Things can only get better

RelievedSheff

Sun_Addict said:

Well I’ve been to a Christmas market, had a mince pie and watched Love Actually so feel slightly more Christmassy 🎅🎄Mr SA moaned about the film and went upstairs to watch war films. I absolutely adore Love Actually, that and Christmas Carol with George C Scott playing Scrooge are my favourite Christmas films.

Mr SA was a bit weird at the market and imagined he saw a cafe with seats. It was just a greenhouse type thing with wooden bits and bobs in it, certainly not a cafe. Must’ve been wishful thinking. A cafe that’s open and you can sit inside - what’s that 😩

Wishful thinking indeed from Mr SA. 

It would be nice to be able to see a time when cafes, pubs and restaurants have people sat at tables again.

Sadly I don't think that will be any time soon🙄

Sun_Addict

This new strain of the virus is very frightening, although they say it doesn’t make you more ill, it’s 70% more catching. I really feel like hibernating, wake me up when it’s all over as the sadly departed Avicci once said.

The dog has lost her ID tag from her collar, it can only be in the garden as she definitely had it this afternoon. Something to look for tomorrow. Needle in a haystack springs to mind.

Wasn’t sure what I wanted to eat Christmas Day but PON sent me a recipe for Chestnut roast today, it sounds lovely so sorted now. 

3 more working days then I’m done until 4 January.  Normally I’d have finished last Friday but seems a waste of leave when I can’t go anywhere.  I carried forward 16 days leave this year which has never happened before. Normally we go abroad 3 times a year and the leave is used up. Have really missed the 2 annual trips to Lanzarote ☹️

dawnybabes

ladyholly said:

My dd who lives fairly near will get a garden visit from me on Wed. to drop off presents etc and then we wont see them again until the situation eases. Sorry for anyone with terminally ill relatives for whom it may be their last Christmas. A lousy situation for all

This is me, DH currently in a hospice trying to get his pain under control - hoping it’s just fir a couple of weeks, was having family around at Xmas but now can’t.  Trying to sort out if he’s allowed home for the day to spend it with me and 18 yr old DS. We’re currently on ‘borrowed time’ and his cancer has stopped responding to treatment.  It’s hard normally but horrifically worse 😭😭

milann

I’m so sorry Dawnybabes....what a situation for you all to be in. I hope he manages to get home for a short while.

Buffythedebtslayer

Dawnybabes, I am so deeply sorry. sending you love XX 

Cherryfudge

@dawnybabes, I do feel for you.  I do hope you can manage to get your time together. x

Honeysucklelou2

So sorry Dawnybabes...thinking of you.

Sun_Addict

Sorry to read your sad news dawnybabes. I hope you get him home for Christmas Day. 

RelievedSheff

DawnyBabes, sorry to hear that. I too hope that you he can come home for Christmas.

Sun_Addict

Morning all, happy Monday 🎄

What a miserable wet and gloomy morning it is here. 

On a countdown now, only 2 more work get ups then off until 4 January. Looking forward to not having to log on for a few days even if I can't go anywhere.

Cleaning today is kitchen and dining room. Exercise is walking the dog at lunchtime, a Joe W HIIT workout and a treadmill run after work. Tonight's dinner will be finishing up the remaining home made fishcake from the freezer with some sweet potato wedges and salad. Using up freezer stocks this week. Got a Mr M delivery coming tomorrow then Wednesday I want to go to Aldi first thing to pick up a few bits and whatever is missing from the Mr M delivery. Don't need as much now the Christmas Eve buffet has been cancelled.

Have a marvellous Monday x