G'day, people.
TM, I'm glad you made a profit for the sausage stand yesterday. I hope the weather holds for you today.
Linda, I'm glad you're getting some rest. Those ribs sound good. It's not something we often have in Australia. We can get them, just that we have other things to tempt us, plus the ribs are expensive.
Sharon/WO, your first tomatoes! I bet they taste wonderful! And just in time for the cookout.
I started early this morning. easy child 2/difficult child 2 had indicated yesterday that she and BF2 were hoping to visit, I had said to come for lunch. Plus difficult child 1 was bringing girlfriend home after church to talk to my best friend who has offered to make the bride's dress. mother in law was also coming to visit for her usual Sunday movie marathon with husband. Busy day, people to feed, so I skipped church to make sure I was home, and ready to feed people.
I got out my biggest pot and cooked osso bucco, leaving it to simmer on the stove for as many hours as I could.
difficult child 1 & girlfriend turned up, so I rang my friend who still hadn't returned my call from last night. She had agreed that this weekend would be good to sort out the wedding dress, but that was before her next door neighbour and good friend had a crisis - her husband was having surgery for cancer yesterday, they only found it last week, operated yesterday - and took one look and closed him up again. So when we tried to talk to her yesterday about the wedding dress, my friend was understandably busy minding the next door kids while their mother was at the hospital with her husband. So I rang my friend when difficult child 1 & girlfriend arrived, she said she was expecting friend to drop round and would make sure she made time for the kids to go talk wedding dresses to her later. She still hasn't called me back, so I think she got distracted. We do have time, but I think I might need to suggest to my friend that with this unforeseen crisis, we let her off the hook with girlfriend's wedding dress so she can be there for her neighbour.
So difficult child 1 & girlfriend were needing to be soothed a bit, they're sympathetic about the bloke with cancer but wish they had known to maybe leave this for another weekend; they could have got on with other things. As it was, we talked about the invitations, took some photos (part of the invitation design) and tried to get other things organised.
easy child 2/difficult child 2 & BF2 still hadn't turned up. The phone rang at 4 pm - just as I was finally finishing my lunch (I'd been too busy with difficult child 1 & girlfriend). "We've been held up, we'll maybe leave soon."
"That's OK, lunch can be dinner," I told her.
6 pm the phone rings. "Looks like we're not going to get there this weekend," she said. "Next weekend for sure."
It had better be next weekend - that will be her birthday weekend, she will want to see us to get her presents (gee, I'm cynical).
So after staying home all day and cooking vast amounts of food, I could have gone to church, made do with leftovers and relaxed.
I know I sound unsympathetic about the neighbour with cancer - I'm not. He's a lovely man, it's a tragedy for a very young family. My friend is a kind person who will be very invaluable to them. I just wish she had kept me informed or called things off properly, so we weren't left hanging here. But I won't be able to tell her that, and maybe that is frustrating me even more.
All in all, a frustrating day.
The one positive thing - the new budgie is learning fast and has discovered string (it's clearly on this earth solely to provide entertainment to him) and water - I offered the budgie a drink from difficult child 3's cup, and the bird began to bathe instead! So I poured it into a bowl in the sink and watched him have fun! Then I had to keep him in the warmer room until he dried, rather than back in the colder room where his cage is.
Budgies are fun...
Marg
Good Sunday Morning Friends.
