The lemon cake tasted as good as it smelled. I'm going to make another one sometime :)

This weekend's home project involves snarfling the skylights in my living room. While they dramatically emphasize the height of the ceiling, they also let in every minute of afternoon sun. I've removed the candles from the wall sconces over the fireplace since they melted into horizontal lumps from the directness of the sunlight.

My original goal was to buy some window cling stuff, but they cost $30 a roll and I would probably need more than one roll. Ouch. Instead I went cheap and got those acrylic sheets that are most commonly found covering fluorescent kitchen lights. They're $5 per sheet, much more reasonable. John and Michele brought over their famous Little Giant ladder and while they went off on another errand, I fought my terror of heights, measured the exact dimensions of the windows and then cut the acrylic. By the time John and Michele returned, I had done one window (though I'm going to fuss over it a bit as the sheets need some finessing). I get to keep the ladder till next weekend, which is good since I'm not done and it allows John to get out of anything needing the ladder. Win-win!

A special thanks to Broos, who's a splendid chap with a heart of gold :) He will disclaim, but it's true.