MP-26 Road Rage

Dinner today -> Sugar Snaps and Sandwiches.
Blanched some sugar snaps in boiling salt water and then coated them in butter, salt, and black pepper.  Also made a couple of sandwiches with Kraft singles, mock chicken, and mayo on toast.

Sugar Snaps and Sandwiches.

Useless Transformers News:
I got a package from HLJ today.  It was my Transformers Masterpiece: Road Rage.  Pretty much a Tracks re-paint.

MP-26 Road Rage.

Clean Fish Tank

Snack today -> Chinese New Year Snacks.
Picked up some Chinese New Year snacks from T&T on Sunday.  I got chinese trail mix, black sesame seed snap, red bean paste stuffed pancakes, and regular sesame seed snaps.  The Chinese trail mix had no flavour to it.  Very bland.  The only flavour came from the raisins.  The rest was soy bean, black bean, peas, and little red fruit.  Won't get these again, but will get more of the others.  The red bean paste stuffed pancakes were really good. 

Chinese New Year Snacks.

Dinner today -> Ribs
Got the Monday Mania special at Big Bone BBQ tonight.  The ribs were abit dry today.  Not as good as before.  The wings were huge this time.  I got them coated with fiery honey garlic sauce.  I also switched the fries for Ceasar salad.  The salad was very wet with water.  I think they forgot to dry out the lettuce leaves.  It's wasn't that good.

Ribs, Wings, and Salad for Dinner.

Useless Project News:
I finally finished cleaning my fish tank.  I started Saturday night because I couldn't sleep.  Dumped the old gravel and washed the inside of the tank with vinegar and water.  I also scrubbed most of the tank with a toothbrush.  I got new gravel from Big Al's Aquarium.  I got black this time.  I think it will look good with bright coloured fish.  The black will make the colour really stand out.  I also got a new heater.  The last heater broke and cooked my glass catfish.  This one is a different brand and cost alot more than the old one.

Rebooted Fish Tank.

Sunday night I found out my filter had a leak in it and soaked my carpet behind the tank.  I had to get a new filter today.  I put alot of money re-starting my tank and I don't even have any fish or plants yet!  Need to cycle the water for couple days before getting some fish.  I need to think of a theme and what kind of fish I want to get too.  I'm leaning towards more glass catfish, but they are hard to find and cost alot.

Weekend Report: Team Paul Argue

Paul passed away right before Christmas, and one of the last things he did was to book 2 escape rooms at Room Escape Ottawa for us to play.  Gordon, Brian, Ben, and I went to play the rooms on Saturday.  We started with Serial Killer Charade.

Serial Killer Charade.

We had 60 mins to complete the puzzles and escape the room.  We got out at 59:50!  This room is awesome!  The puzzles are really good and they flow really well.  The atmosphere matches this room's style well too.  We used 2 of 3 clues.  I highly recommend this room.  It's uber fun.  And it's not just 1 room... it's 6 rooms!  BTW: The room allows 2-8 players, but we discussed that 4-5 players is perfect.  More than that, people will be getting in each other's way.
After a 30 minute break, we tried the Boom Room.

Boom Room.

This room is pretty fun too.  4 rooms in this one.  The puzzles were chanllenging and different than the Serial Killer room.  We were going at a very good pace and got out in 41 minutes.  We used 0 of 3 clues.  The ending of this room didn't feel like the end.  We were actually surprised when we escaped, as we thought there was 1 more room to go.
I really recommend the Serial Killer Charade escape room.  The Boom Room is OK.  If I were to do this again, I would warm up with Boom Room then challenge the Serial Killer Charade.  Our pics aren't posted yet on their facebook site, but we called ourselves "Team Paul Argue" in honour of Paul.

Food this weekend ->
Hockey Pool Breakfast on Friday morning.  I was suppose to get a free one from James, but I lost to Evan and owed him one.  So I broke even and bought my own breakfast.

Breakfast.

After the escape rooms on Saturday, Ben, Brian, and I went to Moxies for a late lunch.  I got the Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich.  Very good.  Good amount of meat and the Dijon mustard was perfect.

Montreal Smoke Meat Sandwich.

Susanna and I went to T&T on Sunday.  On the way back, we hit the new Popeyes on Hunt Club.  Never had it before.  We got 4 piece chicken combo with mac & cheese, and popcorn shrimp with cajan fries.  The chicken was good.  Very moist and crispy, but nothing special.  I think it is alot like Loblaws.  The popcorn shrimp sucked!  I got hardly anything in the box and it was $7.99!  Totally not worth it.  I'd get the chicken again, but wouldn't go out of the way for it.

Popeyes.

At T&T I found some lobster heads.  1 huge one and 1 small one.

2 Lobster Heads.

Steamed them up for dinner on Sunday.  Lots of green stuff inside both of them, and a decent amount of meat in the head and legs too.

Cooked Lobster Heads.

Useless Gaming News:
Got my KickStarted big box of Tanto Cuore on Friday.  The box is nice, but the plastic insert inside the box was cheap.  Very cheap.  So cheap, I'd probably throw it away and put the smaller boxes inside instead.  They should have just put cardboard lanes inside of it.  I also got the 4th expansion "Oktoberfest", 2 player mats, randomizer deck, and promo cards.

Tanto Cuore Big Box.

Change of Dinner Plans

Dinner today -> Beef Rice.
I defrosted some ground beef in the fridge and was planning on making spaghetti with meat sauce for dinner.  I started to brown the ground beef, but then looked in the cupboard and found out that I didn't have any tomato sauce!  D'oh!  I changed plans and added 2 chopped onions, garlic, 2 chopped roasted red peppers, hoisen sauce, oyster sauce, and sriracha.  I cooked some rice and mixed it all together.

Beef and Rice.

I stirred in a raw egg to finish it.  It was a tasty rice dish.

Topped with an Egg.

Useless Food News:
Went to Tanger with Susanna.  Picked up some chocolate from the Lindt store.  It was $20 for this Swiss Luxury box, and it was "buy 1, get 2 free"!  I didn't need it, but I couldn't pass up this deal.

Buy 1, Get 2 Free Chocolates.

50 Cent Breakfast

Breakfast today -> Farmboy Breakfast Bar.
Went to Farmboy this morning to get breakfast at their breakfast bar because I had a busy day today and didn't need to worry about food.  Loaded up with 5 slices of bacon, 3 sausages, some scrambled eggs, potatoes, potato & cheese perogies, steak, cucumbers, and broccoli.  It came to $8.50 at checkout, but I had $8 credit from my Salad Bar card, so I only paid 50 cents!  What a deal!

Useless Gaming News:
We played 4-player "Lords of Waterdeep" after work today.  Good game, but I didn't get off to a good start.  Peter also made the same move I wanted to do right before I could do it.  He did this 3 times!  It cost me atleast 17 points.  I ended up in last place by alot.

Lego Classic Batman

Lunch today -> McDonalds
Used the coupon "2 can dine for $10.49" on myself at McDonalds.  I got 2 quarter pounders, 2 medium fries, and 2 medium coffees.  Gave 1 of the coffees to Ed.  It was a more filling meal than I thought.  I couldn't finish the 2nd fries, so I gave that away to the testers in the SIL.

Lunch: Quarter Pounders and Fries.

Useless Toy News:
The new Lego Classic Batman TV Batcave set is awesome!  I'm tempted to get it, but I still want the Ghostbusters HQ first.

XO Sauce Noodle Cup

Lunch today -> Cup Noodles.
Was planning on going home for lunch today, but didn't have time.  Just made instant cup noodles from my supply at my desk.  This XO Sauce Seafood flavour is in my opinion the best one.  Lots of dehydrated veggies and iconic mini swirl fishcakes.  Very satisfying noodle cup.

XO Sauce Seafood Flavour Noodle Cup.