Macgirl's "I Can Do Anything....If I Put My Mind to it" Diary

macgirl

Thanks Gill and KC. It's freezing cold here, but bright. I feel happy for my uncle that his suffering is over. My Auntie is baring up so far, but I think it will hit her after Christmas.
She said once she'd "tidied up" she's going herself It's so sad.

The upside is that we have a huge family and they will all be there today. It's very rare that we all get together these days and my Uncle would be delighted that we're doing so in his honour.
It's sad that it tends to be funerals that we meet up now.....

Well, got my parcels sent off and posted my cards to Ireland and Australia - probably too late, but they will get there and that's the main thing!

Have a good day everyone xx

Karmacat

Your poor auntie ... I know what you mean about only meeting up at funerals though. When my dad died, we had two photos of him on the Order of Service - one recent, and one taken by an uncle back in 1950 or so, on a very good camera - the uncle was dead himself by the time my dad died, but my cousins were there, and I could talk to them about the photo that their dad took, it was nice.

I'll be thinking of you today.

Double_Trouble

Thnking of you today Macgirl. I agree about families only meeting up at funerals certainly true for us but we do have a family wedding next year my nephew and this wedding will be the first family wedding I will have been to since my own 25 years ago!

DTxx

hypno06

Hugs to you today - hoping it is all going ok x

macgirl

Hello, thanks for the kind words.
It was a lovely service, a truly fitting tribute to a true *gentle*man. He and my Auntie have a deep faith and this was reflected in the Eulogy and the fact that 3 priests said the mass. (One of my non-Catholic Aunties said it was like being in the Vatican :rotfl:)
The Parish Priest talked about my Uncle being a Saint, it was very heartwarming.

My Auntie was stoical throughout, bless her. It's a large family - my Dad is one of 14 - and they were all very supportive. Then I looked at my Dad and he was quietly crying. I just lost it. I've only seen him cry once in my life after his sister and best friend died within a week of each other. It was really too much to bare and I felt awful that I couldn't hold it together when the rest of them did....A sad day.

So, I'm looking forward to staying in front of the fire this evening, writing the rest of the Christmas cards. We're due to go out tomorrow evening, but heavy snow is forecast, so we might have to play it by ear.

taxi73

glaf the funeral went ok well as well as a funeral can go IYSWIM

macgirl

Thanks Taxi, I know what you mean

hypno06

Be kind to yourself tonight x

macgirl

Little DD was in our bed for the 5th night in a row last night :mad: I'll have to find the energy to take her back to her own bed and break this little habit, as it's starting to take it's toll.....

This morning at 9am, we have the plumber coming back with his boss for a second opinion on our noisy pipes - fingers crossed it won't turn out to be an expensive job. The builder rang about the jobs on the rental and that will be £90, so not as bad as I feared.
Then DD1 is going to a party, so I'm going to raid her presents and fish something out for the friend (I've probably bought too much for DD so she won't miss it).

After lunch my sister is arriving and taking the girls to a Panto - so I'm going to blitz the house before Christmas, as it'll be my last chance. In the New Year, I'm going to look into getting a cleaner as it's just too big to do myself. I can get the laundry, beds and basic cleaning and hoovering done, but there are plenty of other jobs that I just can't get to. The kids seem to make soooo much mess! I find myself tidying all the time and sometimes I'm just too tired to do it every night (phew - sorry for the rant there! )

Right, back to the wrapping and writing - another trip to the PO beckons this morning. Have a good day :xmastree:

hypno06

Morning!! I only have my cleaner for 2 hours a week, but it makes such a difference. In due course I hope to be able to ask if she can do another 2 hour stint in the week too, which would just be fabulous, but at the moment she is fully booked up so I will take what I can and be grateful for it!

It is definitely one of the best things I could be doing with £16 a week!

I hope you break the habit of DD getting into bed with you - we never had that issue with either of ours, thankfully. I made the rule early on that they needed to stay in their own beds, and I think I can probably count the times they have come in with me on my fingers. It has been hard, at times, to do that, and I am sure some people will think me terribly harsh. So I have no tips to give on how to break the habit I'm afraid!

I hope you have a productive day - good luck with the plumbers!