larry was to the doctor today. traffic into the city was light. afterward we when to costco for some groceries. otherwise, a very good, relaxing day :-)
today we went to see my dad at his care home. afterwards we went to my mom’s to help her prepare for the fireplace installation that is happening tomorrow. then we all had dinner
yesterday, i had gone to the library to get a couple of cooking books. i do this every once in a while to get some new ideas / new recipes. one book was for stews which had a ‘fruit stew’ recipe and thought i ought to try something similar, based on the recipe
this morning i was to the store for ingredients. bought 4 apples (4 different types), 4 pears (2 different types), prunes (about a cup), and 1 lemon. at home i got out the slow cooker adding 1/3 cup maple syrup and 2/3 cup water. then i pealed, cored and eighthed the pears & apples. grated the lemon peal, then pealed and halved it. tossed in the prunes and added 1/2 cup dried cranberries. lastly, i stirred everything and cooked it the fruits on low for 6 hours
the result…. very tasty!
we had a quiet day today. took the dogs on a big walk at burnaby lake
we went to the movies this afternoon as we wanted to see the new star trek movie that opened today. it was exactly as we expected the star trek movies to be; a good old bang-bang shoot them up flick
today was about getting my two sisters to the airport. their plane was departing at 9:30 and they wanted to be there for 8:00 a.m. traffic was light (well the route we took it was light) so we got there early and had lots of time for coffee and bagels before they departed
went for a run this morning (with lucy) and then we were off to get a few groceries for the dinner we are having tonight; bbq salmon, boiled new potatoes, caesar salad, baguette… YUMMMM
today we all met up at the shopping mall and got a few things (my one sister needing a new bag to get some of her new purchases home with her). we also found the bee’s wax store that my one sister found online and its located here in burnaby. bee’s wax is very hard to find, and this store does lots of national and international shipping and even supplies martha stewart!
today we were off for dim sum. last we we took my sister - it was her first time to have dim sum. this year, it was my other sister’s first time to have dim sum
afterward we checked out granville island
