My adventures getting routine bloodwork and medication refills in Ottawa

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My crazy adventures just need to be documented with random pictures of Ottawa sometimes. I have hypothyroidism so I routinely get blood work done at least once a year sometimes every six months to ensure I have the right dose of medication. This has been the most interesting session I have ever had. I’m currently waiting for someone to fax my requisition because they lost it.  Let’s go back. It’s very difficult to get a family doctor in Ottawa. I am very lucky to have a retired doctor. He only works in the office for half a day once a week. This timing conflicts with my work meetings but I took a couple hours off to go to the appointment as I’m on my last refill. I also wanted to talk to my doctor. I arrived for my appointment and it’s often the case where I have to wait. I waited for quite a while in the waiting room which is normal there are other doctors at this clinic so can’t tell what the wait for my doctor is. I heard the doctor come out and staff telling him he was done for...

March 15, 2017 - lunch at the pan pacific and butternut squash soup recipe

I missed a few weeks of blogging and looking at the pictures I hadn't downloaded yet I missed a lot of talking about food. I attended a wedding and a funeral in the last few weeks and got busy. I wanted to blog today about today so I don't forget. I had lunch with foodie buddy today. It was pouring rain when we met at the skytrain station so we decided to have lunch at the Pan Pacific as we could get to it without going outside. Lunch was finished when we went there but they had a bar menu. The view was amazing. We watched the harbour air planes come in and also saw people running really quickly on the roof of the convention center assuming they weren't supposed to be doing that.



view from our seat
The drink menu had non-spiritied drinks I was trying to choose between two different ones. The waiter suggested which one I should try. I can't remember what was in it but thought it was okay and overpriced.


Our food was much better. I had the mushroom ravioli and foodie buddy had a seafood club and salad. The thing that was wierd about the seafood club it had seafood and I think salmon fillet and also bacon even as a vegetarian I know that bacon and seafood aren't the right mix. My friend pulled the bacon out of the sandwich. My raviloli was really good and the king oyster mushrooms on top were very tasty. Our server was also very good it was a nice lunch.

The 40 day countdown to my fortieth is on right now I intended to eat healthier and workout for 40 days but its only day 38 and I wasn't very good today. I did upgrade my beachbody on demand membership after a few trials of country heat I know this is the workout for me. It is my program of choice for the next 30 days. Country heat is a line dancing workout my Autumn Calabrese the maker of 21 days fix. The workout isn't hard but the workout is fun and I have met her in real life and she really looks like she does in her pictures in real life of course it is 80% diet and I haven't looked at the diet part yet.

I visited whole foods on my way home and got things to make soup in my soup maker. This turned out perfectly I made a few earlier versions that were too bland, this time its very tasty.

 Put one tablespoon of Ghee (grass fed clarified butter), the box of vegetable broth, the small container of pico de gallo, and frozen butternut squash in soup maker. Add water to line.
Close lid press button on smooth.
Wait for buzzer and you get this amazing soup. 

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