THE DAY BEFORE....PREP

Today we are doing our final grocery shop before tomorrow's festive feast.

I've decided to make a trifle, something I've not done in many years.

I'm feeling a bit nervous.  Mostly because I'm worried that what we need from the supermarket will be sold out.

Trifle sponge, fresh cream and so on.

I suppose we won't know till we get down there eh?

After the grocery shopping Stew is going to mow the lawns before we end up having to get a hay bailer!

While he's doing that, I will be making sausage rolls for lunch.  Amanda is coming for lunch today as she won't be here tomorrow.

Joel, her 2nd son, is down with Covid for the second time! So her little family is a bit scattered at the moment, avoiding each other so no one else gets it.

We hope to see her two younger kids in the next few days.

This afternoon I will be making the trifle, and a big potato salad.  Oh and I better get the chickens out of the freezer.

I was going to make platters for Christmas lunch, but I changed my mind.  I want roast chickens, ham, salads and trifle, ice cream, fruit etc!  I've been buying most of the bits 'n' bobs for Christmas Day for the past few weeks.

Certainly helps spread the cost out.

Same with gifts.  I start Christmas Shopping in January.  Anyone else do that?

Right, that's me for now.

I will be back later.

I  ONLY WANT ONE THING for Christmas.  Can anyone guess what that is?

I seriously doubt anyone will get it right.  lol

9 am:  Well we have been to the supermarket, Countdown wasn't too busy, but New World was.

The only thing we couldn't find was Potato Salad dressing in the brand we wanted.  But, we did find an alternative, so here's hoping it's as good as ETA.

Mike 'n' Joyce also went to the supermarket.  J Baby is a BOGAN and went in her PJ's!    Mike said one lady was giving her the evil eye so he politely asked her "What, haven't you seen pyjamas before?"  And she quickly turned away. 😂😅😂

The dogs are still getting along.

ABOVE:  Our girls were hoping they'd get some of Beau's breakfast.  lol

My Christmas Wish.  So far Brylee has guessed:

- Tom Hanks

- No drama or chaos tomorrow

- Curling iron

- My two front teeth ... pretty sure I actually have them!

And none of those guesses are right.

Keep trying.  

AT THE END OF THE DAY I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I REALLY, REALLY WANT FOR CHRISTMAS.

To order to be FAIR, I am not going to get what I want for Christmas THIS YEAR... but maybe next year I will! 

We had  a very nice visit from Amanda and BF for lunch today.  I made sausage rolls, they were bloody nice.

After they left, and because I changed my mind about dessert for tomorrow, I needed a trifle bowl.

You know, glass, deep, straight up and down sides.

Do I have a bowl like that?  NO.

So Stew and I went to The Base to find one.

Did we find one?

NO.  

Ran into Mike 'n' Joyce though. "Hi kids".

Came home.

And as I sat down, Stew pointed to something on a kitchen shelf.

And he said "How about THAT?"

ABOVE: That's the glass jar we bought in Palmerston North a while ago.  It's  NOT perfect, but it will do!  Isn't Stewy a clever bugger!  😂😊😉  AND he's gorgeous.

5.30 pm and I have just finished making the potato salad and trifle.  Both look wonderful.

ABOVE:  The jar has worked beautifully!  I'm so happy with it.  Fingers crossed the trifle tastes as good as it looks.

Tomorrow I will add crushed Brandy Snaps on the top and we can have the trifle with ice cream and Pavlova Baskets.

We are all sharing dinner this evening, takeaways of some sort. No decision has been made yet on WHAT that will be.  Food is food at the end of the day.

And now I'm going to sign off for the day.

BUT NOT BEFORE TELLING YOU ALL WHAT I REALLY, REALLY WANT FOR CHRISTMAS!

GOTTCHA.  Ya didn't expect that did ya.