TWAS THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS....

 DON'T FORGET.

DON'T FORGET.

DON'T BLOODY WELL FORGET to pick up all the salads from the supermarket at 10 am!  And a pavlova or two.

Sometimes, I forget shit.

So, putting it on the blog reminds me.

Anyone else feel like they need to carry around a notepad and pen, so when you think of something, or remember something, you can write it down?

I'm sure it's NOT Alzheimer's, it's just life being so busy and complicated.

Though sometimes I think my kids try to convince me I'm loosing my marbles!   Little shits.

It's supposed to be another hot day today.  I believe them for once.  Thank god for our pool, it is going to be a life saver over summer.

ABOVE:  Look who got his very own Christmas Gnome Runner.  He loves it.

I will be making more of them sometime next year.  Gosh I hope craft markets happen again next year!  Otherwise I have Runners etc for gifts, for the next 10 years!

Stew finishes work for this year at midday.  Once he's home we shall go to the supermarket (again) for anything we still need.  

And then... we shall relax!  ha ha ha.  Like that's gunna happen.

10.20 am:  The first thing I do every morning now is look out the window at the driveway.  JUST to make sure nothing else is going wrong with it.

ABOVE:  This morning I saw this in the middle of the driveway!   I freaked out.

Rang Stew.  And he said it was condensation from his work car!!!!  He's left it on the driveway instead of under the carport last night because Martyn's motorbike was under the carport.

PHEW!   I was about to spit the dummy I tell ya!

So I went to the supermarket and got all our salads, cooked chooks and a few other bits 'n' bobs.

It wasn't too crowded, and there was still PLENTY of Christmas foods available.

I got two pavlovas.  

ABOVE:  It is not lost on me how lucky we are to be able to stock our pantry and fridge so well.  I put several items in the 'Donation' box at the supermarket today.  And the SPCA one too.

ABOVE:  I had planned on keeping all our big planter pots and so on OFF the driveway until it was fixed.

Now?

I am going to put them all back where they belong, because why shouldn't they go back where they belong (for now).  God knows when the driveway will be fixed.  *sigh*

When the asphalt company come back, they can damn well move them.

ABOVE:  Martyn just sent me this photo.  How cute is that?  His very own Christmas Runner.

ABOVE:  I finally got around to trimming a piece of spare carpet for under the bar stools.  I will get it bound in the New Year.

There's a lot of spare carpet.  I might sort out what mats I would like made with it next year.

I also just put all our pots back in place on the driveway.  It looks so much better with them in place again.

NOT the driveway, don't misunderstand me!!!

lol

Stew should be home in an hour or so.  Then we can truly just kick back and enjoy the next 16 days with him home, before he heads back to work.

Stew got home and we went to the supermarket for more 'last minute' stuff.  It wasn't crowded at all (again).

Stew says I trimmed the carpet piece to small.  So I shall have to make another one, bigger.  *sigh*

Steve, Bex and the boys came over late afternoon for a swim.  

I had a nap.

After they left, Stew and I jumped in the pool and cooled down before dinner.

I cooked ravioli in a tomato sauce for our dinner.

Now we are watching TV, and looking forward to tomorrow.

NITE NITE, SLEEP TIGHT, LEAVE SOMETHING OUT FOR SANTA.