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purple…

21 Saturday Nov 2015

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big girl pants, deer, hair, purple, Safeway, sunlight

so happy to get my hair purpled today… was supposed to have happened on Monday but something came up and we had to rebook…

my hair has been too long since last week and I have really forced myself not to go and get it cut… colouring is much easier the longer the hair is…

  
waiting for the cooking portion to be complete… as I left the house in Charleswood I watched this deer in the next yard…

  
so pretty… and the sunlight shining was lovely too…

popped into the Safeway store and picked up groceries… good sales today… had six or seven bags which included some items for Christmas…

got home, put everything away and had a short nap…

  
feels great and looks good too… a couple of people commented on it as I was shopping…

news…

05 Monday Oct 2015

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big girl pants, Costco, eyes, groceries, news, pizza, Safeway, sky, thanksgiving

good news… my eyes are in good shape… saw the eye doctor this morning… surprised me with a field test… thankfully it came out okay… always nervous when taking one… 

sky was changing every time I came out of a business…

  
met with my finance guy and my investments are doing fine as well…

then off to pick up a few groceries… had a lovely wander around at Costco… didn’t even buy much that wasn’t on my list, lol… finished up at Safeway where I picked up the other items for Thanksgiving dinner on the weekend…

on the drive home the sky changed yet again…

  
at least there was a bit of blue in it…

had a nap after all the groceries were put away, and then made a couple of pita pizzas for dinner…

  
delicious…

now to plan what I will eat tomorrow…

stoup…

11 Thursday Jun 2015

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big girl pants, easy, iris, Pinterest, Safeway, stoup

on our way home from work last night we stopped at Safeway and picked up the ingredients for Souper Thursday… my turn… found the recipe on Pinterest and made it without time to test…

  
interesting experience today as I brought the ingredients to the office, put them into the crockpot, and let it do its thing… usually I spend the evening preparing the parts and often getting the soup ready for the next day and then reheat it at the office…

I doubled the recipe and in the process may have put in an excessive amount of tortellini… so we ended up with stoup… a cross between soup and stew… it was good… and easy… certainly the simplest soup I’ve made…

  
been very happy with the irises I took into the office on Monday… last couple of blooms opened up this morning…

  
all in all a good day…

snacks…

24 Thursday Jul 2014

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big girl pants, drive, Fargo, pistachios, road trip, Safeway, snacks

on my way home stopped at Safeway to pick up some snacks for tomorrow evening’s road trip…

I am going to Fargo with my kids…

it is a three hour drive so I thought we’d need something to keep us all entertained and busy… apparently the tablets and phones will all be charged for the trip…

in our family, trips have always been an excuse to eat treats… of course, because we are crossing the border couldn’t include fruit or meat, lol…

got sunflower seeds for the dad, pretzels for the mom, a variety of chip-y things for the younger crowd, as well as Goldfish, pistachios, sesame crackers, and gummies…

think it should be enough to get us through the drive…

20140724-211831-76711807.jpgthankfully, my suitcase is packed so now I just have to figure out what bag the snacks will fit into…

air miles…

03 Tuesday Dec 2013

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air miles, air miles card, big girl pants, cupboards were bare, diamonds in the snow, Food for Thought, glittering snow, grocery delivery, Original Joe's, Rona, Safeway

on Saturday I went to Safeway to get some groceries… a good thing, because I hadn’t been out shopping for about 3 weeks and the cupboards were rather bare…

happily it was one of the weekends where there were bonus air miles available…

I decided to do a good size shop and get some staples to be sure I spent sufficient money to get the deal…

kept track of what I was spending as I went through the store… did I mention that I got there at 7:30 am…  had them delivered which is very handy, particularly when buying lots…

after my surgery two summers ago, I couldn’t lift anything over 5 pounds for a few months and that is when I tried having the groceries delivered…

ran to Rona and picked up a few small trees instead of a large one and was able to use my air miles card there as well…

 

arrived home in time for the delivery of frozen meals from Food for Thought who do a great job with single meals… I haven’t had any desire to prepare dinner recently so haven’t been eating well… when I have some of these dinners in the freezer I can pop something into the oven, have a nap and get up to dinner…

then the furniture fiasco…

diamonds in the snow...

diamonds in the snow…

today I woke up to diamonds glittering all over the snow… even in the dark it was very lovely so I took a few pictures before getting picked up for work…

glittering snow...

glittering snow…

wasn’t quite dark when we left work and headed out for dinner at Original Joe’s where we had a great visit… but it was very dark when we blasted home so I would be here to receive my hide-a-bed…  the guys were late getting here which gave me time to go out and shovel the sidewalk for them…

finally the living room is complete…

the sky…

12 Saturday Oct 2013

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autumn leaves, beautiful place, big girl pants, fall colours, moon, morning glory blew over, pink sky, Safeway, Thanksgiving dinner, the sky, trees, windy

got up fairly early and headed to Safeway around 8… hardly anyone there at that hour so the shopping was lovely… there were people to answer my questions and help me out… got a nice turkey and turnip and a few other bits and pieces for Monday’s Thanksgiving dinner with Crystal and all the boys… we are planning to do a bit of yard work as well…

spoke with both of my girls, put everything away, did a few chores and then watched tv and napped…

it has been windy here for two or three days and today was drizzly off and on… had to put my morning glory pot back on the deck because the wind had blown it over this morning… yikes… that pot is very heavy…

beautiful pink sky and autumn leaves...

beautiful pink sky and autumn leaves…

tonight I looked out the upstairs window to see a magnificent pink sky above all the beautiful fall coloured trees… got a nice pic…

then I looked the other way and got a nice pic of the moon peaking through the completely bare tree next door…

moon through the bare branches of the tree next door...

moon through the bare branches of the tree next door…

what a beautiful place I live in…

 

big day today…

21 Tuesday May 2013

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big day, big step, chose carpet, dinner out on my own, Ecco sandals, Safeway, shopping, Sushi Train

picked up the last few items for the trip, although I never did find the Ecco sandals I was looking for…

blasted off from work to go and choose carpet for the basement floor as they will be completing the repairs while I am away… I hope to come home to a fully functional basement… right now there is a fan blowing, a dehumidifier going, and two feel of drywall missing from one wall…

the last bits and pieces of George’s stuff that I haven’t dealt with are piled up in one corner and the furniture is taking up the rest of the space… when I get home I will need to do a sort through and make decisions on what needs to go where…

stopped at Safeway after all the shopping, and then went to the Sushi Train and had dinner…

place setting for one...

place setting for one…

now that doesn’t sound like a big deal, but that is the first time in my life I have gone into a restaurant and eaten on my own…

yummy tempura...

yummy tempura…

felt like a huge step… I’ve been thinking about it for some time and tonight was just the right time…

cold spinach and peanut sauce...

cold spinach and peanut sauce…

I had a lovely dinner, and ordered enough to have some for my lunch tomorrow…

gyoza for tomorrow's lunch...

gyoza for tomorrow’s lunch…

Jeff had been by and fixed the flapping siding and moved the planter up to its new home… closer to being ready to go with every minute…

 

not so quiet day…

11 Saturday May 2013

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callas, Canadian Tire, chores, Costco, dinner, homemade caramel sauce, not so quiet, Safeway, seaweed salad, Shelmerdine, truffle oil

well, was planning on staying home and not doing much today, but that didn’t happen…

did a few chores around the house between TV shows and had a nap in the morning…

callas...

callas…

then got a call from my sister-in-law, who was in town for the weekend from Calgary, and we visited Shelmerdine, Canadian Tire, Costco, Safeway and then to my nephew’s house for barbecued steak dinner… it was wonderful to wander through Shelmerdine and see, smell and touch all the gorgeous plants…

steak, roasted potatoes with truffle oil and seaweed salad...

steak, roasted potatoes with truffle oil and seaweed salad…

not gonna lie, the seaweed salad wouldn’t be my top choice… we did finish dinner off with homemade banana bread covered with caramel sauce… yum…

homemade caramel sauce...

the end of the homemade caramel sauce…

I just got home and finally called my son-in-law in BC to wish him a happy anniversary… I spoke with Cyndi fairly early this morning, but with all the running around didn’t get to speak with him until now… looking forward to seeing both of them very soon…

heading to bed, not even sure I will have a hot tub tonight…

hopefully tomorrow will be a bit quieter, and warmer, although if there hadn’t been any wind today it would have been quite warm…

 

choices…

10 Friday May 2013

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brie and pistachios on garlic bread, camera, choices, contacts, fabric store, hot tub, purple finch, Safeway, wonderful day, yoga

a day filled with choices…  first thing I chose to rush to get ready for work and then sat for 15 minutes, camera in hand, waiting for the purple finch who had stopped at the feeder as I walked through the living room… little beggar never came back while I was there, lol…

put my contacts in for the first time since coming home from Mexico as my infection finally seems to be gone…

was very happy to go to yoga at noon as my side/back is so much better… it was lovely to be in the class again…

headed to the fabric store when I got off work to check out the outdoor fabric options… now I just have to find the picture that I took off my phone about 3 days ago that shows how much I need…

last stop was Safeway to get a few groceries for Sunday dinner… now I won’t have to go out at all tomorrow…

first course of dinner...

first course of dinner…

made dinner when I got home and then had a nap and watched TV… just woke up and went out for a hot tub to discover that it had rained quite a bit while I was napping but although everything was wet, there were no raindrops coming down…

all in all, a wonderful day…

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