about 2 hours to go and who hasn't got everything ready?
We had all the material things ready yesterday, turkey, veg, trimmings etc (just have to get them all prepared/cooked tomorrow but my wife times it with such military precision each year even Gordon Ramsay couldn't fault it).
Presents were ordered and wrapped weeks ago and family arrived as scheduled yesterday and today. Before they got through the hall they took an LFT and all passed as clear. Will be repeated tomorrow morning but all should be fine.
But then there is always the fly in the ointment. Middle stepson turns up on Wednesday and realises he has forgotten someone so jumps on Amazon. Pacing up and down today waiting to see if his last minute buys turn up on time. Thank you to the DPD girl who turned up at 5.15 tonight with his last order. Panic over and young lady went away with a £10 tip of gratefulness.
BBQ on the patio and, as promised, the grandkids had snow! We had bought a snow machine a few weeks ago and it's brilliant! Throws artificial snow out at up to 3 metres and they loved it. Ended up with a 4"-6" carpet of it on the gravel drive and they were covered from head to toe in it.
Tomorrow there will be 14 of us sitting around the table for Christmas dinner. Before that most of us will be out in the local town handing out small 'dinners' to the homeless while my wife and daughter prepare our dinner. £ weeks ago we went around giving them blankets/sleeping bags etc that we had manage to get donated from local businesses.
How is your Christmas going?
We had all the material things ready yesterday, turkey, veg, trimmings etc (just have to get them all prepared/cooked tomorrow but my wife times it with such military precision each year even Gordon Ramsay couldn't fault it).
Presents were ordered and wrapped weeks ago and family arrived as scheduled yesterday and today. Before they got through the hall they took an LFT and all passed as clear. Will be repeated tomorrow morning but all should be fine.
But then there is always the fly in the ointment. Middle stepson turns up on Wednesday and realises he has forgotten someone so jumps on Amazon. Pacing up and down today waiting to see if his last minute buys turn up on time. Thank you to the DPD girl who turned up at 5.15 tonight with his last order. Panic over and young lady went away with a £10 tip of gratefulness.
BBQ on the patio and, as promised, the grandkids had snow! We had bought a snow machine a few weeks ago and it's brilliant! Throws artificial snow out at up to 3 metres and they loved it. Ended up with a 4"-6" carpet of it on the gravel drive and they were covered from head to toe in it.
Tomorrow there will be 14 of us sitting around the table for Christmas dinner. Before that most of us will be out in the local town handing out small 'dinners' to the homeless while my wife and daughter prepare our dinner. £ weeks ago we went around giving them blankets/sleeping bags etc that we had manage to get donated from local businesses.
How is your Christmas going?
