14 Sunday Oct 2018
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yesterday saw Prairie Nurses at PTE… it was funny and entertaining…
first show of the season and there was a full house…
beforehand we went out for lunch at the Falafel Place…
had some delicious falafel, and salad with hot cooked onions and garlic as part of the dressing… wasn’t sure how I would like it, but it was delicious…
enjoyed the show and had a lovely snack of Callebaut chocolate and some almonds…
walked home from the end of the street and got this shot of the many bare trees…
09 Sunday Sep 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, cooking, dad, dinner, family, flowers, memories, missing, morning glories, pasta, rain, raindrops, remembering, rummaged, sunshine, tomato, treat, weather, widow
odd weather today… went from cloudy to sunny, to rainy, and back again a number of times… ended with sun shining through the clouds…
the poor morning glories took a beating early on… nearly every time it rained the drops were huge…
thinking of my dad today as I took hours to make fresh tomato sauce to go with some spaghetti for supper… I keep buying grape tomatoes to make caprese salad and then never use them all up… he would add all kinds of condiments to add flavour and it always ended up delicious… as I rummaged through the cupboard, I remembered watching him do the same thing, lol…
it turned out great and was a lovely treat as I don’t often have pasta… made some homemade coleslaw to go along with it and have a bit of both for lunch tomorrow;-)…
29 Wednesday Aug 2018
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basil, big girl pants, bread, colleagues, croissants, dinner, eats, fresh, La Belle Baguette, lunch, treat, widow
had some delicious eats today…
picked up a loaf of bread and some croissants at La Belle Baguette on my way into the office…
the car smelled amazing all the way downtown and the croissants were a hit with my colleagues…
at lunch I made a tomato sandwich, and a cucumber one as well, with the fresh bread and a ripe tomato from a colleague’s parents’ farm… used basil instead of lettuce… oh my, it tasted wonderful…
for my supper I finished off the shrimp from last night and the last of the mango slices I picked up the other day…
yummy day…
09 Thursday Aug 2018
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been a long day, but we have finally arrived at our campsite… my son-in-law and youngest grandson came early and set the camper and everything up…
what a treat to arrive to all the hard work already done…
it is dark so we haven’t really had a good sense of what the space looks like but tomorrow we will explore…
happy holidays…
07 Tuesday Aug 2018
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a couple of weeks ago I was scheduled to have lunch with a friend…
this person always arrives early wherever we are going to meet…
usually I email the night before or early the day of, but this time I didn’t…
I made it to the restaurant and my friend wasn’t there… I waited about half an hour, ordered takeout and headed back to the office…
sent an email just wanting to be sure they were okay…
later that evening I received a message that they had just not realized what day it was, lol… something about retirement and not checking calendars… so happy that they were fine…
when I arrived back at the office this morning, after being off for a week, I discovered this lovely package…
it was a sorry I missed lunch gift… so not necessary, but what a lovely treat…
it is often chilly in the office so this pashmina will be a lovely way to stay warm on those cool days…
and, it fits into my office decorating scheme perfectly;-)…
I truly am blessed…
29 Sunday Jul 2018
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, duck, family, Friday, garden, pond, treat, visit, walk, widow
Friday morning got to spend time with my sister-in-law who was in from Calgary for the weekend…
picked her up at the airport and headed over to the Park Cafe for breakfast and a wander around the Duck Pond and Gardens…
was able to see the new island in the Duck Pond… it will filter the water in the pond and help with algae control… looks really neat… a duck or two came up to us as we were admiring the pond…
had a wonderful visit as we checked out the Gardens… got a fun shot of three wheelbarrows lined up as a crew of gardeners were weeding a bed at the entrance to the Leo Mol Garden…
haven’t seen my sister-in-law for ages so it was a real treat to spend time with her… she was married to my brother and when they divorced we kept her and let him go;-)…
27 Friday Jul 2018
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big girl pants, feet, gentle, nails, purple, Total Wrapture, treat, vacation, widow
gave myself a lovely treat as I start this ten day vacation…
went for a pedicure at Total Wrapture and was looked after by Shauna who was so gentle as she worked on me…
I have sensitive feet and she was ever so careful as she went through the process of getting them ready for the colour…
I sometimes get ingrown toenails and she put a tiny piece of cotton under the nail which will help keep that from happening again… sure hope it works…
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…
17 Sunday Jun 2018
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big girl pants, blessed, dad, family, Father's Day, flowers, garden, lessons, memories, moments, treat, welcome, widow
spent some time this morning thinking about my dad…
he really raised us as mother and father as my mom spent so much time in hospital during my early years…
he would have loved the garden and did get to sit on the main deck a few times… his dad was a master gardener, but I don’t remember dad doing much in the garden, but he loved seeing beautiful well tended flower beds…
he always welcomed others into our home and we often had people staying with us as they were going through difficult times…
he was a great cook… I can remember one night when he was draining the spaghetti over a sink full of dishwater and the strainer fell into the water… he picked it up, rinsed the spaghetti off and continued with the meal prep… we couldn’t afford to throw it out… it was served with his famous meatballs and homemade sauce… one of our guests went on and on about it being the best he’d ever had… Dad and I laughed about that for years…
he always had candy in his pockets… maybe that’s why I always have candy on my desk, and chocolate inside it, lol…
he loved athletics and we went to events whenever we could manage… he cheered for everyone and taught me that a good job deserved praise… it didn’t matter if it was your team or the other team…
he looked forward to parades and we sat on the curb at Portage and Strathcona for every single one that went by…
in his later years he would take me grocery shopping for my family and would treat us to a lovely roast or steak… took me a while to accept without protesting… I realized that he was no longer able to do physical things to help us due to his health, but he could treat us to groceries…
he taught me to be kind, treat everyone equally, work hard, and do my best…
thanks Dad…
19 Saturday May 2018
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big girl pants, chocolate, coleslaw, elder, mother-in-law, mug, nap, reading, recipe, Tea, treat, wedding, widow
set the alarm for 4 this morning to watch the Royal Wedding…
got some shortbread cookies from the freezer, almonds and Morden’s dark chocolate wafers… made tea and had it in a mug that had a bunch of birds perched on a branch, looking at something… lovely little treat as I watched…
had a nap later in the day and then spent some time reading in the sunshine…
baked some chicken, mashed cauliflower and coleslaw… it was very tasty…
reminded me of my mother-in-law who made delicious coleslaw, and a lovely elder who taught me to make coleslaw for large groups… I still use the recipe that has to be divided by four to make a reasonable amount for a family, lol…
