Second time lucky

[wiseheart]

So, Mum has successfully recovered from her upset stomach, therefore we ate the yummy food from yesterday with delight. Well... half of it, which means I won't have to cook tomorrow, either. Always a good thing in my books.

I've spent enough time in the kitchen anyway. I've made the vanilla slices (or whatever they are called in English: they are simply vanilla custard between two layers of puff pastry; I just added the strawberries)and grated the zucchinis to freeze them - that took me the greater part of the morning. We also had laundry day, this being Saturday, so I didn't have time to get bored.

I still managed to squeeze in half an hour of crafty time first thing in the morning (as I knew it would be hopeless later). I've made the page bases for the last two baby book pages. I'm still not sure about the design; not only for those two pages, but also for the inside of the back cover. I'd love to make something really fancy but I have the feeling that they won't turn out like that. I'm just too tired all the time; not so much physically as rather mentally, and that has a detrimental effect on creativity.

The weather remains crazy. It is generally warm, but we have at least one thunderstorm a day, with heavy rain and strong winds. The balcony doesn't stand a chance. Thank god, my self-made catastrophe prevention (in the form of strategically placed tinfoil sheets, a sponge and a plastic bucket) is still working beautifully. I had three fingers high water in the bucket in the morning. Having that on the floor wouldn't have been fun.*sigh*

Comments

[meathiel]

Here it's been wet AND cool.
I'm not happy!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I can imagine! *commiserates*

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Well played on the balcony disaster prevention. We call those cakes custard slices too, and they're one of my favourite treats. I would rather have a custard slice than a cream one. I don't know about where you are, but if you buy them here they are extremely expensive.

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

I would call them vanilla slices, and they are delicious!

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

As long as you can keep the water from spreading on the floor it will be okay. I know that craftsmen do not bother about "minor" repair work!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Prices for cakes and slices have skyrocketed over here, too. Which is even more inspiration to make them myself. For the price of a single piece I can produce a whole tray full of them — even if they end up in the "ugly but yummy" category. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That they are indeed. And ready-made puff pastry is so useful!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It would be still nice not to become a nervous wrack every time we are having somewhat heavier rain. :(

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

We've been having the same type of weather. We don't have a balcony that floods (thank goodness) but do have a driveway and sidewalk that flood. Not enough to get into the house, mind you, but enough to require stepping stones in the carport that lead to a small concrete ramp in front of the door that leads into the house. No one else that I've ever heard of has stepping stones in their carport — what a crazy arrangement!