Checking ID

After the Craft Fair last evening, my best friend and I decided to stop by the casino for a bit. There's a restaurant in the local one my best friend likes to eat at.

As we walked into the casino, he was ahead of me and as I headed to catch up, I got asked for ID. I'm not really sure if that's a good thing, or not. I take it I look like I'm 25 or so, so I look at least 5 years younger than I really am. I'll take that as a compliment but I did have a good laugh over it. Especially because the security guard got a little sheepish once he realized how old I really was. He backtracked a bit and told me I look so young for my age. Again, I'll take that as a bit of a compliment. At least I don't look as old as I feel. As you can probably tell, I don't get asked for ID all that often.

I also think it was a good thing to realize the Security guard was doing his job very well. I felt a bit safer going into a place like that.

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Lynn

Craft Fairs and my best friend

It's the Christmas craft fair season. Despite all of the personal things going on right now, I had time to visit one last evening with my best friend, who happens to be a guy.

I never thought that it's primarily a womanly thing to do and never thought he would feel out of place. However, he has never come to one of these things before.
We walked in and he was confronted by the fact that he was one of the only men in the room who wasn't selling something and wanted to leave right away. I had a bit of fun with it and left him in the main room while I shopped for some homemade marmalade for him (I can't eat it). He panicked a bit.

I guess I know who I won't be taking along again!

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Lynn

Pumpernickle Bread

For some reason I guess the majority of November's posts deal with food. That's okay. With all of the personal things going on, it's all I have time for.

I was out today visiting a friend. I hadn't seen my family for a while so while I was out, I stopped in for a brief visit. I wasn't expecting lunch, but as soon as I arrived there were sandwiches out and on the table.

I had never tried pumpernickel bread. In case I didn't like it, I never bought a whole loaf. I tried a vegetarian sandwich with it today. I have to say it wasn't bad. It was a mild tasting bread. I think the most difficult thing to get past was the colour: dark brown.

If it's ever on sale and I need an entire loaf, I will pick up some.

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Lynn

More Chocolate

I had success with 85% cocoa chocolate so I decided to try 90% cocoa. Big mistake.

The only reason to eat this is for it's medicinal properties. It is not sweet, nor does it taste very good. I will end my quest for chocolate here.

If you enjoy it, that's great. I'm not really sure why they make this at all.

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Lynn

Lasagna

I usually don't mention names of businesses in my blog. I don't like to give away free credit.

So I will word this blog carefully: there is a national donut shop that just introduced a lasagna dish that I wanted to try. If I have to eat something from this shop I usually have the chili. It's a wonderful standby.

I tried lasagna today. I wasn't all that impressed. The garlic bread had so much butter on it that I couldn't stand it. The lasagna needed more cheese. However, it was probably better for me that it didn't have that much of it or I would have gotten sick. But I can still dream about cheesy lasagna.

If you have tried it and liked it that's great. I won't be ordering it again.

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Lynn

Remembrance Day Ceremonies

I have to admit it. I have never been to a live Remembrance Day Ceremony. I usually watch the National ceremony on television.

This year was different. The town I live in had a new cenotaph built so it was also an unveiling as well.

It was raining but that didn't stop me from going out. I didn't think there would be many people but I was surprised. There were about 1000 people that showed up to remember our veterans.

The fly past was one of the most amazing things. They flew past twice. The sound of the engines was something to marvel at. Another interesting sound was the sound of the soldiers marching as they walked by. I will never forget that.

Here are some pictures:

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Lynn

Chocolate

Okay, so what's with the chocolate challenge?

I have never had 85% cocoa dark chocolate. My husband prefers white chocolate and I am always given milk chocolate to eat as a treat.

After our very big supper tonight, we had to do some grocery shopping.

I noticed this piece of chocolate on sale, so I picked it up.

I had a small piece to try and I quite liked it! There wasn't the bad aftertaste that comes with most chocolate. My husband said it was quite dry but I rather enjoyed it.

I think I'm going to try the 99% cocoa next. Maybe that will be a bit bitter.

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Lynn

Fusion Food

There's a restaurant nearby that serves Indian inspired chinese food. I have never eaten fusion food before. I had no idea what to expect.

Our dinner included:
Vegetable Pakora with spicy chutney - pieces of vegetable battered and deep fried
Vegetable Masala Fried rice - chinese style fried rice with masala spices
Hunan Chicken- pieces of chicken, in hunan sauce with peppers, coriander, and snow peas

I have to say this was one of the best dinners I have had out in a long time. The spices all worked very well together, and the restaurant even gave us green tea. What's even better: this experience didn't break the bank. It cost the same as going to a casual dining restaurant and having a hamburger. I am very grateful for that.

The pakora was easily the best I have ever had.

I can't wait to go back to this restaurant.

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Lynn

End of October review

It has been quite another month. In October, I was quite busy with volunteering and have been rather sick. However, that didn't stop me from:

-Eating breakfast for dinner
-Obtaining a new to me vehicle
-Reading Hope the book
-Visiting the Serpentine Sanctuary
-Visting Elgin Heritage Park
-Enjoying Fort Langley Grave Tales
-Running Out of gas
-Going Camping and the various other challenges that presented
-Visiting Roderick Haig Brown Park

For such an awful month with my health, combined with lots of volunteering, I still feel I accomplished quite a bit. I have enjoyed this month.

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Roderick Haig Brown Park

I regularly volunteer with a salmon hatchery. I have been with the hatchery for over three years. When we went away a few days ago, I wanted to go and see the Adams River run. This river's Sockeye River run is legendary. When the sockeye run in October the river literally turns red with the spawning fish. It is quite the site to see.

I have wanted to go and see this run for the longest time. I guess you could say it was on my bucket list. We went to Roderick Haig Brown park to view the run. I have to say this park was far more run down than I had anticipated. There was a large amount of erosion on the banks of the river. So much in fact that the trail wasn't fixed and there were large sections of the park that were unaccessible due to the fact that the trail hasn't been fixed. It appears the best method of dealing with the erosion was simply to put a barrier up to make sure no one enters, rather than fix the bank.

In any case, a short walk to the river's edge produced a great viewing spot. I swear there was a red salmon every two feet in front of my eyes! I have never seen this many sockeye in one place before. It was truly amazing!

Here are some pictures:

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