Thanks for the remedy, Larry. I'll try to slip it past the quacks. Also for the kind thoughts, but go easy on the prayers! I've spent years trying to convince the in-laws that prayers don't work. A lost cause, if ever there was one.

Here's food for thought though: the day before Sorcha got struck down with pneumonia, we ignored the advice of her aunt, who said: "Put on something warmer, Sorcha, or you'll get pneumonia." Grandmas the world over will now be saying "told you so."

If you and the band ever book a couple of days in a studio to do the job properly, I for one would shell out the commercial rate for the end product, and I bet a few other catters would too - but I don't know how many you'd have to shift to make the sums work out.