It’s D-day here, but it seems like this baby is determined to be late.  I knew eating that yummy apple / strawberry pie yesterday would not convince the Peanut that it’s time to vacate.   Should have put hot sauce in the pie.

Plan for today:  buy tart pan to make pie a la Robyn and get fruit from the market.

Afternoon update:

• Vacuumed / Swiffered
• Took a bumpy ride on OC Transpo to the Byward Market
• Stopped at the meat shop
• Bought berries and veggies for supper
• Made apple / strawberry pie
• Made bread in the breadmachine
• Snoozed
• Got bored
• Did not have baby

With mittens knitted, make-up kit restocked, hair cut and apartment tidied, I am officially bored.  And last night’s ‘operation spicy food’ did nothing… in fact, I had a fantastic sleep.  Ugh.

Maybe it’s time to take a little stroll to the bookstore

Afternoon update:

• New book purchased: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
• Despite watching a lot of daytime TV, I am still not sick of the Russell Oliver gold ad

With my mitten project complete, I’m at a bit of a loss for things to do today.  And there’s only so much tidying the house that I can stand.

Yesterday’s activities:

• Finished knitting mittens
• Made plum crisp
• Baked more bread
• Cleaned apartment
• Laundry
• Watched America’s Next Top Model

As for today – I’m considering a field trip to the Clinique counter to pass some time before my hair cut later this afternoon.  Getting bored can really give your credit card a workout.

Sunday the 14th is my official due date…  until then, here’s what I’ve noticed is unavoidable in the last week of pregnancy:

• It is impossible not to get muffin batter on the bump when cooking.  Things just land there.
• The waddle.  I try not to waddle in public, but at home it’s all about the penguin dance.
• Dropping things.  This is annoying because bending over to pick up the item is awkward to say the least.
• Staring.  I am a whale, thank you for gawking.  Seriously, I’m not going out on Bank Street any more.

We were up bright and early to shop at the farmers market yesterday.  Surely the lure of fresh veggies and fruit would coax this baby to make an appearance.  So far, that plan is not working.

Robyn sent me this link to new corn syrup ads that are running in the US.  It totally skeeves me out that they need to run these ads…  the stuff must be pretty bad.   I don’t want my baby to be a corn cob.  Also – who puts corn syrup in Kool Aid?  yuck.

Everything is food-related these days.  I decided to replace my old faux-Pyrex blue glass casserole dish that I bought back in my student days (possibly a Big Buds special) and replace it with something a little more grown up.  Something that would actually make the food look good coming out of the oven and not eerily blue.  (See full food-fug photo here.)

I am planning on making this gnocchi recipe tonight in it.  Mmm.

I popped over to Elgin St. to the home store and also to run some errands.  I ended up with this “homestead” casserole dish.   I’m not sure when bus tours decided to start making the home store on Elgin a tourist destination, but the place was packed.  Weird.

On the to-do list for today:

• go to the farmers market
• snooze
• read food magazines with Orville
• cook
• snooze
• pat the cat

Some things I’ve been up to over the last couple of days…

• The OC Transpo driver joked with me yesterday to not have the baby on his bus.  Ha ha.  Yeah, believe me that is NOT going to happen.
• Entered the sore and swollen feet days.  Shopping is not a cure for swollen feet.  Sadly.
• Trekked to Hull today to pick up paperwork… hopefully the last trip to Hull for a looooooong time.
• Made more sweet potato burritos for the freezer.
• Cruised the Orange Cat pool on Flickr.
• Delivered mittens and patted kittens.
• Started reading In Defense of Food (halfway done already!  a great read!)

• Knitting continues at lightning speed.  But what will come first – the next pair of mittens or the baby?  My money is on the mittens.
• Daytime tv is pretty bad.  Especially creepy animal segments on Rachel Ray.  Ick.  I don’t want to see you pet spiders and then make a casserole.  TV off.
• A little break from the heat overnight means my toes don’t feel like the five little piggies today.
• I’m guessing I won’t make it, but Ottawa Knitters may be interested in this event next week at the Civilization Museum:
  Heart and Soul: Quebec Folk Art – Knitters Delight
  Join us for a creative evening with Vogue Knitters and local guests. After a visit of the exhibition, renowned author and knitting designer Sally Melville talks about embracing change, followed by some knitting, mingling and displays of the knitter’s art.
  River View Salon,  Cash bar, September 11 – 6:30 p.m.

• Yeah, I downloaded the new New Kids on the Block album.  I am 12.
• With the hot weather, even my toes feel fat.
• You can get a surprising amount of knitting done between the hours of 3am – 4am.
• Ugh – pregnancy brain strikes again.  Thought I was buying a bag of sweet yellow plums, chomped into one and discovered they are tomatoes.  Not.a.plum.  Disappointment.