New Years Eve
Watch this postI'm 55 and looking for ideas for a New Years Eve getaway...thoughts?
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Whatever you choose to do, look for something that will make you laugh, smile and feel happy.
My father used to play the accordion and certainly knew how to get us to go to bed. As a young child I would sit and listen as if it as the most beautiful sound in the world. Oh the memories as despite his dementia he was still able to play until a few weeks before his death. He couldn't remember who I was but did know his musical instrument.
I now have a picture of Lionel sitting round the camp fire, wide brimmed hat on head and playing "home on the range" on his harmonica. There are bound to be some farm animals listening!
My Old Codgers Club is Thursday and we have been promised a visit from Father Christmas, the excitement is overwhelming.
I'm sure steps will be provided so I can sit on Santa's knee and I think he already knows about the giant zip and stocking tops. I'm sure someone has told him I've been a good girl. this year.
Be careful when trying to erect your baubles, unless you have checked to see if young Kyle is on duty!
Thanks for the comedic banter my imagination is working over time with visions of saucepan helmets ,falling stepladders and a dishy paramedic called Kyle.
I have succumbed to the season and cracked open a bottle of wine (I drink very rarely) it's not the best and probably should have been left on the supermarket shelve .Hoping your baubles are in the right place and stockings well filled.
Ecarg, enjoy your wine our posts may then make more sense!
I make my own Christmas cards, maybe I should explore a design incorporating 'Bar Humbug'. I have to say if I receive a card I wasn't expecting I just try to add it to next years list. My sister has eventually gotten rid of all such cards by 'forgetting' to send them each year, she gives money to Charity instead. I did get caught out today, last year my 'brother-in-law' (he remarried after my sister died) didn't send a card and so I took him off my list this year - yep, I received one today. Oh well, I'll have to add him back to the list.
If sales of saucepans rocket in Tesco I will expect some of the profit, however, if Waitrose or Harrods asks me to try theirs I will of course, for an appropriate fee.
Ecarg why do you think you have no silliness, you have just demonstrated that you have and thus joined our team.
As one who has just got back from the Christmas food shop the above would have been a welcome distraction.
Ecarg, thanks for the suggestion of playing the cymbals on my saucepan but I agree with LittleMinx, the distraction may send me completely the wrong way down the aisles.
My step-daughter, a superb cook and planner, is entertaining us for Christmas Day and has only requested our presence, so we will have a nice relaxing time without any effort - well, my step-granddaughter will be demanding a great deal of attention.
If the AA know you have a car full of goodies, they will make sure they can rescue you if only to get as far as their headquarters. You may be even luckier if Kyle hears of your plight and comes to the rescue.
The contents of your boot reminds me of a night sister I once worked with. She had to drive 20 miles along country roads to get to and from work. Her husband was a paramedic and during winter he always made sure her boot contained a survivors kit minus the 'potty'. Like you she never had to use it, but was convinced that if it wasn't there, she would have been stranded.
The wind is now getting stronger but not enough to cause a problem, but I think I will stay in anyway.
I haven't made soup or cooked a ham but I know someone who has so thats Ok.
The downstairs housework is done and as no one will be frequenting my bedchambers the dust can stay in residence I can always draw pictures in it for a little light relief when the power goes off ,living in an all electric house is something I,m prepared for having a primus stove and tin kettle prehaps I should transfer these to the boot then I can offer Kyle a cuppa .Oh dear just remember I've run out of matches .No not Tesco's again where's my hat?
My house is both gas and electric but I also have a motorhome if things gets desperate and we could sleep in there if necessary.
I haven't cooked anything as I assume it will all be done for me. I was never gifted with culinary skills but I can cope with anyone suffering food poisoning. That experience is not related to my lack of culinary skills.
Lionel, don't despair about Kyle, I'm sure he is a young whippersnapper that you could knock spots off. But he did help LittleMinx and that has to count for something.