Friday, March 9th - the troops are here!

After a gorgeous sunny 10' day yesterday, we woke up this morning to 7' and rain. It looks like that's what we'll have for the rest of the day, turning a little cooler this afternoon. Needless to say, cross country skiing is now off the table. Not an option. But we'll manage to keep busy. Probably a trip to the pool this afternoon.

James has all kinds of ideas he wants to try for a medieval feast he learned about at school. Apparently it involved rabbit and brined fish and all sorts of different things. So yesterday they picked up some fish while they waited for me to get finished work and we made a brine after supper and it's sitting in there. He says it has to sit there for a couple of days. I'm a little skeptical about that one but we'll see.  They also have the menu planned for their New Orleans menu on Sunday. It will be a busy time in the Denny kitchen.

In fact it started early this morning with a batch of bread. Some first hand experience was gained at kneading. After a couple of minutes Meghan was an expert and giving instruction to her little brother. We're going to have crepes this morning with fresh strawberries so we can play with the new crepe maker.

As I write this Meghan is sitting beside me writing in her journal. Today is a good day, so far, but I have no doubt at some point in the day it will become "THE WORST DAY EVER!!!" which James says happens pretty much every day!

We had a simple supper last night - mini burgers and french fries. Nothing too fancy - even though Patti texted Greg and told him we had just finished boiled lobster and butter, mussels and medium rare steak! But she did tell him she was just kidding. And Greg might be glad he's not here for the rabbit stew James wants to make. I told him if we can't find rabbit, we always have some goat meat in the freezer. He decided that will work equally well.

Stay tuned for news over the weekend.....