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So guess the idiot who said yes when the phone rang at 0550 this morning. *-_-
Jeremy is 'ill' apparently.  Yeah right. Jeremy wanted a couple days off to enjoy the sunshine is what Jeremy wanted. 
He called here at 4am. So at least Gregg gave me a chance to sleep a little longer. I emailed Adam to let him know I was here, and I don't think he was too happy. Oh happy that I was here, unhappy that Gregg/Jeremy hadn't called him first. Dunno why, now that I think of it, it was a little odd. Oh well, a little overtime never killed anyone. Esp since Melissa has gone to the country and Al has gone to do OT as well. We WERE planning on going to the zoo, but I guess it's better to MAKE money  than spend it. Esp since next month and then the next two after that are going to be hell on earth.
Dinner was good yesterday. I make DAMN good pumpkin pie :-) The food processor packed up and died on me so I had to crush the cookies by hand which was ... fun. Then I had to use the little food whirly thing which isn't designed for that. I'd cleaned the house up really well beforehand, after about 10mins there were cookie crumbs EVERYWHERE. Thank god for labradors. 
Cutting up pumpkins is a bit of a bitch too!!!! I don't know HOW the HELL you American lot carve pumpkins. I'd have to use an electric saw, I think. I was cutting the flesh away from the skin on a piece I'd cut out when the damn knife flicked off the flesh, skittled down the skin and right across my hand. 
Yeah.
Ow.
Much swearing, quick dash to the sink, wrap hand in now-ruined dishtowel. More swearing while applyng liberal amounts of disinfectant. 
I have dubbed the dish Bloody Pumpkin Pie. Not that any got into the mix. Got the salad, chicken and table all organised PLUS had the pie in the oven all well within time. :-) Zippers arrived, followed shortly after by Al, and we had a very pleasent evening. The pie was a total HIT!!!!! My GOD!!!!! I served it up pipping hot fresh from the oven. Good lord it was RICH! Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Can't believe I've never had it before. The receipe said to put whipped cream and maple syrup on top but I'd glad I didn't because holly hell t hat would have killed us all. As it was, I think my insulin levels would have smacked the moon down. :-D
So yes, big, big success. I even took photos which I was going to put up this morning but obviously didn't have time to upload, so I'll pop them up probably tomorrow. 
Hope you are all having a good day/night :-)