Morning everyone. Having a quiet weekend here. We put up the Christmas tree on Friday and then watched the Late Late Toy Show. The show was brilliant and they raised the staggering sum of over €6m. for children's charities (for context, our population is a little under 5m.).
Didn't do a whole lot yesterday may have had too much wine on Friday night. Just watched 'Fred Claus' on TV and then the Strictly dances (I fast forwarded all the padding bits in between the dances) and then an episode of 'The Crown'.
Today I'm going to clean the upstairs bathroom and sort out all my recycling (put paper/cardboard/cans into my own recycling bin and take the glass bottles and jars to the big recycling bin in the town). I also need to drive to the big town for cat litter and gutter hooks for my outdoor lights and a few other bits. It's very foggy out atm. Hopefully the fog will lift later.
Very excited to see DD's reaction when I give her the l'Occitane advent calendar tomorrow evening. She thinks she's getting her usual Dairy Milk one. I splashed out and got us an advent calendar each. Expensive but a lot less than what our planned holiday in Lanzarote would have cost. And it's been a crappy two years for us both with the separation in 2019 and then Covid in 2020.
I've booked a night in a hotel for early January with DDad, DSis and DD. It's in a place called Carlingford which is a quaint little coastal town near the border. The hotel has a pool so we can go for a swim and it's a very scenic area, so we can go for some winter walks and maybe have dinner in the hotel or in a local restaurant. I'd say we'll end up back in lockdown again in January, so I'm taking advantage of a little window of opportunity to do something different. We got a special cheap rate because it's a Sunday night.
Love that was a difficult conversation with your mum - sounds like she wasn't too receptive to it. I guess you'll just have to see how things go next time she needs help.
Welcome Gensola. Fingers crossed the new year brings the pitter patter of tiny feet.
Belated happy birthday to your DD north - that's a fab cake.
Cute decorations and towel em. The mouse washing line sounds adorable. The kiddies are great fun at that age.
Wolf how will you manage without a sofa and/or armchairs? Will you be able to pick some up second hand? Or from a charity? It's shitty that Ex is looking for your furniture but even more shitty that he's taking it just before Christmas.