01 Wednesday Jan 2025
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27 Tuesday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, correct, food, friends, furnace, happy, inspection, moments, nature, shovelling, snacks, snow, snowfall, Technology, weather, widow
the weather report had suggested a good amount of snow overnight, and they were correct, lol…
yesterday morning the ground was covered with at least two inches of snow… it looked pretty though…
it was deeper where it had blown into drifts… which, of course, were along the sidewalks and bottom of the driveway, lol…
I went out just after eight and got the sidewalks cleared as well as a portion of the driveway where my friends park on Monday afternoons…
thankfully, my housemate shovelled the remainder of the driveway…
my friends arrived and we had a great time with lots of delicious snacks;-)…
a bit later a Hydro Inspector arrived and reviewed the work done by the furnace installation company…
I was very happy that this time we passed the inspection… yay…
busy, busy…
28 Thursday Jun 2018
Posted in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, travel, Uncategorized
received these sweet bowls from my daughter when my youngest grandson and I visited Ottawa in March…
she had been using them while waiting for us to arrive, lol, and really liked them… there was some talk about not giving them to me…
when I first brought them home I didn’t use them, but decided one day that the largest one would be great for my evening chip nibble… it is about the same size as one of the cereal bowls I’d been using for ages… and much prettier;-)…
then I discovered that pretzels fit beautifully in the one the next size down… and finally, things like olives or almonds and chocolate wafers fit perfectly in the smallest one…
having appropriate sized snack containers is very helpful for portion control…
now I use them all the time, lol…
a lovely gift…
24 Sunday Dec 2017
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appetizers, big girl pants, Christmas, family, goodies, snacks, tree, widow
have arrived at the kids’ house for Christmas Eve…
took a while to bring in all the goodies and get them under the tree…
then there was gingerbread house decorating… this year I found a house that was already put together… much better…
finally, we ate four million appetizers and soon we will be going to bed…
and hope that Santa finds us…
20 Tuesday Jan 2015
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figuring out snacks isn’t always easy these days…
seems like thinking and planning meals and snacks takes up a lot more of my time…
have to be sure I have fresh vegetables and appropriate meat…
every morning I have to sort out, and then eat breakfast…
next I have to figure out what I will take for lunch and a possible snack at the office…
finally I need to get something out for supper…
seems like a lot to do first thing in the morning…
this morning I forgot to take the meat out of the freezer…
cheese and celery or almonds are often snacks at the office…
tonight I made popcorn… figured out how to make it in the microwave in a Tupperware measuring cup that has a lid… a bit of oil and salt and voila:-)…
took out the meat for tomorrow’s supper tonight, lol…
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…
thankfully, my suitcase is packed so now I just have to figure out what bag the snacks will fit into…
05 Saturday Jan 2013
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Advent, creativity, Dobby the kitchen elf, godly play, green hand, hospitality, humour, nativity, organized fridge and freezer, scroll saw, snacks, wooden figures
I was talking with my friend last night… I call her Dobby, after the kitchen elf in Harry Potter… she is a wonderful friend…
she came and looked after me for the first week following my surgery and she was amazing… she could find the most wonderful little snacks to encourage me to eat, at any time of the day… she organized my fridge and freezer, and found just the right electric kettle that I could lift – I went through six weeks of not being able to lift anything over five pounds, and let me tell you, that means you can’t lift anything…
we were talking about the wooden figures that George had made for a number of folks with his scroll saw, and her patterns… the figures and other items he made were beautiful… he used various hardwoods which he searched out all over the city… we would think something up, she would draw a pattern, and George would produce it in no time at all, having found an appropriate wood, cut and then sanded and stained the pieces… he always had to make at least two of each design (and sometimes three, one for another friend) so that I would have one and so would Dobby…
some of the wooden figures made by George…
during Advent she had been setting up the wooden figures for church and thought about George each time she picked one up… tonight I called her because I couldn’t find any pictures of the pieces and while we chatted she sent the picture above…
his favourite comment to her was “I used to like you” referring to the fact that she was always coming up with new things for him to make… which, in fact, he loved to do, but not without some ribbing…
this was the first year that I hadn’t put out that particular nativity… usually I have 4 or 5 set up around the house, but only put out the stained glass set this time…
it also reminded me of the wonderful stories that she and Deborah told at George’s memorial service… once I asked them to lead the service, I was able to let it go completely, as they knew exactly what George and I would appreciate…
they talked about the various pieces of George’s life – his hospitality, his green hand, his creativity (including stories about the wooden figures) and his humour and love…
it was a wonderful send off for a very special person…
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