16 Sunday Dec 2018
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big girl pants, Christmas, cookies, family, fun, gingerbread, icing, moments, supper, widow
tonight after supper we decorated some gingerbread cookies that we’d picked up a few weeks ago at IKEA…
everyone took part… lots of focus and luckily the icing I picked up today worked perfectly…
then we ate them and they were delicious;-)…
we are going to put together the gingerbread house and decorate it on Christmas Eve as we need royal icing to glue it……
25 Sunday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, devices, family, grandsons, movie, popcorn, shopping, snow, steak, supper, Technology, time, walk, widow
well, what a busy and fun day with my boys…
they came over after an early soccer game and we met for breakfast at the “A“… first time I’ve walked over there in ages…
from there we went shopping and then to the movies… saw Fantastic Beasts, which was great… then back to the mall…
on our way home we stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few final ingredients for our supper…
the oldest grandson arrived just before our meal…
great dinner, the boys tidied up and everyone spent some time on their devices before they headed home…
05 Monday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, bird feeder, blessed, feeder, garden, grandson, moments, plants, shopping, supper, widow
yesterday my oldest grandson came over and we cleaned up all the pots and planters in the garden…
well, he did most of the cleaning up while I worked on a few things in the house…
we did work together to get the bird feeder hooked up so that it won’t lean over…
we ran out for groceries and then had ribs, baked potatoes and Brussels sprouts for dinner…
when he was picked up I went to bed, lol… fun, but long, day…
28 Sunday Oct 2018
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big girl pants, daughter, family, ice cream, moments, rolled ice cream, show, supper, widow
the kids came for supper tonight… we had a delicious beef roast with roasted potatoes and carrots, and a Caesar salad…
then we jumped in the cars and went to try out Rollesque Roll Up Ice Cream… it is right beside my favourite Vietnamese restaurant;-)…
it was quite a show… they chop up the main ingredient, then they pour cream onto the cold metal tray… they move it around, flatten it and then roll it into fat tubes… pop it into a container, add whipped cream, a few toppings, and voila… a delicious treat;-)…
I chose coconut bliss which had coconut cream, teddy grahams, couple of rolled cookies and some chocolate sauce…
and my daughter treated us all…
17 Tuesday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, cement, family, flowers, garden, happy, mandevilla, moments, pictures, purple, supper, treat, water, widow
started my day watering planters on the deck and getting a shot of the second mandevilla flower…
from there it was off to work, where my colleague replaced the seat on my office chair… so happy and comfortable;-)…
at lunch workers were putting down cement on the Millennium Library ramp and I so wanted to put my footprints into it…
but, I didn’t…
ended the day with the most delicious dinner… summer in a bowl… new potatoes from the local grocery store, with small beets and purple beans from my daughter’s garden… what a wonderful treat… that first meal of fresh vegetables is always memorable… no meat required…
08 Sunday Jul 2018
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adventure, best, big girl pants, day 10, family, grandsons, grass, lobster, moments, movie, read, sleeping, supper, videos, widow, WWTB
the final day of my week with the boys while the rest of the family visit the East Coast…
tidied bedrooms, watched videos, went to a movie, read and mowed the grass…
relaxed for the remainder of the day…
we talked about the best things during our time together… biggest hit was our steak and lobster dinner… best camp happening was touching the snake… best thing for the older one was sleeping in and our visit to The Forks… not a bad list, lol…
suitcases, pillows, groceries, backpack and shoes all ready to go… then there were the happy faces as they got picked up, lol…
bye;-)…
04 Wednesday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, camper, Day 6, English Garden, garden, grandsons, moments, Park, Pokémon, supper, thunderstorm, umbrella, walk, widow, WWTB
bit of a sleep in this morning as I didn’t have to be at the office until 9…
during the very early morning there was a big thunderstorm, which kept me awake… so I hadn’t slept well for the second night and started the day with a serious headache…
got a few shots of the eggplants covered in rainwater before heading out…
dropped the camper off and got a quick bye grandma… much more enthusiastic today, lol…
not long after I got home (early because we started late and finished early today) the wind blew the umbrella right off the table and onto the deck by the hot tub just a few feet from the middle guy… scary…
we went over to the Park to hunt for Pokémon and when we got there the app stopped working… so instead, we searched for frogs and found a bunch…
nice to have some one-on-one time with this guy… we picked up the camper and walked over the bridge for ice cream at Sargent Sundae… spotted a plane flying over the river as we crossed it…
heard about everyone’s day as we had supper…
did laundry because at least one of these young men gets his clothes really dirty, lol…
03 Tuesday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, camp, chores, day 5, fun, grandsons, organized, sleeping, soccer, supper, widow, WWTB, zoo
great news… the youngest did go to camp and had a great time… I was a bit worried about whether he would actually get there…
he hadn’t been to camp before and had a poor night’s sleep… maybe worrying about it…
got up and got his bag packed with lunch, two snacks and a water bottle in addition to rain gear and a change of clothes… had a bit of trouble getting the bag closed, lol…
spent a few minutes relaxing before taking him over to the Park…
dropped him off at the very beginning of the check-in time and he went in, a bit tentative but he went through the gate…
kept my phone close all day long, but he clearly enjoyed himself and there were no calls…
when I picked him up he wanted to stay longer to play soccer…
as we drove away he advised that I needed to drop him off at the exact same time tomorrow so he would have extra play time…
meanwhile the older one slept for most of the day… he did eventually get up and do the few chores on the list I’d left him… did I mention he is 13, lol…
together we decided on bits and pieces to have for supper from various meals we’ve eaten over the last few days… we also reviewed our planned meals and made a few adjustments to be sure we had all the meals covered…
tv and video games till bedtime, lol…
I think some of us are more tired than others…
02 Wednesday May 2018
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feeling as though I haven’t been eating properly… so tonight I baked a chicken leg and thigh, with eggplant slices, and sweet potatoes… and made a cucumber and onion salad…
was rather pleased with myself… and it was very good…
after supper I peeked outside and saw this lovely sky…
not long before that the sky had been gray and rain had been falling… nice change…
very happy that a young friend had come by on Monday and raked the yard for me… still lots to do, including putting the six bags of leaves out for pick-up…
a bit of rain would certainly be good for the grass and the plants…
15 Thursday Feb 2018
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beautiful, big girl pants, conversation widow, driveway, grandson, Olympics, shoveler, snow, supper
well that was nice…
texted my grandson, the shoveler, to say that there was a bit of snow on the driveway and sidewalks… it was quite beautiful as I looked out this morning before and after footprints were made…
we met at the office after work, stopped for gas and picked up some chicken wings for our supper… made a salad and we watched some Olympics…
then he went out and cleared away the snow… hot chocolate and a bit more Olympics and off he went to catch the bus home…
I really enjoyed having someone to discuss the performances of the various athletes we watched;-)…
