It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

Belated Christmas Wishes, elves & Happy New Year to you all xxx I've had a total technological detox over the Christmas & it was lovely. Lots of pages to catch up on today but not sure I'll manage. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas & enjoyed some down time with your loved ones.

We had a quiet Christmas in the North East. Santy came & everyone was happy. Our Christmas (not-so)baby had her first birthday party in three years which was a great success. The pandemonium was delightful 😍 The rest of the break was spent chilling like villians on the couch or going for lazy strolls. Back to work today & kids back to school tomorrow. Thoroughly enjoyed the break from the routine but also looking forward to getting the kids back into a routine of bedtime & actually eating proper meals instead of snacking their way through the days.

I am thinking a second tree too kitchen tree I think we already have a theme… my bestie which is my little one’s godmother has already gave us a collection of Disney decorations to us the past 2 Christmases we have jungle book frozen beauty and the beast Winnie the Pooh plus lots more but very sentimental and fragile so we'll have to see how the little one is this year

She took a liking to a ballerina reindeer we have and she’s been dragged around every where 😂

Trying to stay cheery myself decorations still up and lights on from the minute we are up till bedtime, trying to keep busy focus on things to look forward too think this weekend we will do a nice roast all the trimmings and dessert for afters, I’ve a few admin bits to sort out, you can feel overwhelmed house needs a decluttering too and want to get the spare room finished , whole house needs new blinds left it too late to order for Christmas but sure it will be nice for the spring but for the moment decorations will be the first job the weekend, get some fresh air most days weather permitting and abit of balance on the food front then start on my to do list

They did better than I - I was fast asleep long before 12 bells! No stamina anymore :P

Leave it up as long as you want to. Feck convention! I've left mine up to the end of January the last two years and need to decide this year yet. It's either this weekend or in three weeks due to other stuff going on

Hope you're all feeling a bit better. Covid is a b*tch of an illness.

We have lights all year out the back. They are lovely, even on a nice summers evening. Having said that, depending on the type, they might look a bit naff out the front after mid jan

We are just back from Dublin and we drove through some torrential rain on the way down. As we were heading out on the M7 we passed 5 ambulances with blue lights heading into Dublin. Visibility was awful so I imagine that must have contributed to it. On a much happier note, we were at the Van Gogh experience and it was fantastic. Any of you that are near Artane should go and see it. If you do go then get the VIP tickets as you will be given access to the Virtual Reality section which is amazing.