Bake Off

It is Valentine's Day, and Ellie's school has arranged a Valentine's Day Massacre Bake Off. I went around to walk to school with Zoe and Ellie. Zoe was carrying the cake that Ellie baked last night. I was holding her school bag, and Ellie was riding her bike. (It's nice to have your own Sherpas!). After the cakes had been handed in, we dropped Ellie at the classroom door, and I set off for my usual walk. I had realised why yesterday's walk was a little shorter than normal and returned to my regular circuit. I was particularly pleased when the solution to the locked-room murder in my current audiobook was revealed. It was very obscure, but I had actually worked out the "how", if not the "who", from very early on in the story.

After breakfast, I caught up on the accounts and then reviewed the excursions that have just been released for our spring river cruise. As I reviewed each offering, I checked with A.I. to see what recommendations it had for each location. Diane then went through the list, and we agreed on our selection. I passed our list on to Jane and Trevor and then completed our booking.

I went out for another walk at lunchtime. Diane needed some meds picking up from the pharmacy, so I looped through the village, allowing me to make the collection on the way through. It was at this point that I completed the audiobook, which ended very satisfactorily. Within a few seconds, the next book was lined up, and I found myself whizzed from Marlow in the last book, to Venice in the new book.

When I arrived home, I found there had been a delivery and the sweater that I had ordered earlier this week from "WoolOvers" in Burgess Hill had arrived. I quickly unpacked it and tried it on. I was very happy with it - and the fact that I have been able to drop from "L" to "M" was a bonus. I am delighted with the quality.

After lunch, I settled down in the Orangery for some Kindle time (with a book set in New York). Mid-afternoon, Diane went to join Zoe for the school pick-up. We are expecting a quiet end to the day, though Ellie will be at Pete's, so she may end up messaging Nana all evening.