Sudden

In the last few days there have been some sudden developments. Some good, some bad, some both.

11 days ago Tom was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. 2 days ago he passed away. Such a nice man. http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oId=1053662

Yesterday Karen's mom Beulah passed away leaving a huge hole in Karen's heart. Karen spent a lot of time caring for her mom.

I stated looking at purchasing a rental as an investment but also to provide some relief for people from Rustle who are looking for housing.

Today I am working on cleaning and putting Nat and Karrie's Christmas package together!

The running

On Wed I was out late with Alpha
On Thurs I was out late helping Christine fill out an application
Friday I worked late
So it was a tiring few days.
I seem to have had some lighting issues with my phone, I will need to work on checking my settings!

 Lemon chicken piccata last week with noodles, cauliflower and lemon chicken. The green pods in the picture I don't remember the name of but they were very tasty.

 Pork bruschetta burgers

 Simple but tasty, there is cheese and bruschetta on top of the burger, the picture does not show it well

 There was a bunny in my bush, can you see him?

 This week was vietnamese turkey bun cha

 Quick pickled veggies

 Turkey meatballs with hoisin sauce on brown rice

 with veggies- was very good!

 Balsamic beef bolognese- always love their pasta recipes and this one was very easy- with corn nuts too!

In which it is discovered that the science test is tomorrow

Originally James said that the test was on Thursday but today he said it is tomorrow so we studied for 3 hours tonight. We had studied some on Sunday but has planned to do more work. He is functional for tomorrow I think. James has found that it takes him a long time to complete tests. The teacher is going to let them start at 8am if they want and James does so he is going to go in early. He'll need to wake up earlier in the morning!

Had a vacation day today- did a lot of running around. Cogeco came to upgrade the modem at Rustle and I did some shopping.

Am behind on the dishes because of the science studying! 

On the run

Since Wednesday I have been on the run.
Wednesday was alpha right after work. Then in the evening worked my second job.
Thursday after work I ran home and made a Chef's plate meal (pork bruchetta burgers) then ran to Rustle for a board meeting.
Friday I ran home after work and made a quick meal (pasta) and went to meet Christine at Stanley St but in my running I had missed her message that it was cancelled. Then I went to Sarah's for an alpha party to kick off the alpha weekend.
Saturday was and incredible time on the Holy Spirit day of the alpha. I managed to get home before the Santa Claus parade made it impossible. Then worked on dishes and laundry.
Today went to Rustle and Kim picked me up right after and took Christine and I out to her place in Harrowsmith. I think Christine really enjoyed that it was a home but it was hard for her to come back. It was fun to hang out with the ladies but it means I haven't been home much in the last few days!

mending

At lunchtime I had some saltine crackers and gingerale.
Dinnertime some pork and rice.
As that all seemed good I had a tiny piece of cheesecake that Catherine made for my birthday.
I seem to have stabilized.

Some pictures from a few weeks ago- Korean turkey fried rice

 Provolone baked chicken

 Salad

 With potatoes and chicken with provolone and bruchetta on top

Catherine's cake from today:

 My mother sent some special chocolates- they got a bit shaken up in the mail but I'm sure will still taste good!

felled

Had a busy and productive day yesterday but have been felled by some sort of stomach thing today. Yesterday, I had cheese and crackers for breakfast. Went to Rustle early to see our tenant and get some things sorted out. Got things set up with the crew. Was the speaker and it went better than last time, but I'm not sure it is really my thing? Anyway we had a potluck after and I ate some yummy chilli, but it may be the suspect in why I am not feeling well. Or I caught a bug. Saw a place with Christine. Went home, left again to see another place with her. Came home and made dinner. Pork with fries and veggies. James ate the same thing and he was fine in the morning so that leaves me with either the chilli or a bug. James' team came 8th at the tournament but only the top 7 advanced to the Sunday games. He had a good time though. I haven't eaten or drunk anything this morning, just waiting for everything to clear my system. I watched a murder mystery but will need to tackle my email soon. Not a great way to start the birthday!

treadmill

This week was very busy as there were midterm marks and project marks to hand back. Wednesday was the longest day. I was up early to do the garbage and recycling, then off to work, went to Alpha, talked with Christine for a bit. Got home and James was still working on his science. He may have been working on it a while, but he still had a long way to go. I was trying to get things ready for the next day and help him as well. We were up for about 4 hours still working on it. Went to bed around 1am and was back up at 6:30am. Then have to get things ready for James' trip to Branford. Dale Parker Memorial Tournament. I thought I would have a good sleep last night to make up. Went to bed at 11pm. And what time did I wake up? 4am. Hopefully tonight is better!

mango

Today I ran out of vegetables so for dinner the "vegetable" was mango. It turned out surprisingly well- BBQ chicken, fries and mango.

James had a game but they were so worn out from playing the very strong team that they did not win this one.

Rustle was good - very full. Brendan talked about hypocrisy and how to combat it.
Speaking of this, I watched a dateline murder mystery today about a son who attacked his parents because he had been forging their names on loans and was in quite a bit of trouble and wanted their life insurance. The mother survived but can't believe that he did it- wants to keep everything still white washed.

daylight savings

At Loblaws today I learned the effects of the changes at PC financial as I couldn't use my debit card for the points and I had difficulty paying as well. Worked out the paying but the site is down for maintenance so I can't merge my new points card with my old points card.

Today did cleaning and ironing, other than some shopping.

A bad day for pedestrians

There was a bad accident with a bus and pedestrian here. There were 4 in Toronto. One in Ottawa. All fatalities. Some blamed that it was so dark in the mornings. Change in time occurs this weekend. Hopefully, that will make things safer for pedestrians, but it generally is pretty dangerous, today things seemed to peak.

James' team was playing one of the top teams in Ontario. Almost their whole team is on the points leader scoreboard above even the top one from James' team. They are a deep team and they win almost every game. But tonight James' team beat all the odds and won!

We are the purple

It looks like we are in for a lot of rain. How special we are! I will expect to be drenched in my walks.

James is still recovering from his sickness. His voice has gone. "My voice is raspy" he said. James didn't like his school photo this year so we aren't doing school photos this year, only hockey photos!

on the go

Met up with Clara today and hung out for a bit while her daughter and friend toured Queen's. I think they liked the tour.
We went by the library to see the Harry Potter room.
Then we went to Booster Juice for the girls where it took them about 20 minutes to make their drinks.
Clara dropped me out Division St and I brought in my renewal for health card. I thought their queuing system was very interesting but also efficient as it took less time than at Booster juice to get everything done.

Then I went to Tina's but the CAS worker wasn't coming as Tina was sick. But we talked for a while.

Then I went by No Frills and picked up some groceries. At the checkout someone screamed (maybe they dropped something?) and the whole store went very quiet. It was all fine though. I think.

Then I went by Rustle to wait for Christine to see the Fraser apartments. They weren't really suitable apartments for her as they had clearly been drug apartments. Charles was showing us the place and when he said that the previous tenants had been hard on the place, I guessed and indeed they were in pretty rough shape but Charles was working hard to renovate them. Christine will need to keep looking.

Then after I left Christine I ran into Gloria who was going to Rhea's and we had a good chat about God and dog. She is sometimes difficult to understand but always positive.

fever

James had a fever on Tuesday. The fever was gone on Wednesday but he still didn't feel well so he had 2 days off school. He felt better by Wed evening and went to school today but he was still very pale. I called him Ghostie.

Today I had a very long day at work but accomplished a lot. I have Friday off from work, though a packed day planned. James' team was in Lindsay tonight and will be back late. Luckily tomorrow is a PA day so hopefully will get some sleep. Around lunchtime I'm going to see Clara as her daughter is up in Kingston to tour Queen's with some friends. They leave around 2pm and at 3pm I'm going to visit another friend who had CAS called on her (rather unfairly) so I am going to support her. Then at 6pm I am meeting another friend to support her as she looks at another apartment.

James has an OHL recruitment day tomorrow. They have some ice time to show off for the OHL viewers, then have a workshop and then are going to a game. So hopefully he has his strength back!

moil

Today was a packed day. I did some work around the house and laundry and then left around 9:25 to help  Al with his maxsold pickup. Then scooted home via Loblaws (no canada geese to be seen today- have they flown?). Had a quick lunch and then headed to work.
For dinner made turkey scallopini with rice and a very nice green pepper. I always appreciate a good green pepper- it is so hard to tell from the outside.
I didn't actually get to do the work that I went in to do as I had a lot of other things to get ready for the upcoming week so I will have to go in again tomorrow.

Arepas

 Oct 14- the Canada geese are still here

 Italian sausage Pasta bake- cooked most ingredients then put in a casserole to do the "bake"

 With ricotta cheese and breadcrumbs

 Their pasta dishes are always wonderful (if you like pasta)

 Columbian Arepas con Queso- this turned out to be an amazing meal. The Arepas were amazing. A vegetarian meal. The Arepas were made with arepas flour and water and fried up- very tasty. There is cheese on them as well (one side). Beans, pepper and onion in the other pan.

 Arepas on the bottom (forgot to take a picture before I put the bean mixture on)

 With cheese and avocado sauce

 With fresh veggies

A very good meal.

Last night James' team was in Oshawa and didn't get back until late. It was a challenge to get him up in the morning and right after school he came home and had a long nap! Now playing Oshawa again (but in Kingston)