Reasons To Be Cheerful

We are heading out for a meal in about 45 minutes to celebrate our eldest turning 28 tomorrow, 28! damn that makes you feel old 😂

Anyway looking forward to it as the whole lot of us are going, so rare that the lot of us sit down for a dinner together in this day and age.

Sounds great, Derry is a good trek though, so really an over night trip. Could maybe tie it with the Belfast Christmas market as a weekender.

^^^ Also October is the only "long" month in the countdown, Sep and Nov only have 30 days in them, it's the little things ha ha.

Hi all, daily lurker and not much of a poster. Just felt like I needed to share this. I would like to say thank you to all of you who post daily into this Christmas forum as it is used as an escape from the awful year that I've struggled to deal with. Really looking forward to the build up this year and reading everyones posts makes my day.

Thank you.

Hope your year gets better and better @Andrew93, stay positive and keep calling into the best thread on Boards.

Sorry to hear you're having a bad time of it. Life can be really hard at times. Welcome to our happy little place on the internet, lots of positive and good vibes. Feel free to get involved or not, no pressure.

Laptop going off, another week done!

End of summer BBQ at a friends house tomorrow and then getting kids ready for school on Sunday.

Have a good one guys.

Seems to go quicker every year!

Forgot about that! First Monday in February, right?

OH informed me today she got an email about the Santa experience in Rathwood going on sale today so we have officially booked our first trip this Christmas for our little elf. Took advice from this forum and booked an evening slot when it is dark to get the best experience of the lights. Having done it last year when she was 9 months, excited to see how she takes it all in this time around.

Seems like groundhog day! Another working week done and laptop about to go off. Weather turned a bit here so going to watch a movie with the kids.

Kids back to sports this week so footie in the morning and hockey on Sunday. Daddy taxi service back in business 😂

Have a good one guys.

Got the 'we need to start a list of house job' comment at breakfast yesterday morning! The OH writes the list and I end up doing all the jobs 😂

Cushions and candles, the OH would have them everywhere 😂

I hear ya, only good thing about the wallpaper job in our sitting room is its the walls either side of the chimney breast so just two straight sections of walls, when the wife suggested wallpapering the breast itself a few years ago I told her no way, far too hard to get right.

She's already suggesting after I get the sitting room done that I paint the hall, stairs and landing, one of the kids rooms and the downstairs toilet. Oh and new carpet on the stairs as well, she knows my weakness too, she always adds the line "the house will look great for Christmas"

Nice, have a good one CL.