Don't try this at home

I've been gradually doing all those things that one needs to do to prepare for winter. Summer clothes go into the downstairs closet and sweaters come up. My lawn mower has been put away as have the garden tools. The snow shovel should have been out this past weekend when it snowed-- quite a lot. It's all gone now.

This morning I underwent another ritual-- the flu shot. I'm feeling a little out of it, tired and achy. Word of advice: DO NOT attempt following a recipe when you're feeling out of it. I was going to make bread and discovered that I had screwed up ingredients and proportions. I guess the Jalapeno Shortbread will have to wait.

I think it's best if I just scrap it all, make myself a big mug of creamy hot chocolate (maybe Irish Creamy??) and check out the CBC's Tuesday night comedy lineup-- Just for Laughs, The Mercer Report and This Hour Has 22 Minutes

MADLibrarian

P.S. The hot chocolate is really good.

Recent reads

This week I finished reading The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After: Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the Realm by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stervermer. If the title seems like something from the 18th century, it's entirely intentional. This is the third book in a series that began as a letter game between the two writers. The other books are: Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country and The Grand Tour or The Purloined Coronation Regalia: Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Sworn Testimony of a Lady of Quality.

Think Harry Potter meets Jane Austen and you have some idea of what these books are like. Since I like both Harry Potter and Jane Austen I like this series very much. This third book adds another element by including the correspondence of the spouses of Kate and Cecy. Their adventures this time include a royal imposter, modern technology vs. ancient magic, and a trap for magicians that strikes a little too close to home.

I'm now reading Spanish fly by Will Ferguson. More on that when I've finished.

MADLibrarian