today…

I know… awful title eh?

We had a long day today… Got up this morning with Simon at 6am… he actually got up an hour late this morning… I was debating on whether to go to the Montreal Homelearners group meeting today and finally decided that I should… Last night I salted some cabbage to wilt it a bit and this morning I made rice paper wraps with that and crumbled Thai peanut burger and spicy peanut sauce that was last night’s supper… omg they turned out amazing!!

We finally got out at 9:15 and headed to get some breakfast and then headed toward Montreal…
The group was small and we had fun but I am not sure if I am going to be going back that often… the parking in that area is horrendous and is just going to get worse with snow on the way… and the group is looking to get more structured whereas I would rather be more about the kids just getting together with other kids and the parents talking… If I am willing to drive to Montreal I think that I would rather use that driving time to visit other friends that will fulfill my need of just getting together…

After that was done, we ran to the car in the rain and then I drove around a bit and then met Simon near his work and then headed for the mall to pick up a few things that we needed and get some supper…

I feel funny that each time I go get Sushi at the mall I am met by our old landlady (where my mom and I lived until I moved out) who works there… and she gives me 50% discount… Sushi is expensive… but I did save 15$…

Anyway that was our day… It feels so good to be sitting down finally..

eta… a great thing that came out of today was to get a mama to try my wrap instead of her snugli…. she loved it! I always love to share the comfortable babywearing love…

there's going to be a whole lot of baking going on…

Yesterday… when taking out my old loathed stand mixer from under the counter (a ten year old 30$ west bend) the glass bowl fell and broke into a million pieces… and no, I am not exaggerating by saying a million… there was not one large piece left in tact and there was tons of glass dust everywhere…

Anyway… Ironically I had sent Simon a link last week of my dream mixer…

you know the kind that you don’t have to hold down with all of your force when it is trying to knead dough….

the kind that doesn’t start smelling like burnt plastic after 2 min…

The kind that can actually mix a batch of cookies and not cry out for help…

Well… guess what I am getting for X-mas!

Cuisinart 7 Quart Stand Mixer

I just ordered it today because it is on sale at Sears until Friday… (150$ off…)

Omg… I can’t wait to get it!

yumm…. vegetable chowder and pumpkin butter…

After feeling awful yesterday morning I needed some light comfort food to keep my tummy happy happy…

I cleaned up the house a bit, dusted and cleaned the kitchen (cooking is always better with a clean kitchen)

I got the pumpkin in from outside cut and roasted it and then pureed it…

Then I made an amazing Vegetable Chowder… a variation of a recipe that I got on Recipezaar (I add a lot more seasonings and more veggies and broccoli instead of peas and not as much dairy) and we ate that with some of my sourdough bread…

I started to fill some mason jars with pumpkin puree when I remembered a recipe that I had “stumbled” on a few days ago…

Pumpkin Butter

So easy to make and SO delicious!

One batch made 4 jars worth…

and of course while it was still warm I had to scoop a bit on some vanilla ice cream…

I feel weird today…

The more healthy I eat, the less processed and more whole, the better I feel…

I am also quickly realizing that when I don’t eat well I feel it… something that didn’t happen as much even a year ago…

Yesterday… I didn’t eat well at all… it was delicious, I didn’t overeat, it was homemade and yummy… but it was greasy (both lunch and supper) and then followed by a bit too many snack size chocolates and today I have been experiencing the consequences…

Feeling this way kind of makes me happy in a weird way…

My diet has been improving more over the last years… and when I was not eating well on a regular basis, a day like yesterday would not have phased me or my body… as I am sure is the case with many others that do not eat well on a regular basis… and because it doesn’t make you feel  “worse” then it is hard to change your habits…

but now, knowing that I don’t feel well after eating certain things makes me want to eat better.. not just because I know that it is good for me, but because my body says no also…and I want to avoid feeling like I did this morning…

That is a big step I believe…

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