G'day, family.
Sharon/WO, I just by luck refreshed the page, or I would have posted simultaneously. THanks for the info about tilapia - I hope it worked out OK and tasted great. A good beer batter is the best way in the world, to batter fish. Very English. And from an Aussie point of view, about the only decent thing you can do, with English beer!
TM, well done to Duckie for earning a place at the dance. I hope she has a lot of fun.
I've had a really busy day and I'm tired. We found out today why difficult child 3 was being so horrible last night - he was Ok this morning behaviour-wise but a bit scatty. Then I noticed a cough, I mentioned it to him, he said he felt he had a bit of a cold. Then he checked his temperature - yep, mild fever. Which would have made him extra tired last night, and when he's tired he is totally unreasonable.
I had invited difficult child 1 & daughter in law for dinner tonight, then as a spur-of-the-monent thing yesterday, I also invited easy child 2/difficult child 2 & BF2. And guess what? No sign tonight of difficult child 1 & daughter in law. I'm sure they forgot - it's not unusual. I'm so glad easy child 2/difficult child 2 & BF2 are here to help us eat the banquet. If/when difficult child 1 & daughter in law turn up for a meal, I now have lots of leftovers, I not only did a roast chicken dinner tonight, I also made a crockpot full of chicken stock, a Sri Lankan curry (currently in the fridge) and osso bucco. By letting them chill overnight before any thickening, I can let the fat set and remove it. The flavours also blend through better. So if the kids turn up for lunch or dinner tomorrow, we've got home-cooked fast food.
And if they don't - then we've got meals ready-cooked for when we get back from Newcastle after the wedding. We'll have easy child & BF1 (he'll be sister in law by then) next weekend, overnight before they fly to Thailand for their honeymoon. So we'll have driven like made, south from Newcastle, and come home to an easy reheat of a slow-cooked gourmet meal. Assuming we have room for it, the restaurant where the wedding reception will be, serves wonderful food!
One week to go and counting. This time next week, we'll be right in the thick of the wedding reception.
Tomorrow is Anzac Day, husband & mother in law want to go to the dawn service. I'm hoping to go as well but it depends on how I'm feeling - I began to cut back on prednisone today and the pain is more apparent today. If I have a bad night, I'll skip the dawn service. Also, I don't know how difficult child 3 will be in the morning.
There is breakfast organised for after the dawn service, but I didn't eat any of it last year, it was all bad for my diet. And there was a huge crowd! It's good to get together with people and talk, I also have some Anzac business to discuss with some people, so I do hope I'm well enough in the morning.
mother in law wants to put some flowers on the cenotaph tomorrow, we weren't able to buy any flowers though, so we both cut some flowers (including weeds!) from our gardens, I need to put it all together into one bouquet in the morning. I'f I'm not there, husband will have to do it. I've included some olive branches to represent the Greek campaign where father in law was captured; some flowering herbs for the hillsides of Greece; some lavender for colour and some Ned Kelly grevillea flowers for the people at home they were all thinking of. I wouldhave put in some branches of bay (the original laurel, for valour) but my tree is looking a bit the worse for wear at the moment. Maybe next year...
and one more thing I need to do tonight, is help easy child 2/difficult child 2 work on her bridesmaids dress design. I'm so tired...
Enjoy your Friday, everyone.
Marg
as well as the movie. Aren't weekends wonderful?
