binder…

13 Monday Mar 2017

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big girl pants, binder, ChefsPlate, favourite, organized, photos, purple, recipes, Staples, widow

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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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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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…

pretty toes make me happy…

stoneware…

29 Thursday Dec 2016

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stopped in at The Stoneware Gallery this afternoon…

my, oh my… what fun I had…

came home with three beautiful pieces…

this small plate was my first pick… the colour is such a wonderful shade of purple… and it looks like it has a spiral pattern…

then I found a small shallow bowl with a purple dragonfly…

the final piece was this large stunning bowl in various shades of mauve…

haven’t purchased any pottery for ages, so felt like I hit the jackpot…

now to reorganize the shelves to make room for them…

shine…

10 Saturday Dec 2016

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was up very early but excited to spot a star out the window… we have had little sunlight for over a week and the sky has been gray day and night… the star meant there was actual visible sky out there… yay…

kept stopping what I was doing to get some shots of the sunshine…

had to put my visor down because of the sun… woohoo…

had some fun with the ornaments on one of the trees…

lots of shine from outside…

it is so beautiful outside with all the snow… have to stop every time I go by a window… more fun from the inside as it has turned very chilly out there… -30 Celsius at the moment…

the critters are making lots of tracks in the garden… have spotted a few squirrels but no bunnies so far, although there are lots of bunny paw prints…

realizing how comfortable those big girl pants are much of the time… I’ve sorted out shovelling and looking after things like the hot tub without the blink of an eye…

but I sure do miss my beloved…