Aww! Mommy/daughter day sounds like fun! Enjoy your adventure, KF!
PB, regarding #2: Did you get that signed disclaimer? You're not obligated!
My five:
1. My husband comes home tonight! And someday (soon?) I won't have to say this anymore.
2. The forecast for tomorrow looks favourable for pizza ovens, so I'm going to make some dough today and let it cold-prove in the 'fridge overnight. I randomly bought extra tomatoes this week, too, so we can have all the tasty noms. I regret my decision to omit the chorizo I looked at from my grocery order. OOoh! But I have ham slices and a tin of pineapples! (Shush, you haters.. pineapple on pizza is of the gods!) YAY for pizza noms!
3. On Monday, my husband woke up at 4:30 to no internet but didn't have time to fix it. So he left for Salisbury, and I woke up 5 hours later to no internet. I expected it to fix itself (it had happened one day last week, too), so on Monday I did nothing. On Tuesday, I woke up to no internet still. So I spent 5 hours standing in the one spot in my house where I get mobile signal, texting back and forth with tech support before I had internet. The rest of Tuesday and all day Wednesday were fine... Thursday I woke up to no internet. Another couple of hours standing in the corner with tech support, and swapping out the modem/router, and I have internet again. But now our network is split in two, and I can't view the security cameras unless I log into the other network or I go to the Comm Centre (the spare bedroom where the camera network hub is located... I jokingly call it the Comm Centre because with the big monitor on, it looks like those security rooms in films). It's been an annoying week, but at least I'm online.
4. Last week, my husband and I were inspired by Raymond Blanc and attempted to make a thing. At every step of the way, we experienced ... challenges (I'm sure the rum-enhanced chocolate milkshake had nothing to do with it!). Misinterpreting instructions, missing ingredients, things just not going to plan... *headshake* But the result was good enough (and so pretty!), so I bought the proper ingredients, and we will try again. Here's a photo of last week's attempt... we made spun sugar (not in the original recipe, but we had to make up for other mishaps):
The next attempt will have a higher chocolate goo-to-base ratio, and it will have the coffee foam on top instead of over-whipped cream.
5. Three days ago, my husband told me that when he was just about to drift off to sleep the night before, he was suddenly struck by an idea that has caused him to completely re-think our plans for our house. But it was more than he could be bothered to tap out on his phone (our primary communication during the week is emails because I don't get mobile signal in the house), so he is waiting 'til he's home to tell me. This is earth-shattering news, and I've had to wait
three whole days to find out what it is. It better be worth this suspense!