Friday, April 30, 2010

I Love IKEA

Today Jodie, Louie and I went to Shenzhen to go to IKEA and Metro.  I got some things for our home that weren’t too Chinese-ey.  Metro is like a Cosco or Sam’s Club and is the only place to find some International (American) favorites.  Unfortunately they didn’t have Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Cheerio’s.  I got some imitation Cheerio’s and we’ll see how that goes…I am picky about my cereals.  I did buy some other snacks and butter (very expensive in China).
When I got home I decided to go to the grocery store to pick up things for dinner (I know I should have just gotten things in Metro, but we live right behind a food store…so it’s easy).  I picked out what I hoped was Chicken Breast (it was!), you never know here, some fresh veggies and a bag of sugar.  I came back to “clean” the vegetables.  I was told to soak them in salted spring water to really clean them, rinse them in spring water and then dry them off.  I cleaned the chicken breast and made stir fry and a salad.  The simple meal took about 1 ½ hours (including cleaning veggies).  I have a feeling taking care of things at home can be a full time job, even without kids. 

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