Weekend Review: Banana Bread, Plant Update, & Toilet Bowl Cleaner

I'd meant to post this last night, at the end of the long weekend (Monday off for Family Day!) but ended up busy on call. I had a nice weekend, despite some of it being spent fussing over conference abstracts (thankfully submitted today -- such a relief). I made a trip to the mall to return something...and ended up buying more things; picked up groceries; got a cake for a friend's birthday; attended an orientation; studied; nothing too exciting. Here are a few things that I appreciated this past week:

1. spring? -- Despite some fresh snowfall last week, these past few days have been winter coat-free -- today was 8 °C and sunny!

   

   walking to work last week...now mostly puddles

2. gas prices -- Documenting that I drove past 57.9 cents/litre signs this morning...crazy!
3. banana bread -- Found a good use for my rapidly ripening bananas:

   

   It's been 2 years since I made this recipe! Can't let that happen again.

4. candy -- Sour keys have vastly improved my workdays these past couple of weeks :)

   

   the best

5. plant -- I was worried that this plant wouldn't make it, until these new shoots appeared out of nowhere this week. I'm really glad since it's a special one -- a couple decades ago we brought a sprig back to Victoria from my grandparents' garden in southern Ontario, then last month I transplanted a bit over to Edmonton.

   

   I just learned (thanks, Google Image) this is called oxalis or purple shamrock

6. rust/lime/calcium cleaner -- And finally, further evidence that my life is none too exciting these days -- one of the best things this week was getting a bottle of LA's Totally Awesome Rust/Lime/Calcium All-Purpose Cleaner from Dollar Tree. I'd pretty much accepted living with the hard water porcelain stains in my toilet bowl and was skeptical when I saw rave reviews for this stuff online; but seriously, it's magical (and only $1.25!).

   

   get some, peeps (not an ad; just amazeballs)