Ladies night

well with a few honorary men so as not to discriminate - good HR practice in operation ;o)

A group of girlies used to work together many moons ago and have stayed in touch despite going our separate directions career-wise. We regularly meet up to celebrate birthdays and major events, but every so often the chaps are invited along too to witness first hand what our get-togethers entail. Somehow or other the tone of the conversation tends to get a little on the risqué side no matter how innocent the topic may have been initially. I think this snap of Loulabelle says it all....

Xmas past

Just the Frosty family for Xmas Day & Boxing Day which meant no pressure. After the unwrapping fest the kids went their separate ways whilst I spent a blissful couple of hours in a candlelit bath with a good book, a glass of mulled wine and the knowledge that the turkey was roasting away in the oven.

My brother & sister-in-law plus parents came over on 27th so another bought of pass the present ensued before copious amounts of food & wine were consumed. I could happily get used to this life of leisure :o)

Wrapping frenzy completed

Finally now able to see dining room table again. It's been a bit of an initiative test trying to work out how to wrap up some of the items, and much as it looks fab I won't be choosing flocked wrapping paper again as it appears to be incompatible with Selotape! :o/

Baking fest conducted, large stocks of gingerbread cake, mince pies, & shortbread now available to accompany enormous vat of homemade mulled wine from my secret recipe.

Done the Waitrose run. Timed it quite well - car park & store only half full. Stocked up on all the remaining bits. Strident Student's been kept busy dealing with Turkey orders, came home & collapsed in a heap having dealt with 225 turkey orders since 7.30am this morning. She's slightly on the fraught side which I guess is to be expected if you're dealing with harassed housewives in the run up to Xmas.

So all is prepared for the onslaught tomorrow. Now all that remains is to chill :o)

Frosty interlude

Miss Sensible & I took the dog for a long walk across the Common. The ground's frozen but the sun was out which was nice. Our road is still a complete nightmare 'cos the council don't grit it so there was yet another accident today. I've put salt down the drive but the ice is so thick it's only partially dissolved...not chancing it so car will have to be abandoned on road.

Aliens have abducted my child!

Minor Mayhem has definitely developed teenaged tendencies...only arose from pit at 10.15am, proceeded to devour the contents of the kitchen cupboards and has spent most of the day on various games consoles grunting occasionally. Help! I need to get a guide on how to deal with this new species.

Conscience dictates

I go for a long walk with the mutt tonight as although skipped breakfast & lunch in partial compensation for the three Xmas dinners, someone had very cruelly placed a tin of Quality Street at the end of my desk, and consequently I was obliged to eat all the orange ones. Would also have had to devour the green triangles too under normal circumstances but someone had beaten me to it! Only toffee ones are left & we're all too wary of a trip to the dentist so I reckon they'll still be there in the New Year unless Andy the HR hoover comes to visit first.

Sproglets broke up from school today, came home and littered the place with all kinds of stuff out of their lockers. Decided that much as I like watching rugby I do not want anything to do with the smelly kit...winter games in general seem to breed filthy gym stuff & it's patently obvious this week has involved X country, hockey and rugby! Also appears like half the astroturf has found it's way into their PE bags over this term...how's that happened!?! One of life's mysteries.....