BigMoFos w/c 21 December

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Whoops - should have waited and posted on this one. Well done Littlefish .

Maybe if I get the throwing up bug I'll lose some weight .

And it's DS's birthday today - can't believe he's 4. Where did that time go?

The silver lining is sometimes not worth it, Jackie!

Sorry your dd is feeling rotten but Happy Birthday to your ds.

Thanks for that WWB. So far, no horrible disturbances, but DD still feeling 'dizzy', though I think from the thudding sounds upstairs of the 2 of them playing, she's feeling better. I'm feeling as if I'm about to get a cold, but if that's the worst of it, we'll have got off lightly. DH currently out collecting the turkey, and doing the mega Waitrose shop, poor thing. No idea when he'll get back. Are you at home for Christmas, or away? (ie, when can we expect to hear the glad tidings of this year's present from your MIL?).

We're spending Christmas day with the in-laws so I can't even escape for a ten minute breather. Will be back in the evening with news of this year's scintillating gift

We have my parents coming over on Boxing Day, which will be a much more relaxed affair.

Well at least you're not staying overnight though - just a few hours to get through. Hope you survive OK.

No, not staying overnight. Quite a long drive there and back, and lots of teeth-gritting while we're there, I think

Luckily SIL is much nicer than her mother!

Ooooooh, I wonder what this year's gift will be! I wonder if she could possibly surpass the knicker elastic or loofah

hellooo - am going to start again in NY.

Feeling much better and really excited about our first proper Xmas together. DS is a dab nad at unwrapping present and I discovered all the presents under the tree this morning unwrapped

thats the new year obviously not New York.

Lol - he's getting into practice, eh. Hope you both have a lovely time Kew.

WWB - your DD's card to my DD arrived today - she was really pleased with it. Thank you.

Happy Christmas everyone. We've got between 40 - 50 people coming this afternoon/evening for drinks so I probably won't make it back online. Wonder if I can resist all the delicious things I've slaved over.

Spicy potato wedges with sour cream
Cranberry and Brie parcels
Spinach and feta filo pie
Honey and mustard sausages
Cheesy puff pastry squares
Massive cheese board
Crisps, nuts, breadsticks
Veg sticks and dips
Sausage rolls
Chocolate brownies
Mince pies

What do you think? Are you all piling in your cars and coming racing over to my house?

Kew - lovely to hear you sounding so positive. Have a wonderful first proper Christmas with ds, and have fun re-wrapping the presents!

Have a lovely, lovely Christmas everyone.
xxxxxx

I would love to pile in the car and come to your house

As it is, I have to stay here and finish wrapping presents (yes, I know; it was foolish to think that some other bugger might do it while I wasn't feeling well!).

Have a lovely Christmas, everyone xxx

Wow Littlefish- that's a seriously impressive list. I'm on my way...

Actually, I'm off upstairs to do some more wrapping too. Will probably try to get on here at some point tomorrow, if only briefly, but Happy Christmas everybody, and thanks for everything this year .

Hey people, how's it been? WWB - any news on the MIL present? We're waiting with bated breath, you know.

You can unbate your breath because it wasn't anything with any comedic value at all this year! Just the most repulsive little-old-lady handbag I've ever seen. I know it's the thought that counts but I don't want to know what the thought was when she chose that!

The woman excelled herself when SIL presented dd with her own special children's cracker with a really nice toy inside. She pulled it with MIL and dd "won", but she fell over as she pulled it and the present fell onto the floor at MIL's feet. When dd picked it up to see what she'd got, MIL took it off her because it had come from her side so she'd "won" it. I didn't even bother trying to conceal my contempt.

She had saved up stacks of "little jobs" for dh to do as well, but didn't bother telling us until we were just about to leave, so dd was really tired and grumpy when we got home. She always does it, but I thought that maybe Christmas day might be different!

Did everyone else have a nice day yesterday?

Oh, your poor DD (hope she wasn't too upset? Did she get the cracker present back eventually?). And DH too. And how disappointing about the handbag - she's just not trying, is she?

We had a pretty good day yesterday - things getting a little tense round the edges now (the ILs are here till tomorrow), but we should survive, with any luck.

[goes off to hunt for old thread] brb

well done Littlefish on the loss - nearly a stone now

Sorry to hear ds is still suffering MrsJC - we are in the same boat - dd slept through that one night, also on Christmas Eve (but we told her santa wouldn't come if she got out of bed ) but other than that is up to her old tricks

All these parties - I wanna go to a Belly Dancing party that Littlefish has catered for

Happy birthday to all the Christmas ds's - JackieNo dd is 4 in July and is off to school in September - can't beleive it really - it doesn't seem like enough time has passed.

I have abandoned the weighing in for now, I will start again in the New Year, first weigh in next Thursday then hopefully some losses from there on in! I seriously need to do something about my health, I am short of breath and knackered all the time.

We have had a quiet but lovely Christmas, jsut the three of us until today when the inlaws rolled up with a dolls' house for dd, which she is now playing with along with her grandad. Peace and happiness reign in the Feet household.

Back to work tomorrow

You're right, Jackie; MIL is just not trying at all!

MIL kept moving the toy onto her pile of stocking presents; heaven knows what she wanted with it. Dd looked a bit askance, but she's already well aware of what MIL is like (and no, I haven't had to tell her!) and just raised her eyebrows and rolled her eyes at me. I picked it up and put it into my handbag (my nice handbag ) when we were packing up but MIL made such a fuss about her missing present that I had to hand it back to the dozy old mare. She did have the grace to look embarrassed when SIL asked where dd's toy was, but she wouldn't give it back.

I hope you survive the ILs without too much more trauma, Jackie ... not sure I could manage more than a day with mine.

A belly dancing party that LittleFish has catered for ... now you're talking, TigerFeet

TigerFeet - that sounds like the ideal combination. I'm afraid that my catering will be more of the ham sandwiches/hula hoops/mini rolls variety.

WWB - can't believe your MIL's behaviour - how seriously strange.

Actually, all joking aside, MIL is getting odder every time we see her these days. She rarely leaves the flat at all now, and acts very strangely when she's in company. She's always been a bit odd but these days she's much worse than she ever was.

That's not good, is it. Mine's getting a bit strange - very bitter, hardly a good word for anybody and unwilling to do anything much except sit around and do crosswords. Very old, suddenly. Do you find yourself thinking 'I'm really, really not going to be like that when I'm old', because that's what I keep finding myself thinking about my mum (I know it's different when it's a MIL rather than a mum).

your MIL is bizarre - thats really not normal behavious. I know she hasn't ever been quite the full ticket but it sounds like she's erring on the side of mental health issues.

I am having drinks at mine this evening - unlike Littlefish mine have gone out with an invitation (usually verbal) which said - "very casual drinks, wear what you like, bring what you want to drink and I'll provide tea and coffee, I can't be arsed to make an effort but fancy a relaxed natter with some mates" or words to that effect.

Will be tipping a pile of Tesco vegetarian indian snacks into the oven 10 minutes beforehand . I need Littlefish to cater.

"Very old suddenly" ... is exactly what I thought as I was watching MIL over Christmas dinner. She's acted like an old lady for years but suddenly she looks like one. She doesn't leave the flat unless SIL fetches her these days, and I really do think that there's something else going on now as well as just being generally a little odd.

Tesco snacks sound just the ticket, Kew ... everyone will be full to the gunnels after having stuffed for two days anyway! Hope you have a nice time.

Maybe something more than just her usual strangeness, then, WWB. In my mum's case, she's been, I think, depressed ever since my dad died (14 years ago), and she's in a lot of pain with arthritis and osteoporosis, so I guess she has a reason for the way she is.