17 Sunday May 2020
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, deck, frog, garden, lunch, memories, moments, nature, pond, supper, waterfall, weather, widow
had a lovely day in the garden…
set out the cushions, tidied a bit, and then read, napped and watched a few birds…
moved from chair to chair as I followed the shade and ate lunch and supper outside…
spotted the frog for a brief minute… it has been calling for days and this was the first time I was able to see it;-)…
13 Wednesday May 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, comfort, comfort food, family, food, meals, memories, remembering, supper, widow
had a bit of a giggle when I told my daughter that I had mushrooms and bacon with croutons for my supper recently…
she wondered if it was an actual meal…
I shared how it was certainly a meal when I was a teenager although then when my mom or dad made it, it was on toast, not with croutons…
so, for me it is comfort food… I feel that we are eating a lot of comfort food these days as we try to figure out what our next steps will be…
so many of the meals we ate a long time ago might not have been considered as nutritious as what is being eaten these days… I think of corn on the cob and fresh tomatoes, spaghetti and meatballs without any vegetables, macaroni and cheese on its own, lol… a lot more fresh veggies are part of our meals today…
but it is fun to remember, and recreate some of those old recipes…
13 Monday Apr 2020
Posted in family, food, life, moments, technology, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, computer, daughter, Easter, family, Google Duo, options, Ottawa, son-in-law, supper, table, Technology, treat, widow
played with some technology so that I could have Easter dinner with the kids in Ottawa…
we tried two or three options and ended up using Google Duo… worked nicely, once we got it figured out after my son-in-law found it, lol…
they got a bit fancier with their table… I was focussed on getting the computer set up, lol…
I had roast chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes, turnip, asparagus and cranberry jelly… they had homemade pasta, salad and chocolate bunnies:-)…
everything was delicious and it was a nice treat to eat with others…
26 Thursday Mar 2020
Posted in business, food, health, life, technology, Uncategorized, weather
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big girl pants, careful, groceries, Maui, memories, moments, purple, shopping, snow, supper, Technology, widow
interesting weather today… I took pictures between 8 and noon as the snow came and went on the deck, lol…
actually got dressed… put on a long dress that I picked up on Maui last April…
flowers and turtles brightened my day…
I also ordered dinner in… this is the first time I’ve done this since I got home in January… was very careful when I brought in the bag and removed the food… this is what I had for my dinner…
since then I have washed my hands many times and been very careful not to touch my face…
I ordered a couple of items so will have four or five meals to take me through the next week;-)…
was also able to order groceries that will come in about a week and a half… the system is overloaded so I am pleased to get on the list at all…
25 Wednesday Mar 2020
Posted in business, life, moments, Photography, retirement, technology, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, friends, Google Photos, home alone, iPhone, Mac, moments, photos, pickerel, supper, Technology, widow
this morning I set up for a FaceTime meeting with a friend to see if we could connect a portable drive to her Mac…
we’d gone shopping for it a number of weeks ago and planned to meet in person to get it connected…
lots of fun as we tried to figure it out from a distance, lol… I know how the drive works but don’t have a clue about Macs…
we think we got it sorted out after a number of bumps in the road;-)..
we also talked about Google Photos, which I’ve been using for quite some time… it is free and easy to access from my phone or the computer… it is simple to make albums and to put photos back onto my phone if I need/want them…
spent some time proofing a document for my daughter, worked on my recipe book a bit and watched a few PVRd shows…
later I baked sweet potato fries… fried up some pickerel breaded with crushed potato chips… and made a tartar sauce…
it was all delicious and I enjoyed every bite…
24 Monday Feb 2020
Posted in food, health, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, delicious, food, leftover, moments, recipe, research, rice, supper, widow
I’ve used quite a bit of the leftover rice that I made last week…
so far I’ve made a few things with it… combined some of it with shredded Brussels sprouts; mixed it with shrimp and egg for a lovely fried rice; and combined it with meatballs…
but I am getting a little tired of it, particularly as rice isn’t one of my favourites, lol… I would much rather have potatoes…
but I do love rice pudding;-)… so I did some research and then made some…
had some for breakfast… it was delicious…
15 Tuesday Oct 2019
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, dinner, fish, fun, garden, goldfish, grandsons, hiding, home, nature, pond, snow, stirring, supper, thanksgiving, why, widow
what a busy day yesterday… I’d prepped everything for our dinner ahead of time… good thing…
my three grandsons and a friend arrived at 1:30 and we were busy until around 7…
the younger two shovelled the driveway and the older two started working on getting the condo ready for the fish… they cleaned the tank, washed the gravel and rocks, spent time placing the rocks and then put in pond water and tap water…
all of them worked on catching the fish in the pond… that didn’t go so well as they only caught seven and one of the teeny babies… there must be another fifteen still out there, lol… hoping that the daddy will be able to collect the rest…
my beloved was always very patient in the catching process, although sometimes in the spring we might find one that hadn’t made it inside…
at about this point we discovered that the pump in the tank wasn’t working so the two older boys ran out to the Pet Store and were able to get a replacement…
then we finished getting supper ready and on the table… it was fun because I gave each of them a task to complete…
the middle grandson wanted to know why I did this every year because it was a lot of work, lol… he was stirring the gravy;-)…
supper was delicious and we had great conversation… they headed out shortly after we finished and I had a rest before starting on the disaster in the kitchen;-)… seems like the more helpers you have, the bigger the mess…
finished cleaning up this morning and had a very tasty plate of leftovers for my lunch…
13 Sunday Oct 2019
one of the things I love about Thanksgiving is the preparation…
today is my day for prepping… I’ve been making Thanksgiving dinner for decades and I’ve got it down to a science, lol…
I do miss my beloved’s help… besides making sure the house was clean and tidy ~ particularly the front closet, lol, he often made apple pie from scratch… yesterday a Facebook reminder from ten years ago mentioned the smell of apples being peeled for pie…
used the mandolin to slice up the rather tiny turnip… next up was getting potatoes peeled and cut up… I made extra so the boys can take home leftovers to get through the week…
then on to the stuffing… used two large loaves of bread because the boys requested “extra, extra”… hand ripped the bread and the mandolin worked great for the onions;-)…
table is nearly set although I couldn’t find the box of Thanksgiving decorations, lol…
14 Wednesday Aug 2019
Posted in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, travel, Uncategorized
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big girl pants, BS, Cinderella, dress rehearsal, friends, memories, moments, Rainbow Stage, special, supper, time together, widow, zipper
last night my BS buddies and I went to see Cinderella at Rainbow Stage…
they are the most wonderful group of women and anytime we have a chance to get together and take a field trip fun will be had;-)… they picked me up at work and off we went…
had supper at Prairie’s Edge in Kildonan Park before the performance…
we walked over to the theatre and found our seats just in time for the dress rehearsal…
thanks to our driver and selfie taker for this picture before the show;-)…
it was a great performance and we all enjoyed it… they did a splendid job considering this was the first night… the 15 person orchestra was excellent… also appreciated the updated storyline…
even exiting the Park went smoothly… was impressed with the cooperation of all the vehicles as they used the zipper technique…
I really enjoyed it… must be thirty years since I was last there, lol…
15 Wednesday May 2019
Posted in family, food, health, life, loss, nature, Photography, technology, Uncategorized
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barley, beloved, big girl pants, chicken soup, fried egg, George, lunch, memories, moments, specialties, supper, widow
today we had chicken soup for lunch…
I made it last night and it took most of the evening… my chicken soup has potatoes, carrots, corn and peas… it also has barley in it… George loved barley in soup and so I always use it… I find that noodles can get mushy but the barley stands up to any reheating…
for supper I made a fried egg sandwich… one of my beloved’s specialties…
I imagined how it would taste, but it didn’t turn out quite as planned… was okay, lol…
nice memories…
