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

freespirit66

Morning everyone, i had a lovely Mothers Day, thoroughly spoilt, breakfast and dinner cooked for me, and DD2 brought over lunch, i got flowers, a costa gift card, a hobbycraft giftcard, an afternoon out with birds of prey (one of my 50 things before im 50), a clay pigeon shooting morning also. Good kids - no chocs to tempt me with!
I hope all our mums had a lovely day!

VULPIX oh you poor thing, i hope your knees arent too bad now, when are your injections supposed to be? sending you hugs!!

MRSINVISIBLE oh your poor friends daughter after going through all that to be told its all in vain grrr its so sad that people have to go through this pain. I was offered that as well but i cant see the point in it to be honest either

FEISTY glad all is going well with little miss fidget, its surprising how much time a tiny bundle takes up isnt it :rotfl:

MURIE oh i hope you are feeling better now, that sounds awful, glad you had a lovely day on sunday! Of all the days i woke up with a migraine but luckily managed to halt it with tablets just in time, im so sorry the stress is still a blooming nuisance, are things getting any easier?

TREASUREQUEEN ooh you sound very organised, well done you

MRSMONEYPENNY i always miss out on the 'day after' bargains i wish i lived right next to a supermarket


NEWTHRIFT yep my sewing is a very straight line :rotfl:
:rotfl:needless to say i still havent got it all out yet

princesskitty29

Hi all, I have been AWOL again due to house stuff. We've had a stressful few weeks but have finally secured a rental property for the next 6 months or so, so we can relax a bit now. Phew. We are due to complete on our sale and move out on the 11th April. My mother's day was a mixed bag, I was in tears in the morning as we cut off Wiggle's beautiful curls, it had to be done as they were getting wild and also matted at the back. He does look cute with his haircut though. I had a lovely 'Mummy' hearts Emma Bridgewater mug, a house magazine to help plan the decorating in our new house and a lovely 'coloured in' picture of a rose and butterfly. I also got croissants in bed, but DH and I were arguing on and off so it wasn't the most relaxing sit in bed! We argued on and off all day as we were really stressed about finding a rental, we had seen three the day before and nothing seemed to be working out for us. Thankfully that's over now! I bought some 'Mum' and 'Grandma' mugs half price in Waitrose yesterday, I will use them for birthdays or Christmas and pop in individually wrapped teabags and biscuits etc.

mrsinvisible ah, a clip and climb party seems so obvious now! Thanks for explaining. I hope the dentist went well!

murie and freespirit after all these lovely comments i'm starting to think I should have said I made the chalkboard sign myself!

newthrift ooh what a great present, i'd love to have some proper sewing lessons. I think i'll look into it when I move.

Peppapig sorry this is late as I haven't been on for a few days but I really hope that the op went well and that you are recovering well. Looking forward to hearing from you! Xx

freespirit oh it really must feel like your DD2 isn't getting anywhere, I hope they can do some things to help her. Yay for DD1, that's fab news! It sounds like she deserves it. I'm so glad to hear the pain has eased for you!

fiesty really good to hear from you! I remember those days – impossible to get anything done! I think the extent of my cleaning back then was to wipe an anti-bacterial wipe over things and that would have to do! Yay for baking a cake, it's funny how baking a cake becomes a major achievement when you have a baby! The sling is brilliant for that, I baked many a cake with Wiggle in the sling – and put the washing on the line!

Treasurequeen you sound organised! I bet it's nice knowing you are way ahead with everything.

freespirit66

Evening everyone, thats my two days looking after Thumper done, i could go to bed but want to stay up and watch Happy Valley DS surprised my DD1 and DD2 and me today with bunches of our favourite flowers to celebrate International Womens Day :Ai now have a vase shortage :D I have now finished buying eggs and presents for easter, and have my hot x buns and lamb in the freezer, just need to get a few bits for breakfasts, and bank holiday afternoon tea (baking bits) and i will be pretty much done. DN birthday card and voucher have been sent, i need to wrap DD1s birthday presents for next week, DD2s OH card and money sorted for next week and then an aunts card ready to send off the following week phew and that is March done!!!

PRINCESSKITTY im glad you have now found somewhere to rent, im not surprised it has been a stressful few weeks. Sorry your mothers day was up and down there will be plenty more my lovely!!

msgigglewick

Popping in to say hi! not much going on here other than every day life things. Christmas wise i've been picking a few bits up, Alice colouring book (adult one) for my dd1, build a bear teddy for dd4 and a few bits for elf antics.

Not liking the winds we are having here today. It can clear up and let spring happen! lol

newthrift

Morning :wave:
msgigglewick I'm with you, this wind and rain can go away, and it's so cold too! I want sunshine&showers not grey&showers :mad:

Princesskitty – Glad you have got a rental property sorted now and thing’s are a little less stressfulat least!

Free – How lovely of your son

Both my MIL & FIL have got colds starting and i'm trying to avoid catching it the best I can (I work with them so not the easiest to avoid), oranges and lots of hand sanitiser and keep wiping round the office with anti-bac wipes :rotfl:

Started my gift list, although it's not got far - keep trawling pinterest for hamper ideas.

freespirit66

Afternoon everyone, i just had a real doh!! moment i was wrapping birthday presents and making DD2s SW version of a sweetie bouquet and decided to wrap Thumpers BAB Dinosaur that i got last year in the sale, i couldnt get it to roar, tried and tried and tried and was absolutely gutted, thought to myself right i am never buying from there again then just as i was putting it back in the box i felt something in the foot and realised i was pressing in completely the wrong place :rotfl::rotfl:so now roaring dinosaur back in box and all wrapped!!!

NEWTHRIFT i dont know if you can still get it but i used to use a nose spray (cant remember the name) that you use to avoid getting colds, maybe its worth a try, i used it on a plane journey once when everyone around me was sniffling and coughing and i didnt catch anything!

freespirit66

Evening everyone, ooh where is everyone? 30 hours and no posts? I hope everyone is ok! I have had an anxiety ridden day today because i have drs in the morning :eek: even the tab hasnt really helped much! Anyway now i have written it out and got it off my chest (even if i am talking to myself on here :rotfl:) hopefully it will help haha, will let you know how it went tomorrow, night everyone!

murie

Free- yup its deffo very quiet in here.
Glad you feel a bit better about Drs apt now you have 'said' it out loud- hope it all goes OK tomorrow x

vulpix

Sending "brave" vibes Free,you can send em back to me when i have to have my knees injected.

Been into Manchester tonight for a curry.Youngest at her friends for tea.I think I could actually live off chicken jalfrezi.

Slowly,slowly chipping away at the decorating in the kitchen.Putting the splashback up tomorrow,wont get much done this weekend as it's my birthday on Saturday.DD1 is working so we are having a family meal in Southport on Sunday instead.

hope you all are ok. Vx

Peppapig

Wow this thread is quiet - I thought I'd have pages to catch up on.:D

Well, I'm out of hospital and recovering at home.:j Still on the pain meds but feeling a whole lot better than just a few days ago. It looks like the surgery went well with them removing the whole tumour plus a chunk of bowel either side so it's a waiting game now to see if I need chemo. Keeping everything crossed for a great outcome. Am loving being back in my own bed and eating without the accompanying sounds of people vomitting!

I got the Easter eggs before I went in so just two birthdays this month to sort out. I'm thinking money for one and an Amazon voucher for the other - a bit boring I know but easy for me to do from home.

FREE well done on making the docs appointment and good luck tomorrow, I'll be thinking of you - I know you'll get through it ok and I do so hope they can support you back to better health. Hope DD2 is coping ok.

MURIE, thanks for your support, your PMs have been much appreciated.

PRINCESSKITTY really glad you've sorted out the rental property, it must have been a horribly stressful time but it'll all be worth it when you finally move into your lovely new house.

FEISTY you sound very happy in your post, like all your dreams have finally come true. Hope DH is stable health wise and able to enjoy little Feisty.

Hugs to everyone (gentle ones of course) and huge thanks for the good wishes.