That's annoying

 Now guess when I got up today! At six thirty, after having spent more than one hour writing shopping lists after studying several leaflets on my mobile. In bed, of course- no chance that I'd fall asleep again after my tour de loo, so I did something essential at least. Which will force me to get up early on Monday. I blame wiseheart's LJ entries concerning shopping adventures for trying the same. Feast of the Immaculate Conception is a half-holiday in our country- schools, banks, administrative bodies etc are closed, only shops can open, if they want. Most want, because they need to straighten this year's meagre earnings. I vividly remember the shops opening on December 8th for the first time many years ago, when lots of door locks got sealed up with instant glue to prevent opening for clients. No feast day beyond the border, so off to Bavaria it will be, and early at that- lots of people living on our side of the border will do the same, hopefully later. Hope dies last.
Today and tomorrow are the last days with cool weather. From then on there'll be lots of wind and rain. Blessedly winds only instead of storms, which are supposed to befall Britain and Ireland. And the northern parts of Germany. There are times when I am glad that I do not live near the coast. There are more times I regret not living there...
Chances are that number two will take the boys back Saturday evening. He managed to weasel out of work early, so that he and hubby will be able to go to the Krampuslauf in their village- one of the most popular here. When I was young and visited grandma around December 5th, a Krampus would show up out of thin air and you'd better run. When we lived at grandma's- mum's- now son's house, Krampusse got coordinated, and at the evening of such a Krampuslauf we weren't able to get to our house- streets locked because of the infernal event. Our village wasn't big then but has 8000 inhabitants now, located between a small town and a slightly bigger town. Infrastructure got an upgrade, the village has a new centre were such events will take place- no more blocked streets now. From centre to son's house it's a five-minute walk. I swear that if hubby returns with Cassian and Flavius I will call off family Christmas! Today's parents are...now let's talk about something nice instead! I did more crafting, with lots of hoppalas. For instance, I glued more wings to tiny keys, only to notice after a while that half of the wings I used up had come from the keys I had glued minutes before. Happens when one works without glasses! The elastic string that came with the wings broke my nerves. No knot would stick, so I replaced it with sewing thread. I am no patient person, hubby heard lots of swearwords! But he got his spinach dumplings he hsd wsnted so long for lunch, together with gorgonzola sauce. I am not a spinach addict, but I tolerate it. Spinach dumplings are nice to eat but fickle to do. At least hubby came to the rescue when it came to cracking eggs, to avoid more drama! Afterwards I had a nice after-lunch nap. Woke laughing because I had dreamed of tyrannosaurus keks- a Vanillekipferl with sharp teeth. Oh my! Must ask Cassian if he'll draw one for me tomorrow. Got up and baked some cookies. No recipe, only melted a bar of chocolate, added cranberries, butter, egg and flour. Cookies look a bit odd but taste okay. Tomorrow I will put some frosting on them. If I feel so. Not sure about it. Since son number four will come for a visit I will have to do his favourite Christmas cookies- Florentiner. Very sticky these ones, very sweet, but also very good! And easy to do, which is essential!
BTW, in the afternoon I got a visit from our guest cat. Guest cat brought her sibling. Last time this happened cats had the same size. Now the red is huge- must be a male! A bit shy this one, but also very hungry. Never saw a cat going for the bird feed. Maybe it likes the fat I poured over the seeds?