Enjoy....Part 2

I have previously posted about this place a while back. This is located in St. Albert where I lived for more than 10 years and I used to go an visit it...it was known then as Holes Greenhouse.

This place is more than just green house and there are different stores there that it is interesting to visit and just browse at all the things that are for sale.

I went with my cousin who was visiting and she enjoyed the visit and this weekend, I will take another friend who is visiting this coming weekend.

 

 

The jam and preserves section

 

Garden items or home decor

 

Water feature decor for the garden, really beautiful and different

 

Some of the items at the home decor store

 

It is just a nice and relaxing place to visit. Next time I might try to have a meal there. I also have taken pictures of the plants on display there. I hope you will enjoy, when you have  a chance to vixit Enjoy.

 

 



Weekend projects

I was trying to get back to sewing and so the last weekend, I sewed table cloth for my dining table and floor cushion. I also did a cover for my glass top night table in my bedroom.

I have been trying to finish changing my bedroom decor and I had a hard time trying to find the frames that I wanted. Finally this weekend, we were out shopping and looking for floor lamp and by accident found a store with the right frames that will go well with what I have started in my bedroom.

Back at Ikea as I had returned a side table because it was damaged and got myself a bonsai plant.
Also I found placemats at Fabricland, I was there to buy fabric to sew placemats but found the right one and coordinating colour to my table cloth.

My apologies as I have mentioned I will post pictures, I will soon.

Enjoy this week, I am looking forward to a visit of a friend...I have known him for 25 years or more.

What the truck?

This was an event sponsored by our community league last month. Food trucks were parked by the Victoria Promenade on a Friday night and the residents and anybody can go and order from the 10 trucks that participate.

It was a very hot afternoon. It started at 5:00 and went on till 9:00 pm. There were all kinds of food, from Chinese to Filipino and the usual pub grub. As always there were a few favourite trucks and the line up was quite long.

I did not realize that there were that many food trucks in the city. I am only aware of the few who park close to my building downtown at lunch time.

I was with a former office mate who does not like being exposed to the sun, which was a bummer as she kept complaining of the heat. I managed to line up for my mini donuts and that was about it.

Next time, I know not to ask her to go with me.

 

Three of the food trucks that were there.

 

 







Rant and rave......

I do not want to post negative things after I have not posted for a while but I will do it anyway.....

Why do drivers think they have the right to get upset when someone honks at them for still going when left turn signal has turned red, and they still continue to drive?

Restaurants who serve fish and chips and the batter is like the lemon chicken you get in bad Chinese restaurant and you can hardly find the fish.....Ricky's Grill....take it off your menu...really nasty.

Friend/s who think that someone is responsible for their social life....try to be a bit more friendly and maybe you can have more friends.

Companies who keep calling even if you tell them you are not interested and not answering their call or hanging up on them, do they just not get it?

Co-worker who thinks she knows it all....but not really!!!

People who walk and text messages, is it really that important, they can't wait to get back inside....sometimes they are being close to being run over, they are so into texting. It is the same with people who after getting a seat in a restaurant and gets on their cell phones right away.

Just a few of these and I am already feeling better....I believe I might just do this regularly!!!

Enjoy.....

Happy Birthday Gino.....

He was born 31 years ago today but sadly he is no longer with us.

A great friend, a good son, the best brother, and my favorite nephew.

A decent human being.

We miss you and we think of you always.

Wherever you are, I hope you are at peace.

God bless....love you.

A very sad news.......

The past week had been such a sad week.

When I started my new job six months ago, the first staff member to really welcome me was one of our building operators. It was in February and I remember him and his red and black leather and suede jacket.

He would come to work early and would always give me a hug. My desk became the pit stop for candies and other kinds of munchies as the one before me had started it. Everyone would stop by and grab whatever is the snack for that day or days.

One time my blood sugar was down and I needed to have something sweet and there was none left at all and there was nothing in the kitchen. An office mate had an orange and she gave it to me.

The next morning feeling guilty, he was at the office early and I had arrived and he told me that he just wanted to give me something and he put two small packages of candies in my hand and told me to hide it.

He is so helpful and understanding and I really appreciated all the help. This week I found out he had a stroke and so I went to visit him in the hospital. There I gave him a hug and he looked so different. He had a hard time speaking and was so frustrated at his difficulty of trying to speak and to think of what to say. I brought him cookies. When I asked him if his son has visited, he started to cry and it was hard to console him. When we left to go, he was in tears and was holding on to my hand.

On Friday, one of the guys visited him at the hospital and when he got back to the office, I was told that he has brain and lung cancer and that he was asking for me and my cookies.

So I went to see him again Friday after work and when we were ready to go, he started to cry again and it was so hard to leave him. He does not have family in the city. I brought him more cookies and sweet and told him we will be back to visit.

It is so hard to see a man who I have seen so strong before crying and I hope that his faith is strong. I don't know how long he has but I hope that he is not pain.

God bless you, Dwayne.

End of the visit......

My cousin left today to go back up North. We had a really wonderful and enjoyable visit. Today, we went to church and I have always wanted to try the Chinese Catholic Church 2 blocks away from my place. So off we go and when we got there, it looks like a nice little church.

A while back while walking I had noticed that they had English service and so we went but I was completely wrong with regards to the time. I thought the 11:00 am was the English one but it was the earlier one. So we sat there and it was part English and Cantonese. It was a very different experience.
Next time I will go to the earlier service.

After that it was time to take her to catch the shuttle bus to the airport.

I took her to Enjoy which I had posted before but this time, I took a lot more pictures. I will post it later.

Now back to the grind. I am already looking forward to the weekend as this had been a busy 10 days for me and a stressful week at work as well.