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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:50:50 GMT

Victoria's Pizza!

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Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:20:06 GMT

The Return of Head Grapes®

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Mon, 13 Oct 2025 01:18:40 GMT

Pillsbury Crescent Rolls! They aren't a major part of Thanksgiving dinner but they are a key part.

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Thu, 02 Oct 2025 23:02:31 GMT

Having enough room in the freezer for two turkeys!

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Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:11:29 GMT

After a two-year drought, the British store finally got M&S Digestives back in stock!

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Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:46:25 GMT

Eating fresh bloobs for the first time in half a year!

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Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:03:55 GMT

having a shandy on a hot day

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something I am grateful for today

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:00:57 GMT

blackcurrant jam

I have some with my toast basically every day and never tire of it. I have to get it at the import shop cuz no one makes it domestically, but it's worth it! A little taste of the UK to brighten my day....

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something I am grateful for today

Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:17:25 GMT

After months of going without, I finally found my very fave chamomile tea back in stock at Dollar Tree! [And, as you can imagine, I stocked up in rather unseemly fashion.]

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something I am grateful for today

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 20:43:45 GMT

Tea and Digestives — what an unbeatable combo!

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something I am grateful for today

Sat, 20 May 2023 23:03:39 GMT

My head’s been hurting the last few days, and today it got a bit worse. So I didn’t accomplish much today, and spent much of the day feeling ground down and wrung out and a bit sorry for myself.

But, after supper, I started assembling the makings of the chamomile tea I will have later this evening. [It’s a help-me-sleep ritual I've adopted over the last few months.] And, when I got the teabag out of its box, I stopped and noticed it. And became very aware that I had it, and that there were several more boxes of tea on the shelf next to the open one. There’s ostensibly nothing so special about this tea — I get it at Dollar Tree so it’s easy to keep a supply in — but I really enjoy this particular brand. And then I got thinking about how I’m able to have this tea every night when I want. And I have a clean cup ready to put the bag into, and a kettle ready to boil the water, and water to put in the kettle, and a comfortable seat in a cozy house where I can rest when I have my tea...

...and suddenly my eyes got a bit wet as I was flooded with the feeling of being blessed.

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something I am grateful for today

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:13:27 GMT

pizza — first time I've had it in months!

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something I am grateful for today

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 21:13:56 GMT

The British store finally had cheese and onion crisps in stock, so I got some! Yay!

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digestives

Tue, 31 May 2022 22:52:49 GMT

A week or so ago, I was in the Fergus Scottish Corner Shop to pick up a few UK treats, and on a whim picked up a pack of M&S Digestives. When we got home, I had one with my tea, and was suddenly flooded with memories.

( a lengthy memoir-slash-rant not just about cookies )

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something I am grateful for today

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:56:54 GMT

having a fridge full of fresh healthy foods

— or —

not needing to worry where my next few meals will come from

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a thing about me

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:27:36 GMT

I am a creature of habit.

One of the first things I do every morning is listen to my favourite song [The Big Blue by Sulk]. And I eat the same breakfast [Quaker Oatmeal Squares with blueberries]. Several times a week I drop by my fave coffee shop [Puffle Café] before lunch and order a large black americano. For lunch I have peanut butter.

Day in, day out.

Some people wonder, “Don't you get bored? Don't you wanna have something different?” No -- if I wanted something different, I would get something different. I actively enjoy all these things and look forward to them every day. It's not just their comforting ritual aspect, I enjoy them for their own sake. I can find fresh pleasure in things and not get tired of them, just like I never get tired of seeing a sunset or a robin.

It doesn't take much to make me happy.

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something I am grateful for today

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:24:49 GMT

something that came upon me in a sudden flash of awareness this morning: I never go hungry

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something I am grateful for today

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 23:49:08 GMT

remembering that we have bloobs in the house and putting them on my cereal

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Sun, 28 Apr 2019 23:36:52 GMT

an outing with all the kids

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something I am grateful for today

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 21:47:44 GMT

discovering a new British store [more strictly speaking, a Scottish store] within reasonable distance from my town -- meaning we once again have access to some fave UK foodstuffs! It's like regaining some of a lost yet beloved vibe! Haggis FTW!

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something I am grateful for today

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:03:57 GMT

the best batch of head grapes so far this year

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something I am grateful for today

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:22:07 GMT

that I did remember to get more raisins in so I could have them in my oatmeal this morning

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Thu, 24 Jan 2019 02:15:44 GMT

the medicinal properties of peppermint

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Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:23:14 GMT

a gift of food bringing a new taste experience

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something I am grateful for today

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:35:35 GMT

spaghetti and meatballs for supper -- honestly can't remember the last time I had it

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