Alis girls Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I;ve ordered some lights from Amazon - solar ones for the chicken house. Wont tell OH till they are up. I am waiting for the email to say " your order of solar fairy lights has been despatched - please delete email before the old man gets his carcass out of bed and grumbles about the fact the hens dont need fariy lights!!!" Sorry but they do - christmas is for hens too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I;ve ordered some lights from Amazon - solar ones for the chicken house. Wont tell OH till they are up. I am waiting for the email to say " your order of solar fairy lights has been despatched - please delete email before the old man gets his carcass out of bed and grumbles about the fact the hens dont need fariy lights!!!" Sorry but they do - christmas is for hens too. My hens have christmas lights up all winter! It makes my mornings a LOT easier, without all the grumbling about it being dark... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Christmas themed socks and knickers. The only shame is that unlike scarves and gloves you don't get to display them. Or at least, maybe you shouldn't, I think that bit of manners passes some people by. Today I have on Nordic knickers and Santa socks just so I could post that. Is it alliteration, something like that anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Christmas themed socks and knickers. The only shame is that unlike scarves and gloves you don't get to display them. Or at least, maybe you shouldn't, I think that bit of manners passes some people by.Today I have on Nordic knickers and Santa socks just so I could post that. Is it alliteration, something like that anyway. What a wonderful mental picture I have of you, PL And, yes, its alliteration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 OH metamorphasises into Scrooge. Moan moan about everything - our son had given him an idea of a game he would like and OH had forgotten convienently. If they do another remake of the film - he will be in lead role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 The Christmas markets come to town with mulled wine and cheesy garlic bread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sil-El Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 You can eat chocolate and other goodies without feeling guilty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 You can't find nice birthday cards for special people that have birthdays in December !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Oh gosh yes - OH's birthday is at the beginning of January. Rubbish cards by then too, it's all valentines day cards. Our anniversary is in February - Mother's day cards then! I have to go when there isn't an event in the summer to get a decent card for anyone. Farmers market tomorrow - looking forward to some goodies!!! It's Christmas when - shops have special cheeses with rum and cinnamon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Rum and cinnamon!!! Want some!!! Only available at farmers market I expect. Love Wensyldale and cranberries- nom nom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Going to a farmers market in Alton tomorrow. Will keep an eye out for all manner of goodies - particularly cheese and rum!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Going to a farmers market in Alton tomorrow. Will keep an eye out for all manner of goodies - particularly cheese and rum!!! What did you buy ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 We bought venison meatballs (had them this evening - oh yum). We bought some goat meat. Some blue cheeses and some runny cheeses. And a couple of pretty photos in frames. One was an owl for my mum's present. One was a gorgeous wild flower meadow. A young lad, so we had a chat with him. Some bread - one watercress and cheese and the other sundried tomato (eaten some and froze the rest) and it was delicious. Not sure of the method of baking them, very moist and looks like they'd been cooked in a round cake tin? Also some stollen - had that from the ladies last year too and it's so yummy. Slightly disappointed as it has been bigger in the past but the weather wasn't exactly brilliant. There's a very nice veg stall, but we didn't get anything - fridge full of veg! There was a lady selling patchwork quilts - I did tell her they were very pretty. They looked laptop sized and cot sized. And some other things she had. Quite a variety although we thought someone would be selling wreaths - nada. Christmas trees though. Ooh forgot - hubby bought some cherry chutney! Not sure about that. The guy said they had recently planted several acres of apricots - oh yum!!!! So next year apricot chutney for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Did you buy the young lad?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 This year OH made spiced peach chutney, which is virtually apricot It was lovely. Although not quite so lovely when I mistook it for a jar of my peach and vanilla jam, and spread it on my toast one morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) ...when your mom takes you to make Christmas centre pieces. A real important thing in the Netherlands. You normally stick a candle in them too. I do tea lights. Edited December 15, 2015 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Did you buy the young lad?! NO! Besides hubby was with me! And the young lad had his other half with him. No I didn't let hubby buy her either. Well fair's fair! Oh poor Daphne - a little surprise for you then!!! Sounds lovely though. I love the centrepieces with candles - my friend's mum is German and used to be a florist so I used to get some very pretty things as my Christmas present! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Stuff piling up at work from grateful pts and a big sign telling staff not to open them and eat as not enough to go round. We have got thro 3 tins Quality street several tins of biscuits - spose to be a health centre. The receptionist has put any poinsettas in the nurses room as we have one thats been going for 3 yrs and is just going red again. She tells pts recp kill them and the nurses seem to be better with them. I will have a window sill of them. Blooming things die at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Perhaps you have a more stable ambient temperature in the nurses room (just had to correct an auto correct that turned nurses into nudes ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Phew thank goodness for that. I draw the line at nudes - top half off or bottom never the whole kerboodle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I am meeting a nurse friend on Monday - I shall tell her about the autocorrect You go out for lunch in a pub and cannot move for tables of works Xmas lunches....I work for myself so have forgotten what this is like Your neighbours harangue you (good naturedly) for not having any outdoor lights, we seem to be letting the side down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Gosh yes, I'm missing the office lunch ... not! I used to hate them, ours wasn't even subsidised and while most of my colleagues were nice there were always a couple I didn't want to spend an afternoon with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 You get to work in record-quick time because the roads are empty I don't know if it's because everyone else has finished for xmas or whether they're all on xmas do's and have left their cars at home, but my usual mile-and-a-bit of crawling traffic to get to the motorway was nowhere to be seen this morning I haven't slept for a week and it's not xmas day already ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Parcels, parcels, parcels......Amazon is the new Father Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 There is a Christmas set of music on Spotify........ ......I have found the 'Bah Humbug' Christmas hat.......and its already been on somebody's head (not mine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
