here is my tower of Christmas treats… it is beautiful…
I am eating my way through them, one piece at a time…
I have such wonderful friends;-)…
tower…
13 Wednesday Jan 2021
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charcuterie…
30 Wednesday Dec 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, charcuterie, chocolate, Christmas, duck, family, food, memories, moments, Ottawa, pictures, plate, treats, vacation, widow
this photo was taken last year on this day when I was in Ottawa… we made a few plates with veggies, crackers, fruit, cheese, duck, and chocolate…
I think we were ahead of the current charcuterie craze, lol…
today, after I saw this picture, I made my own fancy plate…
it was fun to enjoy the items and remember our delicious lunch a year ago…
so blessed to have had that holiday… looking forward to the day we can do it again…
playlist…
07 Monday Dec 2020
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Advent, always learning, big girl pants, blessed, email, lights, moments, music, playlist, relaxing, Technology, treats, widow
one of my advent treats was an email (31 Days of Gifts) that comes every day with different things in it…
the second day included a Spotify playlist…
I spent a lovely evening sitting in the living room, enjoying the tree lights and listening to the playlist, as I read a novel on my tablet…
the best thing about the list is that it showed me the option of where to play it… previously, I was only able to play on the device in the room where I was… now I can play it anywhere or everywhere…
sounds lovely when it is playing all through the main floor…
technology;-)…
rang…
17 Tuesday Nov 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, doorbell, family, food, friends, lockdown, moments, neighbours, rang, Save-On-Foods, shopping, Technology, timer-whisperer, treats, widow
been a hectic day, not the norm around here…
a friend dropped off an item she had picked up for me and we had a short chat… she by her car, and I on the steps with my mask on…
time online on the laptop searching and ordering various things… maybe even some Christmas presents…
had a lovely conversation with my Winnipeg son-in-law who then FaceTimed me and maybe got the timer working, lol… fingers crossed…
and it worked… I had read the directions and tried it a few times before talking with him… he is the timer-whisperer, lol…
also spoke with my Ottawa son-in-law who helped me out with a different issue…
I was on a call and the bell rang… my neighbour brought me a cute little tin filled with fresh baking;-)… woo hoo… and I gave her some books which were needing a new home;-)…
I am now answering the door with a mask on all the time, not that the doorbell rings very often, lol…
final event was a delivery from Save-On-Foods with needed groceries… early in the pandemic, it was taking 2 weeks to get groceries once ordered… then it was down to the next day, but now that we are going back into a more serious lockdown, it is taking 4 or 5 days… so blessed to have this option… now I just need to plan a little further ahead…
certainly the busiest day I’ve had in ages;-)…
commemorate…
14 Friday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, chocolate, commemorate, dinner, food, friends, garden, moments, photos, pond, sun, time together, treat, treats, widow
what a wonderful evening we had on Wednesday…
our BS group met for dinner in the garden to celebrate a birthday…
I spent a good portion of the day ensuring that there were enough chairs available and physically distanced… it was very warm and the sun was shining in most of the garden…
in the end, we ate on the deck as it was shaded, lol… had dinner and dessert delivered and it was tasty…
after dinner we moved to the garden and carried on our visit…
took a very distanced photo as we usually commemorate special times together and I used my phone as the remote to take the shot…
although we video call each Monday night it was lovely to be together again in person…
fed…
10 Monday Aug 2020
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beach, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cooks, cottage, delicious, dinner, fed, food, friends, happy, memories, moments, treat, treats, vacation, widow
for five days I have been fed by others… what a wonderful treat… the majority of time I am fine with cooking, but some days I particularly miss my beloved, because he would often take a turn preparing our food…
the variety and complexity of meals was amazing… we had crepes, with freshly made blueberry sauce; spatchcock chicken with potato salad, pan stuffing and green beans; sausages and toast; hot dogs with onions; steak, baked potatoes and salad; bacon, eggs and toast; pork tenderloin, rice and roasted cauliflower; homemade enchiladas with guacamole and homemade sour cream; and the most tasty almond bars and Rice Krispie squares… plus many snacks…
my friends are both excellent cooks and they had nearly as much fun preparing the food as we had eating it…
my contribution was dishwashing, lol… and they use Dawn, which makes bubbles if you squeeze it;-), which I did, numerous times… I may have to switch to Dawn because the bubbles bring me such happiness…
I am glad to do dishes because it doesn’t involve any complicated activity and saves the cooks from cleanup after all their work to produce a meal;-)…
stickers…
29 Friday May 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, Chihuly, chocolate, chocolate tasting, daughter, family, garden, happy, mail, masks, moments, purple, stickers, treats, widow
on Sunday as it was raining out a bit I came into the house and decided to do another of the puzzles from the Brain Games Sticker by Number In The Garden book that was one of the treats in the package that arrived from my daughter last Friday…
it included a number of items and was one (or two!) of my Advent All Year parcels:-)… she is trying to only go to the Post Office occasionally… besides the fun sticker book, there was a Chihuly postcard to colour, a Soma Coconut chocolate bar, a very cool magnetic bookmark, two face masks and a chocolate tasting!
pretty fine haul… we’d been expecting it since Tuesday and each day were disappointed when it didn’t arrive…
her app told her it had arrived and she texted and called me to check the mail as she didn’t want the chocolate to be out in the sun for too long, lol… she was on the phone as I brought it in and we had a lovely visit as I opened each piece of the package… right after we got off the phone, I did the first puzzle – a vase filled with lilacs, which we both love…
since then I’ve used the bookmark, eaten some of the chocolate bar but haven’t started on colouring the postcard… I haven’t been out yet so haven’t used the face masks, which one of her good friends made for me…
once she knew I had received the package she emailed me instructions on the chocolate tasting, which she had also sent to 3 friends in Winnipeg… I think we’ve also decided to do a Skype or Google Duo together for the chocolate tasting… should be fun…
not sure which picture I will do next:-)…
vines…
09 Saturday May 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, cards, delicious, friend, moments, napkins, nature, purple, scones, treats, vines, virginia creeper, widow
got a text this afternoon from a wonderful friend advising she was going to drop something off…
one day last week I had gathered up some Virginia creeper vines and she had picked them up, so I think this was a little thank you…
I was excited because she makes the world’s best scones… and I was hoping that was what she was bringing…
we had a lovely chat and exchanged items… she got a card from my stash for Mother’s Day, and I got craisin scones, made with sweetener, and some purple napkins… I think I got the best of the deal, lol…
I said I wasn’t going to eat them until tomorrow, but I had to have a taste, lol…
what a lovely surprise…
expedition…
29 Wednesday Jan 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, chocolate, Chocolatier Constance Popp, expedition, food, friends, Fromagerie Bothwell, fun, moments, shopping, treat, treats, walk, widow
went out on a shopping expedition today with a friend…
checked out the Fromagerie Bothwell on Provencher… I thought it was just a cheese store, but it isn’t… it has all manner of other locally produced goodies as well… I picked up some De Luca’s pasta sauce, a pepperoni and cheese snack, soft goat cheese, and some of their marble cheese…
from there we went along the street to Chocolatier Constance Popp where I picked up some coconut dark chocolate macaroons (delicious), a sugar-free bar, a coconut and lime bar and finally a Manitobar to send to my daughter… that was fun…
back to St. James to check out Winners/Homesense… found a number of items which had been on my shopping list for a while… a cute little backpack, thermal socks, salt for my grinder, a soap dish, a lemon squeezer and a small container for my bedside table…
great fun…
afternoon…
30 Monday Dec 2019
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afternoon, big girl pants, blessed, Fairmont Chateau Laurier, family, great service, memories, moments, royalty, service, Tea, treat, treats, widow, Zoe’s
yesterday we had a delightful afternoon tea at Zoe’s in the Fairmont Chateau Laurier…
we dressed up a bit… nothing like when we went for tea at the Empress a few years back… at that time we even wore white gloves;-)…
the host took great care to seat us at a window with a lovely view of Rideau and McKenzie Street… we saw lots of bendy buses drive past;-)…
the settings were reminiscent of days gone by with lovely old cups and cute tea strainers… tea was delicious… between us we tried three different varieties and they were all tasty…
we shared two towers of treats and were very full by the time we were finished… we even brought home some of the dainties… our server, Dave, was extremely attentive to all of our needs and even recommended a few other places we might go…
my favourite item was the scones with clotted cream and freshly made strawberry jam…
we are having a delightful time and being treated like royalty by the kids;-)…
