Another Monday gone and Tuesday begins.  I hope you had a great day yesterday.  It seems like the days are flying by even faster with the time change on the weekend.  It is getting dark so early.

I want to talk about a couple of things… one being about a killer fruit salad with a honey lime dressing and the other topic being the house.  The fruit salad is simple yet so refreshing.  I am always trying to find nice fruit all year around but it gets tougher as the season comes closer to winter.  This recipe will give you a great idea for a  breakfast/lunch addition or just something to have on hand at all times for both kids and adults.

As for the house, it is coming along quite well ( minus the window issue ).  The painters started yesterday and rolling on the primer like there is no tomorrow.  We hope to have the whole house primed and painted one coat by Thursday.

Before the update I have a funny story.  Last night we drove out to the house after work to take some new pictures on the progress thus far.  We were rushing as it was getting late so we ran up to the front door, turned the knob and looked at each other – uh oh it was locked.  We started to laugh as we both knew there was no key for the door knobs as they were just old knobs the builders had hanging around at their house.  We ran to the side door…. locked.  Back door…. locked.  Windows…. locked.  Oh dear the only reason I went to the house was to get pictures for you.  I then realized that the tiny little basement window was left open for the hoses to run outside so I crawled in there and jumped down.  All in all… too funny.

Ingredients

• Any fruit you want  ( cut into cubes)
• 1/4 Cup fresh lime juice
• 1/2 Cup honey
• 1 Tsp. grated lime peel

Method

1. Peel and prepare all the fruit in a large mixing bowl
2. Mix the lime juice and honey and add the lime peel at the end.
3. Toss, let rest and serve
4. ENJOY!

Zesty Tip: The acid in the lime juice will prevent the fruit from bruising and becoming brown in color.

House Update

As promised, some interior shots after the drywall, seam filling and now some painting.  The picture quality is not great due lack of lighting.

Upstairs Hallway

Bonus Room

Family Room

Kitchen

Interior Doors (just delivered)

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Have you ever heard of Pete’s Frootique?  What an amazing place.  I love going there when I visit Halifax so I thought I would share you some photos and some of the great food choices at Pete’s.   As you know, yesterday I traveled over to Halifax and we had a blast.  Such a nice drive and nice not to go to work every now and again.

Check out some great pictures inside the store.

We were kind of in a rush so we didn’t have a lot of time to browse but of course I ran up and down pretty much every aisle to make sure I didn’t miss anything. The salad bar is amazing and the fresh fruit is second to none. I also noticed potato chips from the UK that I just had to try. They were so goooood. I really loved the ketchup flavor and they are all natural.

In addition to the fruit, I had to of course check the bakery…. oh my! They had freshly made soft chewy ginger cookies. I was so excited to get back to the truck and rip them open. They were delicious.

Well I hope you have a great Friday and I hope you stay tuned for what I will call a very special MONDAY. I slipped down to the house last night and there has been great progress made. I will keep you posted with an update next week.

Take care

zesty