Is it me? Going dizzy with re-arrangements..... .

Dragonfly, I feel for you, and in your circumstances must be very difficult. But at the end of the day, you are also free to say when enough is enough, even if the price might be too high to pay. Thinking of you.
Maniac, hope you get there safely and that your cold will magic away. Stay safe.

Does anyone have info on the effect on flights? Picking up daughter from Geneva airport tonight, flying in from Luton airport. This little airport is chaotic at Christmas time with all the skiers arriving at once. Sunny here, but blowing a gale.

Planned to go to DD1 in London.Train/seat booked, case packed but because of storms/floods trains are chaotic.Online info not much help .Been to station earlier -many cancellations.Going to station for 12.02 train ( 10 mins walk)
If that is cancelled may give up.I've got a stinkng cold anyway!

Same even.

ame here.

...we are meant to be psychic...

Wise words Ginny and Nonu. Thing is, I'm on my own having lost both my husband and eldest daughter in the last couple of years. So only daughter kind of has me over a barrel.

I repeat my post of 22/12 --18.58.

I reiterate my previous post.

It's so reassuring to know I'm not the only mum who gets messed around by her offspring. Drives me nuts and makes me feel my life is unimportant.

My son just phoned up to check that there was a bed made up for him and his girlfriend on Christmas night [as I must have known he was staying ]. Well, there is a bed; it's just a case of moving everything off it then finding somewhere to put it all.

What I understood was that they ewe the going to have an early lunch then go.
I don't eat lunch so, wouldn't have agreed to an early Xmas lunch!

But...I thought you'd said on another thread that they were coming for an early Christmas lunch, Galen? Perhaps arrangements had changed since then, though...

DD has just phoned to say that we arranged Xmas lunch at mine! We didn't, we arranged Xmas eve dinner at mine!
I'm thoroughly upset now. They have agreed they'll have the dinner on Xmas eve now but it has upset me, as they insist they were clear and they weren't.

We will be headed for Torgon on The Swiss side and ski over to Chatel one day next week- yes, hoping for lots of snow on Christmas day Enjoy.

Thanks, rosesarered - Happy Christmas to you too.

We did venture out today to enjoy the festive feel of the high street at Christmas. Big mistake! - husband forgot his wallet and I forgot the PIN for my card. He left me with a cart of shopping to get some money - the crowds got thicker the rain pelted down and we ended up more than a little frazzled. Still, I suppose we did get the pre-Christmas experience

Merry Christmas everyone!

Hello granjura I'm glad the roads are good, thank you for the weather report! Looking at the webcams where I am going, there has been fresh snow in the Chatel area over the past couple of days and plenty of people skiing, with heavy snow forecast for Wednesday. I hope the roads stay clear though.

Wonder if the bad weather is going to mess up more than a few arrangements for this Christmas?Glad to be satying at home in the warm.
Rockgran glad you are enjoying the quiet, sometimes we can, and even if we think we want lots of busy things going on, in the event sometimes the quiet periods are the best.Happy Christmas.

Unless you are driving to the Alps, in which case they are very good indeed - as no fresh snow (:

All the responses on this thread are ringing great big, clanging Christmas bells; so good to know I am not alone. To all those making long journeys please take great care of yourselves, the road conditions are very 'not good'

The problem here is that if no one says anything then they will just go on doing it. It seems these days that everyone is SO busy they don't seem to think anyone else is. I have to say that I would have a calm conversation with my children (who I also love dearly and am generally only to happy to help out.) Otherwise I'm afraid you have to put up with their thoughtlessness.

And that is the very thing- my children and grand-children are my priority uno, and I love them so dearly and would always want to make sure that I put them first- and yet... we do have a life too and we can't be expected to be 'just there' all the time. As said, they are so busy and can't even make plans for themselves half the time- and I don't want them to ever feel we don't want to see them and make time for them.

Yes, but that would be my nose I'd be cutting off.

You are more polite than I am, I am afraid I would be telling them I would see them in the new year after my return

(Just in case it's new, HYHIABC is an RAF acronym for Haven't you heard it's all been changed). But hesitate to teach GNetters to suck eggs....

Oh boy! Just read through from Whenim's on. Yep, definitely relating to these, though mine aren't quite as dramatic. We live in Wiltshire, DS and DiL in North London, DD and SiL and DG (hooray!) in Guildford. Firm arrangements were that we would go today to DS, detouring by DD in Guildford to drop off turkey and their presents to avoid leaving them in the car on the street in London (just round the corner from HMPs Holloway and Pentonville). Then London to Guildford tomorrow, stay until 27th, drive to French Alps. Car all packed, house cleaned, no food in fridge.
No, HYHIABC?
9 o'clock last night, DS rang to say he now has to work until late tonight, and tomorrow, and DDiL tomorrow. So could we go there on Boxing Day instead? Talked to DD, unravelled Boxing Day plans. Now rooting in freezer for food for today. Ah well - at least we are lucky enough to be seeing them all, for them all to have good jobs that mean they can work, for food a-plenty.