Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras in the US). Traditionally over here they eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday as a way of using up extravagant ingredients like butter, milk and eggs before Lent. From that developed the annual Pancake Races. The pre-schoolers, Class 5 (3rd grade) and teachers head over to the Green for this event. Each racer holds a pancake in a pan as they race across the green with 2 designated 'flip' areas. Afterwards the adults are invited over to the church for pancakes and coffee.
As for the laundry...how long does it take to dry? Well here is my recent experience: Thinking Sunday was a nice sunny breezy sort of day, I put some clothes out to dry on the line. Our neighbors came over for dinner, so I forgot about them for the night. I checked on them Monday morning only to find they were still a bit damp, so they stayed out again, or maybe I forgot about them again. Lying in bed Monday night I heard the distinct pitter patter of rain and realized my clothes were still outside. Who wants to get out of a nice warm bed and take laundry off the line? Sooo Tuesday comes along-what is that-3 days? Tuesday was a very cold windy day-wind should dry clothes right? Not when it keeps trying to snow. Tuesday night I finally bring the clothes in only to have to put them in the dryer. So much for conserving energy.
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