Who'd have thought that we would have a white Christmas? Certainly the days leading up to the 25th showed no signs of snow, the constant rain led everyone to believe that it would just be a wet Christmas. But miraculously, over night on Christmas Eve, snow fell so the morning of Christmas day was beautiful and white!
Me and the boyfriend started opening our presents as soon as the clock struck midnight - it's a tradition now! Here's a list of my presents:
3 Books - James Barclay 'Raven' trilogy
Star Wars DVD trilogy
Shrek 2 DVD
Fahrenheit 911 DVD
Robbie the Reindeer DVD
Walking jacket (one of those you can zip a fleece into)
Knitted scarf
Maroon 5 CD
Bootee 'feet warmers' (you put them in the microwave...)
Aromatherapy bath/shower/radio kit
Minnie Mouse mug
Diary & address book
Toiletry set
Socks
Fitted casual jacket
Not a bad haul really - I'm pretty pleased with all the above.
Christmas dinner was great and delicious - my little sis is a great cook, unlike me! Who was there? Me, big sis, little sis, Grandma and the bf. We had a lovely chicken dinner, rounded off with Christmas pudding.
After eating, we settled down to watch some festive TV, namely Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone! Dropped Grandma off back home as she didn't want to stay too late and then picked up my sister's mate and her boyfriend.
Played The Really Nasty Horse Racing game, which last two hours but it was great fun, although at the start, no one was really enthusiastic as they didn't know how to play. Once they got the hang of the rules, it was a real laugh! Interestingly enough, us three sisters came 1st, 2nd and 3rd...not that we're competitive or anything!
Me and the bf left at 11.45am. Started reading one of the James Barclay books - looks promising.
Hope anyone who stops to read this had a fabulous Christmas! :)
The incredible event of the sea surge in Asia has left me completely reeling. The death toll rises and rises, it now stands between sixty and seventy thousand people, with the waves so strong that its wet death spread even as far as the shores of Africa. I am not going to go all Sir Bob Geldolf on you, despite my Irish ancestry, but please, please, please if you only ever make one tiny charitable donation in your life, make it now and make it soon. The greatest tragedy is the loss of children. One half of all those washed from existence according to BBC radio this morning were children. This is the largest death toll from a tsunami in recorded history. More children WILL die as the after-effects begin to kick in, with disease and malnutrition.
ReplyDeleteIt is at times like these that you can rightfully look into the eyes of our religious leaders and say “why?” Demographically the countries hit have genuine multi belief systems that span from Christianity, Islamism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism and other traditional local religions. Also, with the exception of maybe two of the countries hit, nearly all of them practice tolerance towards other religious groups. As for the colour of skin, all shades are represented here; ethnicity could be no more diverse than in this region of the world. So if God or Gods or Goddess’ exist, black, white, gay or straight why is it necessary to wipe out over 30,000 children. No doubt, some fat balding American or European will be reclining in there leather desk chair reading this and explaining away natural disasters such as this in terms of natural law, keeping the planets population in check. And I worry if President Bush is bringing together a council of war to invade this rouge country of Tsunami; such is the mis-understanding of this region of the world.
Fifty English pence buys a survival kit that can provided sustenance for two weeks, that is about a Dollar or a Euro or a quarter of the price of your cheeseburger. Hell, I hate it when people TELL me what I should or shouldn’t be giving too, so just read the stories yourself, go to your news sites and read. Then give a little something, I couldn’t be any poorer right now by Western standards, seriously, what with my mum passing away, traveling to Ireland, legal fees to fight for me to see my son, four children, Christmas and a low wage, I am completely fucking skint! But I am not going to starve; I am not going to drink cholera infested water; I am not going to huddle under a thin bit of plastic tonight shoeless and hopeless. Please please give something and post this UNICEF link on your blog so that it may inspire others to give. I have faith in the blogging community as the new world order, the genuine council of the world, the balanced intelligentsia. We can make a difference, even if it is just your change in your pocket, seriously, that may save a life.
Sorry if this is bit heavy and away from my usual selfish and melancholy ranting, but I can’t just sit by. Here is the link. Take care. http://www.unicef.org/
Ok, this comment was kinda heavy going but justified. I have close family who live in South East Asia, who are now waiting to hear from friends and colleagues who went to Thailand and Malaysia for Christmas breaks.
ReplyDeleteAs for giving money to help the devastation, I have already donated via my CAF charity account. You too can find info here: http://www.allaboutgiving.org/
Think I'll do a proper post about CAF