Coldonion

Well just sitting back relaxing at home, since Saturday is a Holiday and Costco is closed, I have only one day off (today). Which isn't so bad, good news on the job front they have raised the starting pay by 2 bucks to try to attract more staff (and keep them), plus since I have been there for over 90 days I get another 50 cents extra, which was quite a supprise for me. Unfortunately, they have lowered the pay bump up when you hit 800 works hours from a dollar to fifty cents. Ah, well, you win some you loose some. This week is supposed to be pretty warm, luckily there is quite a strong breeze out there so it doesn't feel as hot as it is.
Saturday we are (hopefully) of to Millarville, to see the horse races, then spend the evening at Trish & Jeff's house for a afternoon/evening dinner in the back yard. The way the weather is out there right now, I might have to break out the sunscreen for the weekend. Not much else happening right now, Roanna's job is going well and she has gotten back some good news that she has been doing a good job in the position she took over since her boss went on maternity leave. This Friday, we plan to go to Redwaters a new grill that opened up last month, it is just around the corner from us. During the last holiday Roanna got a call from a client from her job (this was on a pulic holiday), she tried to help her as much as possible and (I think either cleared up the problem or pointed her to the right direction to solve the problem) well a few days later her boss got an e-mail from this client singing praises about Roanna. Her boss called her in and said go out to a restaurant and have a meal on him as a thank you. So we finally decided to go this Friday, they had some nice looking dishes coming out of the kitchen (we went there and though it was a bit pricey so just ended up ordering pasta dishes cause they were about the cheapest on the menu). So we are looking forward to that, and since I don't have to go work on Saturday we can stay out a bit later and do something afterwards.

Lastly, we have finally cleared out the fridge of party foods from Saturday night, next time I think I will have to hand out some tupaware so people can take some dishes with them, it was a lot of food left over.
In another hour or so I am gonna throw on a meatloaf onto the BBQ and attempt to smoke it, this time I picked up a meat thermometer, so I can see when it has hit the right temperature, instead of cutting into it. I also picked up some corn on the cob, so with some salad, there should be a nice meal to relax out on the balcony and have dinner. Man I am looking forward to the day I can sit out on the porch or deck of our house and have a nice evening meal.

Anyhoo, hope everyone is OK

Ian