A Maid Update

I really hope that I'm not going to tempt fate with this post...

But things could really not get any better than they've been the last few weeks.

Maid # 4 Mary, started 3 weeks ago turns out that she and Maid # 2 Pushpa worked together a couple of years ago and are friends and they really do 'work together'. They are both a pleasure to have have around and are wonderful with the children. One is Hindi and the other Catholic and despite all the warnings we have had that 'mixed religion' staff don't work well together we have no complaints at all especially as it also means that we will not often be without help as they have different holidays. They constantly educate me about customs, traditions and cooking and are interested in our lives back home.

It also turns out that Mary is a bit of a cook and has been so eager to please that she keeps on rustling up the most lovely food. When my family were here she was whipping up pancakes for breakfast, Biryani, Curries, Dahl and much to my nephews delight...Chicken Korma which was hoovered up in no time at all. Her idea of low salt/low fat is a little different to mine but we are trying to counteract that with a lot of salad! This morning she made us Dosai for breakfast...a thick type of pancake made with rice flour, stuffed with spiced (not too much) potato served with a coconut chutney, they were very tasty and went down very well with the boys in the family, a bit heavy for me and Ellie took one bite and asked for a bowl of Coco Pops.

Mary did get a little confused over the clothes washing instructions and it was only when she asked me to get more washing powder armed with an empty box of Calgon tablets that I realised why our clothes hadn't had their normal scent for a while!