Not "Crazy Hot" Chips.

Snack today -> Pop Chips.
Got a couple bags of "Pop Chips" at the Pharmacy.  They were the Limited Edition Star Wars versions.  The chips were ok, but the "Crazy Hot" one was not hot at all.  It was uber-weak.  Can't recommend it.

Pop Chips

Dinner today -> Mushroom Soup Chicken Leg on Rice.
Quick fried a couple chicken legs in a pot, and then dumped cream of mushroom soup over it to finish.  Poured it over some white rice and added a few vegetables.  It was a good dinner.

Chicken Dinner.

Useless News:
Friday Feb 5th is Bubblegum Day.  I was told the Social Committee at work will be celebrating this with free gum in the kitchens.  I'm pretty sure we are not celebrating the same day: Working Naked Day...

Sea Salted Caramel Cookie Chips

Snack today -> Sea Salted Caramel Cookie Chips.
Brought a box of one of my favorite cookies to work today: Sea Salted Caramel Cookie Chips. 

Sea Salted Caramel Cookies.

The cookies aren't very big, but thin and crunchy, and packed full of deliciousness.  I think a couple of these with a small bowl of vanilla ice cream would really hit the spot.

Can't Eat Just One.

Dinner today -> Spaghetti.
Made more spaghetti to eat with the leftover meat sauce today.  I was going to make rice, but I was hungry and didn't want to wait for the rice to cook.  Making Spaghetti was faster.

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce.

Useless DVD News:
Picked up a couple new DVDs from Walmart.  I got the new "Batman: Bad Blood" animated movie.  The DC movie are usually good and entertaining.  I also picked up "Zombie Fight Club" on a whim.  Hopefully an entertaining B-movie.

New DVDs.

Driftwood and Plants Added

Groundhog Day today, and Wairton Willie predicts Ontario will have 6 more weeks of winter.  D'oh.  But it hasn't been too bad of a winter so far.
  
Dinner today -> Spaghetti.
Made spaghetti with a tomato cream meat sauce for dinner today.  Sauce wasn't salty enough so I added oyster sauce afterwards.

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce.

Useless Phone News:
Got this cool phone stand from Sheridan.

Gravestone Phone Stand.

I was previously using a rolled up piece of masking tape to hold up my phone, but now I'm going to use this :)

Useless Aquarium News:
Picked up some new decorations for my fish tank.  I first added a couple pieces of driftwood to the tank and a coral-like stone with a hole in it.

Driftwood Added.

I added another coral-like stone (without a hole) at the other end, and added few bunches of plants.  Big Al's still didn't have any of the ribbon like plant I wanted, but I left space for it in the middle.  Hopefully they'll have some soon. 

Plants Added.

I want to add some fish soon too.  I'm leaning towards some tropical schooling fish rather than African Cichlids.  Pet Smart has the Glass Catfish I'm looking for.  They also have ghost shrimp.

Drixoral Nasal Spray

Took a sick day today.  This is the nasal spray I'm using while I have my clogged up nose: Drixoral.  It shoots up your nose and stays there.  It doesn't leak back out of the nostrils or trickle down the throat.  It works super fast too.  The only drawback for me is that it doesn't last 12 hours.  Probably only about 9 hours before I'm sniffling again and need another dose.  BUT it does help me sleep, as it's hard to sleep with a stuffy nose.

Drixoral Nasal Spray.

Useless Gaming News:
Got my KickStarter "Lost Woods" game in the mail today.   

Lost Woods.

Weekend Report: Got the Flu

I was bed-ridden all weekend the flu symptoms: stuffy nose, cough, aching sholders/back, and a fever.  All I did was watch some Running Man episodes, Star Wars Clone Wars episodes, and The Slayers anime.  I tried to rest/sleep too, but I usually ended up playing Family Farm on my phone instead. 

Food this weekend ->
Made some simple foods during the weekend. 
I made some red congee with preserved egg, shitake mushrooms, ground pork, and a couple spoons of red pepper paste.  I also added 1 frozen roast beef rib I had in the freezer from Christmas, for extra flavour.

Red Congee.

I woke up wide awake Sunday morning at 3am and I was starving.  I got up and made some chicken ramen.  I added slice fish cakes, quail eggs, and some frozen french beans.  It was a quick and fancy midnight snack.

Chicken Ramen.

Sunday dinner was the same ramen, but I added red pepper paste to it.  Ate from the pot this time too.

Red Chicken Ramen.

Getting the Flu?

Dinner today -> Pork Congee.
Medicated myself up this morning before going to work.  I think I might be getting the flu.  Stuffy nose, upper body is aching, and I might have a slight fever.  I made some ground pork congee with preserved duck eggs when I got home.  I added 1 box of chicken broth and a spoon full of dashi for flavour.  It was uber good.

Pork Congee.

I'll probably add red pepper paste and shitake mushrooms to the leftover congee tomorrow to change it up.

Chocolate Cake Day

Useless Food News:
Today was Chocolate Cake Day.  I picked up 5 cakes from Costco: 2 Tuxedo, 1 Black Forest, 1 Tiramisu, and 1 Hazelnut .

5 Cakes.

Downstairs Bistro had 1 Tuxedo cake and the Hazelnut cake.  I got a slice of each.  The Tuxedo cake is very rich, but very good.  The Hazelnut cake was dense and tasted like a big Ferrero Rocher.

Downstair Cakes.

The upstairs kitchen had the other 3 cakes.  I took a slice of the Black Forest.  It was light and good.

Upstairs Cakes.

This was the scene 30 minutes later... the cakes were destroyed!

Upstairs Aftermath.