28 Wednesday Oct 2026
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the surprise of my daughter’s visit was delightful…
she had booked a pedicure for us once she arrived home and we had a lovely time at one of our favourite haunts…
dark blue and mauve toes ended our visit there…
27 Tuesday Oct 2026
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art, big girl pants, blessed, bookbinding, caked, daughter, deadly chocolate mousse cake, family, food, moments, treat, widow
a picture came up on my photo frame… it was of my daughter and housemate in front of Baked Expectations a few days ago…
she’s been in the city attending a bookbinding workshop…
this picture came up in my memories from Oct. 22, 2025… almost always when she comes home there is deadly chocolate mousse from Baked Expectations…
this trip she had cake when she arrived in the city, but was staying with a friend and was all caked out by the time she arrived here, lol…
she did bring her art supplies with her…
what a wonderful gift to have her here at home for a few days…
16 Friday Oct 2026
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banner, big girl pants, deer, family, food, grandson, moments, nature, no stickers, poll, treat, voted, widow
this morning I voted in the advance poll at Polo Park… they are really strict about not allowing photos to be taken, and instead of stickers, had a banner you could use… maybe it saves money 🤪…
as a reward we got pretzels… mine were mini sesame ones… and I found them easier to eat;-)…
my favourite is the garlic and salt, but I was heading to The Leaf to volunteer and didn’t want to breathe garlic on the visitors, lol…
and as a special treat we came across three deer…
what a lovely bonus…
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;-)…
