Daily Archives: 2020-04-08

Got up early and went down to CountDown as suggested by the CountDown Help desk yesterday, arriving just after 7:00am. Only to be told that the store wasn’t opening for any customers before 8:00am but that if I came back then there would be a priority queue for Gold Card holders and others in the “vulnerable” categories. Went home, had breakfast and then Karola, Bangle, and I drove back arriving just after 8:00am.

The priority queue was quite long already but moved quickly and within a few minutes I was inside. There were about the same number of shoppers as shelf-loading staff and , like my experience at Flaxmere New World last week, it was hard not to bump into people due to the number of people and the narrow aisles. Just over an hour later I was through the self-serve checkout and wheeling my heaped trolley to the car.

It being after 9:00am it was time to drop by OMG (Oh My Goodness), the bakery, and pick up my three paleo loaves – still warm from the oven. Back home, shopping for the week done, inside two hours.

Good to see that Karola has adopted the new bamboo carving board that I bought online to replace her old one, bought from the Hastings Farmers Market years ago but recently splitting as if left in the sun.

It is a Joseph Joseph Cut & Carve Chopping Board! They say “This insanely clever chopping board features an integrated grip centre to hold your food in place as you cut, ensuring that carving a leg of lamb or a roast chook has never been easier! Plus, with angled edges to trap the juices, this food safe bamboo board makes for the ideal chopping surface for all your culinary creations”. Size: 400mm x 300mm and 35mm thick, approximately.

In the afternoon I worked on the chook house again, almost got the main door finished when darkness fell and rain began falling.

New Chopping Board – Ideal For Cutting My Paleo Bread and Making Cauliflower Rice

Oak Avenue Weather:10℃—19℃ 2.9mm rain [76.24] IKBOrchard TdT