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Dec. 30th, 2020 10:07 amThank you ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
turlough for the excellent Christmas gift of seeds. It really was a surprise and I can't wait until I can sow them. Every time I see the resulting plants/flowers I'll think of you which is a very excellent thing. And thank you teigh_corvus for the card, and especially the message inside. You had me all misty-eyed when I read. All the ♥ in the world to you both.
I was at the post office yesterday and talking to the post lady found out that outward mail from the UK had been stopped for a while and was still stopped to Europe right now. I'm not sure when that started but suspect that along with the original royal mail backlog may explain why out of all my parcels and cards only two have apparently arrived, one in the UK and one in Australia. Hopefully, people won't mind getting Christmas wishes well into the new year.
Christmas was good, like people the world over I'm sure, it was quiet but it was great to have Corey home for a while. He did very well with his Christmas gifts this year, getting me two Lush boxes and his dad a huge beer stein type glass which was a huge hit. James bought me this cardigan which I love loads, especially as it has buttons. Joe Brown is one of my favourite brands and the cardi is so cosy. Though, it has to be washed separately which makes sense but is a bit of a pain.
Kayleigh gave me a Lush gift card, but when I went to my local shop they had hardly anything left in the sale, and what there was I didn't want. So, I've kept the gift card for later in the year. But, for the first time in a few years, they also had an online sale that went live yesterday. Predictably the site crashed in minutes and stayed crashed for most of the day. But, I managed a few things so will be stocked for a while.
My MiL and Fil did come for Christmas day but had to stay longer than planned as my MiL had a fall and we had to call the ambulance. She was fine, just her legs went and because she's a larger lady it was impossible to get her up again. In the end the falls team from the ambulance service came in the early hours and used the special lifting thing to get her upright and she was fine after that. It knocked her confidence though which is a shame as she's been trying really hard to try and move around ready for her visit. It was a bit of a worrying time but going home she said how nice it had been to have been fussed over for a while, so it was worth it.
Today I'm catching up on the washing, mopping floors etc and plan on an online catchup. I apologise in advance to the regular posters.
ETA: The mail backlog strikes again. The hospital appointment James has been waiting for was apparently a telephone one with a letter sent out saying so. They called him earlier, but he's at work and knew nothing about it so couldn't make arrangements to answer. Now he's on a waiting list for a cancellation otherwise it'll be months.
turlough for the excellent Christmas gift of seeds. It really was a surprise and I can't wait until I can sow them. Every time I see the resulting plants/flowers I'll think of you which is a very excellent thing. And thank you teigh_corvus for the card, and especially the message inside. You had me all misty-eyed when I read. All the ♥ in the world to you both.I was at the post office yesterday and talking to the post lady found out that outward mail from the UK had been stopped for a while and was still stopped to Europe right now. I'm not sure when that started but suspect that along with the original royal mail backlog may explain why out of all my parcels and cards only two have apparently arrived, one in the UK and one in Australia. Hopefully, people won't mind getting Christmas wishes well into the new year.
Christmas was good, like people the world over I'm sure, it was quiet but it was great to have Corey home for a while. He did very well with his Christmas gifts this year, getting me two Lush boxes and his dad a huge beer stein type glass which was a huge hit. James bought me this cardigan which I love loads, especially as it has buttons. Joe Brown is one of my favourite brands and the cardi is so cosy. Though, it has to be washed separately which makes sense but is a bit of a pain.
Kayleigh gave me a Lush gift card, but when I went to my local shop they had hardly anything left in the sale, and what there was I didn't want. So, I've kept the gift card for later in the year. But, for the first time in a few years, they also had an online sale that went live yesterday. Predictably the site crashed in minutes and stayed crashed for most of the day. But, I managed a few things so will be stocked for a while.
My MiL and Fil did come for Christmas day but had to stay longer than planned as my MiL had a fall and we had to call the ambulance. She was fine, just her legs went and because she's a larger lady it was impossible to get her up again. In the end the falls team from the ambulance service came in the early hours and used the special lifting thing to get her upright and she was fine after that. It knocked her confidence though which is a shame as she's been trying really hard to try and move around ready for her visit. It was a bit of a worrying time but going home she said how nice it had been to have been fussed over for a while, so it was worth it.
Today I'm catching up on the washing, mopping floors etc and plan on an online catchup. I apologise in advance to the regular posters.
ETA: The mail backlog strikes again. The hospital appointment James has been waiting for was apparently a telephone one with a letter sent out saying so. They called him earlier, but he's at work and knew nothing about it so couldn't make arrangements to answer. Now he's on a waiting list for a cancellation otherwise it'll be months.
