bedroom… and on the stairway…
these two hearts are within eyesight in the bedroom… I bought the purple one, and the wooden one was made by my beloved… he was a very talented craftsperson…
I put up some pictures of the various hearts when I wrote this post… I enjoy seeing them and will leave them up for the month…
February is also Heart and Stroke month… a reminder of my beloved, who died just two years after a quadruple bypass…
16 Sunday Feb 2020
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this morning I had some leftover popcorn from yesterday’s movie…
reminded me of what a wonderful day I had with the boys yesterday…
and today I spent time with my oldest grandson… we shopped, made spaghetti and meatballs for our supper, and watched some tv shows before he headed off with the car…
also had a surprise visit from a dear friend… lovely catch-up from a busy week…
had hoped to pick up fresh flowers but the options weren’t great so I didn’t being any home… but there are still a few blooms floating around the house…
sipping tea and realizing how blessed I am…
15 Saturday Feb 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, dinner, family, grandsons, mall, memories, movies, shopping, shrimp, time, widow
what a fun day… my son-in-law called fairy early, dropped off the younger boys and headed to the gym…
my grandsons helped me make Thai Curry Shrimp Soup and we put some games on the tablet… once my son-in-law returned we had lunch at Applebee’s, wandered around the mall where I picked up some new tea and got an excellent deal on a pair of leggings… and went to the movies at Landmark…
when we got home my son-in-law fixed my thermostat so that it won’t keep going down to 18 degrees Celsius in an effort to save energy… but freeze me, lol… he also fixed the toilet paper holder so the roll doesn’t fall right off…
they left and I put on the tv and warmed up some of the soup…
pretty excellent day…
13 Thursday Feb 2020
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a few days ago I dug out my sugar cookie recipe…
I’d had a conversation with a friend about how great my sugar cookies tasted… I’ve made thousands of them over the years, mainly when the girls were in school… I would produce cookies for their classrooms for each and every holiday that occurred…
she suggested I might like to make some for Valentine‘s Day;-)… and also volunteered to lend me a heart-shaped cookie cutter…
I thought I had one so didn’t take her up on the offer…
on Sunday I decided to make them and discovered that I did not have the appropriate cutter…
I went online, found a few different sized heart templates and made a cardboard heart-shaped template…
then I made the recipe and laughed throughout the whole process because it didn’t seem familiar at all…
it took a while as I used a knife to outline each one, but they came out pretty good…
I’d given away all the food colouring and sprinkles a while ago, thinking I wouldn’t need them…
the cookies look rather plain… but taste delicious…
then I had some fun packaging them up for a few gifts…
and enjoyed some with my kids and BS buddies;-)…
12 Wednesday Feb 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, fun, happy, light, memories, moments, nature, orchid, Shadow, sitting, sky, sun, sunshine, weather, widow
today I had a lovely time sitting in the sunshine in the living room…
I started a new book by one of my favourite writers and soaked up the warmth… of course, it was -40 outside, lol… so it really was a treat…
have had numerous conversations recently about our lack of sun… cold weather is much easier to accept when the sky is blue and a big yellow ball is in it… we are not getting the amount of sunshine that we used to…
I spent time taking photos of the light and shadows around the house as the sun shone in various areas…
fun…
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