19 Saturday Sep 2026
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arch, beans, big girl pants, cucumbers, garden, moments, nature, pick, topped and tailed, treat, widow
spent a quiet day resting up from the busyness of the last few weeks…
the main thing I did was pick beans and a couple of cucumbers from the arches…
then I sat outside and topped, tailed, and cut them up…
there were a lot and I will have some tonight and enough for another meal in the next few days…
a lovely treat😊…
16 Wednesday Sep 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, delicious, family, Finest, fish and chips, moments, treat, widow
today, after a three day wait, I had haddock and chips from Finest at Sea… my daughter had the salmon tacos…
we couldn’t fit this spot in before this, as we’ve been very busy…
everything was delicious;-)… what a delightful treat…
the weather had been wonderful all day, so we took a lovely stroll, to wear off the calories, lol…
28 Sunday Jun 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, blizzard, Dairy Queen, family, moments, reminiscent, treat, widow
last evening, after supper, my housemate and I went to Dairy Queen, and he treated😊…
sadly, they were out of skor bits so I wasn’t able to get my favourite skor blizzard…
instead I chose a turtle blizzard… bit of a mistake, lol…
I enjoyed the pecans, and the ice cream but the little chocolate half circles (with caramel in them) were just not the least reminiscent of a turtle;-)…
of course I did eat half of it then and finished the second half after supper tonight…
it was a lovely summer treat though…
26 Friday Jun 2026
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had a lovely walk to the English and Leo Mol Gardens, where I met up with my adventure buddy…
as I waited, I sat with the woman who spends all her time reading… I wasn’t able to see the name of the book, lol…
the gardens are looking much nicer than the last time we walked through them, although everything is still a bit behind…
after we’d been around both areas, we popped over to the Park Cafe and had the Berry Good Sundae, which we had enjoyed just the week before when we were there for a birthday celebration;-)…
tasted like a lovely treat after all that walking in the heat;-)…
then a walk home… and a nap😄…
19 Thursday Mar 2026
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big girl pants, blessed, cupcakes, food, grandson, housemate, Jenna, Jenna Rae Cakes, moments, shopping, treat, widow
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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A1C, appointment, big girl pants, blessed, blood pressure, check-up, doctor, family, Fleurs de Villes, moments, purple, treat, widow
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😊…
