*The Holly and the Ivy* and the You Know What 2013 Chatter Thread.

Peppapig

Yay - only 22 days 6 hours to go.........http://www.xmasclock.com/

junior_j

Congratulations on baby grandson number 2 x hope your daughter is well

So the hospital phoned me back with the following advice ..

"The doctor said if it gets worse go toyour local a and e "
Which I don't want it to get worse I want it nipped in the bud now! Apparently that's too much to ask! Sorry to rant! I just don't want another December like last year!

wuvvies

popping in to say congrats to pepper pig. a lovely new bundle of joy for christmas xx

mrs-moneypenny

congrats to you and your family on the latest addition peppapig

FeistyFidget

great big hugs junior - I really hope it doesn't worsen xxx

Sezzagirl

I used pictures from the internet/daughters colouring books as stencils but there isn't one sticker on there. I used liquid chalk (like what pubs use) but it cost me a fortune and I was really limited with colours. It also took me nearly a week since I could only do it during daylight. This year I've opted for poster paint & accepting the fact that when I come to clean it off it's going to take me a while :rotfl: I've also changed the pictures that I've used except for the Merry Christmas which I've just shrunk a little.




Delurking to say probably too late now but if you mix a little washing up liquid into the post paint, it makes it easier to wash off

junior_j

Thank you feisty I ate some chocolate in hope it has cured it!,

freespirit66

FeistyFidget wrote: »

Nicki that is beautiful!
Freespirit, sending you gentle hugs xxx

FEISTY thankyou, how did your sale go?

junior_j wrote: »

I accidentally must of stressed spam on your post (stupid iPad) I
Quickly unspammed it but I am so sorry if it disappears or anything! I felt very bad!
Well done on starting wrapping xx I love Eric Clapton too!
Big hugs Hun! My cats prefer old stuff as do my dogs who barely look at their new toys but want to play with boring tatty unstuffed toys!
I ordered some lovely body shop stuff with free deliver for over £5 orders and 45% off code! Sent my first Xmas card but a small blip in my day is my shunt is bulging and painful so waiting on neuro hospital calling back! Can I ask for some crossed fingers please x
Love the decs and window decorations beautiful makes me smile x

JJ fingers crossed it doesnt get worse, surely they can do more than send you to a & e :mad:

riskyb wrote: »

Hot chocolate station??? Do spill please....

I got the idea from Pinterest, its a frothy hot choc maker, with jars of hot choc, sugar, candy canes, marshmallows, with pretty tags and jar toppers all on a xmas tray with xmas mugs ready for anyone to make a hot choc when they fancy, i just love american christmases and wanted to copy it, the kids love it will pop a pic on when i have finished it

Here are a few pics of tree etc:







Hope everyone is well x

CupOfChai

Evening everyone!

Nicki your window is great, can't believe you drew it all, that must have taken ages.

Riskyb Amazon drone deliveries sound funny, I'm imagining a tiny helicopter hovering outside the door and dropping my parcel hahaha.

Pigpen that's a great idea of getting things out of the awkward boxes in advance. What happens if you have to take something back to the shop though?

Junior J hope you don't get bad. Would it help at all if you just go to A&E anyway, sort of pre-empting it before it can get too bad just in case?

Wuvvies & freespirit get well soon!

Weekend was ALL THE CHRISTMAS. Friday I put the tree up, I've also got tinsel, fairylights and new jingle bells strung on the shelves. Three times I had that flipping tinsel on and off the tree, it wouldn't go right!

Saturday started well when we went in Greggs for an afternoon snack and got the last two Festive Bakes they had . Winter Wonderland was packed, the queue to get in however seemed to move quite quickly so we weren't waiting too long. There were a couple of points inside where it sort of bottlenecked so you were completely stuck in a crowd and couldn't get moved along properly, which was really annoying, but we still had a fab time. Just wandering about looking at all the lights, stalls and things, we all felt really Christmassy and I was getting all excited over everything. Finished the evening in the Bavarian beer hall part having a laugh to some sort of a German pub singer DJ and it was all just so feel-good despite the excessive crowd. I'm a bit worried it's going to be a victim of its own success, it really gets too busy and there's going to come a point where they'll start charging or something, they won't be allowed to have so many people in as it'll get to the point where either people can't get in or it's unsafe.

Sunday was the local Christmas market in the town, also really busy though not quite so bad. I hate pushchairs! The amount of times people ran over my feet with them because they don't bother paying attention to where they're shoving the stupid buggy. Anyway apart from that and the music acts they had on that I didn't like because I think they should just play Christmas songs over a speaker, it was also lovely. I was only there with OH that time so we had a nice snuggly time wandering about looking at everything, getting mulled wine and German sausages and all that. Tried roast chestnuts, hadn't had them before, they were alright but I'll probably not bother getting them again.

So basically I love Christmas events but am less keen on people :rotfl:

Bought some cheese from a stall on Sunday for a present and forgot to ask if it'd keep until Christmas. It's quite hard cheeses and in the fridge, what do you think? Be alright won't it?

Edit - Nice tree! I like that dish of baubles you've done too, I may have to nick the idea and do a vase of baubles and lights or something like that. My big glittery bauble was broken, so that means I'm allowed to buy more decs to replace it

pigpen

Why would I need to take something back? I get it out.. test it.. suffocate it with a pillow so it doesn't wake anyone up when I am horrified by how loud it is and then wrap it once I know it is working.. Plus I have receipts and keep any guarantees all together in a bag.


Some stuff I just cut the ties and leave in situ.. a 2y/o cannot wait 20 minutes for the wraps undoing.