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Everything is cleaned and organised. Dropped presents off to some family kiddos. Ham glaze made. Kitchen ready. Tomorrow I can just chill and cook for a couple of people.
Hope you all have great days whether social or quiet or just another day. Cheers
So nice to have everything sorted. Hope you have a lovely day, too
Tired. Hope everyone has a good sleep and enjoys their day tomorrow, what ever your plans are.
Sneak attacks have been on the menu all night. Keeps me on my toes lol
Has she leapt out and bitten your ankles yet? Ours used to hide under clothes racks and do that
All night lol
I cannot stop sleeping. Guess my body needs it, but it would be nice to sleep at the right time. And not fall asleep before I can drink some fluids πͺπ΅
all presents bar one have been obtained, I can get that on friday
wrapping commences , I got these awesome xmas dinosaur and mercat and cat stickers for on the kid's pressies π
Helping MrsGod make Brandy Alexander pie. π
Nice
At my folks' place. Next door's teenage daughter just dropped off a plate of gingerbread men.
She's a lovely kid, that one
One of the best part about this time of year is looking forward to watching Dinner for One on NYE. It makes me cry laugh everytime.
Hell's yeah. Classic
Its time to check out Culinary class wars on netflix if you haven't already. Season 2 is halfway through. Very good cooking competition π
The wine has been poured. The eyelids are already heavy. Christmas tradition has been chosen to be put off.
Wrapping presents and just found out I may have doubled up on a present. Not really worried about it as I got the Whispering Jack album twice in 1986, and it was pretty awesome.
Damn, it's time to get ready for work already. Hopefully it will be a cruisy shift and I don't have to work too hard. So if you guys could do your best not to set things on fire, crash your cars or get your cat stuck up a tree that would be great.
Iβve been gardening all day and now cannot move from couch, so thereβll be no risk of any of that over here
so jelly, I love gardening
That sounds good, stuck on couch is usually an ambulance job. Unless you are really heavy and need some burly firefighters to hoist you up I won't need to do anything.
Can't promise nuffin.
Just do your best, that's all we can ask for. But if you do decide to do something try to at least make it interesting. Get stuck it the chimney pretending to be Santa or something.
Chimneys are for rich people.
So the Santa story is just your cover for trying to rob the place and steal all the expensive Christmas presents? Clever.
Rumour has it the big man never went down chimneys because he was taught lock picking while doing a stint in juvie when he was a young lad.
Will try my hardest. Hopefully the rest of society does too!
I tried lemon soju for the first time. Tastes like Salvital. My kinda jam.
Ooh thanks for the tip.
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We've made it to Albury alright. The trip up was good but it has been a big day for the boys and they're tired silly
I heard there was a problem with the water around there recently - maybe check before drinking it
A bit too late now but thank you, I'll look into it so no one gets sick
All good, looks like it was a problem in Wodonga (not Albury), and is apparently resolved β¦
(Sorry if I worried you)
spoiler
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I've gotten a handle on doing all the Christmas stuff.
I think all the presents have been bought, just have to organise and wrap
all the food is ready to be prepped, Turkey and chicken pieces are in the freezer ready for Saturday
tomorrow's food is easy, just burgers and trifle , 2 x shortbread is made, I will bring half the panettone I made , only because it's so big I won't be able to finish it.
house is super organised and 95% clean already π
Whoops. What was gonna be a quick run to the brew shop for some odds and ends (both His Lordship and I are planning on getting some mash on) turned into a quick bunnings nip I NEEEED A TOILET lookit that strawberry bowl it would be perf for your mum and then since it was next to woolies oh yeah I'ma gonna grab me some cokes and the wheat germ for my mash and yeah ok while I'm doing that you go get your dexies filled ooo they have those orabl B series 3 electric toothbrushes we want half price until 9pm!
...we did not plan for many of these. But we did them nonetheless
I got the call centre job lol! Starting mid January.
Gonna be so flush with my a-bit-higher-than-minimum-wage wage, way more than Centrelink lol. I'll actually be able to pay rent without going broke for half a month every month
Yay!
Iβm so pleased for you!
That's excellent news just before Christmas
It's such a relief! I joked with the recruiter about this being a lovely Christmas gift π
FUCK yes! fishbump
Time to work! Looks like everyone's out doing their food shop today. Also the husbands who don't know what to get their wives.
Watching the market melt down this morning was glorious. My viewpoint from my apartment overlooks the fish market...it was like someone had kicked an ant's nest
Got some shopping done, then had a nap. Now I wonder whether to have beer or Prosecco
