I love Christmas!

It might be a blessing in disguise anno.Trains in and out of Reading today are being cancelled.Am also suffering with sinus/earache and nearly screamed when the plane touched down in Exeter, so lots of sympathy. Have a lovely Christmasx

anno and grannylin olbas oil inhalations.

Happy Christmas!!

Gearing up for the family arriving on Sunday. Have been heating up the guest cottage and all the beds, preparing stacks of food, OH bringing up masses of logs. Today he decided to make stock so he has been finding all the bones in the freezer, roasting and then boiling up for three different sorts of stock. Think we have almost finished shopping, but not a problem as the only queues in our bit of France are for the fish stall. On Sunday we will go and get the goose and go to Caen market for the last bits and pieces while the family bounce across the channel (I suspect, looking at the forecast).
Would be perfect if our son and family could come too as we haven't seen him at Christmas for about twenty years, but Skype will have to do.
Hugs to those of you without the family around as we have Christmas like that too every other year.

Christmas tree looks lovely. Presents bought and wrapped.

DD1 is away travelling in Argentina for a month so for only the second time ever she won't be travelling down on Christmas Eve. I can cope with this because I see from her Facebook postings that she is having a wonderful time exploring.

Christmas Day will be spent with DD2, the four GSs and the other grandparents who we get on with very well. They're a fun couple.

We are taking champers and wine and lots of presents. The other grandma has said she will drive so we can get sloshed without worrying.

Roll on!

Pogs , chase the ace, newmarket , sevens , easy games without too much competion between sons .

Just lots of frivolity , shall we pick u up or will u make your own way here ???

Lal . Enjoy your Christmas

sometimes people just say things to be 'different' and 'edgy' - and it doesn't work

Oh you are so right Anna , there was a case in point this afternoon .

[fgrin

That was a bit of a random remark * AnneMaria*.

Are you on the right thread?

I'm almost ready, just got the last minute fresh food shopping to do on Monday and some Christmas biscuits to make on Sunday and I am done. First son arrives tomorrow so that's when the fun starts. We all love it as we know what will happen next as it is the same year in year out. We will skype with those who can't be with us on the day but will see everyone at some point during the hols. I love it all.

Big hugs to anyone who won't be having a good time.

I have just made a large batch of sausage rolls. Now I need my dinner. But I stripped the beds this morning and I've got to re-make them.

I'm so tired!

Plans changed again - I will now go to Sandhurst tomorrow after all and DS2 will drop the boys off there on Sunday. Sympathy, Grannylin, I don't think I could face flying at the moment. Hope your infection is getting better.
Why am I so useless at wrapping presents? Given the same materials - paper, scissors, sellotape, my DiL can make a package look as if it came from Harrods. I get the sellotape twisted; lose the end and take ten minutes to find it; cut the paper the wrong size; crease/tear the paper. My presents look as if a dog's had a go at them and none of us has a dog.