British Mother's Day and Mine

Mother's Day in England is next Sunday, June March 18th. Not only am I not taking the U.S. Mother's Day (too close to my birthday, it would sap the strength of my troops), I decided to rearrange the schedule of the British one as well, and take it today, 8 days early (as the 18th will be quite busy and require getting up and out early).

Today we had nothing on our plates, so everything was relaxed enough to accomplish a breakfast in bed for mom (with something on the plate). Complete with a mini daffodil in a tiny vase. But did we have an English breakfast? Noooo...no fried mushrooms or baked tomatoes or beans for me. I'm a French breakfast girl all the way - croissants and pains au chocolat and hot chocolate, baby.

Then I was finally, at long last, able to finish my 668-page book (Eldest) and catch up with the rest of the family in the Christopher Paolini department. I enjoyed both Eragon and the sequel, and look forward to reading the finale in the trilogy whenever it comes out (never mind that the plot is Lord of the Rings mixed with Star Wars, warmed over - doesn't bother me, I loved both of those enough). It also makes me want to see the Eragon movie, even though most of what I've heard about it has been fairly discouraging. Not enough to discourage this movie-loving fan. It apparently comes out on DVD in 10 days in the U.S. but not until mid-April here.

This afternoon I baked an apple pie with deliciously tasty Granny Smith apples - I was tempted just to eat them raw, and sneaked a few crunches to the kids and my own tongue. David had already brushed his teeth from lunch. Can you smell the bubbling, spicy liquid as it came out of the oven? No, I didn't seal the edges of the crust too well.

It's maybe the sixth day in a row of sunshine. We are basking in it. Also, although her cough lingers, Emily's fever broke last night and she had a great night's rest, awakening perky and cheerful. Thank You, Father, for answering our prayers once again and caring for us.

While I'm on the topic of events taking place at different junctures in the U.S. and U.K., here in England we don't do the daylight savings thing until two weeks from now (please take note, grandparents who might call us...).