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What’s for dinner?

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I think I’m going to cook a nice dinner tonight. I feel like we haven’t been eating well over the last week or so.

I’ve been so tired and not feeling well that I just haven’t felt like cooking so we’ve made really easy stuff. Well … Chris has, and uhm, if I guy can’t cook well I’m pretty sure you know the types of things he’ll make – grilled cheese, soup, macaroni … we’ve even had some take out food too. Yup, we’ve been eating bad. I don’t really like those foods when I’m feeling well and I hate them when I’m sick.

Tonight I think I’ll pull out the nice cookware and maybe make a nice chicken dinner with lots of veggies or a veggie packed salad.

Actually I think I’ll go out into the garden later and see if I can find some tomatoes. Chris and I had a tiny tom or cherry tomato – one each, the other day. Those were the first tomatoes from the garden and the taste of that single one stayed with me for at least an hour. It was so good. Hopefully there’s a few more ripe ones out there. The large tomatoes aren’t ready yet unfortunately.

What are you going to cook tonight? Something tasty or something fast?





A weekend get away

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I got the prettiest postcard from a friend who’s on holiday this month. She sent me a postcard with a photo of the Massachusetts bed and breakfast that she’s staying at with her boyfriend.

I envy her. Chris and I haven’t had a holiday alone for ages! We always seem to end up staying with family – in someones house or in hotels or motels depending on where we are. We need to get away for a nice little break.

Earlier I was talking about a more exotic holiday and I said that we’d likely stay in Canada for the summer. Well, we have guests for a good part of the summer so we’ll have to stay put, but we might be able to get away for a weekend.

There’s lots of nice bed and breakfasts here in in the Niagara Falls region. We could go to wineries, do a little wine tasting and then have dinner in a nice restaurant. I think that would be nice.

Do you ever get away with your spouse just for the weekend for a quick break from every day life? I think this is something that Chris and I should try to do at least once a year if not twice a year.

Working Capital for your restaurant or retail business

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I know many people who are in the restaurant business. They or their families own franchises or small restaurants. It’s a difficult business – between the hours of business, keeping good employees and creating a delicious menu that will keep clients coming back for more.

Getting business loans to finance a small to medium sized business can be a stressful process as well.

Advance Restaurant Finance is a company that specializes in short term, working capital loans. As per their name they do specialize in loans for restaurants but they also work with small to medium sized retail merchants.

If a business qualifies, the working capital that they’ll receive is a loan, and the interest that the business will pay as the loan is paid off is tax deductible.

Visit the ARF website to learn more if you are looking for working capital for your restaurant or retail business. If you like what you see you can request a call back in order to learn more and perhaps start the process of applying for financing.

Window shopping and get togethers

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I’m still in my home improvement mode.

Last night Chris and I went downtown to meet two of my brothers and my sister for dinner. One of my brothers was here on business. Toronto was just one stop in his ongoing three week world wide travel agenda. He was here trying to talk other businesses into investing in his business. He needs to get $240 million dollars! He’s well on his way too!

Anyway … I digress. We hadn’t planned which restaurant we were going to eat at so we met in my brothers hotel lobby and then started walking around downtown looking at restaurants while we tried to decide which one we’d stop in.

As we were walking I saw a home decor store. Of course I had to stop and do some window shopping! They had the nicest house marker that I think I’ve ever seen. It was pricey but I think I can talk Chris into getting it if I work on him a bit. It would go so well with our house!

I also saw a couch in another store window that I’d love to get. It’s kind of 50’s style couch. I’ll have to see if I can find a photo of it later to show you. It’s beautiful.

We finally decided to stop at the Hot House Cafe for dinner. My visiting brother and I both got the Jambalya. Mmmm I just love that. Of course it was a huge helping and I couldn’t even finish half of it so it’s in a doggy bag in the fridge. Hmmm now that I’m talking about it I’m hungry. Perhaps I should go and raid the fridge?

We had a nice time at dinner. Falling into our old habits of teasing one another. I think the five of us had the waitress confused because I don’t think she ever figured out that we were all siblings! Well Chris isn’t a sibling but my bothers and sister treat him like one.

My brother leaves town this evening to go back home to Vancouver. Then on Sunday he’s off to the US, then Paris and Zürich and I’m not sure where else.

I don’t think I’ll see my jet set brother again until the beginning of September.

I’m dragging today

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I’m sorry that I haven’t yet managed to do my Green Thumb Sunday post. I’ve got so much work to do today that it’s not funny!

Plus, the Crohn’s has reared it’s nasty head so I’m trying to do my work with a massively high fever and abdominal pain that I probably should, but won’t, go to the hospital about. I won’t go because I know it’s the Crohn’s and there isn’t much they can do for me, but put me on more meds and maybe hydrate me a little bit.

I’m sick of doctors, hospitals, appointments and medical tests. I’m sick of the pain too and not being able to eat more than a mouthful of food at a time. It can take me upwards of two to three hours to eat dinner sometimes. I take a few bits and then I have to take a break. By the time I’m about a half hour into a meal it’s getting pretty disgusting because the food is cold and uh often has a different texture than when it’s warm which turns me off the food even more, but you can only heat up a meal so many times before you destroy it that way too.

I think I’ll be lying down for about 24 hours once I’m done my work, and the Green Thumb Sunday post. I probably won’t be visiting any sites today, but if I feel better tomorrow I’ll visit some of my GTS and maybe Do follow people.

I hope my American friends are having a nice long weekend.

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