The Romaniacs are brushing off the mince pie crumbs and thinking of a group hike today – it’s been an interesting week on the whole. The blocked sink is unbunged, thanks to the very nice man from AA home insurance (what a big pipe he’d got, but that’s another story) and the dishwasher man came today as promised. He wasn’t quite so nice, to be perfectly honest but he removed some cat fur and bits of broken wine glasses and now the washing up situation can go back to normal. Thank goodness – the others were about to go on strike and my Marigolds are in ribbons. Anyway, here are my best bits from Christmas 2013 – what were yours?
- Surprise hit game of Christmas – an ancient Bagatelle that used to belong to Grandpa. The competitive spirit has surfaced big time. And some other games have gone up the charts here too:
These special straws make drinking even more fun and give you that instant suave moustached look: sorry this one’s on its side but drinking has that effect on me …
And also a picture of the Silvertown Express and a collection of USA photos from the offspring were a lovely reminder of the great rail journey of the summer.
So those are my highlights, along with a lot of lovely mess, a great box set to look forward to in 2014 and some Christmas music to remind me of my dad. The Romaniacs would love to hear about your Christmas moments if you still have the strength to tap out a few words. Happy New Year!
Celia xxx
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It looks like you had a fab time. Happy New Year!
And the same to you – it’s my wedding anniversary tomorrrow so just gearing up for more celebrations. Rennies on standby … Celia 🙂
Happy Anniversary 🙂 Good idea with the Rennies;)
There were lots of good bits and being in Scotland, quite a lot still to come. I maintained my unbroken record of coming last in the family card game, Racing Demon. This saves face for all the alpha males. And my home made, personally invented tomato and lentil soup was highly praised. Now just off to cook a couple of hares. Never-ending fun, actually.
Well, you definitely took one for the team there, Anne, sacrificing the glory of winning for the staus quo, and the soup sounds lovely! Happy New Year and thanks for dropping in all the way from the North!