Sept 12 - Distracted

  I was not all there today.  Distracted, sleep-deprived and extremely vague.  My sincere apologies to my co-workers who lovingly put up with me.  I am very lucky to work with such caring and supportive people.  Big huge thanks to my Ops Man J for driving to our morning meeting via my house so I could check that I turned off the fan heater!
  At least I have tomorrow off work.  Normally I take my days off on Fridays but this week's deadlines made Thursday more convenient.  It's turned out to be super-convenient as Bertie also has tomorrow off and Mum and Dad arrive from Adelaide on a morning flight!  Mum is going to meet us at the Queen Vic Market!  Woohoo, girls day!
  I still haven't got around to getting my new slow-cooker.  The one I want is not the cheapest and now there is a new appliance tempting me!  The Philips AirFryer!  And it just happens to be on special at Target this week!  It's normally $329 but Target have it 40% off which is a decent whack.  My new right-hand gal has one and has been telling me how wonderful it is so it's under serious consideration.  I could have chippies!!  Sweet potato ones of course, but chippies nevertheless!

Today's food and exercise were:

• Breakfast was a wholemeal bread ham and cheese toasted sandwich.
• Morning snack was a large slice of banana bread heated in the microwave and spread lightly with Meadow Lea margarine.  I indulged.  Anywhere else would have called it two slices of banana bread!  I want to try toasting banana bread at some point, topped perhaps with cream cheese and berries.
• Lunch was a Mission Five Grain Wrap spread spread with Philadelphia Extra Light Spreadable Cream Cheese (about 30g) and a smear of Masterfoods Horseradish Cream then topped with 67g of sliced Pastoral rare roast beef, baby spinach and cucumber slices.  I served it with a side of carrot sticks (one whole medium carrot) and then I had a slightly unripe medium banana.
• Afternoon snack was a kiwi fruit with the skin on.
• Exercise was 45 minutes on the cross trainer including texts and a short phone call from my three year old niece and her mummy MinxB.
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• Dinner was a pan-friend lamb leg steak (about 200g raw) with garlic, berries (mostly redcurrants) and cumin seeds served with steamed snow peas, carrot, broccoli and slivered almonds and a dab of balsamic glaze.  The dressing on the lamb might sound a little weird but was actually quite enjoyable.  The redcurrants are so tart they worked like lemon juice almost.  It was weird when a blueberry occasionally happened by, but it was mostly a success.
• Dessert was 17g of Klingele Balance dark chocolate with cocoa nibs.

  
  I still didn't do any house work tonight.  I will have to make up the spare bed tomorrow after the market and find a new place to put the junk that found its way onto the floor in the spare room!  But that's a problem for tomorrow.
  Jess