This morning I woke up at 6:55am so I could sneak downstairs and into the kitchen to skype with everyone at the 7th Annual Winter Ball. It was lovely to get to say hi to people I haven’t seen in ages and to see the beautiful (and familiar) decorations and watch a few dances. I even got to dance some of the last waltz with Brigid! :)
I went back to bed for about 2 1/2 hours before getting up to see off the Bergfelds! They said they would be leaving at 10:30am, so I got up at 10:15 to say goodbye…but they didn’t end up leaving until 11:15am. So, I just had breakfast and then hung around, trying to stay out of their way. When they left, Candice got up and we decided that as it was raining and I was still super exhausted (and sick), we would just hang around the house and relax all day. I requested that we not bother to even change out of pajamas.
It was a fun day—and nicely restful. We watched “Little Women” and drank tea. Then we just hung out and talked. We had some soup and zucchini loaf (what the French call “cake”—it’s not at all sweet, though. It’s more like bread with zucchini shreds and some cheese, etc.) for lunch and then just hung out for the afternoon.
Photo: HAPPY PEOPLE! :)
In the early evening I skyped with Gabrielle while Candice skyped with her family. I had a really good talk with Gabrielle—it’s so nice to have her “nearby”… :p
Tonight we had dinner, made a fire (and tried roasting madeleines…with nutella), and watched “It’s A Wonderful Life.” I absolutely LOVE that movie!
Photo: Getting ready to try roasting madeleines!
Photo: Look at that grin of pleasure... clearly she's getting the idea that we should add nutella!
We also made pudding (from a German mix that only had instructions in German…which meant Candice had to type them into google translate so we could know what to do!) and ate it with some of the leftover baked apples! YUM!!
Photo: Candice translating the pudding instructions...
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