Cherry Tomatoes - Initial Harvest

After almost a month, I was able to harvest some cherry tomatoes from our yard. I did not even wait for it to become red because I am am afraid that squirrels, racoons and skunks that sometimes visit our backyard will have interest in it.

We bought 3 small tomato plants from Canadian Tire for less than CAD 10. If I am not able to get more tomatoes in the next few weeks, it would seem we did not get a good return on our investment.

Camping at Liebenzell Take Three...

On August 1-4, we will be joining the SCM camping at the grounds of The Liebenzell Centre. We will be having a lot of activities inside the beautiful 45 acres lot which have lots of trees, fields, ponds, and trails.

Things to bring:

• Tent - check
• Water Cooler - check
• Sleeping bags - check
• Air bed - check

Following is a description taken from the Liebenzell website:

"The Liebenzell Centre is situated on over 45 beautiful acres (18.5 hectares) of trees, fields, ponds, and trails, near the town of Moffat Ontario Canada which is within an hour’s drive from the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge, and many other parts of southern Ontario. The Liebenzell Centre offers church and para-church groups as well as pastors and other Christian workers, a quiet and comfortable place of retreat and equipping to enhance their own spiritual lives, and ministry to others. This is not a “rental facility”, but rather a gift from God that Liebenzell Canada makes available without charge. We operate from donations so no worthy groups or individuals are prevented from using the Liebenzell Centre for lack of funds." For more information - click on this link

Complete Address:

12168 First Line RR # 1, Moffat, Ontario L0P 1J0

Sushi For Dinner

After we found out that my 12 year old son loves to eat sushi, my wife researched and tried to make some. We got the ingredients in a nearby supermarket.

I must say that it is very tasty!

007 - Carte Blanche

This is a new James Bond Novel. It has not been made a movie yet. I am not sure if it is good enough to be made into a movie. I will start reading this tonight.

Update: Just finished reading the book - August 8, 2014. Just like all the James Bond Novels, it was full of action and high-tech gadgets. I knew based on the review that there are twists in the book but I was not expecting the main protagonist to be the lady that 007 dated.

How to Grill a Steak - With Grill Lines

NOTE: Images was taken from Certified BBQ Experts - Everyday Grilling magazine.

We have a grill that we purchased almost 4 years ago. I am embarassed to say that I have used it for probably 10 times only. The reason why I have not used it a lot is that I am afraid that when I grill anything it will come out to raw, too hard or not to the liking/request of person eating it. Two weeks ago when I decided to grill a steak we bought from Metro, my youngest brought me this magazine with a picture of a steak with grill lines. He said "Dad, this is how the steak should look like when you are done cooking". So I did my best and fortunately, everyone liked the way it was cooked. The meat was tender and was marinated just right. I believe buying the steak from a supermarket and cooking it the same day without freezing it helps preserve the juiciness of the steak.

I have scanned the tips from the magazine so I have it handy and also to share with readers. The