December 20 2018
Having Granddaughters is great. Today Indi helped me prepare the food for tomorrows feast. She tackled a huge pumpkin that she complained gave her a harder work out than the polardes class she had just come back from! We both now have loads of zucchinis and discussed how we could use them. Indi said she had baked one into a chocolate cake and I stuffed one of the turkeys with a zucchini mixed with falafel. Perhaps we will be able to sell more at the market , but I suspect that everyone has them now. I will definitely use several in a vegetarian /vegan dish for tomorrow.
I have put away the three D puzzle that I brought at the charity shop. I have seen these puzzles in magazines and often wondered whether to try one, but they are usually expensive enough to make them resistible. A chance to try for $3 was altogether another matter. The puzzle was do-able, but it took a lot of patience to avoid knocking more buts off than those I put on. The odd thing was that when I finally got the thing built I had a small piece left over and a larger piece missing! No way could I sort the thing out, but I have decided that the temptation period is over.
My sun room jungle is now looking very clean and sorted. A lot of my plants have been relocated outdoors where they can enjoy a summer of fresh air and natural rain. It helps with pest control too. The turmeric has sprouted well, and the ginger is growing fast. I just cut bits off when I need some for cooking. I have strung a long rope of led lights all around the windows, so the area looks magical at night. I have two very young grandchildren and I want them to experience the wonder of a traditional Xmas.
All this has taken a lot of work. Edd and I thought about it today and remembered that before the fires we had Wwoofers, overseas travellers, who helped us with lots of the work plus we had a man to help once a week with the heavy work and my friend helped me clean up every Friday before our paying guests arrived. For the last ten years it has mostly been just Edd and I doing everything. No wonder we feel a bit over worked. Perhaps we should plan differently for next year.
Despite this I have fitted in two massive shopping trips and I have all the gifts wrapped and labelled under the tree. No big or expensive gifts , just tokens for grownups and toys for the very young. The teenagers get money and a gift I hope will make them laugh. I also found a proper cricket set so that games can be played on the flat grass Edd has just mowed if anyone has the energy. I know I haven’t.
I do feel a bit old for cooking for thirty plus people but if I didn’t Bo would, and she cooks like this every day at her restaurant and as a result is closer to collapse than I am. My big wish for the new year is that none of us needs to work quite so hard.
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