10 Tuesday Jan 2023
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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, essential, gear, instructor, moments, pool, purple, swim gloves, swimming, Technology, water, widow
yesterday my new swim gloves arrived…
and they happen to be purple;-)…
our instructor recommends them as essential gear… can’t wait to try them out later in the week…
10 Thursday Nov 2022
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aquasize, big girl pants, blessed, exercise, friends, moments, Pan Am, pool, registering, Technology, water, widow
this morning my adventure buddy and I went back to aquasize for the first time in about three years…
we’d been going to Cindy Klassen at that time… currently that pool is closed for repairs, so our excursion today was to the Pan Am pool…
we hadn’t been there previously and weren’t sure of the situation with Covid, so we were a bit nervous…
registering for the class online had been complicated, but we got it done… and the great news is that we can use our Healthy Living Access card from now on… no more fighting with the online registration system;-)…
the space was clean, there were ample lockers, the other participants were friendly, music was excellent and the teacher was tremendous…
and we appreciated the assistance of the staff as they answered all our questions;-)…
we had a great experience and are looking forward to the next time… especially now we can use our Access cards, lol…
had a two hour nap when I got home…
wonder how I will feel tomorrow…
22 Monday Apr 2019
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appetizers, big girl pants, cafe, Easter, helicopter, Lahaina, Maui day twelve, pool, shops, stars, supper, waves, widow
interesting day…
started early with breakfast of hard boiled eggs and mini eggs (from the Easter bunny) before leaving to drive across the island to the airport…
we stopped at the little cafe next to where we are staying to get hot chocolate and tea for the drive… what we received was iced chocolate and black tea without milk and sweetener…
we arrived at the heliport in ample time for our flight and got all the way to the exit door when we were told that the video equipment wasn’t working so we would need to wait while it was repaired… we waited for an hour, finally got into the helicopter… took off and immediately returned to the pad as a light was on that shouldn’t have been… then they cancelled the flight and rebooked us for a few days later, sigh…
we did spend a lovely afternoon in a sister facility to our hotel where we lay by the pool and enjoyed slushy drinks…
we walked along the Main Street in Lahaina and had appetizers at two different places for our supper… at the second one, I dumped my water glass all over the table… our wait person said “sh*t happens”… kind of felt it covered much of the day’s activities, lol…
ended the evening listening to the waves and watching the stars…
07 Saturday Jul 2018
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"A", Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, celebration, day 9, hot, pool, rod and reel, The Forks, Trolley, uncle, widow, winner, WWTB
started our day with breakfast at the “A”…
while we were there we decided to take the new Assiniboine Park Trolley down to The Forks and back for an adventure…
we hurried home, watered, took out steak and lobster to thaw for dinner, loaded up the backpack and headed to the Park…
we circled the Riley Family Duck Pond, counting varieties of ducks and numbers of babies… we waited for the Trolley at the entrance to the English Garden and rode it around the park five or six times before heading downtown…
once we got to The Forks we took part in the Winnipeg Fishing Festival… well two of us did, one was not being very cooperative…
we completed a booklet and entered both boys into the draw… the first name drawn was the youngest… the one who didn’t participate, lol… he won a rod and reel and a tackle box… very generously he gave his brother the rod…
home on the Trolley, stopped at the grocery store for butter and garlic and back to the house to make our celebratory dinner…
it was delicious… the boys are excited to be going to their Uncle’s tomorrow… he has a pool… I am excited to have my house back to myself;-)…
02 Saturday Dec 2017
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big girl pants, Brandon, Brandon Day 3, breakfast, game, pool, sunshine, team, volleyball, widow, youngest
up early and the youngest and I went for an early breakfast… he is usually the first up in their family so was excited for us to go down to eat together…
spent an hour in the pool area… the boys really enjoyed their final trips down the slide…
packed up our bags, checked out and headed to the first game…
it ended up being the last game for the team… they finished the tournament in 5th place… our guy had some great serves and volleys… so proud of the entire team… they have come a long way over the four years that I’ve been watching them play…
we watched one of the girls’ semi finals and then began our trip home…
another beautiful drive on a sunshiny day…
01 Friday Dec 2017
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big girl pants, boys, Brandon, Brandon Day 2, drive, eat, food, iPhone, meals, pool, volleyball, widow, work
so far… we’ve been to the pool and done some office work…
we have been to a lot of volleyball… three games in fact… two for our boys and one of the girls’ games…
had some fun with my tripod and the new tiny holder for my iPhone…
eaten a lot of food… not quite as well rounded meals as usual…
and driven back and forth, and around the town quite a bit… I believe we passed Brandon University at least four times, lol…
but I did get two Christmas presents:-)…
although we ate out for each meal, we had supper in our room as we were worn out…
everyone is tired, but it was a good day…
23 Thursday Mar 2017
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big girl pants, family, fun, last day, Mazatlan Day 7, ocean, pool, sea shells, shopping, shrimp, toes, widow
our final full day here… some of us went shopping while some went to the pool… had a chance to go into the Sea Shell Museum… well, the main floor which was a giant store where you could purchase many, many types of shells…
I was so overwhelmed that I ended up just taking a picture, lol…
then I found a tablecloth that I really needed and which may end up as a light blanket for my bed… also picked up some chocolate with mango liquor in it:-)…
when we got back to the hotel we joined the others at the pool where we read and played in the water for ages… had our lunch on the patio overlooking the ocean in two shifts…
more pool time and then a last chance to get our toes wet in the ocean…
the middle grandson and I went for a last wander down the beach and I came upstairs to pack my bag…
supper with our favourite wait person – Jhonaten and it was seafood night…
I have had shrimp at every opportunity as it is what this area of Mexico is known for…
a final sunset and we are all ready to head to the airport and home early in the morning…
great times and wonderful memories of family fun;-)…
my roomie and I…
22 Wednesday Mar 2017
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big girl pants, chocolate, cigars, cliff divers, lost, Mazatlan Day 6, pool, Pulmonia, search, tequila, widow
foggy morning… we had breakfast and then went in search of tequila, cigars and chocolate…
walked up the street and found a tequila shop which specializes in mango tequila… also had a few other types… found cigars in a little store close by and then took a Pulmonia downtown… apparently we could all ft in one because the two younger boys could sit on our laps…
checked out the large market and then went in search of chocolate… found some a few blocks away from the market in a department store, lol…
then we went in search of the cliff divers… took a few wrong turns and walked a bit further than needed but eventually we found the spot…
seems like a dangerous pastime but one of the divers told me being injured is part of the job… yikes…
back to the hotel for a nap and some pool time…
this is the hallway outside our room… you can see a busy part of the city through the open portion of the windows…
here’s our chocolate haul… hope it is tasty;-)…
missed the sun setting by a few minutes tonight but it was still a lovely sky…
one last day tomorrow;-)…
20 Monday Mar 2017
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beachcombing, big girl pants, Mazatlan Day 4, nap, plants, pool, rocks, shells, Starbuck's, sunset, thunder, vanilla, walk, waves, widow
up around six this morning… did some beachcombing with the middle grandson and my daughter…
I provided the bag and they found the shells, lol… many were thrown back because we have a strict rule about not keeping broken ones…
the waves were beautiful and some crashed like thunder…
daughter found a very nice cowrie which we decided meant she won the day…
also had to pick up a few rocks for the collection, lol…
met up with the rest of the family for breakfast and then three of us walked to Starbucks stopping along the way to check out the shops and plant life…
found vanilla, hot chocolate mix and a few other goodies… apparently chocolate shops, which we have been watching for, are few and far between here…
once we got back to the hotel we went to the pool where the rest of the group were, and the kids spent the remainder of the day there… I had a nap and also some pool time…
it gets dark here quite early – around 6 – and we’ve been enjoying the sunsets, which have been stunning…
heading out for a steak dinner shortly…
another wonderful day in paradise…
17 Friday Mar 2017
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big girl pants, birthday, early, family, flight, Mazatlan Day 1, pool, shrimp, sun, system, widow, wifi
left the house at 3:30 am in two cabs to get us to the airport in time for our departure…
the flight was uneventful and the four hours went by quickly… a few of us slept and others read, watched movies and snacked…
it was fun to watch the sun rise on one side of the plane while it was still dark on the other…
saw some cool mountains as we flew over… no idea where they were…
and, eventually we saw the sun rising on our side of the plane…
arrived at the airport and went through customs without a problem… the palm trees are such a welcome sight once exiting the building…
the system at the hotel left a little to be desired… had to stand in line on three separate occasions before eventually getting to our rooms…
but while we were waiting we found a cafe with free wifi and a fishing connection…
we had a shrimp party there… apparently, Mazatlan is known for its shrimp…
my favourite was the coconut crusted ones which were delicious…
and then spent the afternoon at the pool… this was the view as we headed in to eat dinner…
we are going to pay for a week of wifi so I can post this and the next six blogs without searching for free spots all the time, lol…
now to bed, been a long day and we have an early start tomorrow… which also happens to be my girl’s birthday;-)…
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