29th
December 2012
Wine is
proof God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Benjamin Franklin
When we
arrived home yesterday both mom and I said together “Home sweet home” and agreed
with the quote, “There’s no place like home.”
After our wonderful break in
Wales, we both now also believe with the quote, “Home is any four walls that enclose the right people.” because this Christmas in that
cottage with the Wyatt family has felt very much like one big family affair,
and to throw in one more quote, “Home is where
the heart is” for sure!
We
really did have a fabulous week, I cannot believe we all get on so well, that’s
our second holiday together, the one in May was hot and sunny so everyone was
out and about, this one was wet and windy so we were all together 24/7 which
you’d think wouldn’t be so easy to handle, but really it’s been a breeze. The only annoyance being a little Shih Tzu
named Alfie who doesn’t know when to stop ;-) but even he wasn’t that bad. We’re already looking into next years
holidays anyway, can’t wait.
Back to
normality now though with a bang! None
of our programmes had taped on our Sky box, our visitors whilst we were away
had left the light on in the alley, and the shower on in the bathroom – moms like
a dog with a bone over stuff like that! Hopefully
she’ll have forgot this morning though.
But we did get back to a lovely new carpeted stairs and landing and
freshly painted house, plus bless her my sister-in-law had tidied up as best
she could, it’s impossible isn’t it when you don’t know where to put
things. Hell I don’t know where to put
things – what chance has she got.
I’m
sitting in my office listening to my itunes library, anything but One Direction
and Now That’s What I call music 83 can be played today! I love my music but if I’d have heard ‘Gangnam
Style’ one more time I think I could have smashed the cd, I can honestly say I’ve
managed to avoid that tune up until our holiday and now I never want to hear it
again in my life! I just cannot believe
it’s so popular; apparently it has been viewed 1 billion times on YouTube! What on earth is wrong with folk, it’s as bad
as Mr Blobby back in the day!
Anyway
I never have to listen to it again in my life, yeah The Script are playing now,
that’s better, real music is good, it’s the noise that should fill a house, we
need to work on the children in anticipation of the next holiday, educate their
ears.
Drum
roll please…..
Got on
the scales and from my official weigh in on Thursday 20th December
till I got back last night, I have gained 5.5lb, one of those has already gone
this morning. I’ll take that, I’m
actually surprised it’s not more as I feel heavier round my middle than I remember
in a very long time. Lynne gained
exactly the same, she eats more sweet food than me but I eat much larger meals
than here and we both shared a bottle of baileys and a bottle of Thorntons chocolate
liqueur, we also have eaten more cheese than I ever care to consume again in my
life - so really we haven’t done badly.
A few
weeks of being good and we can rid ourselves of it, I reckon end of January,
especially as my birthday is in-between.
It’s not like I don’t do it every Christmas, as long as I get straight
back to eating well, it’ll go and to be honest I can’t wait to get back to
eating properly, I devoured a bit of greenery last night with my cheese and
crackers. I’m going to look for a couple
of recipes to use up the cheese and see if there’s something that will freeze
to, because I really have had enough cheese and biscuits to last me till next
Christmas, I think I prefer cheese cooked these days.
Well we’ve
bought the rain home with us, I shall wake up slowly, slept 11 hours I have,
then I’m going to nip to the shops for fruit and veg and a few essential, also
want a carpet runner for the hallway in an attempt to keep our new stair carpet
clean.
Going
to have a relaxing day today I think, get productive tomorrow. Whatever you’re doing, enjoy it. x
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