Saving on My Food Bill

   Much nicer today - even some sun this afternoon! I think it got up to about 10C which is a move in the right direction. I hung out my washing this morning and it is now dry and back inside. Fresh sheets on my bed tonight!

   I had a nice surprise at the grocery store today as I had racked up $20 in PC Points so, some free groceries. I use my PC card for almost everything and it's surprising how quickly the points accumulate. I paid for my upcoming trip with the card and that got me quite a bunch. Also, by loading offers to my card on things I usually buy got me another 2,000 points today ($2).

    Finally feeling more like myself today - I had a long(ish) walk this afternoon through the park to make sure the tennis courts were open. People were actually playing but some of the wind screens still need to go up. Perhaps I will be playing outdoors this week after all.

    My favourite, salmon, for dinner tonight and I think I will break my "no carb" rule and make some quinoa. Haven't had that in ages. If there's any left over it will be a quinoa salad tomorrow. Red peppers were on "special" today and I bought two, so maybe I could make quinoa stuffed peppers. Lots of choices!

End of March

   The snow has gone but not much of an improvement in the weather - raining on and off all day and only 5C for a while this afternoon. An indoor day today.

   Tried my step class video this morning and barely made it through to the end. Haven't done much else all day and had a long nap this afternoon. I think I may still be recuperating from the stomach flu although it doesn't usually take me so long to bounce back. I am desperate to get outside and be doing things in the garden. I think that would do the trick. Surely April will bring us some nicer weather!

   I made a batch of sugar cookies this afternoon to replenish the cookie stash in the freezer. I daren't keep them in a cupboard or they would be gone in no time. It was almost a disaster as they weren't quite done when the timer went off and I meant to give them 5 more minutes, then got distracted. They are a little too brown and crisper than I like, but still edible. Phew!

   Fish for dinner tonight and now I feel bloated which is another reason I don't think I am back to normal. Hope it stays down!

It's Snowing!

   We're not done with winter yet! Only a few millimetres is forecast to fall and this will be followed by freezing rain and rain later tonight. March certainly seems to be going out like a lion!

   The nets are scheduled to go up at the tennis courts on Saturday but it will be a cold, uncomfortable job and I doubt anyone will have their raquets out - certainly I won't - maybe next week.

   Mahjong this morning ( I won twice) followed by Bridge. so I was quite brain dead when I got home at 3:00 p.m. Nothing else on the agenda and I plan to just have soup and the rest of my lunch sandwich for dinner. It's a night to stay by the fire and relax with a good book, of which I have several. Stay warm!

Under the Weather

   I haven`t been posting for a few days as I have spent my days in bed with stomach flu - vomiting continuously for 24 hours until I was dry heaving, very unpleasant! Feeling a bit better now and managing to keep down a little food, just not overdoing it. I think I picked it up from the grandkids as I babysat them on Saturday, the boys were throwing up on Sunday and I started it Sunday night/Monday morning. Luckily I have a good book to read, `The Thirteenth Tale` by Dianna Setterfield. I can`t wait to see how it ends!

   I managed out this afternoon for the first time since Sunday  and found I was missing my wallet. The last time I used it was Saturday at the grocery store so I headed over there and, lo and behold, that`s where I had left it. How careless! Luckily, it was intact so I dodged a bullet there. People in our community are so honest.

    I phoned in sick for my shift at the coffee bar (didn`t want to spread any lingering germs to the seniors) but did go to Book Club. Interesting discussions but I was a bit pooped when I got home so won`t go out to dance group tonight. Just something light for dinner. I had a bowl of cauliflower soup and a hard-boiled egg for lunch and that has stayed with me until now.