A perfect day

Today was a perfect vacation day despite being on the road for 5 hours.  I spent yesterday cooking and preparing for today’s trip.  On Tuesday we ate both lunch and supper at a restaurant, so that was enough restaurant food for me.

We started the morning with our favourite traveling breakfast,  a Morning Glory muffin.  I found this recipe thanks to Retorte’s recipe.  I also packed one for the road.

Our trip today was to visit the draftsman in Sussex to finalize our house plans.  After years of planning and dreaming it is difficult to believe that we are so close to building our retirement home.  Graham will have the final plans ready for us next week, then it is on to the Planning Commission.  We hope to begin building as soon as we sell our current home.

After our appointment we drove to O’Connell Park, parked in the shade of the trees and enjoyed a picnic.   Despite the temperature of 25 degrees, a cool breeze was blowing in the park.   Yesterday I baked a turkey breast, so we dined on sliced turkey sandwiches, pistachios, green grapes, cheese and crackers.

On the way to Sussex we stopped at Honey & Spice bakery in Petticodiac.   I bought a bag of Carl’s favourite, candied fruit cookies.  Another perfect picnic food, washed down with a cup of hot Tim’s brewed tea.

A stop at Frenchy’s in Sussex and at Village Value in Moncton completed the day.  The only items I purchased were 14 copies of the Everyday magazine at 69 cents a copy.   I’m already looking for new recipes for the next picnic.

On the way back we dodged storm clouds and rain showers, but a cool breeze followed each new shower.

When we arrived home supper was a breeze to prepare.   While Carl was barbecuing chicken yesterday he barbecued hamburgers for tonight’s dinner,  and I made potato salad with the leftover potatoes.

All in all, a happy, stressless, perfect day.

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