Resolutions? As usual...lose weight, get fit....
House resolutions........by this time next year - we have a finished and working holiday annex/airbnb...and a decorated front hallway, a decorated guest bedroom, a finished living room, finished games room. I'd love to do the downstairs loo and the upstairs one which is so bad everybody calls it the workmans toilet. If I could do all that and maybe the upstairs hallway too....I'll be very happy!!
There would still be a whole conversion of a front car park to a front garden, and the whole of the attic.....so still more than we can do in the next year. If we had lots of money I'd have no doubt we could get everything done!
Anyway - we had all the kids here over Christmas - mostly from 23rd to 27th Dec. Was nice having everybody about - everybody and their partners, who have all been around a while now so its a comfortable, nice family feel. Most of the time lol. Adam and Erika felt a bit left out by the twins and their partners, and I can see what they mean - Lissa and Connor and their partners seem very like-minded...drunken, loud, fun-loving and reckless! Adam and Erika are a little more reserved, like to have fun, but not so loud and reckless!
Christmas Eve we all went to the local Constitutional club and played skittles - Connor won lol - I came 2nd....but I may have cheated on the score board! lol we had a good laugh as usual...
So....christmas morning - we got up and exchanged gifts - which is always loads of fun!! Gifts of note - new GoPro, GHD hair curlers and fitbit off Andy - plus tons more stuff as usual lol....a light up Jaguars jumper, Game of Thrones book, coffee, a game....can't remember! I got a pool cue off Adam and Erika! An awesome Freddie mercury canvas pic off Lissa and Antony - and an awesome light up neon sign for the games room off Connor and Emily - plus other stuff!! After opening pressies, we got tidied up and as is tradition - we did fancy dress on Christmas day. This year we mixed it up a bit and chose each others outfits. I knew who Andy had got (Antony) and that I had Lissa, but I had no idea who else had got who until xmas day.
Christmas Eve we all went to the local Constitutional club and played skittles - Connor won lol - I came 2nd....but I may have cheated on the score board! lol we had a good laugh as usual...
So....christmas morning - we got up and exchanged gifts - which is always loads of fun!! Gifts of note - new GoPro, GHD hair curlers and fitbit off Andy - plus tons more stuff as usual lol....a light up Jaguars jumper, Game of Thrones book, coffee, a game....can't remember! I got a pool cue off Adam and Erika! An awesome Freddie mercury canvas pic off Lissa and Antony - and an awesome light up neon sign for the games room off Connor and Emily - plus other stuff!! After opening pressies, we got tidied up and as is tradition - we did fancy dress on Christmas day. This year we mixed it up a bit and chose each others outfits. I knew who Andy had got (Antony) and that I had Lissa, but I had no idea who else had got who until xmas day.
We left the room with our parcel one at a time - and came back to the group dressed up. It was so funny seeing ppl coming back with their outfits on!! I ended up last and thought mine wasn't as funny as everybody else's - but not according to the reaction I got! I had no idea who I was supposed to be until i put the wig on!! Then I was like - ooohhhh....I'm Donald trump!! hahah
Here are the first pics taken of ppl as they get changed.....
First - Adam:
Then Connor.....
Then Lissa - this is the outfit I chose for her - only somebody like Lissa could carry this off!!
Then Antony - his outfit chosen by Andy!
Erika - outfit chosen by Lissa
Andy's outfit - chosen by Erika - who apparently consulted with helen (thank god - because I believe lycra was mentioned at some point!)
Then my horrendous outfit! Chosen by Connor!! If I had known Connor was getting mine I'd have been a lot more worried than I was!
Emily spent the day with her family - but when she arrived - she promptly got changed in to her outfit - chosen by Lissa.....
HHmmm I seem to have credited Lissa with 2 - and missed ppl out - I cant remember who got who!!
What I do know is that I was secretly hoping for something where I could still do my hair and make-up and try and look nice. NO....I ended up looking THIS BAD:
At least this has given me more incentive to lose weight!!
So, once the excitement of all that was over with - we started on Christmas dinner - Connor did the roast potatoes and yorkshire puds, which helped as he did them in his kitchen - then it was chaos trying to get the food out as there was so much of it. It wasn't bad - not the best and I didn't like the turkey cos it tasted like garlic! (cooked over onion and garlic)....but it was fun sitting down with everybody.
After dinner ppl went off and did their own thing for a while - me, Lissa and Erika had a play with my hair curlers - those two looked awesome - but my hair is thicker and older! lol. Lissa curled my fringe and it just went at a right angle and into my eye! We could not stop laughing for quite some time!!
Eventually we all re-grouped and played a game that Connor and Emily invented - and then made up properly and gave it to Lissa and Antony as a pressie. It was surprisingly good - well not that much of a surprise as we have seen them play it before and have a great time!
It ended up a good, late night!!!
