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angharad_gamWe had a pretty mad weekend. Saturday my parents flew in, for a short visit on their way back from a trip to Europe. Their plane landed on Saturday afternoon, when we normally do our grocery shopping, so we had to do that in the morning, except Andy also managed to flood the bathroom, and Liam got up with conjunctivitis and had to be taken to the doctor. Somehow we managed to squeeze bathroom cleaning, parent collection, grocery shopping, doctor visit, the usual Saturday three loads of washing and making cheesecake into the one day. It was pretty hectic.
It was nice to have my dad in the same state for father's day though. We went out to lunch. Then we had Andy's parents and brother over for dinner, a grand total of ten people (which is not much in comparison with 150, but my kitchen is much smaller than most hall kitchens). I made Indian - lamb korma, potatoes madras, rice, pappadums, naan bread, raita, samosas (with lots of shortcuts). And then the cheesecake (cherry) for dessert.
A busy weekend. Also our house filled up with enormous blowflies. There must be something festering in some secret hole somewhere (a charming thought, but then the kids quite often leave apple cores or melon rinds in odd places, so not entirely surprising) and giving birth to them. Andy sucked most of them up with the vacuum cleaner. But not before they freaked out Liam. He has been very anxious and nervy lately.
Liam is still not entirely well but is being annoying about taking medicine. He freaked out over the eyedrops and ointment for the conjunctivitis, so we had to hold him down to put it in. Now he has a cough but is so disgusted by the cough medicine Andy got that he gets all in a state and practically throws up whenever he has to take some. One has sympathy for one's sick children, but sometimes they try it greatly. I tried making him a honey and lemon drink and he complained that it tasted like metal.
Andy has also not been well. I think he has finally succumbed to the lurgy that has been going around.
Also it was so nice to see the sun for a while over the weekend, but Tuesday's weather brought on a nasty bout of hayfever. Honestly plants, what is it with you? A couple of sunny days and all you can think about is sex?
And then the wind knocked down a tree in our front garden. Fortunately it fell on the lawn. If it had gone the other way it would have taken out the power/phone lines into the house (and also the peas and beans that are just coming up).
It was nice to have my dad in the same state for father's day though. We went out to lunch. Then we had Andy's parents and brother over for dinner, a grand total of ten people (which is not much in comparison with 150, but my kitchen is much smaller than most hall kitchens). I made Indian - lamb korma, potatoes madras, rice, pappadums, naan bread, raita, samosas (with lots of shortcuts). And then the cheesecake (cherry) for dessert.
A busy weekend. Also our house filled up with enormous blowflies. There must be something festering in some secret hole somewhere (a charming thought, but then the kids quite often leave apple cores or melon rinds in odd places, so not entirely surprising) and giving birth to them. Andy sucked most of them up with the vacuum cleaner. But not before they freaked out Liam. He has been very anxious and nervy lately.
Liam is still not entirely well but is being annoying about taking medicine. He freaked out over the eyedrops and ointment for the conjunctivitis, so we had to hold him down to put it in. Now he has a cough but is so disgusted by the cough medicine Andy got that he gets all in a state and practically throws up whenever he has to take some. One has sympathy for one's sick children, but sometimes they try it greatly. I tried making him a honey and lemon drink and he complained that it tasted like metal.
Andy has also not been well. I think he has finally succumbed to the lurgy that has been going around.
Also it was so nice to see the sun for a while over the weekend, but Tuesday's weather brought on a nasty bout of hayfever. Honestly plants, what is it with you? A couple of sunny days and all you can think about is sex?
And then the wind knocked down a tree in our front garden. Fortunately it fell on the lawn. If it had gone the other way it would have taken out the power/phone lines into the house (and also the peas and beans that are just coming up).
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