Ooooohhhhh Silly I've just read your post!!! 
Can't express how happy I am for you all! What a wonderful Christmas present!! xxxxxx 
Ellie I'm glad you posted because I was just thinking about you today and wondering how you were getting on. Sorry the term was such a tough one but hope you have a chance to relax nowx Huge congrats to your ds on his literacy progress!!
Just sorry about the Christmas change of plans (and the Grinch). Hope you can make bits of it (if not all) work for you x
Whoknows I've been really impressed (and inspired) by how organised you are this Christmas!!
Good luck with the big sort Eustacia (and very wise reminder there about not trying to be super human)
[Force feeds Bitchy some calming Christmas brandy]
Good luck with the packing Dizzy!
[Snaffles Christmas gingerbread] Good luck with all your tasks today Castle and safe travelling! With regard to pil and sil - we were already planning to stay nearby (no choice because flat tiny and pil has hospital bed in main sitting room). We may well still do so, but awaiting sil's take on it all, how pil is, and what sil wants. (Complicated for a variety of reasons.)
Good luck with the packing and safe travelling to you too Engels!
Toffee would have gladly bought box of chocs too but school instructions for Secret Santa was that it had to be home made (grrrrr). Have just Googled 'Eric Ravillious' and love the look of those prints!
Waves to Stillwearingoddsocks Swan Feetheart Pushme Alice Angry Jdub and everyone else I've forgotten!
Having a reasonable day. Dh working so have been trying to keep dd entertained. It's amazing how a child who is white with fatigue at the end of the school term can bounce back with such rosy-cheeked energy once it is the holidays .
Her school report/exams results were the worst yet 
. Not terrible overall by any means but some particular bad bits. Feeling a bit deflated on all of our behalves (because of effort put in) but particularly hers.
Still feeling weak-legged owing to some sort of virus (headache/sore-throat etc). Bit miffed because having got most of the stressful pre-Christmas out of the way, this weekend was supposed to be our little oasis of calm relaxation prior to travel. And was intending to attend all the local Christmas concerts and participate in all things local that we don't normally get to do, but I'm only fit to stagger about at home atm! Never mind.
Ta da: morning routine, plus extra laundry, soaked fruit for cake (yes I'm very late with this 
- going to make extra-moist last-min version), located and carried down decorations from roof, staggered up garden to cut holly and ivy for fireplace and mantelpiece, watched Channel 4 racing, watched Olympia coverage, played restaurants with dd, played Uno with dd, played 3 more card games with dd ... .
To do: make healthy soup, Strictly final, wrap some more presents (only dh's and dd's to do). Sort sideboard, table linen etc. Oh yes and sort two of my own presnets 'cos dh rarely has time so nowadays I always buy and wrap my own!
Enjoy your evening everyone!