Friday, December 21, 2012

CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST UPON US

Hi Mum and Dad

Only 4 more sleeps, as the children say, and it will be Christmas Day.  Phil and I have had trouble getting into the Christmas spirit this year but we have finally finished the shopping and I have sent our last Christmas card by mail.  Lesser friends receive electronic greetings these days and they seem to enjoy receiving them which is great.

We are both a wee bit exhausted but hopefully we have remembered everything we had to do.  Food shopping has been done as well and as it is only for the two of us so no big deal.  Simple meals for hot days.  Believe me we are in for a very hot week with 39C on Christmas Day forecast.

I understand we are going to C & M's for Christmas lunch although nobody has actually told us what the plans are yet.  Still the family are a wee bit like that and I am sure we will hear all about it in plenty of time.  We are really looking forward to it as the past few years have been really wonderful and now of course we have our third great-granddaughter to share the day with.



These days we are pretty well excluded from having to do much except perhaps provide serviettes, crackers and perhaps take a salad or two.  It is nice to be able to sit back and let others do the main catering after all these years. I am sure we will hear in plenty of time what our designated tasks are.  None of the family seem to enjoy Christmas pudding or cake so we have a small one for ourselves at home on Boxing Day.  Just have to have Christmas pud with custard and cream at this time of year.

I am beginning to understand why we always were away on holidays from Christmas Eve and I am thinking what a lot of work it saved you both.  No decorations to up at home or meals to plan.  Plus we all had a wonderful time with the same people year after year at Mandurah House.  Oh, life seemed so simple then.  Not like the mad rush it always seems to be for everyone these days with not a second to sit back and enjoy life as we once did.

You will be missed at Christmastime as you always are and I will drink a silent toast to you both at the same time remembering all those wonderful holiday Christmases we shared for many years.

Love to you both
        xxxxx

8 comments:

  1. What a lovely message to your Mom and Dad...and a Merry Christmas to all our Moms and Dads...they always feel so close at this time of year.

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    1. Thank you Delores. Although Mum and Dad left this mortal coil in 1985 and 1971 respectively I still always feel they are very close to me. They were wonderful parents and I love them still and am always very grateful for the way they cared for me.

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  2. Delores is right. This is such a lovely caring post.
    I have been making Christmas cakes to give as gifts for well over twenty years now - which is odd, because one slice is about all either of us can face.
    I hope that the weather boys are lying (or at least exaggerating) and that your Christmas is not that hot. We are expecting a cool change they tell us - a drop of 12 degrees from the previous day. Which is lovely except that my treacherous body doesn't like big swings either. Have a wonderful Christmas.

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    1. EC you are wonderful doing all that cooking. It is years since I did anything like that...I am well and truly past it now.
      Unfortunately the weather boys are fair dinkum about our weather this coming week. 39C on Christmas day followed by a couple of days of 35C and the next two days to be 38C. I just checked the BOM site and find that other capital cities are going to be so cool and even Darwin at 34C will be cooler than in Perth. Not damned fair!!!!!!!
      Hope you also have a wonderful Christmas and hope the change in the weather is not too cruel to your poor body. xx

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  3. I hope your Christmas is wonderful, peaceful and that you and yours are all safe on the roads. A beautiful message for your Mum and Dad.

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    1. Thanks for popping in Melissa and for your kind words. I think our Christmas will be very peaceful and HOT unfortunately. I guess we can't hope for everything to be always perfect. Hope you and yours enjoy yourselves on Christmas Day.

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  4. Wishing you a lovely Christmas. You don't have many followers as you say, but lots of readers I'm sure.

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  5. Thank you R.H. for popping in and your good wishes which are reciprocated fully. No, not a lot of followers (even on my main post) but those I do have are so precious to me. I don't think I have lots of readers either but as my blog improves hopefully more will pop in as you did. :)

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