Countdown to Christmas: the Strictly Come Dancing official countdown has begun edition! Thread 6.

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Here we are continuing from the last thread!

Settle in and get comfy.

Picked DS2 up, making shepherd's pie for supper. 😋

I'm making chicken bhuna with tomato rice and naan bread (homemade). Here it is midway through cooking!

Ah man fluffy that looks awesome! We're having pizza

Finished curry!

Can't beat a good pizza. 🍕

@redgreen - I love their little moustaches so cute!

@fluffy - your curry looks so good!

I’m having a jacket potato with cheese and beans, had a huge craving for it all day!
Finally sorted the spare room out, my devil kitten made the task much harder 😂
I also had a quick go on my friends Doppler and I found baby’s heartbeat, it’s so fast and the most amazing sound! Yes, I cried 😂

Evening all
Been busy with the parents and then friend came for coffee and to show me the wedding pics she had just been to. It was in Ibiza (nephew} and cost mega bucks to go , the flights were £300 each x 4 from Birmingham, then they had to pay £300 a night for a villa x 4 nights I mean it looked lovely there but ...... it is a lot of money for 4 days . She said it is really expensive where they went and a jug of Sangria was 44 euros!!! I think she/ they were mad but then that is me. They had a lovely time so .....not my cuppa tea though. I think l have worked too hard for my money to spend on things like that ....l think l must be getting very old and Bah Humbuggy .

Acey enjoy your jkt pot m'dear .
Ahhh hearing the babys heartbeat must have been wonderful
Woolly l applaud you for your excellent work today you did great! Thank you for your kind words re Mum and her friend she is much better today. I think it's because she knows she is safe (how ridiculous that sounds l know ) and she doesn't have to worry about her anymore bless.
Fur well done with the washing & drying and a big fat YES to the REECES advent calendar
Crazy l love the sound of the dolly for DN, , did you know the Knitted bible is in Abergavenny for the food festival in the Methodist Church in Tudor Street till the 20th , must go and will prob take DM.
70 great spot in B& M must go and see if l can find some . Have a few ppl l do hampers for
PSB sorry about the Tankini & your DD ridiculous school l also think pizza sounds very nice too
Biddy Dance Gossip club is hilarious and mental and that is the good ones there! Last night l had a convo with one of the ppl there who was all over me and hugging and kissing me only on the cheek l made sure eeeekkkkk he had a tooth jutting out , just the one , that kept digging in my cheek urggghhhhh!
Fluffy that curry looks Amazing well done and well done to DH doing the shed ! Where did you get your bulbs from DH is going on about them and l want Hyacinths but he won't let me ! He reckons he cannot grow them for love nor money
Hope all are ok
l am scratching my head to think who has name changed on here Who is ONEHELLOFARIDE? If new then welcome my dear .
Am very jealous of the Costa hot choc and the cakey and the Simply Christmas
Better go do tea have a lovely evening

The bulbs are from Thompson and Morgan. They do loads of brilliant offers on them!

I've got snowdrops still to come as well, from Wilko. There's a great range in there if you've one nearby.

DD will go to bed at 7.40, DS2 will go at 8. 😴

Thank you Fluffy will go in tomorrow , l have ordered 2 jumpers for Dad for Christmas from M& S so will go and look in Cwmbran tomorrow when l pick them up.
PSB your DC are amazing at going to bed you are truly blessed!!

It helps that they're tired Mrs! 😂

My ds has been in bed over an hour! He loves his sleep. Wish I could go to bed that early 🤔

I'm working in the toy shop tomorrow apparently it's been quite busy

If DS2 went to bed that early he'd be up at 4 Wreck!

Me too! He needs a good 12 hours though at least and when it's a school day he can't be in bed past 7am

Ours have 11-12 hours too, Wreck. They went to bed at about 7.20 and DS was asleep by 7.30-ish. We sometimes do a 6.30 upstairs to be asleep by 6.45 with them if they're knackered!

Ours are great at going to bed unless, ironically, DS is really tired, when it all becomes a drama!

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I think DS has finally nodded off ( he'll be 19 in Dec and these teenage chaps need their sleep what with being a busy lay-about) He's prepping himself for University and applying for jobs while practising his guitar (Multi-Tasking eh? )

I made a nice vegetarian Mince/Potato/Carrot stew type thingie but I felt really queasy after the gym and didn't eat any , DD and DH scoffed it.

Morning! No sound of DS2 yet. 😆

Why are we awake PB?

I was awake at 3.30, quite normal for me, and I'd set my alarm for 4.10 to be awake before DS2, now he's either asleep or not coming in.

Morning!

Blood donation day today for me and DH. Let's hope the nurse doesn't bugger it up this time and I can give a full donation. I'm busy drinking loads before I go at lunch time.

It's hair cut time first though; the hairdresser is coming just before 10.

Busy!

I can't give blood so thanks fluffy! Dh gives blood he's AB+ so tries to give as often as he can.

Thanks from me too Fluffy! They don't want me to give people CJD. My transfusion was in 1996, I'm pretty sure we'd know by now if I had it. I think you can get symptoms after 10 years, but not 22 AFAIK.

Thanks for me too fluffy! I have a heart defect which means I can't donate.

I've just sorted the landing cupboard. So much stuff I could bin! Apparently I have my gran's wedding dress from 1949 in there too. Is there a market for such things?!

MrsMad you're living up to your name by braving Cwmbran on a Saturday!
Thank you for the heads up about Knitting Bible - will look at going at some point next week 👍🏻

PSB 4:10am is the middle of night!

Thanks for me too Fluffy - I'm not allowed to donate due to my medication but did regularly before I had to take it.
Do you have a pic of that wedding dress? Vintage is very in these days so yes, there is probably a market for it (depending on its condition).

I finished the Christmas scarf yesterday. It came out so much better than I thought it would so I may work on the doll this afternoon when DH is out for the rugby. Not sure what else to do with myself today!