Playland & BBQ's

Thank you Jas for the day of fun in the sun! Jas invited us to her work function and it was a BBQ and play day at Playland. Normally, I would not go to Playland with the girls (Kay and friends) but Jas invited us and there was an all you can eat BBQ held by the company. Plus it's a great bonus to get the passes at a discount, a good discount! Although, I did not purchase an all day ride pass for myself as I am not one to ride the coasters and get myself freaked out on any of those crazy rides, Kay and her friend, Sel did have one and gosh, did they enjoy themselves! Those two must have gone on every single coaster and some. Jas and I did a lot of sitting and relaxing in the sun while the girls went off on their own to enjoy the rides. Eventually, Jas did end up on the Hellevator with the girls, I, happily stood on the side to watch them get thrown up in the air. Me, no thank you, terrified of heights and will probably end up having a heart attack once the ride shoots straight up! After a few hours, Jas had to leave for another BBQ and I allowed the girls stay for another hour (I was happily reading my novel and enjoying the sunshine). After Playland, we dropped Sel off at home and Kay and I headed over to Rhoda's place for another BBQ. Wow, 2 BBQs in a row, who's calorie counting? Not I for today. Her burgers were much better than Playland BBQ burgers (theirs were a bit dry and hard) and those homemade chicken wings, mmmm yum yum, I love BBQ! I am thinking about picking up one of these Coleman Portable BBQ for ourselves as we don't have a patio or balcony so it would be nice and easy to take this BBQ anywhere! It's a pretty good size for a small family and I love that it's easy to store and take around (it's has wheels). For only $249.99 that's not a bad price! At the BBQ, we had pretty much eaten most of the burgers, Jess had a couple of friends drop by with more burgers and chicken (which was A LOT, they bought in BULK!) but we couldn't have any more food and the freezer was not big enough to stock up on the rest of the meats, Rhoda ended up giving us some to take home. We couldn't believe it but it started to rain! We all ran inside the house and lucky for us, we had already finished our barbequing. While Rhoda, Jess and mom cleaned up and put away the food, Kay, Cathy and I sat around and talked while we waited. Our plans for the evening? Desserts! We all have sweet tooths and Cathy and Jess wanted to try a new dessert place called Sweet Obsession on West 16th Ave. Gosh, I would have never discovered this place and really happy to add it to my dessert place list. So yummy! I had a piece of the Bitter Sweet Chocolate Butter Cream cake. After dessert, it was getting late and we realized it was almost 11pm! Time to call it a night! Sweet dreams, dreaming of the chocolate cake......