Sorry, I guess I didn't post yesterday. Between the cold and Amelia arriving...

I invited people to come help me bake. Sky and her Mom are the only ones who took me up on it. They got there a little after 10. I had vacuumed and bathed and gotten out some ingredients and equipment. It was quite fun. They did most of the work under my direction, but they said it didn't seem like a lot of work. And they talked the whole time. We made muffins (with blueberries); their request. We made banana bread. I had two bananas that needed to be turned into bread. We made ginger cookies that you can freeze as balls and bake when you need them. I wasn't feeling very sick and I didn't get super close to them. They are not usually the huggy kind. Or maybe our relationship is not hte huggy kind. I would love to do more cooking like that.

After lunch, I went to get my Dad (in my new car) and took him to Avid Bookshop. He enjoyed it. Janet helped us pick out books for most of the people on his list. It was a successful trip and I took him home again.

Back at the house, it was time to put the chickens up and feed the pigs. We ate some chicken curry Ray got from the freezer and heated up with rice. It was great. When I know Amelia is coming, I often plan a meal with some meat in it for us to eat since we won't be eating much in the time she's here. We don't really miss it; I just try to get in lots of protein to keep me from becoming diabetic.

We watched a little TV and I went to bed. There was no chance I would be able to stay awake until Amelia got there (which turned out to be about 11), so I tried to get some sleep. I did wear the mask for a little while, but it occurred to me that I was supposed to wash it some and it might not be good for me to keep breathing through the same germy mask. I woke up at 3 or so and went in the other room to read for a while, but eventually got back to sleep and woke up at 6:30.

Definitely have a full-fledged cold--coughing, sneezing, stuffy head, sore throat...Amelia spent most of the time sewing. She wants to be able to do things when Molli and Adrian are here (other than sewing). The question is where can she do it. Plenty of room yesterday in the downstairs bedroom, but we will move her out this morning before Adrian and Molli get here. She would like to sleep in there and leave the sewing spread out, but the cat's litter box has to go somewhere--I don't think Molli and Adrian should have to share a bathroom with the cat, as well as Amelia. And don't want the litter box in the downstairs bathroom, for when company comes. However, I may relent and let her sleep there. I am certainly not the one to tell someone they have to stop in the middle of a project. Stay tuned.

I was able to function pretty well in the morning, although mostly by hanging around on the couch, not cooking and baking. Ray and I took a walk (with Cameron, of course). It was warm and sunny, almost hot. He split some wood. I tried not to keep Amelia from working on her sewing. My Dad called. He wanted to come tell us all about his peformance as Father Christmas the night before. I said I would feed him, but didn't have much to offer. He stopped and got pizza and potato soup for us from Transmetropolitan. My Mom loved that soup! It is all full of heavy cream, I'm sure. So good. It was a pretty late lunch and I was feeling pretty sick by the time he left. Couldn't quite figure out what to make for Amelia for supper, but got started on something while Ray fed the pigs. He did most of the cooking for me and Amelia worked on her sewing. The cat has the run of the house, so we don't let poor Cameron in like we have done sometimes.

Supper was delicious and then it was late enough for me to have another hot toddy. MMM. It sure is good for a cold. Watched some TV. Went to bed and read. Sipped on Robitussin all day and took a Tylenol cold tablet at night. Woke up at some point coughing and took some Nyquil. That knocked me out thoroughly until about 6:30 this morning, a prefectly reasonable time to get up in my book.