Tuesday 24 December

Hoping for a bit more of a relaxed day, since we don't have a lot to do before our new, scaled-down Christmas Day. I'd like to keep moving with the grass control - not just for the snek, but the weather is forecast to heat up again by the end of the week with not a lot of rain forecast, and I need to keep moving around the house yard to get as much under control as I can before everything starts to dry out...

Done:

• breakfast, coffee
• finished Christmas Day planning
• refreshed empty planter in #6 North with compost smoothies, added worms
• finished menu plan and shopping list
• got into farm clothes, slashed long grass by path/around cottage (did not see snek) and started slashing the huge mess in/around fridge beds
• watered in both courtyards; finished transplanting from #1 to Dan's courtyard, watered and mulched heavily and shaded new transplants
• showered and dressed to shoes
• did shopping - my last ditch effort to find a better mug for Dan was successful!
• put away shopping; supervised the squids helping with cleaning up in the kitchen 
• added the second pair of small green window boxes to the fence between #1 and #4; rearranged pots and insect waterer, potted up remaining two petunia seedlings
• supervised squids putting away the drying up
• made jelly for trifle, slightly experimental skinless TVP/bean sausages, and polenta for rolled roast; cooked and ate the last half-serve of sausage  as a patty (it was yummy)
• made vanilla cake for trifle and spinach rice pie for tonight's dinner
• made bean loaf, piked on tofu quiche (I wasn't hugely hungry anyway so just had fruit)
• gave mugs and hot chocolate mix; agreed on 9pm curfew with squids so Eric and I can go to bed early
• put away food
• put out stockings