A girl guide is always prepared!

At least I thought so but maybe not today. I invited my friend Sally and her three children to lunch, along with a friend each of Dillon and Mollie's so I ended up feeding nine. I just about had enough chairs and crockery to feed nine which was a start. I made a big pot of potato and bacon soup. At least I thought it was a big pot until I began serving and realised that the four teenage boys were all adult size. Lucikly for me there was enough with not a drop to spare and plently of cocktail sausages and homemade bread to feast apon. The surprise hit was the carrot I had cut up to dip into homous, the homous was not so popular but I found myself cutting up more and more carrot as the girls nibbled faster than I could cut. To finish off lunch I had made chocolate muffins and Sally had made some rice krispie squares.

After lunch the boys went for a walk along Killiney beach, the girls played on the trampoline and Sally and I sat down for a good natter as we hadn't seen each other since before Christmas and had a lot to catch up on.