Comfort food at it's best........

Such a comforting meal and super cheap to make.

Baked potatoes topped with a knob of butter, baked beans and grated cheese.  I bought the potatoes on clearance, a 10 lb bag for $1.99.  Bought the Heinz baked beans when they were $1 a can at Metro the other week, a price which I haven't seen in a long time.  The cheese we bought as a splurge at Costco.  I would reckon all in all this meal would cost under $2 per person and was yummy.

As I said we bought the cheese at Costco.  It's called Leerdammer and is Dutch cheese and is a cross between Gouda and Edam.  It's pretty tasty.

I love a sharp cheese, and other than blue cheeses which I dislike, I could eat cheese each and every day.

Do you make baked potatoes?  If so what do you put on them?

Opalite by Taylor Swift

 See how many celebrities you can name in this video:

The beach...............

 The one thing I did not enjoy while away was the beach.  I felt it wasn't looked after.  The water was full of little bits of seaweed........I know it's a little thing but not my cup of tea.

Places we have been before they rake the sand on a night, don't think that happened here.

The sea was a stunning colour though.

However as you can see by the bouys bobbing in the water, you weren't allowed to go very far out in the sea.  I think there are coral reefs quite close to shore.

I only walked on the beach once, as I found it very uneven and it killed my feet.  So I was hobbling after half an hour.  The sand though was lovely to feel in my toes, even for such a short time.

Trending..........

 Did you know one of the biggest trends on Tik Tok is reading?  I didn't.  So I guess I am trendy, who knew😉

We had a doctors appointment last week, so called in at the Indigo Book Store while there.  Lots to see of course, in fact I spent a whole hour wandering around the store.  Took random photos of things I liked.

They have such lovely sweatshirts.  Shame I am always too hot to wear a sweatshirt......

I love the concept of book clubs, but generally hate going to them as I never like the books..........

The sign "Read More Scroll Less," caught my eye........I should do that!

I always check out the 3 for $10 books, did pick three up, but put them back.

Loved the colourway of these items, but I am not a journal writing person, are you?

These book sleeves/bags are popular.  I did buy one for grand daughter for her birthday last year, as she is a big reader.

I did pick this book up for $6 as it's one I have never read.  Have you read it?

I love this British magazine, I have bought it regularly since it was first published in the early 80's.  Fun fact, the lady on the front Helen Skelton;  she came from the same village hubby was brought up in.  He played football with her dad, although the dad is 3 years older.  Her brother is or was an assistant coach for the football team hubby supports.  She went through a rough time with her now ex-husband, it was splashed all over the newspapers.

Finally a bit of an update, as we are talking about books and reading in this post.  I have started reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and have to say I am struggling with it.  Probably less than a third of a way through it.  It's the language in it, and the way she writes.  I am having to reread things to make sure I have understood what she is saying.  Did anyone else have to same issues when reading her work?  The rate I am going It's going to take me better part of February to read the one book!

28 Things in 28 Days Part 1

 So I said I would check in with you every 7 days to see how you are doing with collecting things to donate, and I would show you what I had collected.

I am donating three books.  Two I have read and one I picked up "The Joke" while on vacation, in the lobby (as someone else had left it and it was the only English book there), as I ran out of books to read and thought if I were desperate enough I could read this one.  I was never desperate enough......LOL

We cleaned out our sock and underwear drawers before we went on vacation and hubby had enough socks to last him a life time, so we decided to donate these brand new pairs that he wasn't keen on.

I cleaned out the toy box of all the baby toys, and decided to include this one toy that I got for free using points back in the day.  It's a great little toy and the kids all loved playing with it.

So those are my things for this week.  I will donate everything at the beginning of March.

How did you get on?

HIS & HERS | Official Trailer | Netflix

We watched this series the other week and I must say the ending wasn't what I was expecting!!!  Well worth watching........

Also binge watched the first four episodes of series 4 of Bridgerton:

Enjoyed it, but very predictable.......no real surprises........

Nana Power

 

That is the "key" to the room I am wearing on my wrist.  We all got one when checking in, and if we lost it, we had to pay for another one!!  You just held it up to a spot on your door and it opened it.  It was cut off when we left the resort, though the guy let the kids keep theirs.

The kids got a red one and I saw a green/blue one on older kids.  If you didn't have one, you couldn't get served, as it showed you were a guest of the resort.

Now youngest grandson (age 4) decided his bracelet had special powers, so of course I decided mine had special Nana powers as well!!  We would touch ours together and say Nana power, just like the Power Rangers!!!!

We had great fun using those powers.  I must admit I did like this bracelet idea, as they were waterproof and you didn't have to worry about losing your room key.