Posted in Christmas, Sleep on December 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, I spent Christmas Day in bed!
It sounds romantic, and how I wish it had been… but no. A simple, unpleasant tale of sickness at both ends and a really, really sore stomach! I got up for two-thirds of ‘The African Queen’. because Katherine Hepburn always makes me feel better; but had two bites of [...]
Posted in Christmas, Family on December 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I love the steady trickle of vino that starts just after lunch and continues till bedtime - never enough to be drunk, as we quaff from egg-cups, but still, enough in its own right!
We’ve just been out to collect the turkey, red cut flowers, croissants, black pudding for the stuffing and pears for the Mouse [...]
Posted in Christmas on December 20, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Thought I’d change the old summery header - it isn’t snowing here, but I wish it was - Robodad was chipping ice off his driveway in plate-sized chunks yesterday - I wish! I love I love I love snow!
This pic is from last February - no doubt we’ll have to wait till next February till [...]
Posted in Christmas, Friends on December 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
What??! I hear you cry!
The age-old dichotomy of what to buy the wife for Christmas, of course.
I’ve been given his grandfather’s 21st birthday watch, a Jaeger Le Coultre of impeccable lineage and quite terrifying value, and an absolutely authentic black satin fully boned and ribboned basque. It’s so severely elegant and gives me such an [...]
Posted in Christmas, Food, Friends, Home on December 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Two words. NO CARDS.
I bought the cards, and the stamps, then decided no, f**k it, I’m not writing them. This was unbelievably freeing. It felt like the equivalent of flinging off all your clothes and streaking towards the sea on a Caribbean island. If that sounds implausible, try this. The presents are wrapped, and [...]
Posted in Christmas, Home, Money on September 10, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Well, I can ace youse all cause I’ve bought all my Christmas presents already!!
Pathetic, isn’t it, that such a patently ridiculous thing to do should cause me such a feeling of achievement. It’s a symbol of how Christmas affects me that I should care a hoot. I know people who do all their shopping on [...]
Posted in Baby Musings, Christmas on December 22, 2006 | No Comments »
I think the ‘…ready for Christmas, then??’ question is one of insidious power. You can seek to gain the ascendancy over anyone with this, no matter how cool, calm and well organised they look. It’s like a torpedo below the waterline of their sang froid.
It has particular potency if they have kids. I was ready, [...]
Posted in Christmas, Rants on December 13, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Ladies, start your engines, cause I know you’ll be coming with me on this one.
After making Husband a curry last night from scratch (courtesy of T and her currytastic inspirations) I sat down to wrap 13 presents. All of which I chose and lugged home, and which were for Husband’s dad, stepmother, nieces, nephews, aunts and [...]
Posted in Christmas, Feeling Blue, Work on December 11, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I am an idiot.
I totally swigged down the fatal one glass to many and made myself very ill indeed. Spent all yesterday shivering and throwing up. I behaved like an 18 year old at a frat party. I suppose it’s time to admit that I have an alcohol problem.
It shouldn’t come as any surprise as [...]
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