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refresher course

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7 days into 2014, and we’ve got another 9 weeks to go in this pregnancy. Nervous much? Somewhat. But thank goodness I have this hyper toddler keeping me busy. That and this thing called nesting syndrome. Argh.

It went into hyper overdrive during the last week of 2013, and earlier this week. Just felt the need to tidy, and tidy and tidy, dragging poor Donald into it. Just the other day, I was sorting out the toys, Quentin’s in a pile and Ollie’s in another pile. Obviously Ollie was stoked to revisit some old toys and that kept him occupied whilst I cleaned up a few more stuff. Good grief..if one toddler was already taking up so much space..what more about two??

D asked in passing if I was sorting out photos and I ended up sitting in front of the computer trying to sort out duplicates and the photos we had in it. Alamak. I chanced upon a video that a friend had taken for us using my phone, a video of Donald giving 2 mth old Ollie his bath. Hahah. It was such an awesome memory. Donald was like, “ohhh so this is how you bath the baby.”
I reckon it is going to take us a couple of days before we get back into the swing of things again when Quentin arrives.

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eating well

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so. one of my pregnancy cravings this time round is to eat salad and fruits. 

I know right?? I mean..of all the times I get to pig out on chocolate..and baked goods for the right reason, I get a healthy craving. *sigh* When I was pregnant with Ollie, I couldn’t stand the taste of chocolate. WTF. Can cry man. Especially when I am a chocoholic. 

These days, I am constantly sharing an apple with Ollie. I walk past a salad bar and start craving a salad with creamy dressing. mmMM..and I bought a bowl. Cost me frikkin’ $13.80. My only justification is that it is a healthy meal. 

Last weekend, we went out grocery shopping for a mix of salad leaves, fruits and other veggies that would go well with a salad. Oh boy..eating healthy is expensive in Singapore. 

Two bags of mesclun salad mix, butternut pumpkin ($7), beetroot, alfafa sprouts ($2.50), sundried tomatoes ($4), dill, grape tomatoes, hass avocado ($1.50) = $30

9 guavas, 9 granny smith apples (3 for $1), 2 white peaches ($2,50 each), 1 golden kiwi ($1.80), a punnet of blackberries ($5), 3 punnets of blueberries ($3 each) = ~$30

mind you, I bought the veggies from a wet market and the fruits from a wholesaler. Had I gotten them from the supermarket, the price would probably be doubled. And these aren’t even organic. Ayeeeee. 

I am probably gonna spend the next couple of weeks figuring out how I can lower the cost of it. Well, hopefully beyond eating coleslaw for the rest of this pregnancy (cabbage is really cheap!)

on another note, I have just discovered making homemade fruit & veggie smoothies. haha. The juicer and the blender is out. I think my kitchen countertop is having a kitchen appliance overload. I tried a mix of carrots, celery, banana and greek yoghurt yesterday. Let’s just say I am still not a celery convert. Besides I was just trying to use up the veggies in the chiller..haha. However I tried a new recipe that I saw on the internet today, an avocado-banana smoothie. It was reaaally yums! I got the link from here: http://www.marthastewart.com/872689/avocado-banana-smoothie. It is definitely a keeper. 

Now if I can only sort out my meal times…this hormones thing is driving my appetite nuts. Gaah. 

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