We have had a very interesting day today.
For a start, I nipped into Kenilworth Books to meet an author who was selling and signing her book in the shop. Lovely lady, and I was glad to have made the effort. Apparently, though, she didn’t make many sales. My purchase made up 50% of the total……. oh, dear! Anyway, I’ll let you know what the book is like when I’ve read it! ‘Cuckoo in the Nest,’ by Fran Hill, is about a girl in foster care, so it’s something a bit different.
Andrew was out early to get his teeth polished at the dentist this morning before planning to hasten home and finalise the christening cake. John would be there to offer a helping hand – or maybe just moral support? Whichever it was, Andrew was grateful for the company.
Meanwhile, back in Kenilworth, I thought I’d slip across the road to see if there were any nice dresses in the dress shop. There were, so I bought one of them. A funky one. Heaven knows what everyone will make of it tomorrow at the christening! Tee-hee!
Having purchased a nice new dress, I then took myself off into Waitrose to buy some crudités for tomorrow’s buffet and then drove to Michael and Danielle’s to drop off a few pashminas for Danielle to choose from. She and Harriet were just returning from Costco having bought all the goodies for the buffet, so it was a thrill to see Freddie and Harriet as well.
When I finally arrived home at mid-day, my first question was, “How have you got on with the cake?” Andrew grinned, “Erm…. not done anything on it yet,” he replied, as he stirred a delicious-looking risotto for lunch. “Not long got back from town. Been buying myself a suit!” Well, would you believe it? We seem to be pulling out all the stops to look nice for the christening.
Anyway, suffice to say that the cake is still in progress and there may be a photo of it tomorrow! Perhaps. If there’s no disaster as it’s transported to Kenilworth in the morning. Meanwhile, please enjoy a pic of Chef in action……
After lunch, I left the boys to it and trotted off to see Mum. She was pleased to see me but had no idea who I was. She smiled at me as I arrived, and said, “Nice to see you” before following up with “Who are you?”. I suspect another water infection but we’ll see – the staff will organise a test on Monday.
Mum was rather confused today and apparently still being awkward about eating, drinking and personal hygiene. Despite that, she complied when I suggested she go to the loo and change her underwear today. And we had a nice time together – so much so, that she was reluctant to let me go, unsure of when she might see me again. I promised another visit in the week and so she blew me kisses as I waved her goodbye.
Home for tea and a bit more cake-faffing. Well, Andrew cake-faffed, while John and I made all sorts of unhelpful suggestions!! I’m sure it’ll be alright on the night!!
Take care everyone. God bless.