With a whizz and a bang, here comes Bonfire Night to herald your 50 day warning! Countdown to Christmas, thread 8

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Here goes!

Thread 8 already; wonder how many we will get to before Christmas?!

Morning!

You know your body clock is non existent when you class waking up at 5.15 a lie in! 😂

Just having a peppermint mocha (excuse the mess in the background, I’m still sorting through things)

I really need to go and buy a sofa tomorrow; it’s completely slipped my mind!

Will catch up soon; hope you’re all well!

Peppermint mocha

Must be the DS-lying in day today. Though DD did well too. She was up at 7.20, but came in with us, and DS woke properly at 7.45! Amazing!

We're having bacon sandwiches 😋

Morning all
Am off up the parents so will catch up properly later
Hope all ok will speak ltr , DH on the hoover so got to go lol

Nero was it this book m;dear? if so it looks fab!
www.fortnumandmason.com/fortnums/christmas-and-other-winter-feasts

Morning! We’re having scotch pancakes. It’s our last day here and we really don’t want to leave, its such a different life here and we’ll definitely move. I’m gonna spend all tomororw alerting everyone and getting it sorted and switching DC schools. So a very busy day for us.

Mrs it's not the recipe book it's just their Christmas brochure. I love looking at it, but I'd never be able to afford it. One of their hampers is £6000!

I'm at a soft play party 😭😭😭😭

I have wrapped presents and started writing cards this morning! It's starting to dawn on me that it is only just over a month to go and I feel a bit unprepared. I really want the majority done by the end of November so I can relax and enjoy December :)

Making chicken in red wine and thyme sauce with potatoes in creamy garlic sauce. 😋🍗🍷

Francelico roughly where in the country is the cottage? From what you've posted it sounds lovely.

I've had a lovely morning crocheting and watching nonsense tv (I have done some housework too)! Just getting ready to go out for lunch then planning on a very chilled evening doing more crochet / present audit / possibly starting to write Christmas cards as DH has work tomorrow and marking / planning to do this afternoon and my feet still hurt from yesterday.

It’s in Devon Crazy

Afternoon. I’m just taking a break from unpacking as my feet are so swollen, and my whole body is aching like I’ve been to the gym haha.

Removal men didn’t do a very good job, I asked them to put things where they needed to be, to save me from doing it, but instead they’ve just dumped things anywhere and everywhere. They’ve also smashed a box full of glasses and mugs which I’m not best pleased about either as they were my dads. Never mind, no point stressing about it now.

Wreck - that made me laugh, upside down chicken 😂

Fluffy - oh the joys of pregnancy 😂 I spent an hour earlier looking for the car keys, I’d left them in the car 🤦🏻‍♀️ My brain is broken 😂

Mrs - yep we did cross post thank you my dear; I love the cot too and my wee Addie is going to look so cute in it aww thank you! I work as a paralegal, previously a legal secretary. I’ll be doing my law degree next October which is exciting too! Hope you had a lovely day in Cardiff yesterday!

Crazy - hope you had a lovely time shopping and seeing your friend. I have to keep taking breaks constantly because my feet are so swollen and achy! I will moan to the midwife when I see her in a couple weeks

Fork - those puddings look grand!

Wheelie - love the trees, so pretty. I love your chair too! A round cot? That sounds interesting! I love the pink one I got for Addie we definitely need to see pics of the outdoor decorations when you’ve done them too.

Philomena - I enjoyed my flamingo death bath 😂

Wheelie - aww thank you! I can’t help buying her things, she’s so spoilt and I love all the wee outfits only the best for my Addie

I think I’m all caught up, sorry if I’ve missed anyone!

Firefly - I did enjoy my bath thank you! My grandad is partial to a bath bomb, I like to give him the glitter ones 😂 Addie and I seem to have broke the cycle as there’s not many girls at all in my family! I have 5 brothers, 4 of them have 11 children between them so far - all boys! Plus I was the only girl born to my parents, so strange!

The orange pastry for my mince pies is in the fridge and I will finish them off tomorrow. I am in the process of making an onion soup as a Christmas starter but have been roped into watching Pocahontas by DS :)

I'm doing an onion soup too, Red. Maybe next weekend, actually.

My mince pie pastry is orange too. It's yummy!

I'm sitting listening to Heart Extra Christmas whilst doing cross stitch. The DC are tidying the front room after playing quite nicely in the main this afternoon.

I jet washed most of the back garden paving this afternoon until the washer overheated. I'll finish next weekend!

Dobbies this morning was manic. Santa 'arrived' and their Christmas shop (which is vast, and overpriced!) was open in full! 🎄🎄🎄

Are we perhaps the same person fluffy!

It definitely is Acey

Not as far as I'm aware, Red, but who knows?!

Just got home, shattered. This LO thinks kicking my ribs is a fun thing to do at 2AM!. Definitley thinking it’s a girl because I’ve never felt like this with any others.

DD was way more kick-y than DS, Frange! He rolled more, but she was a real kicker. I felt her at 13-14 weeks (kicking to tell me my non-maternity jeans were too tight!) and DH was kicked squarely in the face while talking to her at 16 weeks! She was violent with limbs. DS was more of a roller. Which was painful but different!

Fluffy I’m really thinking this is a little girl. I’m absoloutley drained from this pregnancy and I’ve been pregnant with twins!. Even with the twins I was still up early every day and able to be my normal self but with this one all I want to do is sleep.

I made chicken teriyaki for dinner. It was delicious.