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northwalesd

Oh no, how annoying GP, let's hope the rest of your festivities go without any more mishaps.

Cheery_Daff

Oh no! How very disappointing and what a waste! Very wise to chuck the whole thing though I think. At least you'll remember your Christmas eve tea this year! 

Hope the rest of your festivities go without incident 😬

Greying_Pilgrim

Thank you both 🥰  We've cracked open the dupe tube of pr1ngles, and it's not like we're hungry.  I agree Cheery - it'll be "do you remember the great cheese incident of '25........." 🤣 Irritating from a waste perspective - as long as we don't go down with anything 🤮  We've just watched 'Paddington', and LG and DH have been alternating the lines 🙄 how many times have they watched this??? 🤣

Greying X

thriftmonster

Wishing you a lovely Christmas exactly as you want it to be 

KajiKita

Awww … what a shame, after all that work … I would be quite upset and grumpy. I think you may be better off going back to wherever you bought if form to complain rather than the manufacturer initially. Anyway that can wait …

I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening - Mr KK can quote whole screeds of Ice Cold in Alex … 🙄😂 so you’re not alone in having to passively watch certain films over and over … 😉

Sending you Christmas sparkles ✨ ✨✨✨✨✨🎄✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

KK

Greying_Pilgrim

Thanks KajiKita - trouble is, the package has gone in the bin, and I'm not keeping it in the house until Saturday - I shall complain to the manufacturers, not for recompense, but to let them know that their systems have failed.  I would hate for this to happen to anyone else.  I will use my receipt to prove I bought it recently, but not for a refund.

I have just put the washing away, it did well outside - the breeze was good, but the temperature was a bit on the low side.  I went out for a walk around the block this afternoon (naturally I had no accomplices 🙄), and when I got back, just before 3pm, I brought the washing in, and put it in front of the dehu for a couple of hours.  With the debacle over tea, I forgot about it, but it had dried well.  

Greying X

themadvix

How annoying GP - but thanks for the reminder to check my grated mozzarella tomorrow - I’ve only one bag, the rest is balled stuff, but I can’t be letting people put mouldy cheese on their pizzas tomorrow.

I hope there are no more culinary disasters today and you have a lovely day! (Paddington 2 today?!)

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Merry Christmas Morning MFW'rs

Well, thankfully it would appear we've had no bad effects from the mouldy cheese 🤢

LG woke up about 5.30am I think - but DH had got up, so did read to LG for a little while so that everyone got up at a more sociable hour 😉  Family and chosen family have been most kind to LG and they have a nice load of gifts and some of the 'folding' stuff too 😁 Santa did manage a couple of surprises 😉 But it really was amazing how many right guesses there were...... 🤣  And poor old DH got the contents of his stocking 'guessed' almost before he extracted each item 🙄🤣

LG helped to make some blueberry pancakes for breakfast - well they stirred the wet ingredients into the dry, we'll have to work on 'incorporating' I think.....  But then LG cooked most of the pancakes, and learnt that it's best to be confidant and not hesitate when flipping pancakes 😁  I actually used a N1gella recipe, but it was very similar to the one in the back of LG's reading book that they found the other day.  So, itch scratched and we got breakfast out of it!  I did, however, forget to put the orange juice out on the table 🙄  Silly me.  

I'm hopeful we will all go out for a walk today.  I was slightly annoyed that LG didn't really get any exercise yesterday - DH failed in their duty of 'tiring out' LG, and hence LG stayed up until late 🙄 which put Santa behind schedule, as you can imagine.  

We're listening to Rev. Kate on R2, and she's discussing the size of the guest list, various homes are catering for - I think S Wales is currently topping the league table with 18 descending around one table 😁  How fab 😁  I am, however, delighted with our brood of 3.  Christmas just how we like it - all together, which is something we value highly.  2/3rds of our party may still be in PJ's whereas only one of us is washed, brushed and presentable to hang the washing on the line...... Yes, I have caved in and put DH's work clothes on to wash.  Today's breeze is too useful, and I've the chance to get ahead, so I'm taking it.  

All good wishes from our home into yours.  Thanks for all your support this year, you've all been so kind and generous with your time and cheerleading.   

Greying X

KajiKita

I’ve run out of things to wash or I’d be doing the same!! 😂😂 And I got woken be Chloe ripping the carpet outside my bedroom door with her claws at 06.05 as she was desperate to be OUT!! 🙄😉❤️ (Mr KK’s turn tomorrow!!)

I do love how much LG adores DH … so sweet ❤️

I hope you got treated too? 😉

May the rest of your day continues on in a similar vein. If you do go out for a walk, wrap up well! That easterly is CUTTING! (I’ve just been out digging carrots for lunch). Brrr 🥶 

KK

Greying_Pilgrim

tmv - sorry I missed your post.  I wish I had got my grated mozzarella from MrS - i didn't realise they did bags in the Stam. St. range, but didn't buy because I thought the bag size was too big, for what I wanted it for, so I went for the smaller sized bag in hB.  🤞crossed your bag is absolutely fine, and I just got a rogue batch of 1, bag.  I didn't think to sniff the bag when I opened it - mozzarella is a mild cheese and doesn't smell of much.  Had I done, I might have realised something was off from the start.  Paddington 2? noooooooooooooooooooooo 😱🤣🤣🤣

KajiKita - I forgot to mention, I got a very luxurious bar of chocolate and 2 lovely, heartfelt cards 🥰

Carol of the Bells is playing now 🥰 Love the variety on R2 🥰  Junior Choice will be a must listen too - although I've marshalled the troops and we're going for a walk.  So will listen to it later. 

Greying X