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Just back from Em's and I had a lovely christmas dinner and tonight we had sausage rolls and cheese and biscuits followed by a bit of my Christmas cake. I am stuffed to the gills. We had a nice game of cards too and Sam, the youngest at 11 wone three game of trumps. I won 2 games. I had'nt played cards for years and never really whiulst with oh. I also had some lovely presents. I still have two from BIL to open for tomorrow.

What a Christmas, all the tvs went off at 5.00pm, no sound or picture on any now! Now we are wondering if it is the new SKYQ box they fitted in November. Better get the Scrabble game out now! lol. :-(

Afternoon All,

Raining and dull outside now, but the Christmas lights inside look cheerful!

AnnG we were woken up by the alarms going off like Mandy said. I hope little Maya is a bit better now. I had Scarlet fever when I was about 4-5 years old and was whisked away in an ambulance on my own to isolation hospital about 40 miles away. Parents could only see you from outside through a window. We weren't allowed to get out of bed at first and the nurses carried us to the toilet. Every stitch of our clothing and whatever we brought in with us had to be fumigated before we could go home. My parents brought me a Punch and Judy toothbrush and little doll, but I wouldn't take them when the nurses brought them to me. I didn't recognise them so insisted they weren't mine!

Mandy, we tried the 'mute' as we are both daft enough to have caught it, but no luck. We checked connections and switched everything off then back on again, still no joy. However, OH flicked the tv on this morning, just in case ,and to our amazement the sound was back again! He's tried it since and it's still ok. The only thing we can think is that they did a software update overnight that fixed it. :-S I'll be cooking the Turkey the day before again in future, as it saves so much time. I can freeze some tonight. A bit of the non stick came off the tin though so that is in the bin now! OH managed to give me a glass he'd chipped a chunk of the rim on and I left a bit of Schloer in the bottom, as I was remembering when he did it with a trifle dish and I cut my mouth! He is so impatient and forceful putting things away. So that's in the bin as well!

Better go, I'm being summoned to watch Tabby McTat. Not sure whether I'll like it though. :-) I enjioyed St Paul's Cathedral on the bedroom telly earlier.

Now that's a hard thing for me Mel and my waistline proves it ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D

And you Lagooner. Have a merry one and don't eat too much.

Happy Christmas everyone, have a great day :-)

Happy Christmas all have a lovely day. <3

I do the emery nail file thing on my solar lights it works a treat and is just big enough to reach in. Hope the leccy is ok in your areaz today with all the cooking that will be going on.

Gosh what a dull and dreary Chirstmas Day but Happy Chirstmas everyone. <3 <3

Morning all,

Hope everyone slept well last night I did I went out like a light the moment my head hit the pillow.

Did anyone notice we did'nt get the Chirstmas baubles on the genes name this year?

Must get on I have to do the chickens and get ready before BIL and SIL arrive and tghen go to Em's for dinner.

Speak later.

Oh no Ann no tele are you sure you haven't caught the button and muted it ,how good was that the electricity people checking on you like that I didn't realise they did that .
Sounds like you'll have to freeze some of your turkey if it's that big lol

Well my crowns are cooked the beef is cooked ,son and dil did all the veg ,I make the stuffing and the pigs in blankets are defrosted so all good .

Anng I expect it was the alarm that woke them when the electric went off

Happy Christmas to you to ** Ann **

Happy Christmas everyone . <3

Nice to see *Ann* and Annx on here. Merry Christmas both. Annx that was a bit of a do with the power cut. But what were you doing up at midnight anyway?

Hi Everyone,

Just popping in to wish you all a very Happy Christmas! :-)

Turkey's cooked and the roast potatoes and parsnips are defrosted, other veg prepared, so all that's needed is the oven for half an hour or so tomorrow. The Turkey crown is half as big again as last year's and I ordered SMALL. I could only just get it in our oven by taking the top shelf out.

Friday night we had a power cut at midnight. With no road lights on nowadays it was pitch dark and the torch I keep in a bedroom drawer wouldn't work, so I felt my way to the kitchen for the thing that lights the gas hob, felt my way back into the lounge and found the decorative candle near the front door and lit it. Then I changed my torch batteries and it still didn't work and OH had found the big torch kept in the porch by then and it was very dim, so he put new batteries in that. Then I threw a coat on and found my way to my car outside and found the torch I keep in there. Phew it shone brightly. So we blew out the candle and went to bed with our working torches. Just settled down when the landline rang out among all the burglar alarms that had been set off. OH took his torch to answer it and it was the elctricity people checking if we were alright (apparently they do this as once you are a certain age you are classed as vulnerable, which is good.) The power was back on after about half an hour and they rang again to make sure it was on for us. My other torch was fine again after sanding the contacts in it with a nailboard.

After 3 phone calls each to SKY in the past 3 weeks, as one of the multiroom boxes stopped working again, they phoned back yesterday to say they will come and look at it on Jan 4th! The problem was that we couldn't book an engineer on line and it seems neither could they, due to the previous visit in November not being cleared off their system! How silly is that! Then today would you believe the sound went on the big tv, so that's out of action as well now and we just have the other old bedroom tv over Christmas and the New Year! :-( Still, at least we have a working tv.

Better go now before Santa comes! I have a big chocolate and marzipan bar I put away for OH some time ago and I can't remember where it is now.

Wishing all on this thread a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year <3 <3

If none of you get back on here today I too wish everyone on the thread a very Merry Christmas be careful and I hope you get everything you want.

Mandy can I come and have some beef please?

Noisy in your house too Mandy. Lyn’s youngest is making red cabbage. But carols from Kings are on so it smells and sounds zchristmas.

Gwyn it is awful when things on your mind stop you sleeping. It seems to get worse as we get older.

Morning all,

Very windy here and dry at the moment but the sky looks very grey .
I have the beef cooking and will cook the turkey crown later ,son and family will be here this afternoon and my sister and bil should be coming sometime today too so I want to get things done while I can .

I suppose with your subs Mel they think something is better than nothing ,must be awful its if a main thing that you are depending on that they haven't got and you have people coming.

Vera safe journey tomorrow I should think the roads will be much quieter for you.

Not sure when i will be on again hopefully later but in case I'm not I too wish everyone on the thread a Very Happy Christmas be good or santa won't come :-D <3 <3

Ladies, we could have had a 3-way chat :-0 as I was awake a lot of the night too.
Too much on my mind I expect.... sort of a 'must remember to.....' list going through my brain :-0

Some strange subs there Mel especially for things already ordered :-S

Happy Christmas to all of you.
I may be able to look in tomorrow, but if not, I hope you all have a lovely day celebrating in your own special ways.

Good morning all, it is not very nice again, wet but looks maybe a bit brighter than it has been.
Vera we could have had a conversation in the night as I was awake too for long spells, did sleep in between but went back to sleep at seven and finally got downstairs at 0949. The first time daughter has been up before me. No sign of the younger generation but they were up much later.

Have a safe and quiet journey to your daughters Vera and enjoy your Christmas with them.

I will be on here later I am sure but in case I am not I wish everyone on the thread a happy Christmas <3

Morning Vera and all,

Once again it is a really miserable orning and very wet with it and its still windy. pc is saying afternoon rain and its 11 degrees.

Shopping comes today and I have 6 subs. I never know their logic as I ordered figs and they have sent me asda dates and I have already ordered dates they have sent a chocolate trifle instead of chocolate eclairs a bumper pack of veg when I ordered the carrots, sprouts, and a swede and something else, asda chicken pies I ordered birdeye pies and hazel nuts instead of chesnuts and a full fat pate instead of the reduced fat one which I shall keep but the rest can go back. There are so many I don't want I have had to write a list to remember them all.

Vera I hope you have a pleasent journey to your daughter tomorrow and that your poor head clears a bit. Its probable all the thinking of the day ahead and making sure you have everything you need for the two days away.

I wish you all a very Happy Chirstmas for tomorrow whatever you are doing and safe journeys to your desinations and good food and company.

Whne I said goodnight to Echo last night she said don't forget to leave out a mince pie for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph. I think she was a bit early.

Good morning all
I’ve been awake since 3 am and at 5.30 I gave up trying to sleep, got up and made some tea and brought it back to bed with my iPad. My head is thumping now so I’ll try and get a rest this afternoon or I will be fit for nothing tomorrow.

It’s very mild but looks as though it’s going to be a grey day with thick cloud and gusty winds.

We are going to open the presents we have here later today as we will be off to our daughter fairly early tomorrow. It’s only about a 45 minute drive so not too far to go. Our plan is to stay overnight and come back on the afternoon of Boxing Day.

In case I don’t post again for a day or two I wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas <3