How time flies.....

He would have turned 31 this year. It is so sad that he would not experience a lot of things. Being in a relationship, getting married, being a father, the feeling of having a successful store, going to Las Vegas and attending wedding of his friend. I know he would have loved a return trip to England, going to more concerts and getting all the toys, maybe like kindle fire, latest version of Iphone and all kinds of video games. And most of all being with his family.

Four years ago June 29, he decided that maybe this is not all worth living for. Maybe he is right and is now in a safe place but then again maybe he did not really think of what it would be like for all of us he left behind. I realize and accept now that we will never know and I believe that as time goes on, it really never gets easier especially for his parents and his sister.

There are times when the thought of him just comes up and I wonder why after all these years, the hurt is still strong. I don't know if the saying time heals all wounds is true in this case. I know we will always love him and remember him with the fondest of memories. At times I could still hear his laughter and the way he did things.

The other day, I found one of his business cards and wondered if this was a sign of something. I thought maybe he thinks I have started to forget him, but that is not the case. A week ago I wore one of my earrings and remembered that he bought that particular pair when he was here on a visit and remembered well how he told me, he will choose two pairs and it would be his birthday present for me.

I hope that wherever he is, he knows and believes that he will always be in our hearts and that we miss you very much. Let me just say that you turned out to be such a good and decent human being and as your Tita I could not have been more proud. God Bless...

This was one of the songs played at his funeral. The song was sung by his brother-in-law Mike. I could not download it here and so just chose this one. Mike's version is so lovely, I have a cd of it and play it often.

What's cooking/baking

I have not posted about baking or cooking in a while. I always forget to take pictures and even if I had baked anything, I seem to remember about taking pictures after I had cut or eaten part of what I had baked or cooked.

Today was not a busy day so I decided to bake soft dinner rolls and I tried a new recipe and I am glad I did as it turned out very well.

For supper I cooked fish and chips and tried a new batter for the fish. Since I do not drink beer, I never have it on hand so I could not do a beer battered fish.

I just looked for a different recipe and found one that is crispy and good texture, so I might use it again.

Soft dinner rolls, very easy to make and very good recipe, a keeper.

Chocolate covered strawberries, I was doing something with chocolate and has a bit of leftover and I had bought thiese large berries so I just dip them in the chocolate, not as nice as I would want it to be but none the less, yummy.

I made this for myself on Mother's day as I did not want to go out, I was feeling lazy.

My indulgence for the month, I like trying new chips and when I find new or different ones, I always get them to try. The sweet Maui onion is good.

And of course I had to have the chips with my own concoction of strawberry margarita, I am getting really good at making this.

Enjoy the work week, I am feeling a bit better going to work now a days.



Just taking a break...

I have received email and phone calls asking if I am ok, well, I am except I had been busy and stressed at work for the last 3 weeks or so. I almost wanted to post something about it but decided not to as I might have done a long rant. It was so bad that I had sent out resumes. And maybe 5 other officemates who did the same...that is how bad it was.

I will just mention that it is about a new person at work who managed to bring the morale of the office down in 3 days. But I am happy to say...she is gone.

Tonight I had just turned on my computer to see if I had something to post and I heard some kind of sound like fireworks and went out my balcony and sure enough, there was fireworks. I don't have a clue what is the occasion but it was just nice to watch one at about 11:15pm. Not like a Canada Day fireworks but good enough to enjoy.

I am looking forward to the long weekend. I do not have plans but I just love the thought of doing nothing. But I think I will rearrange my bedroom, getting bored with how it is now.

Enjoy the weekend and I am ok....just a bit stressed.

Glenora Bistro...

It was stressful at work on Wednesday so an officemate and I went out to have lunch to relieve the stress. We were going to Red Robin but found out it was under renovation. We decided to go to the Elm which has the reputataion of having one of the best sandwiches in downtown but we could not get parking.

We ended up at the Glenora Bistro and hoped for the best. We were seated right away and the place was not busy. I was not sure what to order but the server explained their specials and we chose to have the fish special which is salmon and halibut with rice and vegetables.

It was well cooked and good flavour and big serving. We both ordered the same and thoroughly enjoyed the meal. I am sure to go back there. Good food, good service and good atmosphere. And the price of the meal is not bad either.

So I highly recommend it and I will try brunch/breakfast there soon and I wish I can remember to take pictures next time. Anyone can google it.

It is close to the weekend, after a stressful few days, I am really looking forward to the 2 days of not being in a stressful environment.

CIBO.....

I do not do a lot of reviews especially if I have not even eaten at this place.

An office mate went to have lunch here last week and raved about the seafood chowder. I love chowders. So a friend and I went there last Friday to try the chowder. It was still early and we found the place.

They probably just opened the doors for dinner. We went in and was asked if we had reservations. The place was empty and we wondered about the question. They asked if it was table for two and they seated us. The server gave us the menu and went to get us water.

I might add that even before going in, I told my friend we are only here for the chowder. While looking at the menu, we found out they were not serving the chowder and it was only at lunch.

We started to stand up to leave the place and told them, we were only there for the chowder. The server was a bit upset and told us "Well, good luck finding seafood chowder". Well, being Friday we actually found a place with clam chowder and it was good.

I was going to say something but decided to just leave the place. Well, this is one restaurant I will tell people not to go even if someone had mentioned how good the seafood chowder is there.

That service was awful to say the least. CIBO -- two thumbs down!!! I can make my own sseafood chowder and it will probably better than yours.

A few pictures....

What a warm weekend! I enjoyed the past two days sitting on the balcony and just enjoying the warm weather. A lot of golfers across the street and cricket games going the whole weekend.

This afternoon I made strawberry margarita and had it watching the activities from my balcony. I had a chicken and bean burrito with that. I am trying to get a bit of a tan, just a bit.

Friday was a stressful day at work as it was the opening of our residential high rise and I needed a break after that. A friend picked me up and we went for dinner and as she likes to go to the casino, I went and actually won $60.00. I was playing penny machine. The old lady beside me was quite nice and she was also winning so was the old gentleman beside her. I think it was seniors night at the casino, lots of them around that night.

I was trying to be smart about it and cashed in while I was ahead.

Here are a few pictures I took at the Enjoy Centre.

Another workweek, hope it goes fast.