Countdown to Christmas 2020. Lockdown: Relaxed (Thread 6)

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Here's the new thread, you chatty lot!

I don't have a planner either. I'm going to feel guilty trying glasses on as each pair will have to be sanitised afterwards!

This is my first year of having a Christmas planner. Usually I have a Christmas card and food shopping list on the back of an envelope 😁 that's as far as my planning would get

So the postman came and I missed it Have been red carded! DH is still waiting for pants he ordered a month ago!

No planner here either but like you @pussycatinboots write food list & present list😀
DH done bench he says it's sturdy too bless his heart he's done a great job 😁

Nooooo, Most!

I don't even do food lists (I do ingredients lists for stuff I'm making). I buy / make way too much. Every. Single. Year. Despite good intentions.

most ah, mate...I hate getting a red card!
Mrs Well done Mr 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 glad the first aid kit wasn't needed how much is in the swear box?
fluffy if you've too many mince pies or gingerbread men, you can send them to me...
Who "lost" a gift somewhere hidden too safely and found it months later? 🤔 (other than me with a DVD that I ended up with 2 of 🤣) it ended up a Birthday gift instead...

Afternoon everyone.

Weather not too bad here, bit blustery but dry at least. Went for a run this morning and like the wind in my face when I'm running. It keeps me cool.

Crazy thank you, feeling great this morning and very Christmassy, no doubt Amazon is calling I feel. My glasses have been through the wars (they were Vision Express too), dropped them in the garden when I was hanging out washing, now they are held together with wire and sticky tape. Definitely overdue for glasses and a haircut, must get my act together!

We have planted Sunflower seeds and have covered them with plastic pots to protect them until they start to grow.

Wow bench looks totally fab MrMad

Fluffy any donations gratefully received

That's great mrs!

I didn't need new glasses phew! Well my prescription has changed a bit but not enough to warrant new ones.

I don't do any Christmas lists food, presents or otherwise. Hope you'll still have me

I can vouch for Fluffy's Christmas baking, it is gorgeous and I love it when I get some 😍

Afternoon.

I love making lists. My problem is sticking to them.

Looks like there will be plenty of takers for the guaranteed excess! 😂

I've just prepped the vinegar with spices to pickle the homegrown beetroot. It has to sit overnight then tomorrow it will look like someone's been murdered in the kitchen when it's roasted and cut up!

I've also booked Christmas at Dunham Massey in case the train is cancelled. And if it isn't, well we have two things booked!

Definitely lots of takers Fluffy

Definitely love lists, and like to individualize them (is that a word), what I will bake, what I will buy, decorations, pressies oh the list is endless!

Found another hummus at the back of the fridge, barely out of date (21st June)

Maniac what is it with you and OOD Hummus
Fluffy your Christmas outings sound lovely!
Cross stitch coming on like hell!
Wreck that is excellent no change needed
Puss no swear words , apparently it was a piece of cake
A'noon Nero
Have just downloaded an Ebook , got a pork casserole in the slow cooker and just phoned Mum and Bob am off for a read
Behave the lot Of you while l am gorn lol

Haha Mrs not quite sure, like to just give things a try to ensure my constitution is as it should be

Well done to your DH with the bench, Mrs! Good going!

Marshmallow, it's like food Russian roulette in your fridge. I suggest emptying the whole thing to see what else is lurking in there! 😂

MrsM he's done a brilliant job! I love the photo

Crazy it arriving in a Christmas card cheered me up When do you hear back about your job?

boots I think that's what I'll end up doing.

It was drizzling, but that doesn't bother me. All the rain we've had has meant the thistles were massive easy to pull, but I could only do an hour before my hips were killing and my gloves were so caked in mud I could barely lift them.

The brassicas are doing well, the squashes are still sulking, and I have a flower on one of my aubergine plants. Neither the ones in the greenhouse nor the ones in the raised bed at home have flowered yet, despite being planted 3-4 weeks earlier, so it'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

Oh, and I suddenly have a mass incursion of bindweed in the potato bed!! I think the seeds must have been dormant, and my digging the other weeds out followed by the rain gave them the opportunity to grow. They're still quite small, so that'll be my job tomorrow or Saturday.

I am also strangely excited that I should be able to go to the gym again later this month

It surely is Fluffy, have had a sort out this afternoon no more hummus (for now)

Looked at my sunflower seeds and they are just beginning to bloom

Ahh thank you all re the bench , it was fab fair dos. I
have a preening handyman here what with all the praise
Fire well done on the weeding , don't overdo it mind
Maniac your delving into the fridge has reminded me l have some trifles that are 2 days OOD

The bench is lovely Mrs are you going to put a cushion on it or os it comfy without ?

I don't have a Planner but I do love a List

I use a big A3 or A4 notepad and keep it on my chair (under the cushion) to scribble on.

I do have a 2020 Year planner , just taken a note of the Chonese Takeaway that we had - it was delicious .
We usually do on Christmas Eve Eve .

DD said this morning it was more like October than July (not that she's been out much these last few weeks )

My DH goes to the gym usually Sat/Sun and a couple of days midweek so he's looking forward to it opening again Firefly

Last weekend he cleared a load of his tat from the bedroom (very good , I thought) then hauled the bloody excercise bike out of the garage to put in the space Aargh !

Yum Mrs they're almost too new to eat , enjoy them, love trifle.

We always have takeaway fish and chips on Christmas Eve, one of our traditions 70

DH had a cross trainer in the garage, but it broke so he's replaced it with a 3D printer

He now exercises on a foldaway bike in the living room. But he does put it away afterwards, so I don't care.

I am hoping to start doing some swimming. I struggle to walk far at the moment, and start puffing if I go upstairs too quickly. I need to start getting my fitness levels up!

Nero the downfall of not sticking to the list tends to be the contents of the why did I buy that cupboard and the fridge drawer of doom
I love lists. My shopping lists are always in aisle order or were until Sains moved everything around, inconsiderate sods

I've run out of one colour for my Lions, so I've had to dig the stash out - luckily a couple of old kits used the same shade, so tomorrow I might get closer to finishing it.