Gilligansyle's outside her comfort zone

Karmacat

I think its really important to get the Christmas you want ... last year, when I got sick again, I'd been totally suckered into the whole rush-rush-rush thing - and especially this year, for you, with your mum so recently gone, its important to have the Christmas you want. Might mean new things - I'd always had Christmas with my mum and dad, and when my dad died, it all got turned upside down somehow, even tho he'd been ill for so long.

Anyway, I hope you really enjoy today, at least!

Firewalker

Christmas in an interesting one. I still have the wonderful day when all sons are at home and we cook together. I really dislike the whole presents thing (always have done, it is not an MSE kick off) but adore the smell of the tree and the decorations and lights.

I have no idea what the Christmas I like would be (I quite like the one we have) but I certainly know the one I'll never want to have a gain. I spend a Christmas, about twenty years ago, entirely on my own in an apartment, reading Huxley and watching TV. It was not good.

Gill, hope you manage to find a way between what you want and your sister's expectations of you.

Firewalker

gilligansyle

Because there is only DS and I, we used to just do our own thing, and sometimes Mum came to me, sometimes to sister. I love cooking Christmas dinner, but I do it at my own pace and people get fed when I'm ready. Last Christmas ended up as a bit of a nightmare,various reasons; DS was working, nephew was working, sister didn't like having her arrangements changed, Mum wasn't well. So I said last year that I wasn't going to do it. Of course, then Mum was still with us. Mind you, Mum *hated* Christmas - always has done, even when we were kids, so everything we did was sort of around that.
This year, I want to just chill, cook my dinner and eat it without feeling obliged to be somewhere by a certain time.

I'll work out a way, just need to break it to sister gently.

Today I've got back into knitting, haven't done any since before Mum was ill. Mainly to stop me from eating!

Double_Trouble

Knitting every thread you go on people are doing it :D I have even learnt how to cast on with two needles this week still struggling to upsize my nativity pattern it is going to be a long job - what are you doing?

we have a very relaxed stretched out Christmas day - starter for breakfast, main course at lunch time and puddings etc at tea time works for us I have cooked for the last 30 years but I don't care I love christmas and I love being at home :j:j:j

DTxx

gilligansyle

See, that's the thing DT, I love Christmas, but don't like being under pressure, so this year am somehow going to do my own thing.

You have a houseful of people to feed and quite a busy time of year!

Firewalker

Double_Trouble wrote: »

Knitting every thread you go on people are doing it :D :j:j:j

DTxx

Ha! You stopped going to mine then:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:. I'll never do any knitting - never have done!

FW

Karmacat

gilligansyle wrote: »

See, that's the thing DT, I love Christmas, but don't like being under pressure, so this year am somehow going to do my own thing.

You have a houseful of people to feed and quite a busy time of year!

I could have written that post!

Knitting is the one craft I can do, and often have done it pretty well, but I stopped when my fingers got bad ...

gilligansyle

I take it that your brain is ignoring the clock this morning KC?

I'm trying to get back to knitting , mainly because its quite relaxing. I've decided to start with some of the Jean Greenhowe patterns for toys. I've chucked most of my patterns away, and need to decide what I want to make.


My oven shelves are sparkling, and I've put some toxic gunk on the bottom to clean that. I've bought oven liner from Home Bargains so when I do get it working again, it should be easier to keep clean. I've also found the spare bulb, so when we do turn the electric off to fix the fan, I can do that at the same time.
And I'm up at silly o'clock because my brain tells me its time to get up!

Karmacat

Yep, brain not working - or rather, set on the previous time

That toxic gunk to clean ovens frightened the life out of me when I read the tin .... as it is, now I've cleaned *this* oven with stardrops and a bit of hard graft, I'm keeping it much cleaner than the old one - I hope never to have to use that stuff again.

Have a good'un.

hypno06

My oven needs doing.....I definitely need something with nuclear properties to get it clean.