I am so fed up with myself. I should have posted two days ago! And I could have if I had thought of it. Grrrrr.....
We had a fantastic time in Vancouver. I'm not even sure I mentioned that we were heading to Vancouver. I gave Dorothy that other love seat, I do believe I did mention that. I got all flustered and worried about how we were going to get it into the van. Neither Ange nor I can lift, given our back situations. But Monte just picked it up, got it outside, rolled end over end to the van then lifted it in. Have I mentioned how handy it is to have a strong man in the house?
We got the one o'clock ferry on Sat. He dropped me off at April's and then went on to Dorothy's and delivered the couch. He spent one night at Graeme's and the next two at Emily's.
Meanwhile Chef April made a fantastic shepherd's pie for dinner whilst Myles and I had a fantastic visit. I absolutely love hearing about his job and how it works and his stories. It's always so interesting. He is a longshoreman. How often do you get the chance to learn about that??!!
The next day we just relaxed and the kids reorganized their spare room. That sure brought back memories. Hey, just a minute! I need to reorganize my own. I was thinking that that only happened yonks ago when I was in little apartments! Sigh. Some things never change.
Later that afternoon we went to Baka's, Myles's gramma. She is the sweetest strongest older lady I have ever met. And incredibly interesting. She is the same age Bill would be if he was still alive. And she lives in a beautiful senior's high rise. The amazing chef was putting on a deluxe buffet in honour of Remembrance Day and Baka, when she heard I was in town, invited me!
So down we went to the dining room and there was the most amazing delicious spread. Giant med rare roast beef and jus, horseradish, Yorkshire puddings, potatoes, turnips, yams, delicious poached salmon, huge bowls or massive perfectly cooked prawns, cocktail sauce, three different salads and best, and I mean best, of all, were soft pillowy tomatoey, ravioli. Stuffed as I was, I grabbed a dessert plate and went and got another helping of that ravioli! And it all came with a delicious glass of red or white. Incredible.
We then went back up to her apartment and stayed another hour or two and visited. What a wonderful wonderful time we had.
The next day we headed back to the ferry and then a quick, yeah right, quick stop at Costco. I have maybe four or five things on the list. Well, five frigging hundred dollars later....we waddled out of there having made a stop for hot dogs, pizza, poutine and ice cream cone. No wonder we are fat. But boy it was good...and fun!
So now home and got projects on the go. I am going to post on Sunday the twentieth. Maybe something will happen worth reporting between now and then. There was one incident that happened just before we left last week. I will tell you about it on Sunday. Take care people, stay safe, wear a mask if you can and TTYL
'Hunger gives flavour to food.' Almit Kilmantri
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| THERE WE ARE, AFTER DINNER |
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| FOOD EXHAUSTION! |
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