Saturday, April 29, 2006

We have milk!

I found milk today in a little shop that sells clothes, shoes, groceries, toys and underwear…all in a bedroom sized room. I only found the shop this week, and so went back today (having been paid) to buy a couple of litres of milk. Yippee! Spent a long time trying to find curtain wire hooks and nail polish remover, but could get neither.

Another fairly busy day, although hardly as productive as yesterday. I had to finish off grocery shopping today, and I must say it’s been one of my more successful grocery shopping experiences. The shops are really well stocked at the moment (other than the essentials) and the reductions shelf at Thorpes is heaven for a bargain hunter. And a lady from our congregation came by today with a huge grocery hamper for us, wanting to bless us and mom and dad. Apparently she is coming back on Monday with a cake (I was out at the time of delivery). So our cupboards, pantry, fridge and freezer are well stocked with all sorts of goodies (just not onions). Somehow I feel like we’re drowning in a sea of chocolates and snacks…they are oozing out of all cupboards, and we just can’t get through them fast enough. Actually, we’ll probably send some stuff back with mom and dad unless they manage to eat their way through everything in a month. Caleb is taking to this whole healthy eating thing, and very crossly tells us the whys and wherefores of what a terrible thing it is that we’re offering him chips and chocolates. Good though, if we can get him into some healthy eating habits at age 5, he’ll live long! Aaron, on the other hand, is a dustbin, and couldn’t care a fig about whether or not his blood is healthy and bones are strong. Thankfully he’s given up his habit of eating toothpaste and eating sugar out the bowl (and the mango trees still have all their leaves).

Not much else going on…we’re really just waiting for time to pass until Tuesday morning. There are 83 passengers aboard the RMS. Tomorrow there is a big street carnival happening, starting at 17h30.

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