Get a grip woman!

Karmacat

Yes! It was a real livewire

Suffolk_lass

Futile list number 397:

1. [STRIKE]Got to write the post-box Christmas Cards[/STRIKE] done and posted
2. [STRIKE]Prepare one-pot for next Friday (at least buy the ingredients)[/STRIKE] all cooked - made a curry with two two person portions on top. Ready to take to Friend's house tomorrow
3. [STRIKE]Look for the small amount of Christmas chocolates and maybe buy[/STRIKE] bought from Morries
4. [STRIKE]Put up tree and decorate[/STRIKE] - done today
5. Re-do outside lights (at least the faulty ones were identified before Xmas!) also next Friday as Son was too late arriving
6. [STRIKE]Run the bar at lunch time[/STRIKE] DH did this while I finished the cards
7. [STRIKE]]Cook roast pork and all the bits[/STRIKE] Yep. Delicious!
8. [STRIKE]Make a pannetone trifle (I know, not on our diet...) [/STRIKE]and half eaten. Yum!
9. Empty the recently rat-inhabited roof space and decontaminate the contents (might slip to next week) DH is doing this while I am out tomorrow - I wonder if he needs to confess something so is doing this for Brownie points...
10. [STRIKE]Spend some time with DS[/STRIKE] yes done - he confessed to something and was very contrite. We will have to bail him out financially
11. [STRIKE]Wrap SS parcel[/STRIKE] done
12. Start next week's shopping list - and check MySM not done
13. [STRIKE]Attend Carol Service (take lesson reading)[/STRIKE] done. Was lovely
14. [STRIKE]Change our bedding and wash it[/STRIKE] done and bed made
15. And breathe - quite a lot of wheezing still

Suffolk_lass

Oh dear. What am I like!? I have bought a frozen F/R Turkey this year for the first time ever - £27 vs around £70. I thought I would top it up with a turkey crown. Forgot and bought a second (maybe - of course it could have been out there since 2017 - it has been a while since I did a full freezer audit). Anyway, I have three. I have left one out there in the remote freezer and am defrosting the other two (the whole one and one of the crowns).

I also got the butcher to tie me a fillet of beef onto a sirloin for my Boxing Day roast. It is a good size roasting joint for under £50 and will serve 12 (whether it likes it or not!). He was nearly as thrilled as I was to tie this old fashioned roasting joint. When he told me this was his Father's favourite and that nobody asks for this any more, it didn't make me feel old at all. Well not very...

Karmacat

You're not old! That's really sweet about the butcher liking to tie the roast

Suffolk_lass

Futile list number 397:

1. [STRIKE]Got to write the post-box Christmas Cards[/STRIKE] done and posted
2. [STRIKE]Prepare one-pot for next Friday (at least buy the ingredients)[/STRIKE] all cooked - made a curry with two two person portions on top. All consumed
3. [STRIKE]Look for the small amount of Christmas chocolates and maybe buy[/STRIKE] bought from Morries
4. [STRIKE]Put up tree and decorate[/STRIKE] - done
5. [STRIKE]Re-do outside lights (at least the faulty ones were identified before Xmas!)[/STRIKE] done
6. [STRIKE]Run the bar at lunch time[/STRIKE] DH did this while I finished the cards
7. [STRIKE]]Cook roast pork and all the bits[/STRIKE] Yep. Delicious!
8. [STRIKE]Make a pannetone trifle (I know, not on our diet...) [/STRIKE]and eaten. Yum!
9. [STRIKE]Empty the recently rat-inhabited roof space and decontaminate the contents[/STRIKE] all done
10. [STRIKE]Spend some time with DS[/STRIKE] yes done - he confessed to something and was very contrite. We will have to bail him out financially
11. [STRIKE]Wrap SS parcel[/STRIKE] done
12. [STRIKE]Start next week's shopping list - and check MySM[/STRIKE] done
13. [STRIKE]Attend Carol Service (take lesson reading)[/STRIKE] done. Was lovely
14. [STRIKE]Change our bedding and wash it[/STRIKE] done and bed made
15. And breathe - quite a lot of wheezing still

Time for a new list tomorrow!

Suffolk_lass

Today's list:

1. buy last present from camping shop for DS
2. wrap presents
3. tidy and clean downstairs
4. make trifle - could not get panettone less than £7 so going for brioche rolls
5. prep veg
6. prep pigs in blankets]make sausage rolls
7. make mince pies
8. make gooseberry fool
9. prep devils on horseback
10. make stuffing
11. prep the turkey
12. chill the wine
13. chill DH and me!
14. pop to the Village Bar for a drink before midnight service
15. attend midnight service
16. cook gammon
17. Freeze venison vindaloo (made at midnight last night and left in the range overnight to do its thing)

Karmacat

Wow SL! Your feasts over this holiday period are going to be wonderful - and you and your OH will be able to enjoy it properly, from the sound of it - loving the "chill" and "attend service", as well as "go to village bar". Brilliant! Have a wonderful few days.

Suffolk_lass

Thanks KC - you too. I'm about half-way through the list now, a bit more if I knock the pleasurable bits off. DH is vacuuming in the kitchen at the moment and I had to leave (dust irritates my breathing. Just covered everything up!

trix-a-belle

Your lists make me feel tired just reading them! Hope you have a relaxing Christmas & New Year period xx

Suffolk_lass

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

Today's list:

1. [STRIKE]buy last present from camping shop for DS
2. wrap presents
3. tidy and clean downstairs
4. make trifle - could not get panettone less than £7 so going for brioche rolls
5. prep veg
6. prep pigs in blankets]make sausage rolls
7. make mince pies
8. make gooseberry fool
9. prep devils on horseback
10. make stuffing
11. prep the turkey
12. chill the wine
13. chill DH and me!
14. pop to the Village Bar for a drink before midnight service
15. attend midnight service
16. cook gammon
17. Freeze venison vindaloo (made at midnight last night and left in the range overnight to do its thing)[/STRIKE]

Did it! Everything except my wreath on the door and the gooseberry fool which was for today (so have done that this morning).

My word my Family and friends can eat! Next lot today for Roast Beef. Just taking a moment ahead of peeling carrots and prepping green veg