I'm sure I've spelt mistletoe wrong, but never mind.
Yes, it's that time of year once again! Where does the time go? All I know is that wherever it goes, it's going there too quick!
Apologies for the Christmas cards (to the people who get Christmas cards from me) as they only got posted yesterday. I'm hoping they will arrive in time for the big day.
So what are the plans for a sunny Christmas in Oz this year? Probably the same as last year but minus the sunburn! For those of you that have recently joined and do not know what I'm talking about, please let me explain.........
Last Christmas day we took some turkey sandwiches, pickled onions and plenty of water, to the beach with us. For the first time in, oh, many years, my legs were let loose to blind anybody that dare look at them. So off we went to sit on the beach for about an hour or so - any longer and I get bored, but this is Australia so we thought we'd "do the Australian thing". Having applied suncream to my legs, I merrily looked at them blending into the sand with their paleness. By the time we had got home, I was tender. By the evening, I was cooking very nicely! By the next morning, I couldn't walk very well!
You see, I seemed to have managed to cook my legs. In fact I, or rather the sun, did such a good job you could have eaten my legs 'cos they were cooked so much. This resulted in much pain and a close brush with whether to go to the hospital or not. Fortunately it went down and about three weeks later my legs were almost looking like they should, all be it with a touch of extra colour.
So this year, dear Santa, I would like to not have sunburn for Christmas!
Apart from going to the beach and making sure I'm covered from head to toe, we will be enjoying the time off work. We have a nice little fibre optic tree this year which I've even managed to decorate with a few small baubles. It's not the same as having a nice big 6ft tree but it's much better than the 30cm mini real tree we had last year. At least we can get presents under this tree as opposed to having them around the TV!
Yet it still doesn't feel like Christmas :-(
I reckon it's because of the weather as well as missing my friends and family. Although the weather today is 18 - 21 degrees C!!!! How cold? Yes, i realise that isn't really that cold but it is when you've had a drop from 35 degrees C yesterday. Funny weather.
So who is everyone backing for Crimbo no.1 in the UK? I hear that there is a big push for Sir Cliff this year - about time too! Though I'm not sure if his song is very chrissmassy. I like a nice proper Christmas song, like Slade's "It's Christmas!" Though hearing them all the time is very tedious and soon has me pulling my hair out. I remember we used to have a pretty decent Christmas soundtrack in the shop, there was Destiny's Child singing some xmas song or other, Mariah Carey and other people I've never heard of, but it was good. And it was fun.
Also, I've not seen Mistletoe for years. Does it still exist? I wonder if they have it in Australia?
Perhaps I should take a look.
Yes, it's that time of year once again! Where does the time go? All I know is that wherever it goes, it's going there too quick!
Apologies for the Christmas cards (to the people who get Christmas cards from me) as they only got posted yesterday. I'm hoping they will arrive in time for the big day.
So what are the plans for a sunny Christmas in Oz this year? Probably the same as last year but minus the sunburn! For those of you that have recently joined and do not know what I'm talking about, please let me explain.........
Last Christmas day we took some turkey sandwiches, pickled onions and plenty of water, to the beach with us. For the first time in, oh, many years, my legs were let loose to blind anybody that dare look at them. So off we went to sit on the beach for about an hour or so - any longer and I get bored, but this is Australia so we thought we'd "do the Australian thing". Having applied suncream to my legs, I merrily looked at them blending into the sand with their paleness. By the time we had got home, I was tender. By the evening, I was cooking very nicely! By the next morning, I couldn't walk very well!
You see, I seemed to have managed to cook my legs. In fact I, or rather the sun, did such a good job you could have eaten my legs 'cos they were cooked so much. This resulted in much pain and a close brush with whether to go to the hospital or not. Fortunately it went down and about three weeks later my legs were almost looking like they should, all be it with a touch of extra colour.
So this year, dear Santa, I would like to not have sunburn for Christmas!
Apart from going to the beach and making sure I'm covered from head to toe, we will be enjoying the time off work. We have a nice little fibre optic tree this year which I've even managed to decorate with a few small baubles. It's not the same as having a nice big 6ft tree but it's much better than the 30cm mini real tree we had last year. At least we can get presents under this tree as opposed to having them around the TV!
Yet it still doesn't feel like Christmas :-(
I reckon it's because of the weather as well as missing my friends and family. Although the weather today is 18 - 21 degrees C!!!! How cold? Yes, i realise that isn't really that cold but it is when you've had a drop from 35 degrees C yesterday. Funny weather.
So who is everyone backing for Crimbo no.1 in the UK? I hear that there is a big push for Sir Cliff this year - about time too! Though I'm not sure if his song is very chrissmassy. I like a nice proper Christmas song, like Slade's "It's Christmas!" Though hearing them all the time is very tedious and soon has me pulling my hair out. I remember we used to have a pretty decent Christmas soundtrack in the shop, there was Destiny's Child singing some xmas song or other, Mariah Carey and other people I've never heard of, but it was good. And it was fun.
Also, I've not seen Mistletoe for years. Does it still exist? I wonder if they have it in Australia?
Perhaps I should take a look.
