Star Wars Day!

HAPPY STAR WARS DAY!!!

May the 4th be with you.  Today was Star Wars Day!  Even Transport Canada participated with a new recall.
BTW: Friday is Revenge of the 5th!

Stack today -> Cupcakes
Marc brought in some yummy chocolate cupcakes.  I ate mine by ripping half of the bottom and sticking it on top of the icing.  Made it less messy to eat.

Marc's Cupcakes.

Snack today Part 2 -> Mega Stuffed Oreos
I need more sugar after eating the cupcake.  I cracked open my pack of mega stuffed oreos.  I wished I had some milk to go with it.  It didn't really go with green tea or water.

Mega Stuffed Oreos.

Useless Comic News:
Saturday May 6 is Free Comic Book Day!  Go to the comic stores and get some free comics.

New Charging Cable

Lunch today -> Mini Pepperoni Stick.
Had to run an errand at lunchtime, so I stopped by at home and picked up some mini beef pepperoni sticks I got from Loblaws for 50% off a couple weeks ago.  I ate half the pack for lunch.  These are the beef ones.  The turkey ones are not as good.

Quick Lunch.

Dinner today -> KFC.
I was craving chicken since the weekend, but I was too lazy to go buy and cook some, and I didn't have any KFC coupons (really not worth regular price).  But I got new KFC coupons on Tuesday :)  I picked up a 14-piece meal deal (14 chicken pieces, large fries, and 2 salads) and headed over to Julie's for our weekly new episode of iZombie viewing.  I forgot to take a pic as Julie, Roger, and I dove into the meal immediately (even Loki licked the bucket lid).

Useless Phone News:
So last night I plugged my phone in to charge as usual, but when I went to use it, I forgot it was plugged in and ripped the charging connector apart from the wall.  Oops (broken connector in middle of the pic).  I hit Canada Computers today and got a 15ft cable replacement.  Definitely won't happen again with this new super long cable :)

New Cable 15ft Cable.

Useless Food News:
So there is a new article on CBC News, where these guys say that one of the best fries in Ontario and along the highway is in Arnprior!  The place is called Wes' Chips.  I think I will need to hit it and try them out. 

Camel Magnet

Useless News:
Nothing really happening today.  Softball practice was planned but it was raining and too wet out to attempt practice.
This the souvenir I got from my parents when they went to Morocco way back in February.  It's a camel.  I use it as a magnet at my desk at work.

Morocco Camel Magnet.

No More Fish?

Breakfast today -> Peeps.
My sleep habit is all messed up.  I couldn't fall asleep til 4am and I got up at 8:20am.  I was too used to eating dinner at 3:30am during staycation and waking up at 1pm.  I needed energy so I ate some Peeps and Party Peeps for breakfast.

Peeps.

Lunch today -> Granola Bars.
Too busy and didn't have time to go home for lunch.  I got some Star Wars granola bars from Peter for lunch.  I also got some Japanese pretzel hard candy that some Japanese clients left as gifts last week.  The granola bars are on sale at Your's Independent on Merivale.  The Chewbacca one was pretty good, but the bar didn't stay together very well.

Lunch.

Dinner today -> Pasta.
Boiled some penne pasta and mixed in some butter, Julie's sauce, black pepper, and oyster sauce.  Added some sausage I had in the fridge.

Dinner.

I made too much pasta.  I ate half for dinner, then the rest at 11pm.

Useless Fish Tank News:
I think the last fish died in my fish tank.  I can't find it in the tank and I know I saw him on Sunday.  I think my shrimp ate him... No body to be found anywhere :(

Weekend Report: Staycation Over

Been on staycation since Tuesday.  I had lots to do planned in my mind, but I ended up playing a ton of Nintendo Switch (Zelda: Breath of the Wild) instead.  I did do abit of shopping, mostly for groceries, and hung out with Julie watching stuff (iZombie, Jackie Chan's Skiptrace, and some of Screem Queens Season 1).

Food during Staycation ->
I made a Walmart MTL spice steak.  This pack of meat was a better cut than the last pack I got.  It was more tender and both pieces were cut the same thickness.

Walmart Steak.

I picked up a pack of buffalo cheese and truffle stuffed ravioli from Stittsville Sobey's.  Both Kanata Sobey's don't carry this!  And Stittsville Sobey's seems to be better stocked with different items than the other ones.  I boiled the ravioli and layered it between some bolognese sauce.  It's really good.

Ravioli and Bolognese Sauce.

I also picked up a salmon filet at Sobey's.  I pan fried/steamed it.  I ate it with some leftover french fries from Glen's Fry Truck (at Canadian Tire.)

Fish and Chips.

Julie made me some homemade pasta sauce.  She made it with tomatoes, zucchini, mushrooms, onions, and spinach.

Julie's Pasta Sauce.

I made some spaghetti and mixed in some of the sauce.  It was pretty good.

Spaghetti.

Useless Softball News:
We had our first practice last Wednesday.  Half the team was available and we had a pretty good practice.  Steve bought a new bat that is slightly end weighted.  I couldn't hit very well with it.  I think I will stick with the white bat.  I also did about a hundred squats while catching.  I was so sore on Thursday and slept in til noon.  BUT on Friday I was even more sore!  I had to used the railing to go down stairs.  I had a whole day of garden stuff planned, but couldn't do it.

Useless Food News:
Sittsville Sobey's has a freezer full of unique Chinese fondue meats.  It includes camel, crocodile, kangaroo, and ostrich.  I might get some of these if they go on sale.  They were $11.99 each!

Unique Chinese Fondue Meats.

Walmart Steak

Dinner today -> Walmart Steak
Went to Walmart tonight after going to Loblaws.  I was looking for some discount steak but there were none at Loblaws.  I did find at Walmart that they have 2-pack pre-marinated steaks for $7!  I bought 3 packs (searched all the packs and took the heaviest 3).  2 packs marinated in Montreal Steak spice and 1 in black pepper.  I cooked a Montreal Steak spice pack tonight. 

It was OK for $7.  The meat isn't that tender and the steaks were of different thicknesses, so they cooked at different times.  It was also abit salty.  It would have been good with some rice, but I didn't make any.  I made green beans and chopped tomatoes as a side.

Useless News:
I'm vacation the rest of this week :)  Don't email me at work.

Weekend Report: Dragonzord

Food this weekend ->
Made stew on Friday.   I boiled and cooled again and again some soup bones and stewing meat for the past couple of days.  It got lots of flavour from the bones and tenderize the meat to be really soft.  I added some onions, potatoes and carrots, and finished it with a couple eggs to thicken the broth. 

Stew.

Susanna and I went to Ogdensburg on Saturday.  We got lots of food and stuff.  My food highlights was the squeeze-able butter, pistachio bread, Korean BBQ chips, Tostitos heat-able dips, and microwaveable Monkey Bread.

Ogdensburg Stuff.

In toys, I found a Supergirl figure.  The box was abit dinged, but I passed it up before Christmas and I haven't seen another one til now, so I had to get it.  I also got the Green Ranger's Dragonzord.  It was on sale at Ogdensburg Walmart for $36US.  I think it was $75cdn here.

Useless Gaming News:
5-player gaming Saturday night.  We started with Inner Circle while waiting for Derek to arrive.

Classic Inner Circle.

Then we played Camel Up (or Camel Cup?), Sushi Go, and Eggs & Empires.

Sushi Go.