OS Daily Christmas Day 2009

jayward

hi ,merry christmas every one
hugs and special wishes for all
turkey is in oven a very money saving turkey crown half price from m&s yesterday.
all the prezzis have gone down well thanks for the help donny
its taken me over a week to do the things i would have done in a day but i have got there .
xxx judith xx

thriftlady_2

Gawd, I wish my parents would go home.

We've been up since 5.30 (kids:rolleyes:) and I want to soak in a hot bath. OH can barely keep his eyes open.

grandmasam

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!

Just got back from a doggy housesitting job and although i don't post so much, i try to keep up with you all!
Many thanks to you all, unseen friends always ready with the 'virtual' hugs and help.
Peace and joy to all.
with love
caz

SunnyGirl

A lovely day here so far. Unfortunately my parents had to go home just after 3pm as my Mum's pancreatitis has flared up and she couldn't eat any lunch at all. They came for a few hours though & it was really lovely to spend time with them :A

I am another whose kids were awake early (5.05am) so think we'll all be in bed early tonight.

I got some lovely presents including a Golden Syrup cook book, a burger cook book and How To Feed Your Family A Balanced Diet .......... etc by Jill Holcombe :T I also got some lovely bath things so will have a long soak tomorrow, and some new boots and fluffy slippers

Hope that everyone is having a nice day.

sistercas

merry xmas everyone

had a lovely day - lots of presents and lots of lovely food

Diva thanks for your pm - lovely :T
hope you all have a great boxing day xx

Odette

Merry Christmas everyone.

Im a lurker but this is my favourite board on my favourite website. Thanks to you all for all your help and good spirits througout the year.

Im at work now and have been most of the day, my thoughts go out to all those who are working today too. I hope christmas, when it comes, is spectacular.

x

Ode

csarina

Evening folks..........lunch was a great sucess, I ended up with 2 extra visitors, although they did bring their dinner with them.

DD1 and husband were here for lunch. I was just about to put the vegetables on when DGD phoned, she and boyfriend had gone to his sisters, apparently BF and sister had a row, so he walked out with his dinner, they came to us......6 of us........I flamed the christmas pudding, DGD's BF was fascinated, he had never seen it done before.......DGD said 'well my Nana has very high standards, she does everything properly' I could not help smiling......they went off straight after lunch, they were going on to some other friends, SIL went to sleep on the settee whilst OH, DD1 and I did the washing up. We enjoyed a cuppa and a chat before they went off home DD1 is working tomorrow SIL playiing golf.

I am esconced on the settee with a box of chocolates and a glass of well deserved wine and its where I am staying. OH can fend for himself for the rest of the day.

Lots of nice pressies........including an indoor gardening set and hand cream, a book, some pretty china plates, biscuits and a piece of stilton cheese which will go down nicely with a drink and some biscuits for my supper.

bargainbird

Evening All,

Happy Birthday Edinburgh Lass
Dinner was beautiful if i do say so myself....could do with my pud now tho
House looks like a bomb has hit it, Apart from that the kids have been really well behaved :T, which helps .

Anyway DH has crashed on sofa, kids are playing so might slip off to kitchen for a munch

Happy Xmas Haribo xx

Woofles

thriftlady wrote: »

Gawd, I wish my parents would go home.

We've been up since 5.30 (kids:rolleyes:) and I want to soak in a hot bath. OH can barely keep his eyes open.

I understand how you feel, I hate imposing myself on people. My cousin always asks me every year for christmas day and I always refuse. I don't have a car so it would mean someone picking me up and bringing me home again and they would not be able to drink.

Also to be honest I prefer it on my own, I saved on washing today by not getting dressed.:rotfl:

Dinner was a little later than anticipated because I was so warm and snuggly on the sofa under my blanket I nodded off about 8.30 am (in mitigation I have been awake since 5.30 am) and didn't wake up again till 10.30 am.:o

It was very nice though, a lovely piece of silverside and have just had an open sandwich of cold beef and coleslaw. Looking forward to the bubble and squeak tomorrow.

Am now eying up a box of Heroes and sipping a glass of lemonade which is making me burp, that was probably TMI.:o

thriftlady_2

Woofles wrote: »

I understand how you feel, I hate imposing myself on people.

My mum and dad aren't an imposition lol! I didn't mean my comment to come across the way it has. We had a lovely day with them but me and OH are just so tired-well me more than him because I've been cooking all day. I was yearning to get in the bath, put my trackies on and get my house back in order.

I've got my second wind a bit now. A goose carcase is so big I couldn't face trying to squeeze it into the fridge so I decided to make it into stock this afternoon rather than wait till tomorrow. I boiled it up for a couple of hours and strained all the stock, then I covered it in more water and did it all again. I must be mad, but I now have about 13 pints of goose stock cooling ready to go in the freezer along with the 7 pints of ham stock from yesterday. Feeling smug

Enjoy your chocs and lemonade Woofles!