Culinary heaven pt II

Tonight, at my m-i-l's insistence, we opened her Christmas present to us. Oh, the raptures; oh, the delight:


Foie gras*
Cassoulet
Homemade fig preserves
Dried sausage
Melsa (white sausage)
Homemade jamboneau (preserved ham)
3 packets of loose-leaf tea (Tea of Lords; Red Hammam Tea [with rooibos]; Geisha Flower)

*I was thrilled to pull this out of the box. I can't believe that I've actually been craving foie gras. 'Tis the season--in France, that is. Foie gras is not part of the holidays where I come from. What am I becoming?
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On a non-gastronomic, but sadly humorous, note, while I was chatting with his mother, I asked  mana_trinito do a wordmap with the word "water" because it plays a central part in my next book. I didn't tell him that though and five minutes later he had come up with--among other things-- water>>rain>>roof>>Aïcha (our landlady)>>moving>>reparations...

Thanks, hon.
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footlingagain,  it is 20 past midnight, but I'm going to do yoga before I go to bed. Go easy with that mocking stick.

What to do

My to-do list, to get me off to a good start for the rugby-watching marathon* weekend.

     Laundry
     Yoga
     walk Dziani crater (may not get to do this because of the rain) Actually, we went for a 9km bike ride
    bake cinnamon rolls for pregnant neighbor (of course I kept a pan for J and I; what do you take me for?)
    make yoghurt
    clean the kitchen
     vacuum
     mop -- Oops, silly me showered right after the bike ride, so I didn't do these two. Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow morning...
    pierce and string some seeds
    watch Auch vs Biarritz  Auch 11 - Biarritz 17
    watch Toulouse vs Clermont Clermont 21 - Toulouse 17
    dump an indeterminate amount of rainwater ETA: 150L 160L  and counting

*there aren't that many matches this weekend, only four or five and at least two of those are England championship games.