saturday musings

I got my wish, we went to the markets this morning and I bought the cutest salt cellar for only $10!

I love markets and I love the people who sell their stuff there.

It's the October Long Weekend in NSW. We had hoped to go to Canberra this weekend but my work has been so hectic that I didn't have the time or the energy to organise it. Trish flew to London today (on a business trip) so we have been madly getting reports written and out to London clients so she can talk to them, meaning late, late nights and lots of stress. I even went to her house yesterday afternoon while she was simultaneously spending her last moments with her kids, celebrating her birthday, supposed to be packing and talking through some tough indemnity issues with me. Still, I'd rather have a conference to discuss a report with Veuve in hand than not (Tricia knows how to celebrate).

All that added up to a weekend at home.

The upside is no holiday traffic. The down side is we won't get to Canberra probably until the end of the year.

It does give us a chance to catch up with all our friends who are also staying in Sydney for the weekend. Tomorrow night the McQuangs are coming over to make pasta from scratch. Since Jackie suggested it, I have been incredibly excited. I've always hankered for a pasta maker but I knew it would be the type of thing I would use once and then it would clutter up the cupboard (like the bread maker Soy asked for for a wedding present and I KNEW we wouldn't use very often). Now I am happy that I get to use a pasta maker and then Jackie and Elizabeth have to take it home to clutter up their cupboards. Perfect solution!