Anyways, Yesterday afternoon They called to let me know that the skirt steaks were in. So I walked up. Lucky for me its only a 10 minute walk. (It was nice to get out of my condo since if was filled with pot smoke from Dippy below). I got there and was surprised. They had moved to a new building on the other side of the parking lot form the old place. I got to the doors and they swooshed open. No need to touch, that was nice. I walked in and looked around. The first thing I noticed, the lighting, it was bright. THen the cashier, smiling at me and wanting to help me.

So I asked about my order and she walked me over to the butchering area and grabbed it for me. I quickly asked if it could get cut into strips and he said sure but it was already cut thinly.We agreed that I would use it as is and let him know how it turns out. So walked around a bit looking at prices and meats. They have a tiny coffee counter with sandwiches and such. There was also a section of breads and spices.

I was very pleased with everything I saw. I admit that I will go back. Now that the place looks like a real butcher shop. The floors and freezers were spotless. The whole place felt friendly. Plus I like to see the butcher area. If I can’t see the butcher working then I don’t trust the meat. I think thats why I only buy meat from Costco or Save-on Foods. You can see what they are doing.

I bought some marinated chicken while I was there and we will be having it for dinner this evening. Tomato and basil sauce, I hope its yummy!

Just my boys acting silly. This is about 2 years ago. As you can see they really get along well. Looks like Colby is holding Matt very tightly. Ah brotherly love!

Just out around town having some fun. Saw these guys staring at me so I had to flash them.

Some summer Tulips outside of the Library. Yup that’s me and yes I do read a lot of books.

Well there you go! My pictures for this week.

After my morning coffee I was checking my emails. I signed up at a few sites the day before and was waiting to get email back. I got email from Red Robin‘s telling me to come get a free Birthday burger and Dairy Queen saying I can have a 16oz blizzard for free. So my lunch was planned!

We got dressed and headed to Red Robin’s for lunch. I ordered a Guacamole burger with fries.

After that we drove down the road to Dairy Queen where I got a Fudge brownie cookie dough with Reese’s peanut butter cup blizzard.mmmmmm! We took our blizzards and headed back home. Gregg gobbled his up right a way. I still have half of mine in the freezer. I was stuffed from the burger. So I get to finish it today.

Image by mbonocore via Flickr

As you can see, I’ve been doing some changes to my blog theme again. I really like this one. I think this one will be the one for some time. I like that I can put my own photos in the header. Yes, all the different headers are pictures Gregg and I took. At the moment they are all from your last trip to Playa del Carmen. They might change on special days.

Other news… Gregg is finally job hunting. He is out there spreading his resumes all over Abbotsford today. I hope that he gets a responds. I’ll let you know how it goes when things start to happen.

Tomorrow its ladies lunch once again. We are celebrating my Aunt Anny’s birthday. Its also my brother’s birthday, but he isnt invited. I think he would look a bit out of place at one of our hen parties…lol

Also, Heroes starts this evening which I have been waiting for. There are bunch of shows all starting this week. So I won’t be online in the evenings.:)

We had a great day. We left home and picked up Mom at noon and headed to the Tradex Center. Once there we found parking which was 3.00 on the way out later. We walked in and our sniffers were hit with all kinds of goodness.

As we came through the main gate we grabbed a bag for all our goodies. We started to walk around and looked at all the different cooking supplies and foods and drinks you could buy. There were lots of products to look at. Some stands had samples to taste.

After going through all the vendors we headed for the food and drink section. We had to buy tickets to use for buying samples. 2 tickets would get you an once of wine. 5-8 tickets would get you some type of food.

I found a beer I really liked. Its made from rice. It was very smooth and tasty. I will be picking some up soon.

Gregg watched Bob Blumer “the Surreal Gourmet” make grilled pizza. We both thought it was funny since we already do it at home on our bbq. Its one of the best ways to cook pizza.

I also found a new wine that I must try again. Its made by “Lotusland Vineyards” right here in Abbotsford! The wine is a new creation called “Ortega”. Its a white wine. It was so yummy I could drink it every day. I will put this on my Christmas list.

My Sister and her hubby showed up half way through the afternoon. When it was time to leave they took Mom with them and headed to my Niece’s place in Langley for a coffee. Gregg and I headed home.

Once we were home, I sorted out all the stuff in my goodie bag. Check out all the swag! Lots of cat food samples. Baby likes them, but Bunny thinks that Duck flavored food is not yummy. I got recipes and coupons and the V8 fusion plus the razors were being given away at the door as you left. I tried out the razor and must say I like it. It would be a good thing to take with for traveling.

So, all in all, I think it was a nice day. We all had a good time.

P.S. Sorry this is a week late. I was waiting for Gregg to edit the pictures.

We will be taking pictures and will blog all about it on Monday.

We headed to Walmart to see what we could find. I found a great deal on a set of 3 Starfrit fry pans for 20 bucks. Usually 1 pan costs 20 bucks. I also found a pair of sandals that were 39 bucks regular but were priced down to 5 bucks! They fit great and will look good with jeans.

After Walmart we headed for Zellers and met up with my sister inlaw Gizy for lunch. I got my Jane lipstick and even got Waltrude to try out a new color, 2 in fact. Gizy took off back home, probably to jump in her hot tub. After we said goodbye we walked across the parking lot to the Shoe Company. Where all 3 of us found something we had to have. Waltrude found a nice purse, mom found sleek white shoes and I found cute red sandals. Regular price was 39.99 and on sale 29.99 and I used my points and go them for 22.95 including taxes. Not too bad!

This is the first pair of red shoes I have every bought. I like to stick to neutral colors, but I just could not resist these cuties. I did debate with my inner self for a while in the store. My sister and mom looked at me a bit funny. I finally gave in and did it.

After all the shopping we stopping at Costco for gas 1.29 L. is a good price. Then around the corner to the recycle depot to drop off an old monitor. Finally back here to kick me out and mom and Waltrude are still doing a bit more running around.

We did come up with a few ideas. We have decided that since Mom will have room in her new condo, we will be doing a ladies movie evening once a month. No hubbies and no kids. Sounds like fun to me! I will email all the ladies with the details and we can start doing this in September. Also  I was thinking we can do a “make-up” party. Clothing exchange party, and so many more parties. We will figure it all out.

1. Raul- Hummingbird604
2. Gary- Bluefur
3. Kulpreet- Kulpreet
4. Rebecca- Miss604
5. John- JohnChow

They all had very interesting topics. It was mostly about using WordPress.com. Gregg and I have been using WordPress for a few years now. I really like it. Its so easy to use. I got some great tips on how to make my blog better. I hope that I’ll be able to use all the tips. I didn’t mingle much with all the people. I wanted to , but my mouth has been so sore the last couple weeks that talking just makes it worse. I was popping painkillers throughout the meeting.

You can read more about WordCamp on Miss.604‘s blog. She was live blogging last night. I’m sure that Raul was doing it too. I’ll be adding all these blogs to my blogroll today. I hope they do the same for me.

Today my sister is taking mom and dad to Burnaby Hospital. Dad needs to get a bone scan again to see if his cancer has spread. He has been in a lot of pain the last few weeks. So much so, that he doesnt even want to walk. He moves from bed to his lazyboy chair. Mom has him on a higher dose of painkillers. I hope it hasnt spread to the rest of his body. If it has then he will be going thru a lot of pain right till the end. Mom has finally asked for some help from the health care unit here in town. She will be having a lady come stay with dad once a week so she can go out and do shopping and such. She needs the break even if its only one morning a week.

Let’s see, what else is happening? hmmmm… We have the fire department walking thru the building this afternoon testing all the alarms in every suite. Should be fun. Baby and Bunny run and hide and freak out. All the alarms are connected. Its going to be noisy today. I hope the weather will be nice this weekend. I would like to take the bikes out and go for a ride around Mill Lake Park. As long as I dont get too sick. Have to wait and see how I am feeling by then.

So what is everybody doing this weekend? Anyone hitting the Pet Expo? or how bout the Taboo show? I think we might go tomorrow just for something to do. Otherwise it will be a lazy weekend. I have a couple novels I need to finish. I read while Gregg does his stuff on the computer.

Hmmm….I think I’m addicted to  Diet Coke. How much is too much?

Its on at: Saturday, March 29, 2008 @ 10am-6pm
Sunday, March 30, 2008 @ 11am-5pm. —->clicky

Funny part is, they are on at the same time as the “Taboo Sex Show“…lol

Soon our food arrived. We watched the men having a good laugh having a full sized spiderman sitting with them. Then all of a sudden the men all got up and grabbed spidey and took him to the washroom. I thought that maybe they didn’t want to leave him alone while they all where in there. (some men like to use the washroom together). A few minutes later they all returned except spiderman. Hmmm…. where was he?

I found out he was busy in the woman’s washroom. I figured I needed to see this. I grabbed the camera and headed for the washroom. There he was, sitting in the first stall. I snapped a few shots of the famous Spidey.

After dinner we checked out the smallest lounge in BC. Just off of the Mt.Lehman exit is a new liquor store and next door is a small 10 seat lounge. It was cute and comfy. We finished our drink and headed home. Once we were home we got ready to eat some cake.

Oh it was yummy! Even after 5 years it tasted great. This will take a weekend to eat…lol! Its so sweet and rich that I can only eat a bit at a time. I am not eating that thick icing, its like pure sugar. I’m sure this will put on a couple pounds!

After that we headed into Vancouver to the PNE. If you stop at 7-11 you can buy tickets and get 5 bucks off. We did that. We pulled into the parking lot and paid 15 bucks to park! ouch. We walked the grounds and realized that it has gotten smaller. I remember when there was so much to do and see. Those were the good old days. Now the Marketplace is only one building instead of three. The rides are ok, but I dont go on them now that I have the dizzies. We watched the Superdogs. Had some garlic fries that were very yummy. Had to have the mini donuts. I think this is the real reason we go there. I bought a t-shirt and a crystal nail file which I love, and some nail polish called “nail jazz“. I have been wanting these for a few years now. Finally splurged and bought them. When the polish runs out I can replace it with my know polish. I’ll do a review soon. Oh yeah, we ran into Cynthia and Steve and their friends. they were doing family time with the kids.

We decided to hit the road back home at about 6pm. I wasn’t feeling too good. My IC started up and my tummy was upset. I think it was the garlic fries.  I had wanted to see Tanya Tucker on the main stage but I just couldn’t take the pain. The traffic wasn’t too bad so we got home in good time. I had a bath and took my meds and went to bed. Gregg made some dinner for us and we watched Big Brother together. I fell asleep so after.

This morning I feel pretty good. I’m doing the laundry and waiting for shaw cable to come and install the digital phone. I have chili cooking in the crockpot…yum.

I am going to finally get around to posting about the snore shirt that Gregg won.  That will be next.

So today I am here for a bit just catching up on my email and anything else that can’t wait. I’ve been listening to Jets flying over our place all morning. I guess they are getting ready for the Abbotsford Airshow this weekend. Its their 45th year. Its been many moons since I was last there. I can’t even remember how long ago in was. Possibly with my folks when I was about 11, I’m guessing the age, but it was about that age give or take a year. I remember it was very loud and thats all I remember…lol. (good times)

Off to have some nibblies and watch “Days of Our Lives”…yes I know I am hooked.