* It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year * - It's the 2016 Christmas Chatter Thread

Evening everyone, i have been a bit lazy today the only housework i have done is hoover, i have had cuddles with Thumper, watched the Tennis final, and napped, then tonight DD1 pampered me by dying my hair for me, and doing Gel nails and a facepack, i feel lovely atm. We are going to a Holistic Fayre tomorrow and i am so looking forward to it, i dont really have the money but i know i am going to fall in love with lots of crystals, buddhas etc :eek: I have started to feel christmassy again and drinking my favourite Gingerbread Lattes and noticed they now do Coconut Lattes just in case anyone is interested they are really nice too.

PRINCESSKITTY i keep forgetting to post but my Sainsburys have the mini gingerbread men sprinkles in now, if you cant find them i can buy some and post to you they are only £1 a pot

PINKSTEPS aww DS has done so well with the injections,bless him, will he cope with the MRI? Oh no not more conditions, that is one of the tests i had, for Ceoliac disease. He and you have so much to deal with, just when you thought you were going to have a break from hosp/drs!! It just all gets a bit too much to deal with, well that is how i feel sometimes and im sure it is the same for you, sending you hugs

MURIE did you manage to find the white wrapping paper with gold spots for DDs birthday?

PEPPAPIG oh i always wanted a caravan we could just drive to for holidays too but could never afford it, we used to have a tourer which was fab when the kids were little but i would have loved a static. I am glad you dont want to be sensible anymore :rotfl:after all what you have been through this year you need to go a bit mad :rotfl:I hope you get DH to come round to your way of thinking, Ludlow is one of the places i would love to see and that area it always looks gorgeous

04624181 ooh i didnt know there was a british version of american girl, my niece used to have one of them dolls and i got her an outfit when we were in NY, it was the best shop i have ever been in so gawd knows how excited little girls got going in there. They even have proper doll hooks for the dolls in the toilets for the kids to put them on. Aww that onesie set is so sweet i need a little girl to buy for :rotfl:Aaah that is a wonderful idea for DD she will love afternoon tea out with mum

NITNURSE well i did have a 50 things before im 50 list (although i never quite got to 50) but then being ill for 5 months scuppered it i will be lucky if i cross off 10 things but after reading your year of celebrating i thought i could actually stretch it out until the end of the year :rotfl:Your trips/holidays etc sound great, good for you! Oh lordy i know what you mean about DS room mine is just the same, what do they do? He showers every day so its not that he is a dirty smelly man but my goodness its rank!!

Oh FEISTY poor DH, that brought a tear to my eye, it must really stress him out thinking like that, and you!! I am so sorry he is much worse and hope that his consultant can help him on monday. Sending you lots of hugs to you all my lovely xx

Feisty- that must have been an awful thing to hear him actually voice his fears and my heart goes out to you both x Hopefully the consultant will be able to offer some help when he/she is back on Monday.


Peppa- stuff practicality and being sensible! You have had enough to contend with lately, tell him its time to throw caution to the wind and time to do something exciting (buttering him up also helps lol!). Think of all the positives, time away for you both, ready made breaks for the girls, ability to see your sister when she moves - let him know its a win win situation lol!


Pinksteps, your poor DS - yet another thing to contend with as if he didn't have enough. Would it benefit him to have information about the MRI and whats going to happen before he has it or would that stress him out? Im sorry that you have yet more to have to deal with x. I know what you mean about reading on here about peoples issues, your heart goes out to them and your never sure if what you are saying is going to come across in the right way- I definitely feel that way.


Free- you deserve a bit of pampering after these last few months and the holistic fayre sounds like an ideal day out. That's an indication of how far you have come lately- a month ago you wouldn't have even considered going let alone looked forward to it! Hope you have a fantastic day x


Well I am up at silly o clock- at 4.30 I could have sworn I heard the dog bark so I stumbled out of bed struggled to get my dressing gown on to get down to let her out. All the time cursing DH cus he was just lying there letting me do it all! It couldn't have been my dog cus she was lying on the settee snoring her head off so I must have been dreaming. By then I was totally awake so I have been surfing the net and tidying, putting the meat into roast etc for the past hour and half. I am ready for bed again now lol.


I hope everyone has a good Sunday and that the weather picks up a little. It was awful here last night, so heavy and hot so fingers crossed for a nice day today (even though it looks very dark and dismal)

Good Lord didnt mean to post without saying goodbye xxx

Thank you everyone for your kind words, they really do help x

FEISTY I too can never seem to find the right words but I feel so much for you both. My DH has heart failure and a range of health problems but we're much older than you and it seems so unfair that your DH should have all this when you have so much to look forward to. Your research on the beta blockers sounds probable so hopefully his consultant will be able to help things get back into rhythm on Monday. I will be thinking of you and sending you all the positive vibes I can muster.

NITNURSE I'm very envious of your fabulous year - good for you and your golden girls! What a fabulous result with the lamp - that sort of thing normally happens in reverse to me.

FREESPIRIT your holistic fair sounds lovely and I don't think you're a crackpot at all. A bit of positive energy sounds good to me. I echo what others have said too, just look at how far you've come from being too anxious to phone for a doctor's appointment to all you're doing now. Big pat on the back for you methinks!

MURIE as always you make me laugh. I've had that too where I wake up because I've heard something that didn't happen. Normal noises can sound really loud too when you wake up in the night. Half four tends to be a bad time to wake up because you've had just enough sleep so you can't get back off but not enough to keep you going all day!

VULPIX def take your mum out for afternoon tea - it'll be a lovely treat for both of you.

TREASUREQUEEN when I had my MRI it was on a Saturday and they played me Radio2 so I listened to Tony Blackburn playing the oldies. Won't be the same for the next one now that Tony has been dumped by the BBC.


I got fed up looking at my candyfloss hair so I've cut it off. I'm not bald but look a bit like a shorn lamb - a very unevenly shorn lamb, it looks like I did it with a knife and fork but I don't care as only DH and I will see it.

We had a lovely evening yesterday and the Ab Fab film was good. It was lovely that all the original people were playing the same parts and the number of people doing cameo roles was huge. I had to sit right to the end because they played 'where do you go to my lovely' by Peter Sarstead and I had to sing along as I know all the words. DD was most impressed - not sure about the other people still in the cinema! Spent this morning with DGD which was lovely, I love that girl so much it's ridiculous.

I've downloaded a Christmas app on my iPad so filled that in a bit more this afternoon. Now July is here I'm definitely feeling the Christmas vibes.