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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Day 3 completed. I was nearly going to swap tomorrow's rest day with today, but I knew I'd regret it. Had to dig deeper than usual! Today I took the mini peelers to see Across the Spiderverse and then to Timezone. Timezone is getting a bit shitty; a lot of the games we like were broken or not working properly. We had some late lunch and then went to Games World and EB Games. We bought some board games (The Chameleon, Block Party and some new UNO cards to replace our very worn out ones) and I also bought the Minecraft cookbook, looks interesting and I'm looking forward to making some of the things in there. We wandered all around the place and I think we all stayed out a bit too long and we were all a bit tired! When they were little I used to have a 2 to 3 hour limit for going out. Partly I was managing my anxiety disorder and partly the kids would kind of hit the wall around that time and start to get tired and shitty of mood. I got home and the old "what's for dinner" thing started. So I made a simple dinner and just ate some veggies myself. I quite often do that, meat and veg for everyone else and veg for me. Then I exercised.

Hey, does anyone know anything about Golden Berry/Peruvian Ground cherry? Mr Peeler's cousin has a plant she wants to give me, and I don't know much about them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Chameleon is such a fun board game! We play it a lot with our friends

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've never played it but I think I'm just about to!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that's one name for Cape Gooseberry. Try googling that. Never tried to grow them, but have eaten them a few times. The little paper casings around each fruit are adorable. I believe they grow quite well here in Melbourne, but I've never tried. Maybe talk to taleya?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, will do. And yes, the paper casings are cute (she gave me a couple of fruits but I'd had breath mints and then brushed my teeth so I didn't eat).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe you can take off the casings and dip the fruit in hard crack sugar syrup for toffee crunchy goodness. I find them tangy and yum as part of a cheese board.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That sounds intriguing, thankyou.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are slaying it! Love reading your posts! Love seeing you smash your exercises! You are amazing!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago