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I've enjoyed the last few days.

Christmas dinner was delicious, though due to Kayleigh, Lucy and Bodhi turning up just as I was serving, the Yorkshire puddings were more Yorkshire splats after deflating before we ate. But, rather a visit from them than perfect yorkies.

James picked Corey up late Christmas morning, and he went home late afternoon yesterday. He also did his yearly Boxing Day tradition of helping me sort out the fridge and freezer cupboard, which is really helpful for the shelves I can't see easily. He also took home a couple of bags of groceries, so the space looks much tidier now.

Corey enjoyed meeting Kevin, and I have the most adorable photo of Kevin sleeping on Corey's chest when he had a nap on the couch. In fact, on Christmas day, both cats, Corey and James had an afternoon nap while I relaxed and watched some TV.

I got some lovely presents, and am now well stocked up on Lush stuff again, and was up early enough yesterday I could nab some more stuff in their Boxing Day sale. I was especially pleased to get my Karma perfume, as I've worn it daily for years now, but had run out a few months ago and didn't feel right without it.

Thank you to the people who sent presents, [personal profile] pensnest, [personal profile] nopseud, [personal profile] turlough, and cards. I got a pile of soggy cards delivered this morning that I'm letting dry a little before attempting to get them out of the envelopes, so individual thanks for those will come later.

I still have a lot of the Christmas specials to watch but have seen festive Pottery Throwdown, the Candycane Lane film on Amazon, and watched the last ever Ghosts. I've seen that twice now and have to admit much preferred the ending on a second watch. Still to watch, Bake Off, Doctor Who, Call the Midwife, Strictly and All Creatures Great and Small.



The cats actually got presents, but preferred a Primark bag.

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As suggested by the soggy cards, it's raining heavily today, so I intend to stay in and get the house tidied up, and give the floors a badly needed hoover. I've also got lots of books I'm eager to get into, but before that, tidying then a catch-up on here.

Date: 2023-12-27 04:19 pm (UTC)
spikedluv: (winter: hot cocoa candy canes by candi)
From: [personal profile] spikedluv
I finally looked up Yorkshire pudding after hearing about it many times. The recipe I saw reminds me a lot of the oven pancake I make. Do you put anything on them?

Looks like Kevin has claimed Corey! *g*

I'm glad you had a nice celebration.

Date: 2023-12-27 04:57 pm (UTC)
dine: (peace cat)
From: [personal profile] dine
glad it was a good day!!

cats/bags - the natural pairing

that's a great picture of Kevin and Corey (though I still cannot believe that's really him)

Date: 2023-12-27 08:51 pm (UTC)
rikes: drawing of a fairy, with cherry blossoms (Default)
From: [personal profile] rikes
What a cute picture of Corey and Kevin together!

Date: 2023-12-27 08:55 pm (UTC)
turlough: closeup of cat investigating a string of fairy lights ((jul) i love cats)
From: [personal profile] turlough
Your Christmas sounds lovely! And I'm glad to hear you're know fully stocked up on Lush.

Cats are so contrary - always prefering to play with something that is decidely NOT a cat toy :-)

Aww, the photo of Kevin and Cory is so sweet.

We had lovely sunny weather today but it looks like the bad weather will reach us tomorrow. We're having the knit'n'natter at my sister's tomorrow so I hope it won't rain quite so heavily here *keeps fingers crossed*

Date: 2023-12-29 05:11 pm (UTC)
jacieleigh: Kitty Chef (Kitty Chef)
From: [personal profile] jacieleigh
Ugh! The first time I made Yorkshire Pudding, it was wonderful, light and puffy. Every time since then, it's been rather dense. I've been given lots of tips, but so far, none of them have helped. I have now located a new recipe that is said to be fool-proof. I am wondering if using low-fat milk is a bad thing for these. The new recipe specifically says to use whole milk.

Kevin doesn't look so tiny when he's alone in a photo, but next to Murphy and Corey, gosh he looks so small! Still a cutie pie, but a teeny tiny one. *G*

Date: 2024-01-03 11:06 pm (UTC)
ephemera: celtic knotwork style sitting fox (Default)
From: [personal profile] ephemera
That sounds like a lovely Christmas season! (Every now and again, I remember that I first met Corey when he was a tiny child and thus time had passed .....)

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