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12 Saturday Dec 2015

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had an excellent sleep last night… been waking up between four and five and then not getting back to sleep… this has gone on for over a week… so, waking at just after seven was wonderful…

my daughter came by shortly after that and we went out for some shopping and breakfast…

her first time driving Shadow… here’s a shot just before leaving…

  
apparently she has never named a car… how odd…

although I am done shopping for Christmas, I was able to find a few additional gifts, lol… maybe I shouldn’t be leaving the house…

picked up a few fish for the tank… the young woman who helped me went out of her way to pick pretty ones…

  
you can see one of the bigger fish under the rock to the right… the new ones are very small, but they will grow and already seem comfy in the space… 

  
this is a close-up of the newbies… they have very nice colouring…

one other thing I got for me was a cute tree from Rona, and a wreath for the front door which I had been eyeing and couldn’t leave behind… 

 

half price sale, yay…
 
welcome…

  

tacos…

29 Sunday Nov 2015

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boys slept in until eight this morning… then happily watched cartoons on tv until their mom arrived about 8:30…

we went out for breakfast… second day in a row for me, lol… today it was Perkins for eggs Benedict… the 55 plus portion for me, which is just the right amount…

more shopping and found these adorable battery powered salt and pepper mills… had to bring them home… they are so cute…

  
now I have to figure out where to put them because they are too tall to fit in the cabinet where the old ones were, lol… but I can get rid of the older ones…

for our supper tonight we had tacos… only the little boys and their daddy came, but everyone loved them and had at least three each…

  
I used a ground vegan product instead of meat… very tasty and easier than cooking hamburger… no one even noticed the difference… we also had some refried beans, which we adults enjoyed… the boys don’t like beans of any kind…

I love feeding them tacos because they always eat well and there aren’t any complaints… there is lots of lettuce, tomatoes, green onions, avocado and sour cream to go with the soft and hard tacos that they like…

tonight they had milk with their supper… I usually offer juice boxes because I don’t think of drinking milk as I really dislike it, but they think of it as a treat, ugh…

another of their favourites is Subway sandwiches… they would choose that over burgers nearly any day… 

wonderful that they enjoy healthy foods…

project…

28 Saturday Nov 2015

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out for breakfast and did a bit of shopping with my daughter…

had a nap and watched some figure skating and skiing on tv…

ordered supper in with the kids and saw the Snowbirds out the front window… they were here as part of the Grey Cup celebration I think…

  
watched my grandson find all the purple rocks in the coffee table… “there are a lot Grandma”…

  
he told me all about the birthday party he had been at this afternoon where they got to hold frogs and lizards and snakes… got the bed ready and our project done…

  
hardest part was getting the cardboard off the chocolate covered raisin container…

we worked very well together and had fun counting and talking about nice things we could do for others during Advent…

  
project complete and one of us is in bed watching tv… 

not me this time as I am waiting for his brother to arrive from a different birthday party… 

fancy…

21 Thursday May 2015

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what a wonderful afternoon and evening…

left work at 2:30 as I’d put in a couple of extra hours since yesterday…

  
had a bit of fun at the mall… got some fancy tea, fancy soap, fancy underwear and a pair of fancy shorts (or culottes)…

got home and booked a flight to Ottawa… sat out in the garden for a short time and then headed out for a BS birthday dinner in a convertible…

  
enjoyed a delicious dinner, lots of laughs and good conversation… two hours flew by…

  
fabulous group of women… we have been through a lifetime together… 

I couldn’t have better friends…

shiny objects…

14 Saturday Mar 2015

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the garage roof looked like diamond studded waffles this morning…



hmmmm, maybe I am focusing a bit too much on food, lol… it was shiny and I do love the glittery look…

shortly after that, the sun came streaming into the main floor TV room… caught a rainbow in the mirror…



headed out for a shopping expedition with a friend… my clothes are hanging off me and even the pants purchased a month ago are too big now…

was out for five hours, went to five stores… found lots of things to try on and came home with bags full of lovely items… a few of them were a bit outside of my comfort zone:-)…



well, I think I am good for clothes for the next while… 

looked out the window to see the snow in the pond was nearly gone, just a bit of ice left…

amazing day… sunshine, warmth, great shopping, lovely lunch…

and lots of shiny objects…

in my circle, shiny objects refer to the things that grab our attention when we are doing something else… things that take away our attention from what we are focussed on…

fun…

26 Saturday Jul 2014

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lots of fun was had today…

started out in the morning when everyone piled on daddy, who didn’t want to get out of bed…

20140726-214623-78383963.jpgbreakfast in the hotel was good… some ordered from the menu and some had the buffet… then it was on to the shopping… we went into many stores and bought many bags full of treats for everyone…

20140726-214858-78538407.jpgCrystal took this picture when we got home from the first trip…

back at the hotel everyone except me went to the pool while I had a snack, read, and laid down for a rest just before the family arrived back in the room… headed out to Buffalo Wild Wings where we over-ordered, by a lot…

20140726-215516-78916634.jpgearlier in the day there was the odd sanity break…

20140726-215657-79017699.jpgquick trip through a store to pick up a few items requested by friends at home, bought a few things to drink and returned to the hotel for some time at the water park…

20140726-220248-79368093.jpglights are dim and drinks and snacks are being prepared… even having mini facials tonight…

lobster…

08 Tuesday Jul 2014

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went shopping at IKEA after work with Crystal and Jeff, to order their kitchen… it was very exciting… couldn’t believe how many people were there on a Tuesday night, but kitchens went on sale yesterday so there was a crowd…

to top it off, they paid with cash, which kind of shocked the young woman at the register… I do wonder how long it is going to be before places won’t accept cash… she had to call a supervisor to double count the money… after all that, she forgot to make change, lol… luckily Jeff remembered before we left…

then, to celebrate, we went out for dinner at Red Lobster…

20140708-212529-77129555.jpghad very nice slushy drinks, those amazing biscuits, and lobster… saved just enough to have for lunch tomorrow…

20140708-212916-77356594.jpgit was wonderful to have time together, without the little people…

when they dropped me off, I went out and got a few pictures of the hibiscus…

20140708-213221-77541917.jpgwaiting to see what the next colour is…

vacation day 1…

25 Friday Apr 2014

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started with rainy snow…

20140425-221554.jpgflew east through and then over the clouds…

20140425-221957.jpgarrived in Ottawa and Cyndi met me and we took a bendy bus back to their place… almost immediately we headed downtown to Poutine Fest…

20140425-222213.jpgtasted six kinds of poutine, one of which was lobster…

20140425-222324.jpgyum, yum, yum…

the weather was beautiful, nice with just a sweater on… we walked to the Centennial Flame in front of the Parliament building where I took a few pics with my Nikon…

20140425-222938.jpgsaw Quebec from a distance and returned to the apartment…

opened lovely birthday presents, which had a purple theme, had a short rest, and then headed to St. Laurent Mall to find something to wear tomorrow afternoon… we had a very productive visit…

20140425-223302.jpghome now and thinking about bed…

and I walked 11,535 steps today… think my teammates will be happy about that:-)…

big day today…

21 Tuesday May 2013

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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…