It’s been a busy week this week and we’ve not managed all that we set out to do either. Wednesday was another early start in the larder processing a beast. We made some burgers and it went pretty well – we were done way quicker than expected.
Home for lunch and then I went down to Fliss’ to make a start on chocolate and sweet making.
Thursday was winkle picking day but that was along with about four hundred other things – Ady and I went down to the post office at 10am, called in to see Neil and helped box up the venison we were sending off to a restaurant in Mallaig, got our washing on at the castle, met the boat to collect some deliveries and send the venison off, back to Sandy’s to drop pff some of their stuff, changed to do a 90 minute stint of winkle picking, then changed again to go to the doctor who was over for an asthma health check and swap the washing over into the dryer. Then back to Fliss’s to do more chocolate decorating and some willow wreath making, then to the shop to collect fruit and veg, then home to cook dinner. I fell asleep over my laptop hence no blogpost.
Today was slightly more paced but still pretty busy. This morning Sandy came up and he and Ady did some sorting out teething problems on the woodburner while I helped Davies and Scarlett mind Joss and made pastry, pizza dough, bread dough and soda bread for lunch. I made a taster batch of mince pies, sang songs with Joss, talked to Davies and Scarlett about kids tv, coping with toddlers and why a 3 year old is far more full on than a 12 year old. Sandy and Joss left, we had lunch and then I went down to finish off the chocolates etc. I bumped into Lesley and Neil on the way and debated some issues with venison processing and got the low down on Richard who has been signed off sick with stress til next year. Broken island, broken people…
Fliss and I finished off all our bits – I have made chocolate truffles decorated to look like Christmas puddings in little handmade boxes, chocolate orange cream hearts, chocolate peppermint cream discs. They all look beautiful, I have no idea if they will sell. I walked home and got stuck into mince pie making and finishing off my crochet Christmas tree decorations. Then dinner and bread in while we watched Fawlty Towers on lovefilm instant.
Tomorrow is the Christmas Fayre and I am looking forward to sitting and chatting, drinking some mulled wine and listening to Christmas music regardless of whether we sell a single pennies worth of anything! And then on Sunday I am looking forward to having nothing at all to do!