Hang onto your hats; we're on the home straight, sprinting to the finish line! It's the Countdown to Christmas, thread 10!

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Evening all! I'm not sure if this will be the last or the penultimate thread, but here goes!

Nero, O2 appears to be working now (conveniently now I'm home and don't need mobile data!).

DD will go to bed at 7.40. 😴

acey I have yet to finish my wrapping. I have got to get our tags still lol. Me and the kids are working on decluttering and cleaning up our front room so that it doesn't look awful tomorrow. I'm so nervous. I need to declutter the kitchen sink area too. I'll tackle that after I eat

Mav looks so cozy and snuggly

Psb I'm kicking my kids to bed at 10 pm tonight. I told them if they don't go to sleep well then Santa won't come tomorrow night.

Have you guys seen A Christmas Story or is that not popular in your area? Well in case not at one point the kid's aunt had made him this hideous pink bunny suit of which I'll share a pic of. Last night ? My husband bought one to wear to work tonight hahahahaha his customers are going to love it

Wheelie - LOL your husband sounds awesome and he reminds me of paddy as that’s something he would do lol!
Ah bless you, I can imagine you’re nervous! You can always rant on here though if they start getting back up on their high horses again!
I’m going to have food then wrap this mountain of presents, I’m regretting spoiling paddy so much! Only because i should have took the shops offer to gift wrap everything up LOL.
We can do the gingerbread house tomorrow if needs be, it’s not urgent!
We do love our snuggle bum mavvy

acey Good luck with the wrapping! Hope you have a good meal!! If I can get a photo of hubby in his pink bunny suit I'll share it here hahahaha. XD

I'm off to clean now folks! I ate so I'll check in laters

DS2 will go to bed at 7. 😴

And so it begins! I’ll check in later once I’ve finished / lost the will to live 😂

We are in the airport waiting to fly home. I've loved this trip. Have to admit, we have been complete tourists and have done only the things that everyone does (and I've had my first and last taste of Guiness )

I'm so tired now. I have work tomorrow for a few hours then have an hour to wrap some last minute gifts I picked up here before dropping DH off at the pub then going to dms to pick up and wrap a sneaky present I ordered for DH which I had delivered to them so he couldn't intercept it (it's a horrible expensive bottle of whiskey that he's wanted for ages but wouldn't treat himself to).

I feel very Christmassy after this mini break. Hope everyone else is ok 🎄🎄

Am back in the room Yay!! OMG you would not believe me but l lost my phone earlier today . I knew l hadn't really lost it but l could not find it no matter what. I searched the house and DH 'searched' the Car and in the end after hours of this hunting l checked the car and it was in the BOOT !!! 🤬🙄 xx anyway will catch up with you all now 🙄😄😋

Mrs thank god you didn't lose your phone. I can't put anything down at this time of the year because within seconds I'll decide to put it somewhere safe and then not find it for 6 months!

Crazy I hate Guinness too. Dh loves it though but it's a hard no from me. Definitely an acquired taste.

PSB my dc went to bed at 6. They're so tired running about.

I know if missed people so apologies.

I got some wrapping paper and need to finish off the presents tonight. I was hoping to get an early night as I have to be at the butchers at 7 to pick up the turkey and ham. Might also buy stuff for a full Irish on Thursday. Although by that stage we might have the meat sweats.

So what have you been up to today?😄
Crazy ahh you sound so in love with your DH it warms my heart sweetie, l am so glad you had a wonderful time, bah humbug to work tomoz but n'eer mind it will be fun there l bet everyone will be happy and Christmassy 🎅🤶❤️☃️ have a good sleep tonight 😴💤🛌
Acey is that wrapping paper with the Dino's on? Fab!! 😄 Hope the wrapping is not too bad m'dear 🙄🎅🤶 ahhh Mav ❤️❤️, is he in the Santa sack 🤩🤩😃. Pops will have to help you to prep he is naughty but again you can't help but love him❤️😃
Wheelie good luck with the cleaning, l did the toilet downstairs while l was panicking about the phone lol ... surprisingly it didn't make me feel better lol x😅
Your DH sounds a right laugh bless him heehee 😅 bless your Mum the apple crisp sounds delightful and you know how food tastes better when your Mum makes it ❤️
PSB not watched Pokemon ever ,is it any good ? Your food as always sounds gorgeous😋😋
Fluffy OMG those wreaths are absolutely beautiful well done you should be so pleased with them 🤩❤️
I better post this msg before I lose it will post again in a min 😅

acey That is the most amazing paper in the world!!

PSB I wish it were that late. I want to go to bed already. Only 3:35 pm though hahaha

Crazy I'm glad you are feeling Christmas. Honestly it doesn't feel like Christmas to me right now which is really sad. LOL

Mrs I'm so glad you found your phone. I constantly am losing mine around the house. Even found it in the fridge one day!

Fiddle Good luck finishing the presents!

Here's the last bit of disgusting tile we need to scrape up and where it was prior. I'm pulling it all up because it was unfinished and obviously very obnoxious and just in the way of using the counter.

We will pry up and clean up the last bit tomorrow before we start our Christmas dinner cooking lol. I love having more counter space and no more ugly tile! I am considering using stick on tile for the backdrop behind the counters but not on them lol

Nero l know l am so happy l found it , thing is l have so many pics On here and I would hate to lose them l need to back them up asap. I don't like Guinness either it is a but heavy for me and not sweet enough , l am a wuss lol 😅, your DC in bed at 6 that is absolutely brilliant , excellent work Nero! Glad your Tesco order came good after 😃
Good luck with the wrapping and the butchers , that is an early start! The meat sounds good though so well worth it 😃
Acey l bought some Flamingo Christmas cards from Aldis will put pic on after 😄, hope you enjoyed the flamingo cakeys lol slurpp. choc lolly doesn't look like a dino at all 😅 you were done ! Lovely flowers for you from Paddy ❤️
Fluffy you got your Booths yay!! happy birthday to your DH too hope you had a wonderful time 😃 You are such a good un to get the Snowman bab from Liverpool for DD , bless you ❤️😄
Nero the red tartan table mats and tablecloth was gorgeous , l don't blame you buying them . Better post this before l lose it !! l am getting paranoid with all the Blooming tech fails here! 😃

Wheelie that counter looks so lovely Au naturel , great work m'dear!

Mrs I like the au naturel waaaaaay better than the tile myself! Husband did all the prying work and then I scrubbed up the yucky but it all came off pretty easy!

Here's my husband off to work. His boss loved it!

70 that sounds so funny , l can just imagine the scene lol
I am well jel of you going to London l would love to visit for a couple of nights . My Mum has 2 sewing machines too and she won't let me recycle them either .
Wheelie ah that was so kind of you to say that thank you so much , Dad is still very depressed and says he can feel the 'life draining out of him ' he just doesn't believe us that this is all stemming form the depression .

He looks amazing Wheelie ahhh how can you resist such a cwtchy face, he looks such a sweetheart , l think you must be very happy m'dear despite your health worries you seem ideally matched bless you both

Mrs does he have anxiety? Maybe you should talk to the doctors about if he needs an anti anxiety medication too? Saying you can feel the life draining out of you is something I've mentioned during very very bad anxiety moments myself.

Thank you! He is a big sweetheart! I love him to pieces

KLAXON: THE WRAPPING IS DONE,I REPEAT: THE WRAPPING IS DONE!!
Finished, finito, DONE!

I’m in agony with my back and hip but my god it’s worth it knowing it’s all done, woohoo!
Addie is kicking away so clearly she is also thrilled it’s done

I’m now soaking in the bath that paddy ran for me. When I get out the bath, there is a wonderful selection of food and drink in our bedroom, that paddy has put there so I don’t go downstairs and see the birthday decorations until the morning
He gave up on the balloons as maverick kept popping them 😂
I told him I don’t need decorations or presents, I have everything I need with Addie and him he told me to stop arguing for once in my life and let someone put me first for a change; ahhhhh ❤️

Mrs - I’m glad you found your phone again! I daren’t put anything down without telling paddy because baby brain = I’ll never find it again until Addie is about 18 😂
Oh aye, Dino wrapping paper for paddy because he was saying a few weeks ago people only give him boring plain wrapping paper
Super mav he was on the star blanket, although he has been in the Santa sack and tried to get into several gift bags that weren’t even half his size
Gpops came back with a Starbucks as a peace offering! He also came back with a can of silly string and said ‘sorry about this morning, I was being so selfish and silly when you’re doing all this for everyone’ I do love him and I apologised too because I was out of line also!
All is good again with me and Gpops
Flamingo Christmas cards you say? Now they sound flamazing I look forward to seeing a pic
Flamingo cakes were yum thanks my dear! I love my flowers they are grand, my darling paddy is just wonderful ❤️

Wheelie - I love the counter it looks so much better! Your hubby looks awesome haha, he seems like such a funny guy!

Sorry if I’ve missed anyone, I’m recovering from my wrapping ordeal 😂

I think you have to be into Pokemon Mrs. It's a bit silly. The main human character has been 10 for 25 years!

Take a nap Wheelie. DS1 takes lots of naps.

PSB LOL that's the truth Ash has been a kid since I was a kid! hahahaha. How's your DD liking the animal jam gifts every day?

acey FANTASTIC on you for finishing the wrapping!!! I'm so danged happy for you!! I have about 15 I think left to wrap haha

I'm so glad your gpops apologized. Even old dudes sometimes need reminded that they are being jerky men lol ;)

I need to find somewhere to buy some bath bombs. I'd like to go and soak in a long tub

Acey yay for finishing wrapping!

She hasn't played for a while Wheelie, she's mostly drawing Christmassy-themed Pokemon and FNAF characters and uploading them to Amino. Her latest is Mew tied up with fairy lights.

PSB Awww!! That sounds like fantastic art!! My youngest is hand sewing felt ornaments for the past two weeks lol

This the table just done it ! Here are the cards Acey 😄