FALLING DOWN ON MY JOB

I see its been five days since I posted.  I haven't even been that busy!  I did do some housework and laundry getting ready for company.

Kevin and Tandy arrived yesterday (Friday) for the Easter weekend.  I was out shopping.  I popped into the bulk barn for candy!  As is our tradition the Bootles and company and ourselves will be making a train cake.  We have been doing this since April and Dorothy (April babies) were tiny.

We make or buy about six loaf pan cakes, cover a long board with tin foil and make a train.  Some years the cake is splendiferous and some years maybe not so much.  Last year, at Kathy's, one of the younger decorators had a vicious cold, runny nose, hacking cough etc and by the end of two weeks we all had it.  So this year Kathy, who is responsible for the actual cakes, bought small loaf tins and each person gets their own little train car to decorate.  And I bought about eight bags of candy from bulk barn and I shall dole out each of their candy choices.  That way we all keep our germs to ourselves!  We are doing that later today.

Today I also am making a massive pan of scalloped potatoes, coleslaw a la Paula Deen, and icing.  I hope I remember how to make my butter icing.  It has literally been years since I made it.  Icing sugar in a bag doesn't go bad does it?

I have the kids today.  Last night at dinner K&T asked if I minded keeping the kids while they drove back to Penticton.  They unexpectedly got an appointment to see a house for rent in Penticton.  They live in Ok Falls, but with both the kids attending a school in Penticton, the driving has become too expensive.  Plus Tandy is looking for work in town and that would mean they would have to get another car.  Rentals are almost non existent in Penticton.  So they drove all the way back last night.  And I just got a call from Kevin.  The house got rented by someone else this morning at nine.  They never even got to see it!!  So Kevin is heading back right now.  Tandy is staying home.  She has exams next week so she is going to study.

So I am going to trundle along now (in my Mother's famous words) and get chopping, mixing and measuring.  The kids are suspiciously silent right now.  I think they figured out how to find something on tv to watch, not something they do very often!  I shall take some pics this weekend and report back.  TTYL