G'day.
TM, sounds like your days are getting busier. I hope the Easter prep works out without giving you more work to do. You need to set up the coffee with IV.
Jamie, I hope you don't have to wait too long for the capuccino. I hope difficult child does OK at his karate tournament.
We had a busy day today - I needed to sleep in after last night's wedding, but difficult child 3 had to get more schoolwork done. Today's German work was to make a Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte. I got easy child 2/difficult child 2 working to help him but I ended up pitching in more because I needed to get away by midday for a meeting on the mainland. And wouldn't you know it? Out of flour! Down to the store, try to not chat to people, rush home but we lost time. I ended up late to my meeting, cakes cooling in their tins until we got home this evening. Tomorrow we add the cream, cherries and grated chocolate for the photo finish. Also tomorrow - the Easter candle for church. The first pour, anyway. I'm hoping to get some wax paints on Monday from the craft shop in the city, so I can be more liberal with decorations this year. Normally I melt out coloured wax from cheese, pour it onto a slab, lift the wax carefully and cut out the shapes and letters before using hand heat to mould it onto the candle. And then hope little kids don't pick it off. Somewhere in there I need to ring the local doctor about setting up regular blood tests for mother in law once she comes out of hospital.
We had Earth Hour tonight - the first one. It's where as many people as possible turn off all their electricity for one hour (7.30 pm to 8.30 pm) to see how much greenhouse gases we can save the environment. Most of Australia uses coal-fired power stations, which is criminal when you think of the renewable resources we have - solar, tides, wind - and we burn black coal.
Tomorrow we find out from the power stations if it made any difference to the city's normal usage. Still, it was an interesting experiment for difficult child 3.
Have a fun Saturday.
Marg
