Dare I?!

April 7, 2009 – Day 97

Today was the first day this year that I didn’t wear or carry (in my bag) my scarf and mitts to work. The mittens are many years old but they’re still toasty warm on the coldest of winter days so I can’t bear to part with them to buy new ones - but I have absolutely no problem putting them away for the next seven or eight months!

I wonder if I dare put them away yet?!

I'm a Singer!

April 6, 2009 – Day 96

Well if the truth be known, I’m NOT a singer - but I have a whole lot of fun pretending I am! This is my collection of PlayStation 2 singstar games and as far as I know, it’s complete and up-to-date. It’s especially fun to play when my kids and grandkids are visiting and we all let loose and sing our hearts out.

Bath Time

April 5, 2009 – Day 95

Little Bear had a bath today. He loves to swim, and it’s hard to get him out of the water once he’s in a lake or river - but he hates to bath. Can you tell?

First BBQ? Not Quite...

April 4, 2009 – Day 94

My picture today was going to be of our first bar-b-que of the season; however, when Ken fired up the bar-b-que, he discovered we were out of propane. The rest of the meal was ready and we didn’t want to waste the extra time running out to fill the tank so I decided to try frying the steaks. I haven’t fried steak in years; in fact, I never buy steak during the winter months because I have this idea in my head that steak is wasted if it isn’t cooked on the bar-b-que. However, this was a good excuse to use my “new” frying pans – and the steak was surprisingly delicious fried!

I prefer rib steak (medium-rare); Ken likes T-Bone (well done). I fried one of each and an extra rib steak to use in another meal for Ken and I - maybe wraps.

Cherry Blossom

April 3, 2009 – Day 93

When my sisters and I were young, we never had a regular allowance but once in a while mom would give us a dollar to share between the 4 of us. Back then, 25 cents went a long way. Our favourite place to go with our loot was Syl’s Confectionery in High Prairie, where we’d spend every cent. We could buy five pieces of Double Bubble gum for a penny, Mojo candies were two for a penny, a Pep chocolate/mint bar was five cents. There were so many candies to choose from and it took us what seemed like hours to make our selections but by the end of our shopping excursion we would have a brown sandwich bag more than half full of candy. I bet mom gave us that dollar knowing it would buy her some free time! :-)

Once in a while we would spend more of our 25 cents on one item: chips were ten cents, pop was 12. One of my absolute favourites was the Cherry Blossom; like a chocolate bar, it cost ten cents - but it was worth every single little bite.

Now that I’m an adult I prefer savory treats and rarely eat sweets or candy but once in a while I do indulge in a sweet and when I do, there’s nothing quite like a good old-fashioned Cherry Blossom. It’s one of those rare things that really does taste as good now as I remember it tasting way back when.

The Winning Ticket?

April 2, 2009 – Day 92

I’m not much of a gambler but since Cathy and Barry won just under $77,000.00 a few weeks ago, Ken and I thought we should buy a couple tickets and try our luck as well. Today I finally remembered to buy those tickets. After finding out that they were only $2 each, I decided to splurge; I bought 3!

After the cashier told me how much the tickets cost, the conversation between her and I went something like this: I’ll take 3 please. What kind? What kind?! Quick picks please. No, what kind of quick picks? Oh, there are more than one kind? There are 3 kinds. Oh. What kinds are there? She named the 3 different kinds and I recognized “649” so that’s the kind I bought. :-)

What is the "Extra" on this ticket? You must have to pay extra? lol Should I have paid the extra? Does it increase your chances of winning?

It might take me weeks to remember to check the numbers after the draw date, which I’m assuming by the ticket is Saturday, April 4th.

Ouch!

April 1, 2009 – Day 91

I burned my hand on the top element of the oven when I was making our mini pizzas Saturday evening. It still hurts but I find ozonol soothes it.