19 Thursday Mar 2026
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visited Jenna Rae Cakes on Academy for the first time today;-)…
was just planning to look…
but ended up with 3 cupcakes to share with my housemate;-)…
this one ended up being my favourite;-)…
10 Tuesday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, cheers-ing, chocolate, food, friend, melted chocolate, mess, moments, PTE, treat, widow
went to our regular PTE play Saturday afternoon…
the parkade entrance was closed so we had to turn around and go in the exit… glad I wasn’t driving…
we were early so we sat down and shared a soft drink… as we were cheersing, a fellow theatregoer took a photo of us… reminded me of all the times I take photos of people at The Leaf, lol…
the play was interesting, but a bit long for my taste, or shall we say my bottom’s… after an hour and a half it feels as though the cushions give out, so two hours plus is difficult…
my buddy brought me cookies and two chocolates (individually wrapped)… toward the end of the play, I was smelling chocolate chip cookies and when I put my hand into my pocket I realized the chocolate had melted, yikes… ate the chocolate in the dark and then had to wipe down my hands which were a mess…
when I got home I checked out the pocket… took quite some time to get it clean… but the chocolate was tasty 😋…
18 Wednesday Feb 2026
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bacon, big girl pants, blessed, family, food, macerate, moments, pancakes, strawberries, supper, treat, Tuesday, whipped cream, widow
yesterday morning I started prepping for supper…
I sliced strawberries and then added sugar to macerate them…
later in the day I pulled out the pancake recipe from a well-worn cookbook and got the dry ingredients ready…
once my housemate brought home milk, I finished the mix and started cooking…
microwaved some bacon on the side and whipped the cream…
the first batch of pancakes came out perfectly… mine came from the second batch and may have been a bit darker, lol…
what a delicious dinner;-)…
10 Tuesday Feb 2026
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beloved, big girl pants, blessed, family, flowers, food, hearts, memories, moments, romantic, time, treat, Valentine decorations, while, widow
yesterday morning, I spent a little while wandering around the house and adding in Valentine decorations…
in the living room (adding to the table which I did a few days ago), on the stairs…
in the bathroom, and the den…
on Valentine’s Day, I will make something special for my dinner, not sure what yet… my beloved and I would maybe have had steak and lobster or some special treat…
he was very romantic and always got me a rose and some little present to celebrate the day…
I’m always happy to do a bit of decorating around the house, and then spend time thinking about him on Valentine’s Day… I have been so blessed;-)…
01 Sunday Feb 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, food, friends, lunch, memories, moments, Pho Hoang, sugarcane, treat, widow
had lunch out on our way to the theatre the other day…
went to Pho Hoang, which was one of our favourites when we used to go to aquasize at Cindy Klassen pool during our working days, lol…
as always, it was delicious;-)…
I had shrimp salad rolls and sugarcane shrimp…
30 Friday Jan 2026
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this morning I had an appointment with my doctor for my regular blood pressure check-up, as well as hearing my A1C results…
as we went into the exam room he mentioned to his staff person that I always wear purple, lol…
he started out asking if I had been to Fleurs de Villes and we chatted about that for a few minutes… I wondered why he had asked and finally realized I was wearing one of my Fleurs de Villes t-shirts, lol…
he had to take my blood pressure a few times to get a good reading… I mentioned that my housemate was waiting for me and I was worried he wouldn’t get to work on time, lol…
my A1C had gone down and has been trending downward which made me happy as I feel I am eating in a more normal fashion… he was pleased with that…
we also discussed that those numbers could go as high as 8.1 before it would be a problem as I age… of course, neither one of us plan to let that happen…
on the way home we picked up a favourite breakfast as a treat;-)…
way to go me😊…
24 Saturday Jan 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, favourites, Fleurs de Villes WONDER, flowers, moments, The Leaf, treat, visits, volunteer, widow
Fleurs de Villes WONDER… what a delight;-)…
since January 15th I have done three volunteer shifts, visited four times with friends, and once on my own…
every time I went through the displays, I spotted more interesting details;-)…
we are so blessed to be one of the locations that Fleurs de Villes chooses to display at…
each year has been different than the previous one… it is also such a great opportunity for our truly talented Manitoba artists…
it was interesting to hear what visitors enjoyed the most on their visits, and how many felt it was nearly impossible to pick a favourite, as they were all special…
hope that we get the opportunity again next year…
I felt connected to three pieces immediately and by the end of my eight visits, I had voted for all of the three…
truly a gift;-)…
25 Thursday Dec 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, Christmas Eve, face-to-face, family, memories, moments, Technology, treat, video, widow
all the jobs were done and the living room set up for our morning video call when I went to bed at 11 pm on Christmas Eve…
put my head down thinking I might nap for an hour and then have a Christmas hot tub around midnight…
woke up at 5:15, yikes… apparently no hot tub for me…
laid back down, didn’t really sleep, and got up at 6:30, lol…
made tea and texted a video of me banging pots and slamming doors, (possibly like I used to do when the families would be here overnight, so they would get up), to the kids in Ottawa…
we met and had a lovely time opening gifts and enjoying all of the loot…
what a gift to be able to meet with them face-to-face…
such a lovely Christmas morning;-)…
27 Thursday Nov 2025
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, box, boxes, family, flattened, gifts, grandson, mail, moments, Technology, treat, widow
a very large, and heavy, box arrived in the mail…
I am sure that it is full of items for my Advent calendar… woohoo…
just yesterday morning I brought down the bag full of boxes which have been flattened…
my housemate will be rebuilding the twenty-four boxes and inserting the various items from my daughter into them…
then I will get the boxes and set them out to be opened one at a time during Advent;-)…
27 Monday Oct 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, busy, Chinese food, company, delicious, family, grandsons, happy, moments, numerous, supper, treat, widow
had a delicious dinner last night…
our company chose Chinese food, so I tried to order from our favourite spot, around 5:30…
it took at least ten minutes and numerous attempts to get through… apparently everyone in the city wanted Chinese food too…
and then, the pick up time was an hour and a half, yikes…
but, when we got it, it was as always, delicious 🤤…
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