Monday, January 2, 2012

59 days left

I have a count down calendar on my phone and this morning it told me only 59 more days until we go home again. It said 79 days when we left our place on Dec 13th.  Time flies and so does the owl that woke me at 4:30 am. There is a resident owl that lives in a tall Palm tree down the street and I think he figured that this morning he should do his hooting close to this house. Well actually I should not blame the sweet owl as I usually wake up at that time any way..but more fun to blame him.

Our New Years brunch was very good and it was super crowded in the club house with every table taken while we were there. It started at 9 and ran until noon. We went around 10:15 with our plates , forks and knives and mugs in a bag. Here at the park, what ever you go to a function where food is served, you must take your own table setting. When you first walk in you pay the $6 each and then are handed a plastic baggie (heavy duty one), onto which they print your first name and last initial. The lady  puts 2 raw eggs, minus the shells into the bag and you then walk down a long table and put in all the things you would like in your omelet. I put in  ham, sausage, bacon, tomatoes, red onions, green onions, and green and red peppers. After handing the bag to the lady at the end of the table, she rolls all the air out of the bag and seals it. My understanding is that when they have about a dozen, they are put into a pot of boiling water and boiled for 7 mins. Meanwhile we filled our plate with fruit salad, muffins, 2 kinds of hash browns and some other creamy sweet salads, got our Mimosa and coffee and waited a few mins until our omelet arrived. It was huge as I think I put too many other ingrediants into the bag.....but excellant flavor. The only thing I forgot was my camera to take a picture of the food.....Oh right ...this is a travel blog, not a food blog.....

The afternoon brought temps of 79 (26 in Candianese) and so we sat out behind the shed in lawn chairs. We were only able to sit for about 20 mins at a time as the sun was hot and our lily white skin was a little tender. We only sat for about an hour total but I had a few red sections on my legs in the evening. Today is to be hotter yet so we will get our sun just out walking.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like you had a good brunch....enjoy that heat and think about me....

Anonymous said...

covet, covet! I had to put my down parka on yesterday to go out ... wind chill brrrrrrrrr! Enjoy the warm temperatures. Omelette story had me salivating. Oat bran and gogi berries pale in comparison!
Thinking of you every day.. tg