21 Thursday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, dinner, family, grandson, grandsons, happy, moments, time, treat, visit, widow, wishlist
one of the items on my Christmas wishlist was a visit from my grandsons, so I was excited on Sunday to prep for their visit…
had fun setting the table all fancy for our dinner…
I haven’t seen them since the summer so this was a great treat…
it was fun to watch them open their Christmas presents after dinner…
thanks to the oldest for making this happen;-)…
17 Sunday Dec 2023
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Wednesday, I went to see The Sound of Music at the Royal MTC with my adventure buddy;-)…
we were in the last row of the balcony behind two different groups of students…
we enjoyed the show and as always the staging held my attention…
the last time we were there was for Come From Away, many years ago, lol…
the show held everyone’s attention and the students were clearly enjoying it…
it was a nice treat…
08 Friday Dec 2023
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01 Friday Dec 2023
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Advent, big girl pants, blessed, calendars, chocolate, family, grandson, memories, moments, nuts, Technology, treat, versions, widow
happy first day of Advent… it has always been a special time for me…
this year there are three different calendars for me…
the first is a digital version which comes via email every day with things to do or think about;-)… all focussed on chocolate, without any calories… this was the first one, which provides an opportunity to check items off over 25 days…
the second is on the wall in the living room and this year is filled with nuts and seeds and the odd bit of chocolate…
the third climbs the stairway… it is made up of twenty-four different sized boxes with items in them from the kids in Ottawa… last week a parcel arrived addressed to my grandson, who then filled each one… they look very cute on the stairs…
as I empty a box, I am breaking it down and stashing it at the top behind the last few… I don’t want to lose any of them…
every day is a treat;-)…
17 Tuesday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, blower, cake, deck, food, friends, garden, gathering, happy, home, leaves, moments, nature, October, sun, sweeping, time, treat, weather, widow
because it was another gorgeous day, our Monday gathering took place on the deck for one last time…
I moved the furniture, swept all the leaves off, cleaned the glass table, and put cushion covers on the chairs…
as I was sweeping the lower deck, it occurred to me that I could have used the leaf blower, lol… oh well, good exercise, lol…
and, we were treated to a freshly baked Bundt cake;-)… yum…
the sun shone and it did cool off a little, but we were very comfortable… what a treat in the middle of October…
11 Wednesday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, community, enchanted, environment, happy, hope, IG, Jane Goodall, moments, presentation, Royal Botanical Gardens, speaker, Technology, treat, widow
just spent a delightful hour with Dr. Jane Goodall…
well, she was on stage at the Royal Botanical Gardens Canada, and I was on the couch in the living room;-)…
she is a wonderful story teller and kept the audience, and me, enchanted…
from her earliest years, with a mother who supported her desire to know everything about animals, to her building of the Jane Goodall Institute, her life has been filled with spirit and a thirst to know more…
she has focused on chimpanzees, people and the environment…
so happy that I came upon this talk as I was scrolling through IG today…
people, there is hope, but we need to work at it, together;-)…
07 Saturday Oct 2023
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, celebration, food, friends, fun, happy, lifeline, lunch, moments, Park Cafe, time, treat, walk, weather, widow
had a great time on Monday, when I met with my BS buddies at the Park Cafe for a celebration lunch…
it was amazing because it was the birthday person’s birthday, lol… we don’t often have the celebration on their actual day…
we were there for a few hours…
the restaurant wasn’t too full, we had a lovely waitperson, the meal with very tasty, and we had lots of laughs and conversation (as always)…
these women have been my lifeline for over thirty-five years…
25 Monday Sep 2023
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moved the hibiscus into the garage and sprayed it down with homemade insecticide…
will leave it there for a few days before bringing it into the house…
I am sure that it will drop most of its leaves, as already, many have turned yellow… but that feels fairly normal for it…
hopefully, the few buds that are on it will bloom in the house…
fingers crossed;-)…
04 Friday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, bridge, crickets, frogs, garden, happy, lily pad, moments, nature, pond, sound, treat, widow
been wondering if the evening sounds I’ve been hearing are crickets or frogs…
pretty much came to the conclusion that they were crickets as I haven’t seen any signs of a frog around the pond…
and then…
Wednesday morning, look who popped up on the bridge;-)…
the sound might still be the crickets, but what a treat to spot this little leopard frog;-)…
and in the last few days it has been all over;-)…
02 Wednesday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, burgers, family, food, grandson, moments, restaurant, Sam’s, schnitzel, supper, treat, walk, widow
it was a beautiful evening, so we walked over to Sam’s on Sunday night… we’ve been wanting to go, but hadn’t made it until then…
the menu was basically schnitzel and burgers with a few appetizers, salads and desserts…
we had burgers and curly fries… I had a schnitzel burger…
the patty was twice the size of the pretzel bun, so I cut it in half and brought the leftovers home for lunch…
everything was tasty and Sam, the owner, was very cute and attentive… it was fun to see how the regulars waited to say goodbye to him before leaving;-)…
may go again…
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