Day 7 was a pretty good day, even though I can't seem to kick the cravings yet. I woke up a little less foggy then the day before. I think my fogginess has something to do with the fact that I don't get a full nights sleep these days because M has decided since having a cold that he needs to wake up in the night for a bottle. I guess he's having to make up his calories that he lost while sick. So hopefully the full nights sleep are coming soon.
My hubby did get up with the kids to give me a little bit longer in bed which was nice. Once up, I had two scrambled eggs and some veggie before getting dressed. S and I were going to our last local market for the season, so we were super excited to get out the door at 10am. We left daddy and M at home; daddy had some work to do and M needed a nap. So S and I got to spend some special time together enjoying the market.
We first went to the pepper truck. We get to fill a bag with as many peppers as possible for $4....we fit 8 in the bag. Pretty awesome deal. We also picked up a bag of tomatoes. We then slowly made our way past all sorts of awesome vendors to the curry guy. They make amazing curry sauces in a jar that have no added anything. There is no sugar added, no MSG, no preservatives, nothing, just fruit, veggie and spices. They are so to dye for! We bought a Vindaloo, mango curry and a masala. I am definitely trying prawns in the masala this week....mmm. After visiting the curry man and S having a taste of his chickpea curry (which she loves and gets every market from him) we were off to find Cropthorne, the farm we get our weekly veggie basket from. Unfortunately, they weren't at this market. So we had to get our carrots from another farm vendor. 1 bunch (about 10 carrots) for $1.50. Again so awesome! By this time S had been super good and had asked if she could have a muffin. I decided she could pick a cookie. She chose peanut butter chocolate chip and devoured the whole thing. We also picked up a individual apple pie for daddy because they are his favorite and individual meant I wouldn't have any. We were pretty much done by this point so we slowly made our way back glancing in on all the vendors as we went.
Once home, S gave daddy his apple pie and told him about all the friends we had seen while at the market. We got to meet a friends new little boy and S's friends new baby brother, which was very exciting. We then fixed lunch. S told me she wanted a PB sandwich and that she was tired and would go for a nap after lunch. Unfortunately the nap never materialized. Lunch for me was a can of sardines and veggies.
As the afternoon proceeded I couldn't seem to fill myself. My appetite was huge. I ate tons of carrots, peppers, peas, macadamia nuts, a hard-boiled egg, ribs from the night before and nothing satisfied my hunger. I found this very frustrating and tried my best to ignore my tummy.
By 3pm my in-laws had arrived. We had invited them over because it was Grandparent day and we wanted to spend the afternoon and evening with them. We had invited my parents as well but they were over visiting my nana on the island and didn't make it back in time. S and M had a good play with their Meme and Poppa while I did some laundry and tidied the kitchen a bit. By this time my hubby was home from his meeting and we started to prepare dinner.
Dinner was amazing. We had a great roast that my husband had rubbed in the same spicy dry rub he had done on the ribs the night before. He put all the roast veggies we had cut up in a roasting pan and put the roast on top. I put a pot of yams on the stove and dinner was cookn'.
The roast veggie all came from either our garden (summer squash, hubbard squash, kuri squash) or from the farm we coop through (golden beets, potatoe)...so nice to be eating basically all from our backyard. Cropthorne the farm we get veggie from is behind the house across the street from us. So really everything is from less then a KM away.
Once dinner was done, we got S off to dinner, but not before one more story from her Poppa. We then chatted a little before Meme and Poppa left and we cleaned up. I had wanted to call it a night at this point because both my hubby and I were attending a course in the morning, but I had to go to Superstore to try and find S a backpack and slippers for school. The shopping tripped ended up being pointless as they didn't have what I was looking for. That meant it was time for bed.
All in all it was a great day. Just wish I could have gotten a handle on my hunger.
On to Day 8
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