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O sunflower oil, where art thou?

Hubby came back from Festspielhaus early, so we switched baby sitting, and I did a pre-Easter shopping tour to Germany in the afternoon, totally without my friend this time. See, I can do that, and it´s stressless and very efficient this way. Today I forewent fancy shops and took the quick route- Lidl Germany and Aldi right next to the border, and an old-fashioned coffee shop which sells a very good coffee-to-go. I got strawberries for 6 Euro per kilo (Cassian loves them), and they even taste like strawberries should! Germany has a huge sunflower oil problem. I cannot get it that the shelves with oil are always empty, lots of people ranting about the situation! Folks, if you have made it to Aldi, hop back into your car, cross the border and try your luck in Austria, there´s plenty of oil available! Hysteria produces strange effects! Afterwards I drove to the post office and bought stamps for the Easter cards- three cards, 21 bucks off. Oh well, Austrian post has always been expensive (and very, very slow).
Back home Cassian had already been picked up by his mother. Hubby will bring him his share of strawberries tomorrow... and hopefully come back without the child, but you never can tell. Hubby and grandson had a smashing time with hunting for a frog- for almost two hours (non-continuous, but still)! Which frog? The one who breaks our sleep since three days. Frog must love our tiny biotope and tries to lure a female companion. I always thought that frogs would do their love croaks in the evening, but this one is flexible. Poor Cassian was quite shocked when the frog began to croak loudly while grandchild was supposed to have his before-lunch nap. Needless to say that he did not sleep at all and had only little appetite, because the thought of going out and do some frog-hunting was so very exciting!