Mere kirihimete
Dec. 26th, 2018 08:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xansMerry Christmas, happy holidays, etc.
Lot of busy-ness around here atm. My mum & step-dad came over from the states. Christmas Eve we had them, plus my brother, S-i-L & nephew spend the night so we could spend Christmas Day together.
I shelled out a bucketload of money on a new phone that was on sale until the end of Christmas Eve. Didn't even get free time to open and figure it out until last night. I really should get a case for it because I'd hate to drop and crack it.
Anyway, Christmas Day itself was nice. My mum was hustling me in the morning to get to the opening presents stage. The boy still has half a dozen unopened presents as he mostly stuck to emoting his "stocking" (it's more of a sack), although my brother also opened his present for the boy because it was a book about construction vehicles that made noises and kept him from stealing his cousin's noisy dino book.
My mum also offloaded some jewellery and knickknacks that weren't part of the Christmas haul. And they picked us up a small bottle of Johnny walker blue label from the duty free shop. Damn that was smooth. Between that, my husband buying Jack Daniel's and receiving a selection of beers as his Christmas work bonus, not to mention the wine and cider we picked up from the supermarket, I've had as much alcohol in the last four days as I've had all year.
The meal itself was great. We were going to pick up a pavlova from the supermarket but we couldn't find any, and I was unimpressed at the mini meringue baskets. For the price they were, I was certain I could make nicer from scratch. So I ended up trying my hand at making pavlova for the very first time. Instead of a single big one I did six smaller ones. Once they were done, my husband put a leg of lamb in to roast, plus a tray of pumpkin, kumara, carrot & potatoes. We had an old salad I was going to top up until I saw how sad it was and just made a fresh one. We had a small ham, but my brother got given a massive one as his Christmas bonus so we traded and dished some of that one up instead. Also had a fresh crust Vienna loaf from the supermarket. The pavs turned out fantastic, served up with whipped cream, blueberries and strawberries. Also had some homemade berry tarts I made. So much good food.
My brother, S-i-L & nephew went home that evening. Boxing Day (today) my husband had to work, when it would normally be his weekend. He has tomorrow off, and then next week he's getting tues-wed as a three day weekend. Around lunchtime we walked down to town with my mum & step-dad and found the Shoreline Cinema was the only cafe open, but they spotted me a coffee and cake for lunch before they caught the bus-replacing-trains to Wellington. Munchkin thought he was gonna get to wait at the station and watch trains and I ended up chatting to these ladies that had come up from Wellington and we're waiting for their ride, they gave me an ice cream bar because they had a box of them and they were going to melt.
One of the ladies worked with special needs kids so she was asking some q's about the boy and then she got embarrassed when she asked if I was pregnant with no. 2 and I was like, "no, I'm just fat." Anyway, after they left I tried to persuade the boy we needed to get a move on and it was a big tanty dragging him away from the platform.
Got home and I think the heat plus so much sweet food got to me as I felt kind of ill. Ended up dozing on the couch with a bowl nearby in case I puked. Drank water all afternoon and peed a lot, and was a bit gassy but didn't throw up. The boy was good and played in another room with his tablet until the battery died so I didn't have to exert much energy. Felt better by evening and have had a good dinner of leftovers.
Lot of busy-ness around here atm. My mum & step-dad came over from the states. Christmas Eve we had them, plus my brother, S-i-L & nephew spend the night so we could spend Christmas Day together.
I shelled out a bucketload of money on a new phone that was on sale until the end of Christmas Eve. Didn't even get free time to open and figure it out until last night. I really should get a case for it because I'd hate to drop and crack it.
Anyway, Christmas Day itself was nice. My mum was hustling me in the morning to get to the opening presents stage. The boy still has half a dozen unopened presents as he mostly stuck to emoting his "stocking" (it's more of a sack), although my brother also opened his present for the boy because it was a book about construction vehicles that made noises and kept him from stealing his cousin's noisy dino book.
My mum also offloaded some jewellery and knickknacks that weren't part of the Christmas haul. And they picked us up a small bottle of Johnny walker blue label from the duty free shop. Damn that was smooth. Between that, my husband buying Jack Daniel's and receiving a selection of beers as his Christmas work bonus, not to mention the wine and cider we picked up from the supermarket, I've had as much alcohol in the last four days as I've had all year.
The meal itself was great. We were going to pick up a pavlova from the supermarket but we couldn't find any, and I was unimpressed at the mini meringue baskets. For the price they were, I was certain I could make nicer from scratch. So I ended up trying my hand at making pavlova for the very first time. Instead of a single big one I did six smaller ones. Once they were done, my husband put a leg of lamb in to roast, plus a tray of pumpkin, kumara, carrot & potatoes. We had an old salad I was going to top up until I saw how sad it was and just made a fresh one. We had a small ham, but my brother got given a massive one as his Christmas bonus so we traded and dished some of that one up instead. Also had a fresh crust Vienna loaf from the supermarket. The pavs turned out fantastic, served up with whipped cream, blueberries and strawberries. Also had some homemade berry tarts I made. So much good food.
My brother, S-i-L & nephew went home that evening. Boxing Day (today) my husband had to work, when it would normally be his weekend. He has tomorrow off, and then next week he's getting tues-wed as a three day weekend. Around lunchtime we walked down to town with my mum & step-dad and found the Shoreline Cinema was the only cafe open, but they spotted me a coffee and cake for lunch before they caught the bus-replacing-trains to Wellington. Munchkin thought he was gonna get to wait at the station and watch trains and I ended up chatting to these ladies that had come up from Wellington and we're waiting for their ride, they gave me an ice cream bar because they had a box of them and they were going to melt.
One of the ladies worked with special needs kids so she was asking some q's about the boy and then she got embarrassed when she asked if I was pregnant with no. 2 and I was like, "no, I'm just fat." Anyway, after they left I tried to persuade the boy we needed to get a move on and it was a big tanty dragging him away from the platform.
Got home and I think the heat plus so much sweet food got to me as I felt kind of ill. Ended up dozing on the couch with a bowl nearby in case I puked. Drank water all afternoon and peed a lot, and was a bit gassy but didn't throw up. The boy was good and played in another room with his tablet until the battery died so I didn't have to exert much energy. Felt better by evening and have had a good dinner of leftovers.
