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Dec. 19th, 2022 12:02 pmIt's nearly Snowflake Challenge time. I'll be helping to mod again, and encourage anyone to check out the comm. It's such a chill and low-pressure challenge.
After not seeing her since early 2020, last week I went with Kayleigh and Bodhi to see my aunt. It was such a lovely and comfy visit, I love going to see my aunt and being fussed over and being called lamb. Some of you may remember my aunt is a huge Christmas fan. Her house and garden are decorated beautifully, though I laughed when she said she'd cut back a bit as she used to have Christmas trees in each bedroom too. Now it's only decorated downstairs, the garden, the hallway upstairs and down, the bathroom, and the kitchen. You get the picture.
I don't know if people will be able to see it, but there's a short video here if you would like to see.
My aunt also loves a bargain, and giving those bargains away, so we all came home with lots of stuff, though Bodhi got the most. Still, I ended with a retro hanging Santa, a beautiful sparkle deer tree ornament and a light-up mistletoe ornament/hanger which is actually very pretty. Oh, and some Christmas-themed kitchen canisters.
Some photos behind the cut. My aunt also bought Bodhi a laser projector, explaining the spots in one photo. ( behind here )
House stuff is still coming along. It did take two days in the end but I now have a fully fixed and plastered bedroom ceiling. From tomorrow workmen are here every day for one thing or another and I'm looking forward to Friday when hopefully, all the work will be done and I can everything back into place.
This week I also need to actually find and wrap presents, give out cards to the estate and do one last food shop for fresh stuff, but most of the grocery and freezer shopping got done yesterday. Where I made good use of my festival trolley as I trudged it through the snow from the car to the house piled high with groceries and the last presents we had to buy.
When I went to bed last night the snow was still thick and the paths icy. When I woke up there wasn't a speck of snow to be seen. The weather forecast said the thaw was coming, but the speed was impressive.
Sadly Corey is working the closing shift on Christmas Eve, which means a 3am finish so he won't be home that night. He's also working boxing day, just isn't sure if it's earlies or lates. Lates it means he can stop overnight, but if he's opening he'll need to go back to Newcastle on Christmas night. It's a little disappointing but at least he will be here for the actual day.
But, as we won't be driving to Newcastle it does mean that Christmas eve can be a relaxed day. My only plan as of now is to meet up for our annual Christmas Eve Costa with Lucy, Kayleigh and Bodhi -- I say as if it's something we don't do weekly anyway. And the fresh food shop of course. I may even sharpen my elbows and go to Company. We were there yesterday and man, people were feral. The poor shop lady put out one box of chilled puff pasty and was nearly mown down in the rush to get at it.
After not seeing her since early 2020, last week I went with Kayleigh and Bodhi to see my aunt. It was such a lovely and comfy visit, I love going to see my aunt and being fussed over and being called lamb. Some of you may remember my aunt is a huge Christmas fan. Her house and garden are decorated beautifully, though I laughed when she said she'd cut back a bit as she used to have Christmas trees in each bedroom too. Now it's only decorated downstairs, the garden, the hallway upstairs and down, the bathroom, and the kitchen. You get the picture.
I don't know if people will be able to see it, but there's a short video here if you would like to see.
My aunt also loves a bargain, and giving those bargains away, so we all came home with lots of stuff, though Bodhi got the most. Still, I ended with a retro hanging Santa, a beautiful sparkle deer tree ornament and a light-up mistletoe ornament/hanger which is actually very pretty. Oh, and some Christmas-themed kitchen canisters.
Some photos behind the cut. My aunt also bought Bodhi a laser projector, explaining the spots in one photo. ( behind here )
House stuff is still coming along. It did take two days in the end but I now have a fully fixed and plastered bedroom ceiling. From tomorrow workmen are here every day for one thing or another and I'm looking forward to Friday when hopefully, all the work will be done and I can everything back into place.
This week I also need to actually find and wrap presents, give out cards to the estate and do one last food shop for fresh stuff, but most of the grocery and freezer shopping got done yesterday. Where I made good use of my festival trolley as I trudged it through the snow from the car to the house piled high with groceries and the last presents we had to buy.
When I went to bed last night the snow was still thick and the paths icy. When I woke up there wasn't a speck of snow to be seen. The weather forecast said the thaw was coming, but the speed was impressive.
Sadly Corey is working the closing shift on Christmas Eve, which means a 3am finish so he won't be home that night. He's also working boxing day, just isn't sure if it's earlies or lates. Lates it means he can stop overnight, but if he's opening he'll need to go back to Newcastle on Christmas night. It's a little disappointing but at least he will be here for the actual day.
But, as we won't be driving to Newcastle it does mean that Christmas eve can be a relaxed day. My only plan as of now is to meet up for our annual Christmas Eve Costa with Lucy, Kayleigh and Bodhi -- I say as if it's something we don't do weekly anyway. And the fresh food shop of course. I may even sharpen my elbows and go to Company. We were there yesterday and man, people were feral. The poor shop lady put out one box of chilled puff pasty and was nearly mown down in the rush to get at it.
