Quick recap

My mother arrived, taimatsu did a lot of pipling-making, my in-laws and taimatsu came for Lucia stuff involving children in white dresses, three-course meals, and the "silver" cutlery and white tablecloth - it went very well. My mother has gone again now, and I have a hideous headcold with a strong earache and grotty throat element. And haven't had as much online time as I'd like.

Perhaps I'll crawl out of the pit tomorrow.