Merry Christmas Mom and Dad love from Amy & Laura

How lucky are we?

Merry Christmas to You All

It's 6am and I've been awake for the past hour, getting fidgety so decided to get up and wish you all a very Merry Christmas.  Santa is long gone,  he has eaten his mince pie, taken Rudolphs carrot and left some gifts under the tree. (You are never too old to believe in Santa) Ah, the magic of Christmas,  reality is its too early to put the turkey in the oven!!

no time to settle in

It's comfortable here., even with the grey skies and drizzling rain it's like putting on a pair of pj's some old slippers and nestling down with a cup of hot chocolate.  Pure bliss.
Unfortunately no time to rest it's CHRISTMAS and time for that jolly bearded man dressed in red to visit all the good boys and girls.

So its time to shop til we drop then there will be the tree to decorate, cards to write, presents to wrap, the turkey to stuff, will I get it all done in time, will it ever end?

Yes it ends. Boxing day morning and the vacuum cleaner is out,  the remains of a late night supper of cold turkey and mince pies are cleared away and lunch is planned - turkey and chips or possibly a turkey curry. Tea time and turkey with assorted salads, cheeses, pickles and chutney and surely there's room for another mince pie and don't forget the Christmas cake.  By the time the turkey makes its final appearance at supper to groans of discomfort and moans of indigestion it ends with a sigh of relief and a mental note to yourself promising not to eat as much ever again, its over and there's only another 364 sleeps until it's time to do it next year!

PS

It's just struck me that I have mentioned Amy a couple of times but there may be someone out there who doesn't know who Amy is!  So please let me introduce you to the rest of the family...............

My other and sometimes better and sometimes not, other half is Steve and quite literally he is the one who makes me whole and we fit together like a jigsaw.  We have been married for 35 years so know each other quite well and have lived longer 'with' than 'without' each other and to be perfectly honest I have neither the time nor the patience to train another but more importantly I don't have the inclination - quite simple really, I just love him.

Amy is our eldest daughter and Laura is the younger one.  Both are young ladies now, a fact I sometimes forget, but will always remain my babies. These two fit quite nicely into the jigsaw and there's always room to add a few pieces when the time comes.

Steve has a sister, Carole, who lives 'up North' so even when we were in the UK we didn't get to see that much of each other.  She and her husband did come over for a holiday and we would love it if they could fit another one into their busy schedule (hint!!!).

                                                                                So that's it, no nieces, nephews, cousins or       grandkids but at least it makes Christmas cheap   We make up for it by having very  dear friends who we like to think of as our extended family.
Don't worry Joyce, you and Derek haven't been
forgotten and there is plenty of room on my jigsaw  .                                                                                                                              

update

Well our itinerary for the Australian leg of our journey is nearly sorted, just the last 3 weeks to do.  The guide books already look well thumbed and have a couple of tea cup stains.  I've managed to source a card reader for the tablet which will make transferring the photos from my camera much easier.  its winging its way from Amazon to Amy so when we get back home I will be able to test it and hopefully get it working up to speed.  I am still working on a background that is more suitable for the holiday theme but unfortunately the kangaroo wont sit still long enough for me to get a decent photo!!!

I never explained the photo in the last post - short version - Grand Designs (Amy is the Production Coordinator) won a TV BAFTA award this year and they all got a chance to hold the 'mask'.  All good for morale and ratings which means another series. If a certain person is reading this and you know who you are then the category was 'Features'