09 Saturday Feb 2019
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Baked Expectations, big girl pants, cheese, deadly chocolate mousse cake, lobster, macaroni, sunset, teeny, widow
started the day with a teeny, but delicious, piece of deadly chocolate mousse cake from Baked Expectations…
made homemade lobster macaroni and cheese for dinner… first time I’ve added lobster… it was a lovely addition…
and got this late shot of the sun going down…
wonderful relaxing day…
03 Monday Sep 2018
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bears, big girl pants, boating, camping, campsite, family, fishing, hot tub, Opapiskaw, sunset, widow
yesterday my son-in-law and I came home after supper as he had to work today and I was looking for a quiet day before going back to work…
Sunday started with solo time at the water’s edge…
while we were eating pancakes and bacon one of the Park rangers came by to advise everyone that a momma bear and her two cubs had been spotted nearby and to be sure to clean up their site before heading out for the day… not five minutes later the middle grandson saw them in the campsite across from ours… we jumped into the car, with our breakfast and hollered out the windows to let the other campers know… within a few minutes the bears were gone but it was pretty exciting…
then it was off for a day on the water… we’d found a measuring scale for seeing how long the fish are and took it with us…
sadly, only one of us caught anything and the fish were a bit small, lol…
when we got back to the campsite we made a lovely chicken dinner and said farewell to the three who were remaining…
good drive home, a hot tub with the my oldest grandson and son-in-law and then a sleepover at their house…
13 Tuesday Feb 2018
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big girl pants, early mornings, late nights, live, Olympics, repeat, sunrise, sunset, tv, widow
lots of early mornings and late nights as I watch as much of the Olympics live as possible…
either stay awake until midnight or fall asleep during some of the sports I care less about… the tv stays on and I surface about four to watch some of the early events before work…
not much happens during our day so that is working well…
check the tv when I get home while supper is cooking, in case I missed anything… watch until I fall asleep…
and repeat;-)…
great news is I’ve been enjoying the sunrise most mornings, and tonight the sky was beautiful as the sun went down…
and the temperature had risen very nicely throughout the day…
05 Sunday Nov 2017
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anxious, beloved, big girl pants, garden, hot tub, memories, moments, photos, sky, sleep, snow, stressed, sun, sunset, widow
have been feeling stressed for the last few days… wasn’t until Facebook reminded me this morning that it has been five years and eight months since my beloved left me that I put two and two together…
had the worst sleep – or lack thereof – last night… was anxious and couldn’t settle down…
now that I know what the stressor is likely I can settle down… that’s what usually happens anyway…
finally had a hot tub this morning… been having some issues with the temperature dropping so plan to have someone out to give it a look… but this morning it was at just the correct temp…
had to climb through the snow to get there, lol…
at one point during the day the sun came out and shone brightly in the garden and I got this pic…
sun and shadow are so beautiful…
later on the sunset was lovely…
hoping for a better night’s sleep…
03 Tuesday Oct 2017
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took a few minutes to enjoy this sunset last night…
feels as though life has been going by so quickly that I haven’t taken the time to enjoy those special moments as they happen…
have had a very intense few days so it felt timely tonight as I spent a few minutes checking out this cool sky…
11 Friday Aug 2017
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big girl pants, boat, camping, family, friends, grandson, moments, Nutimik day one, sunset, wakeboarding, widow
arrived just before noon on this beautiful day…
the borrowed camper was set up and then the boys headed back to the city for the boat…
we got everything organized and the girls went down to the beach… I spent a while in the hammock…
the sky was beautiful… it was lovely and peaceful…
then the guys arrived with the boat and we headed to the water…
we spent hours by the diving rock and had such fun… even the dog was diving…
a little wakeboard demonstration by the oldest and the dad… then back to the campsite for a rest and dinner…
clearly we had a lot of fun… what with all those wet towels and clothes, lol…
we are now sitting at the beach watching a gorgeous sunset…
what a great start to our time here…
22 Saturday Jul 2017
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big girl pants, Boathouse Restaurant, campsite, Canada Games, chips, grandson, Kenora, memories, rowing, sunset, Tops and Bottoms Regatta, views, widow
yesterday, started our morning at the campsite… quick breakfast and my daughter, oldest grandson and I headed to Rabbit Lake, on the outskirts of Kenora…
it is a lovely little lake that is going to be the site for rowing at the Canada Games over the next few weeks…
we spent a good portion of our day here… waiting for the boats to arrive, watching the kids get them offloaded, and then various practices as they prepared for today’s Tops and Bottoms Regatta…
we headed into town for a bit of the time where we had lunch at the Boathouse, which seemed fitting, lol… while we were there it started to pour… there was thunder, and lightning was flashing… we had to go back and get our boy, but did stop for some chips from the Ye Old Chip truck… I mean, we were in Kenora, lol…
picked up our boy, came back into town and checked into the hotel… our room had a great view of the harbour…
back at Rabbit Lake the sun came out and we actually got to see some rowing… very proud of my grandson as he prepares for his first races…
after practice it was back to town for supper and an early evening…
he went out with his teammates and we had dinner in the Waterside Restaurant which is high above the water and offered stunning views… the food was very tasty…
not sure how many pictures I took, lol…
memory-filled day…
25 Saturday Mar 2017
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took it easy today after all the fun and busyness of the last week…
slept in and had a smoothie for breakfast… unpacked and did laundry… put chemicals in the hot tub and watered the plants…
added the new blanket to the bed, watched a good amount of tv (we didn’t even turn the one on in our room while we were away)… and also ate chips… had very few while I was away… missed them a lot…
gathered up all the chocolate that I purchased and took a few photos…
loving my new tech bag… it has all my bits and pieces in one spot…
tonight took this picture of the sun setting… appreciated the sunsets in Mazatlan but happy to be home and see my own, lol…
really enjoyed the quiet day…
20 Monday Mar 2017
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beachcombing, big girl pants, Mazatlan Day 4, nap, plants, pool, rocks, shells, Starbuck's, sunset, thunder, vanilla, walk, waves, widow
up around six this morning… did some beachcombing with the middle grandson and my daughter…
I provided the bag and they found the shells, lol… many were thrown back because we have a strict rule about not keeping broken ones…
the waves were beautiful and some crashed like thunder…
daughter found a very nice cowrie which we decided meant she won the day…
also had to pick up a few rocks for the collection, lol…
met up with the rest of the family for breakfast and then three of us walked to Starbucks stopping along the way to check out the shops and plant life…
found vanilla, hot chocolate mix and a few other goodies… apparently chocolate shops, which we have been watching for, are few and far between here…
once we got back to the hotel we went to the pool where the rest of the group were, and the kids spent the remainder of the day there… I had a nap and also some pool time…
it gets dark here quite early – around 6 – and we’ve been enjoying the sunsets, which have been stunning…
heading out for a steak dinner shortly…
another wonderful day in paradise…
15 Wednesday Feb 2017
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for the last few days I’ve been noticing how much light there is in the morning and into the evening…
just yesterday I went down to the basement without needing to turn on a light…
got this lovely shot of the moon when I arrived at the office…
and at the end of the day I caught this beautiful sunset…
been thinking about how time goes by so quickly and how important it is to let go of the negative and focus on the light…
continue to work toward focussing on the good… and not letting myself get stuck in the negative…
