Day 222: I'm having a "reset day" today. I needed one. Things have been really nutty lately and sometimes I need to slow my world down and just putter. So far I've done the laundry, deep cleaned most of the house, hung some photos I was delaying committing to a spot on the wall and all sorts of little tasks. One of the cleaning items I completed was vacuuming and dusting the large pine shelf in my living room. It's mostly just photos and cook books and so doesn't see a lot of movement daily. As I began to move things around to dust, this small piece of paper fell out from behind a book and, as I picked it up, it stopped me in my tracks. I had to sit down and have a really good look. What you're looking at is Grammy P's' "Christmas Order". I spent most Christmases up north in recent years and it usually fell to me to do the grocery run. She would write everything out in perfect order: by store, aisle, and item. It was so easy. The run usually started at Golden Crust Specialty Bakery for a few loaves of whole wheat and one of white "C'est Si Bon!" and maybe some buns, then to the Metro for the produce, snacks, pop and anything like that, then to M&Ms for Nanaimo bars or some such treat. Maybe there would be a Queen Elizabeth cake at the Hollinger House. Before it closed there would be a trip to Zeudels for a porketta (sp??) and that was always a 45 minute trip because it was so hard to find the store. Oh, how I loved those trips, and completing those tasks. She would get *SO* excited when I would bring the order home and put it away, and then when everyone began to arrive home for the holidays. Amazing how many memories and emotions a little scrap of paper can hold. It made me long for those days, but the memories have made me so Happy. #GrammyP #luckyhotdog #365happydays
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