"That Makes Me Lucky..."

Mama: Ooh, hey, look, Soujin! That boy would be perfect for you!
Soujin: What? Where?
Mama: Oh, he just went around the corner of the aisle. He was skipping with his shopping cart.
Maria: Was he wearing purple?
Mama: No.
Maria: Well, then he's not right for Soujin.

We went to Newport this morning and bought lamb for the Agape Supper to-morrow; we could not get it local because you have to special-order for that much lamb, by which I mean you have to bring your own lamb. The butchers only raise beef. Any other meat you want you have to supply yourself, which is why we were so glad Lana shared her pig with us. So we do not have our own lamb. But Maria ordered one! She called some folks Edna knows and bought a lamb off them, so when it's about a hundred pounds or so she and Daddy are going to drive it to the butcher's and have it done up. Daddy is very excited. I volunteered to help, but Maria says she wants to eat the lamb, not end up keeping it as a pet, so I am forbidden. In any case, we got lamb and then we went to Espresso Yourself for milk and the NFS for pasta and garlic. We were going to get me valerian, but it was too expensive.

Then we came back home and walked Maggie down to the Oriental Store for eggs--we bought two dozen white eggs to dye. Maria's going to be very happy when we finally have our chickens; she said it's an embarrassment having to buy eggs, although I think that doesn't count with white eggs because we don't eat them. Anyway, I blew them out and washed them, and then Maria and Mama went to Selinsgrove and I did my third history essay (I have one left before Friday). I also printed off some Grateful Dead stuff and made Maria Terrapin Station stickers with them.

Then they got back and we made the lamb for to-morrow, and dyed the eggs, and we were going to do stellini d'oro dough to make Saturday, but Mama was tired by then, so we didn't. They made cheese instead, and yoghurt, but Mama heated the cheese up too high and it didn't take, and the yoghurt cultures were bad and they didn't work. Maria is really really frantically upset about it, because usually the cheese and yoghurt come out perfect. And her bread didn't come yesterday, and usually that's perfect too. It makes her very tense.

But we did, I think, have a very good day. And to-morrow we'll have Agape Supper and our feet washed, and Friday we'll fast, and Saturday we'll grieve, and Sunday will be Easter! I have so much to get done before then I don't know how I'll do it, but I know I will. We always do.

Oh! And yesterday, Maria home-made us marzipan Easter bunnies for our Easter baskets. She made the marzipan all by herself. That did come perfect. She blanched the almonds and everything, and then she coated the bunnies with chocolate, and they're really beauties. I want to try doing the same thing to make a sheep for her saxophone teacher, because her sax teacher likes sheep as much as I do, and I think it would be neat. I have to try it, I think.

Saturday we'll be baking stellini d'oro and two kinds of cake. I'm so excited.