G1 licence

Well, L took her G1 written driving test yesterday and had a perfect score. It takes 20-24 months to get your driver's licence in Ontario now under the new Graduated Licensing system. If she passes a ministry approved driving course, she can take the G1 road test within 8 months, otherwise it's a 12 month wait. If she passes the G1 road test, she gets a G2 licence and becomes eligible to take the G2 road test in another 12 months and become a fully licensed driver.

The contractor arrived almost on time this morning with a helper. He said he's never worked in such a clean, empty basement before. We decided to give the contractor the house key, they will need it, as they are in and out getting supplies, etc.

K's piano exam is tomorrow morning, it's crunch time. We'll leave right after to Sauble Beach for the weekend. It's an extended family weekend at M's sister's cottage, so I won't post again until Monday. They have amazing sunsets up there (as they do in Wasaga Beach) as the beaches face west.

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Ambience

We all had a lovely time in the Wasaga Beach area up north yesterday. M's friend has a lovely cottage directly on the waterfront with a picture window. The Beach faces west so we decided to set tables up by the water's edge and had dinner there as the sun came down. It was spectacular ambience and we felt we were back in the Jamaica on Negril Beach, except with less people. Did I mention the perfect weather? The water was quite warm for swimming and K had fun learning to skim board in the water.
The kids all happened to be teenagers so everyone got along famously.

Went to my step class this morning. Some of the faster numbers made me feel old, lots of jumping involved and I don't really do that anymore. I saw a recent music video with Madonna and Justin Timberlake and thought she seemed a bit old to be doing that. L thought the same thing. But that's just our 'opinionated' opinion.


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We're driving a couple of hours north to Wasaga Beach today. M's old high school friend invited 2 families to his cottage. We'll have a barbecue dinner up there. It's a good day for it.

I made fish fillets in the microwave yesterday with ginger, scallion and oil and loved it. Here's the basic recipe

2 white fish fillets (1.5 lbs)
1-2 tbs dark soy sauce
1 scallion julienned
1.5 inches of ginger root julienned
1 tsp white wine vinegar (I used rice vinegar because I had it)
2 tbs canola oil (or other vegetable oil)
1/4 tsp pepper (I think I forgot to put this in)

Microwave fish in one layer with all ingredients mixed in for about 12 minutes. And you can serve it right in the same dish!


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