Dave Squatch Ward: Who's a Fat Bastard - Pork chops and Cajun snapper

September 16, 2014

I didn't write/post yesterdays blog until 4 pm today. I fell asleep on the couch last night and I had to be downtown at 9:30 am. I was up, out the door, and sitting in gridlock on the highway by 8:30. I always listen to the traffic report before I get on the highway. Except for today. It took forty minutes to go to the next exit. To make a long, boring, stuck in traffic story short, I was thirty minutes late for my appointment. It turned out he was thirty minutes late too. It was a good meeting. Short but interesting. So to summarise, I spent close to three hours in a hot truck for a five minute meeting about something that may or may not happen....maybe?

I just had time to go to the house and scarf down a couple of pork loin lettuce wraps and change my clothes before I pick Momma Lee up for our spa day. I phoned and asked her to be ready to go. I get to Momma Lee's place right on time. She not only was not ready to go, she was having lunch with her oldest son Peter. We had to get going and Peter, who has functional issues, came on the Handi Dart that Momma Lee had ordered for him. We would be gone for more than three hours and he didn't want to wait. I have been trying to get him to take the bus more often. He has a bus pass and the independence would be good for him. After I got Momma Lee loaded in the truck, I walked Peter down to the bus stop and with $10 of my money in his jeans, I sent him on his way.

We made it for our spa day with minutes to spare. I get a pedicure and Momma Lee gets fancy nails and her toe nails clipped. They were ready for me right away. Momma Lee had to wait for a few minutes.

Momma Lee looking all Rock Star

I was done before Momma Lee so I started walking. I walked four times around the mall since I skipped my workout today. I got the call halfway through the fifth circuit. I took her to London Drugs for a new pair of reading glasses. It would have been more fun, and less painful, to staple my tongue to a table! She tried on fifty pairs even though there were only eight pairs in her strength. When I finally got her set up with glasses and we were next in line at the cash. She started asking for twizzlers and lip balm and a giraffe and a Kia Soul car, I said no no noooooo! Three hours out with Momma Lee and I'm a nervous wreck.

We also had to replace her phone. She has a seniors phone that she can barely run. She has dropped it dozens of times and now, it is not working so well. I had already talked to the guy at the cell place, conveniently located outside the nail salon. It was $125 to replace her phone and they only carry one seniors suitable phone.

He looked at Momma Lee and his cellular heart melted. Someone had turned in the same phone we were looking at and he gave it to us for free. My favourite price. Warms my Scottish cockles.

I got the Ho warning about 6:30. Lisa was on her way. She always stops to see Momma Lee, so that gives me about thirty minutes to put the house back together. I do the dishes and clean the counters. She's bringing home dinner so all I have to do is make a Squatch Salad.

Pork chops and Cajun Snapper

If you are going to make fish the last thing you should do is Cajun spice it. I couldn't even taste the fish. It was well cooked but way too much spice. The pork chops were perfect. As always on work nights Lisa went to bed right after dinner and I watched the Elvis and Mac play tug of war.