Countdown to Christmas 2020 (Thread 11): The One with the Three Freezers

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New thread again. Doesn't seem 5 minutes since the last one! 😂

I hope your DS is better soon, Firefly. Poor sausage; he's been through it this half term.

Does he take a kids' vitamin? My two haven't even had the usual return-to-school cold this year. I'm wondering if their multivitamin has helped. Can't have hurt!

My gh has arrived! It only took 12 days

About time neros!

My dc don't take vitamins, I really should get them some they're just so pricey and I always forget.

I just had the best massage and facial. I feel all warm and happy, like I'm being hugged. Even better than dh paid.

Is it wet from the swim, Neros?!

Wreck, DH gets ours from an eBay seller, I think. I'll ask him which one. I don't think we pay too much.

I don't know if anyone else has the same (very minor) problem but I look through the recipes in GH and think "Ooh, that looks lovely" and then I read the ingredients and realise at least one of the fussy devils in this household (including me - white chocolate or anything pickled 🤮) wouldn't eat it and I'm better sticking to the same old stuff. At least the pictures are pretty.

I am probably going to try at least one of the gravy recipes though. I make gravy like MIL with juices and flour (DM used granules) so I want to experiment a bit with booze and stuff.

Evening everyone.
Just booked hotel tickets to see DD at the weekend, really happy miss her so much. Seen selection boxes in my corner shop today was sorely tempted My DS seems to be running a temperature this evening will keep an eye.

Hope you get a flu vaccine soon Wreck managed to get mine today (after a long wait), together with my B12.

Crazy hope it is all sorted out for you soon. Just did my first online jigsaw so thanks for that it was only 12 pieces

Wow well done Why mega organised.

Hope your anniversary was fab yesterday Fluffy

At least they are being decisive with you Neros we have a bunch of idiotic dunderheads here.

Good to hear that your DS's test came back negative Firefly

I'm watching Delia from the 70s on iPlayer and they are talking about a new fangled machine called a blender!

Marshmallow they're really not much better here, they had to do something because numbers were just stratospheric.

Woolly I'm the exact same. I either don't have the ingredients or think it's a waste to buy it for one dish.
Even though I hate JO I might try his make ahead gravy this year.

Wreck sometimes H&B have them in their 1p sale.

Fluffy I think they needed to post it one page at a time for it to take that long.

Yes Neros hope this measure brings the numbers down for you.

Wreck, these are the vitamins we get. You can sign up for 10% off too.

I just bought these ones for winter as they've far more Vit D in. With discounts they were £11.23 for 2 tubs.

Woolly I used to go to the sweet shop
when the kids were younger, I have not been recently though.

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Morning!

Not a running day today; that's tomorrow. I was sound asleep when my Fitbit vibrated to wake us though. I'm still in bed for a few minutes longer while I wake up!

It's meant to be nice today. It makes a big difference to the temperature in the house when it's sunny!

Is the sweet shop near Wilko, Why? Or somewhere else?

Neros I never go to Holland and Barrett because it's so far away (an hour, plus parking) and they charge delivery online which I hate paying.

Thanks fluffy I'll have a look.

I'm wfh today. I don't think I've got loads to do apart from some training.

Happy birthday, Neros! I hope you've had some lovely presents! 🎂🎉

It is near what used to be called Palmers the butcher Fluffy. (Has a different name now). Opposite H Samuel's

Happy birthday Neros have a great day.

Morning. It's a lovely clear, cold day here so my lunchtime walk should be nice again.

🥳 Happy Birthday Neros. Are you having 🎂 later?

Woolly I haven't gone through the GH magazine in any detail - I basically skimmed the pages, looking at the pictures
I'm planning to go through it properly on the weekend and ear mark some recipes to try.

I don't do any of the cooking but DH is very traditional. I feel like I want to do some sort of lavish food, like a proper grown up treat Christmas - does that make sense?

I still haven't bought vitamins! Must sort that out ASAP - and book my flu jab (if they have any). Also need to meal plan...

I'm watching Four Christmases with a cuppa while I'm working

Happy Birthday Nero

10 weeks times will be Christmas Eve then .

I have requested leave that day ( fingers crossed ) I don't mind working NYE but Christmas Eve is diffferent .

Morning all.

Thanks for the birthday wishes. I'm now the proud owner of a lot of candles .

Unfortunately I'm not too well this morning. Feel very nauseous. I'm raging because we're supposed to have a take away tonight.

Poor you Neros. Hope you manage to have a nice birthday regardless.

That's rubbish, Neros. Any chance you can get back to bed for a bit, see if that helps?

I do have multivitamins for DS, but at the moment I keep forgetting to give him them. I obviously need to keep them out on the worktop so I remember! They're the Bassetts ones, as those were the only ones he would have fussy bugger.

I'm savouring my GH magazine. I do find there's a lot I won't make because I'm too lazy for one reason or another, but I've got quite good at tweaking recipes to make them dairy free.

DBil started with dairy intolerance last year, and has now developed an intolerance to gluten, so I was going to hunt out some recipes for him. He loves carrot cake, and I can make a decent dairy free version but I'm not sure about gluten - I tried with coconut flour once and it was a disaster.

After reading the discussion of it on earlier threads, though, I think it's because I substituted 1:1...

Neros Ah mate, that's not nice on your birthday. I hope you feel better now.
At least if there's a power cut you'll be fine.

Happy birthday Neros! Wonder why you're not feeling great, hopefully it'll ease off. I love candles.

Hope you feel better soon, Neros.

Firefly, I have coconut flour if you need any?! 😂😂😂

Can we talk fairy lights?
I normally have 3 separate sets of (warm white) traditional fairy lights with separate old fashioned bulbs (one per side) around the conservatory windows (each side is 3 windows/3m long) in double swags.
would you:

1. Replace with one 9m (240) strand of led (no swag) and possibly add more lights on the side opposite the doors in a couple of weeks.
2. Buy 2 longer strings of led (2x480) so the conservatory can be seen from space.
3. Use the lights from the tree for the conservatory (480/19m) and replace the tree lights with multi coloured ones?
4. as 3, but use the 240 lights on the tree instead as it's only lit in an evening.

Votes please (I'm leaning to 2) the lights are normally on for a couple of hours in a morning and from about 3is to 10 in an afternoon/evening. 🥇 if you understood that! pic from last year to help.