Monday October 24th - A not so busy weekend

 

Conditions at 6:30 am: clear starry skies and 6'
Expected later: mainly cloudy with some sun and a high of 12'

It was a busy weekend but not chaotic. I worked on Friday night and then again on Saturday - 2nd shift from 2:30 to 7:30. Only problem was they thought I was still training and so I wasn't on the regular shift schedule and no one relieved me for a 15 minute break.Believe me, when you stand in one spot and don't move for 5 hours you really feel it. They were very apologetic and I know it was just a mix up and likely won't happen again. But I was ever so glad to get outside and walk around when it was over. Not to worry. A glass of wine and some nacho's solved the problem quite nicely on my way home.

We're doing Mexican this week and so Sunday morning I tried out a recipe I found for flour tortilla's. I thought it might be nice to make our own instead of buying them. I was going to have them all made ahead of time. Brenda came over after church and helped me roll and cook them. She really enjoyed the experience and we decided we'll save some of them for rolling and cooking in class. The dough is very easy to make and we found that you need to let it rest for a bit before rolling and cooking. That produced a much lighter and  fluffier texture. In the end we were very impressed with ourselves. We need to make some more so she's coming over again tonight and we'll do another couple of batches. That will give us lots to work with and the girls will have some to take home.

I spent the afternoon emptying and washing down the fridge, which was badly overdue, then made my list for school (and home). Cooper and I went into town to get groceries. When I parked at Sobey's in Stratford, there was a little dog in the car next to mine. I put the windows part way down and I went into the Dollar Store. When I came out, Cooper was sitting in the drivers seat staring straight ahead, totally ignoring this little dog barking like mad at him. Once I was all done at all the stops, we headed home. I put everything away and made something for supper, then it was rest and relaxation for the rest of the evening.

Patti called to tell me that Meghan is in a skating meet next weekend and it will be available to watch online. Hopefully I'll get to see some of it. We have the spaghetti dinner at the rec centre next Sunday so we'll likely be starting fairly early on with that. Next weekend will be a busy one.