Day 48 - Busy, busy, busy

Yesterday was a busy day. Got up went to the gym and did a step class which was quite fun. Haven't done a step class for a while, so it was good to test out my memory and co-ordination! And cos I'm so over the exercise it was good to do a class which made the time fly by.

After the gym, I pottered around at home for a bit, did 5 loads of washing, the dishes which were stacked almost to the roof and some grocery shopping. First I called into a fantastic Italian delicatessen on Lygon Street (not the busy Carlton end) called Enteco Sileno. It is ghastly expensive but so, so awesome. It has everything you need from truffle oil to limoncello to dried porcini mushrooms. I bought a big wedge of Parmigiano Reggiano (Parmasen cheese). I like to buy the real stuff but sometimes I have to begrudgingly make do with supermarket crap when I can't get to a speciality store. The delis at my local shopping centre are all Greek, so they have the most wonderful cheeses but no Parmesan! Aargh, so racist ;) (But my BIL told me a new one has just opened up on High Street, Northcote so will have to check it out!)

Then I went to the supermarket and bought the rest of the ingredients to cook my BIL a birthday dinner. When I got to my sister's place, I couldn't believe how much the girls had grown since Wednesday when I last saw them. Its crazy! They were very unsettled and spent most of the night crying. I got stuck into the beer while I was cooking and my sis, BIL and his Mum went for a walk with the girls and the dogs. When they got home the girls were still crying. In the end we sat down to eat cos they just weren't gonna go to sleep...my sister told me today that they slept the best they have ever slept last night. From midnight to 2.30am and then from 4am to 6.30am. I guess they were exhausted from all the crying.

Food:

Meal 1 - lemon water
muesli with milk and berries

Meal 2 - water
apple and nuts

Meal 3 - water
tuna salad with mixed beans, tomato, red pepper, cucumber, avocado and low-fat mayo

Meal 4 - 2 coopers pale ale
cheezels

Meal 5 - 1 coopers pale ale
2 glasses of Shiraz
mushroom risotto
rocket salad with balsamic vineagerette and shaved Parmesan
few thick slices of white breadstick with butter

Meal 6 - water
sticky date pudding with double cream

Yum, yum, yum! Was nice to eat some delicious food (ok maybe I should be more modest) and drink nice wine. My BIL opened a 2002 Shiraz which was very nice!