Week Update

Here it is the end of my week's vacation. Wow, is it ever nice to not have to go in to work, and endure the endless crisis, fires of the day, etc that goes along with it. Well, I'm back to work for three weeks, and then off for the last week in August. Yippee, something to look forward to!!!

Had a great week off, and enjoyed some of the following:

Started with the belly dance wrap up, and class outing to a local Vietnamese restaurant, where I had sea bass in a light ginger sauce. J & I ordered an appetizer plate, as did two of the other ladies in the group. Each appetizer plate had one deep fried shrimp. The other two stole the deep fried shrimp from our appetizer plate. What's up with that? LOL!

Hung out by the pool at J's and worked on our tans. This year, I purchased some pool toys, so each had their own, and I did not get accused of being the "pool toy hog" this year.

Went to a posh jewellery party, and bought a white pearl blossom; a gorgeous white anklet, and a great pair of hoop earrings. Check them out at www.lebeadoir.com

Saturday was beach day,. We have a great local beach in Port Dalhousie,(see previous post), that has limited parking, and tends to get very very busy on hot summer weekends. I decided to beat the frustration of driving around for a half an hour or more waiting for a parking spot, so I drove three quarters of the way there, parked the car at a friends, and bused the rest of the way. I know, I know, this violates The Secret, which says I should just go there, and know that the parking spot will be there for me. But this worked so well, I'd do it again, next time.

Sunday was RibFest--an event held by the local Rotary Club, where a number of vendors come in and cook ribs. They had about 7 rib vendors, from as far away as Kentucky and New Mexico, some from down the road in Fort Erie. Fortunately, for me, since I don't eat ribs, there were vendors with other food selections. I had my usual "Blooming Onion" after waiting in line for one for about 35 minutes -- a deep fried battered concoction:

Dessert was also deep fried battered --a funnel cake with ice cream and strawberries. Do you see a pattern developing here? Yes, I eat my way through rib fest, avoiding the $20.00 for a full rack of ribs, in favour of $7.00 onions and $7.00 funnel cakes, all gloriously deep fried.

Today, was Civic Holiday, and another day off work. A few of us went to the Fort Erie Race Track, to enjoy the sun, the $1.00 hot dogs, our $2.00 bets, and watch the ponies run. A good time was had by all, even though we did not win enough to retire.

Back to work now...boo hoo!