Dinner by the Lake

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This is the 2nd part of My
Trip to Lake Simcoe

I signed up with my seniors Club
for a trip to Lake Simcoe
we were going to watch Christmas
lights so it was long day 

We started at 11 and back around
10 pm our trip started from
Pickering Recreation Complex

Lake Simcoe is far nearly 2 hours 
away so it was a long Drive
on the way we had couple of stops

 First one was an antique Market 
where we had our own lunch and
walked around to enjoy 

We were passing through farms
sky was clear after awhile became
hazy and started to drizzle

I saw the sign of London at 100 Km 
I used to live in London Ontario
in 1993 it is a smaller town scenic
and beautiful 

I have so many memories of that
beautiful town my son was doing
his Masters from Western University
two of my younger daughters were
in school doing their A level

I had to pass my time so joined
Immigration Center and was
volunteering in Global House

London is in snow belt used to be
lots of snow and very long winter
I am nearly one hour away from there

I see couple of birds brave enough to
fly sky looks hazy not clear at all
now lots of dark clouds started from
one side and nearly covered the
whole sky

I am sitting with my friend she is from
West Indies she was telling me about
the visit to her sister living there
I was eagerly listening

West Indies is lush green with lots of
small Islands used to be a French colony 
then British took over

Her forefathers were French speaking
she can understand a bit of French
there is all fresh vegetation and
and all sorts of fish big houses with
big front and back gardens

 Our next stop was Piccard Peanuts Farms
it was a big shop with lots of farm products
and all antiques to look around

I got freshly baked apple turnover
and cheese popcorn for my grand kids

We proceeded from there to have our
Dinner at a nice restaurant by the lake
dinner was served on the table

We had a guided tour of city of Simcoe
lights after our Dinner by the Lake
passing through the downtown of the small
beautiful city was amazing the lights
and the lake everything was great




Comments

  1. Anonymous12/12/16, 7:50 AM

    I have posted the blog in Smile Corner. Though it is Monday, there is still a lot of customers in my shop today

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  2. Anonymous12/12/16, 7:53 AM

    I won the race to post the blog on our corporate noticeboards. I came in early to post the blog

    Brenda

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    1. Anonymous12/12/16, 11:12 AM

      I think you forgot about the blogs from the weekend. I have posted these blogs as the team wants to read them also

      Jasmeet

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    2. Anonymous12/12/16, 11:13 AM

      You are right, in my eagerness to be the first, I forgot all about the weekend

      Brenda

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    3. Anonymous12/12/16, 11:15 AM

      Dear Brenda and Dear Jasmeet, please no compete for first. Smile no like that. She very knowledge and we should only do what she say. If she say night then night, if she say day, then day. She big shot. She go government conference. She very knowledge person. I do 2 job but always read blog

      thank you

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    4. Anonymous12/12/16, 11:26 AM

      You are right my friend. We don't actually compete, this is a friendly competition. Whoever is the first one to post the blog, gets a donut from the team. This is a way to thank the person as the entire office is interested in the blog

      Brenda (on behalf of everyone in the office)

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  3. Anonymous12/12/16, 11:11 AM

    Dear Madam Smile, you so much travel. You go far for Christmas light. You do so enjoyment. I do 2 job and no Christmas light but I read blog every day.

    thank you

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  4. Anonymous12/12/16, 11:19 AM

    Dear Advisor,

    The retirees enjoyed your blog. They were impressed but also surprised that you are venturing out in the cold weather to far away places. We don't go anywhere in the winter except those who go to Florida.

    Our subcommittee members are meeting today about the qs that you asked in your blog on Dec 6, 2016. They are thinking that the qs are very complex and will need much more time to sift through the data. I will let you know when they have completed their report

    thank you
    recent retiree

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  5. Anonymous12/12/16, 11:20 AM

    I have posted the blog in all notice boards in lobbies A, B, C and D.

    Jimmy

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    1. Anonymous12/12/16, 11:21 AM

      Did you get a chance to post the blogs from the weekend also ? The team is very interested in these blogs too

      Brian

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    2. Anonymous12/12/16, 11:27 AM

      Yes I did. All blogs are posted now. I was delayed as there are people lined up to take the blog printouts from me and I usually run out of the printouts by the time I get to the last noticeboards

      Jimmy

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    3. Anonymous12/12/16, 1:49 PM

      SWS was phenomenal. Huge turnout. I am surprised that we are still having that many people on a Monday!

      Cleo

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    4. Anonymous12/12/16, 1:51 PM

      SWN was very well attended too. Joan quipped that there are so many people that it looks like we are giving away goodies for free :-) I got the opportunity to plan out the Smile Forums

      Kim

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  6. Anonymous12/12/16, 11:32 AM

    My Smile is awesome!! She is an awesome traveller. She is an awesome volunteer. She is an awesome writer. She has an awesome family. What an awesome person my Smile is!!

    Karen

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  7. Sheema12/12/16, 1:18 PM

    It seems like a wonderful day, with lots of scenery and delicious food with good memories.Thanks for sharing these moments with us.

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  8. Anonymous12/12/16, 1:45 PM

    Father say that you too energy and too patience. He say you energy because you do so many thing. Like going far for Christmas lights, volunteer 100 km away, watch hockey, go mall etc. He say he no energy as he old, almost 67. He only watch Christmas light that I have outside house. He also watch light when they show on tele.

    He say you patience because you no angry at son. He say he should take you these places. Why you need to go bus. He get angry me when I forget put tele remote on his special sofa and he need get up get it. He say son suppose do that. He say he no expect from my wife because she worst (he say to me I write this comment).

    Kris (Germany)

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  9. Superwoman12/12/16, 3:04 PM

    My Smile is amazing!! She is an amazing writer. She is an amazing volunteer. She is amazing sight seer! She has an amazing family! She is an amazing scientist. What an amazing person my Smile is!!

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  10. Plunker12/12/16, 9:05 PM

    Just shoot me. I just cant take this any more. I gotta see a cardiologist.

    Thank you mrizvi. This is so kind of you. You take the time out of your school work to post brainy comments, of course after reading each of them.

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  11. Batman12/12/16, 9:08 PM

    Take a deeeep breath. Go for a walk, a very long walk. In summary, just take it easy.

    I am sure mrizvi reads all the blog, right mrizvi? After all, how can I someone write such detailed comments without reading, right mrizvi?

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  12. Boris12/12/16, 9:10 PM

    Smile is doing it all. She volunteers, she goes for sight seeing, she takes care of her family, she travels extensively, she writes every day, is a scientist, plus does a million other things. On top of that, she cares about her readers. She thanks each and every one of us every day. No wonder she is attracting so many readers

    Thank you Smile

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  13. Smile12/12/16, 11:11 PM

    Hello Readers Family
    Thanks Karen Boris Keith Linda Dave Plunker mrizvi Sheema Maheen
    Jimmy Cleo Brenda Jasmeet Kim Kris Tiara Batman Superwoman Retiree Group
    Newbie Brian Thanks All My Anonymous and Multilingual Readers
    Thanks Everyone

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