Monday, August 25th - a pretty busy weekend

Conditions at 5:10 am: 13' and partly cloudy
Expected later: 24' mainly sunny but will feel more like 30' - we knew summer wasn't over yet!

It's been a busy few days. Friday after work, we enjoyed some oven baked chicken, smashed new potatoes from the garden along with some fresh picked yellow beans, carrots and zucchini with our company. After supper Brenda and Bernie came over and we all enjoyed a few drinks, some of us more than others. It was considerably quieter on Saturday morning.

I was fortunate to have the day off so Brenda, Bev and I ventured into town early in the morning. We toured the farmers market, the grocery store, the liquor store after picking up some live lobsters for supper. Bev wanted some island lobster before going home and she wasn't disappointed.  When we got back from town, Tiny and Lloyd were gone off somewhere so we had something to eat and headed over to Lakeside for a walk on the beach. It was a nice warm day but there was a fairly strong wind so there were lots of waves. It was a great afternoon. When we got home, the boys were back. They had gone out to Souris for breakfast then toured the north shore on the way home.

Supper Saturday night was the above mentioned lobster, melted butter, potato salad, coleslaw and home made bread. After cleaning up the mess from that, we finished with sticky date pudding and toffee sauce. After supper the boys went over to Bernie's for - surprise - more drinks! Not quite as many were consumed as the night before. Sunday morning I was up early to get ready for brunch as the Van Gaals were joining us. I baked some cinnamon rolls, blueberry muffins (thank you Brenda for the fresh picked berries!), a ham and cheese strata and grilled lobster sandwiches to use up the left over lobster from the night before. Needless to say, a good time was had by all, and we learned something new in the process. Lloyd has a CO2 tank that he uses to make carbonated water. We tried it with a bottle of white wine and got sparkling wine! Mixed with a little orange juice, it was almost as good as the real thing. Good enough for us, anyway. Who knew???



After cleaning up the dishes, Brenda and Bernie went home and we all headed into town. We parked the car and toured around the water front. Bev and I did a little shopping while the boys found a park bench in a shady spot - a perfect place to enjoy some ice cream. The day actually turned out pretty warm and it was nice to be out enjoying it.

When we got back home, we put a chicken on the BBQ sitting on a beer can.. While it cooked, we all had a bit of a rest before we put the fresh corn on the cob in to cook. It was a bit of a 'use up the leftovers' kind of night - left over salads from the night before and the last of the sticky date pudding and sauce. It had been a busy weekend.

Today Bev and Tiny are heading out to Cavendish while I'm at work.  This evening we're heading out to the Celebration Zone again to see Mary Walsh. Now that should be interesting!