plan…

07 Friday Apr 2017

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big girl pants, calla, family, friend, geese, lunch, plan, pond, purple, visit, widow

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…

creek…

30 Thursday Mar 2017

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big girl pants, boxes, cold, creek, high water, hyacinth, perfume, pond, purple, snow, widow

on my way home tonight stopped by the creek to get a shot of the high water/ice…

noticing more and more each day how quickly the snow is melting away… makes me happy…

before too long I’ll be sitting on the back deck by the pond…

enjoying the hyacinth which is blooming so nicely…

sadly I can barely smell it’s beautiful perfume… my cold is giving me a run for my money, lol…

and I was very pleased to discover the purple Superstore boxes that my kids dropped off today… I traded some green ones…

little things continue to make me happy…

collages…

27 Monday Mar 2017

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big girl pants, cake, collages, dessert, evening, friends, gifts, Irish stew, purple, ReImagining, Spring, widow

lovely evening with my ReImagining group tonight…

we haven’t met for the last few months as weather and other activities intervened…

been carrying around their Christmas gifts in the trunk of the car in my favourite purple bag, lol…

these are the last few which weren’t chosen…

supper was Irish stew with mashed potatoes… so good and the potatoes were a wonderful treat…

and then there was dessert…

we got to make collages and talk about Spring plans…

wonderful evening…

binder…

13 Monday Mar 2017

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a week or so ago I went to Staples and picked up a binder to save my ChefsPlate recipes in…

just happened to be purple…

then I punched holes in the recipe cards and divided them by food type… decided to go with beef, chicken, seafood, and vegetarian…

this shot shows my favourite recipe…

will be making this one again very soon…

yesterday I made this portobello and orzo recipe… really enjoyed it…

rather enjoy taking photos with the recipe card… for this one I had to make a few adjustments as the lettuce for the salad and basil had been touched by cold so I used some romaine from my fridge and freeze dried cilantro from the pantry…

pleased to have the recipes organized and easy to find…

packing…

11 Saturday Mar 2017

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big girl pants, George, laundry, packing, purple, shopping, stuff, suitcase, trip, widow

today I spent time preparing for our trip…

went through my closet and tried on the various bits and pieces of summer clothing…

chose black, white and gray as my colour scheme… with a few pops of purple;-)…

went to the mall and bought new sandals, runners and flip flops…

came home and did loads of laundry so that everything was ready for packing…

started with a small suitcase and then changed to a large one, lol…

I know I have too much stuff, but I want a few options… last time I travelled I felt I didn’t have enough things to wear…

now the trick will be to have it weigh less than 50 pounds…

still have a few days to add things… which could be the problem, lol…

George was particularly good at adding things at the end so we would always need another bag at the last minute… but he also had an amazing ability to fit everything into a tiny space… was fun to watch…

tulips…

22 Wednesday Feb 2017

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big girl pants, ChefsPlate, coconut, curry, eat, flower, happy, leftovers, purple, tulips, widow

first thing this morning I took a few pictures of my purple tulips…

really amazing how flowers make me happy…

also have tulips at my desk at the office… we always buy them in support of the Lung Association Breathe fundraiser…

tonight I made this delicious ChefsPlate Thai Sweet Potato Curry with coconut milk, swiss chard and whole wheat naan bread… it was delicious and also made me happy…

I was so excited to start eating it that the bowl was half empty when I remembered to take a picture…

can hardly wait to eat the leftovers;-)…

drinks…

04 Saturday Feb 2017

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slept in and lazed around all morning…

went to PTE and enjoyed a great play…

started with a drink and ate chocolate during the play… pretty fine way to spend an afternoon…

enjoyed some people watching and was amazed at the different ways people wear purple in their hair… not always to my taste, lol…

caught a few Pokémon and many poke balls while I was out and on the way home walked down the street searching for a few more…

even at 5:15 the light was lovely as I got close to the house… so wonderful to see more daylight every day…

already feeling more positive as the days get brighter…

laundry…

08 Sunday Jan 2017

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been a quiet weekend which was exactly what I needed as I move into a very full week…

yesterday the kids dropped by in the afternoon and did a few little jobs around the house… I think they actually got the furnace fixed… reamed out the pipe again and also melted any ice which may have been in it…

I’ve put away most of the Christmas decorations over the last few days except for the snowflake wreath on the front door…

it is just too pretty to take down…

also included this picture of the sand dollar wreath that just got rehung at the front door… it had a couple of broken pieces and while she was here my daughter repaired it and we put it back up…

going to have one of my decorator friends make a bigger purple bow to finish it off, lol…

the backyard is looking very lovely with the snow sculptures that the wind has made…

the stone for the waterfall has never been this covered up… there is a lot of snow out there…

took this shot a few days ago of the steps between the upper deck and the back door…

they are completely covered in snow…

doing laundry this morning, I was thinking of my mom who loved laundry… and could get any stain out… sadly, I did not inherit that love, or ability, lol…

cooked a few meals, tidied and relaxed…

happy for the down time…

pedis…

04 Wednesday Jan 2017

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big girl pants, hair, pedis, purple, spa, toes, Total Wrapture, widow

while all the kids were here, we three girls went for a pedicure at Total Wrapture…

my toes were purple when we arrived, lol…

really like Total Wrapture… they have six chairs, set up three across from the other three… so we have our own little area…

one girl’s came out gray with one shiny toe on each foot…the other ended up orange…

and this will surprise you I’m sure… my toes ended up purple… we searched for quite a while to find just the right colour…this shade seemed like the closest to my hair colour…