Christmas Eve

 I's Christmas Eve today and our Festivities started yesterday when my youngest daughter and her partner drove up from Portsmouth  for the day. We spent it at my older daughter new house which she hadn't seen before so had the grand tour. Family arrived in dribs and drabs so that we didn't have too many  at once but most stayed nearly all the time she was here and it was great to hear the laughter and talking going on. as most of them hadn't seen her since the summer time.  We have all been jabbed so hope we get through this next Covid phase. Tomorrow we are spending the day at my grandsons and he is doing most of the cooking. I have made my sherry trifle. just got to finish it off in the morning and made a sausage meat stuffing loaf. I am picking my daughter up together with the cooked turkey and driving as I don't drink alcohol so should be safe to drive them home. !!

Happy Christmas to all my friendly bloggers and whatever you are doing make the most of it and enjoy youselves. Poppy is sniffing round some packets that look like Dreamies on the tree so I think I might let her have an early present and I can't wait any longer to have some Florentines so Merry Christmas from Poppy and Val xxx

Christmas arrangements

 Last Sunday we had a family get together to arrange our Christmas day. Previous years we had all gone out to a pub for our Christmas lunch but last year we decided to do it ourselves due to Covid . we all put in the cost the lunch we had paid before and divided the buying of food for the day and drink of course. Son inlaw got a turkey  with his staff discount, I had lots delivered as I am at home the most and we all bought our favourite dish ( I made a Sherry trifle. ) We all spent the day with me and Grandson & I did the cooking. It was the most my oven had been used for years!! When the cost was taken out  it was about half we would have paid to go out, the rest of the money was sent to Find, our local foodbank.  

We decided to do the same again this year, we are going to my Grandsons as it is their first Christmas in the new house. I am buying the cheeseboard and the nuts and making my trifle of course, soninlaw has just bought the turkey  and grandsons partner is making her faboulous chocolate cheesecake(yummy) everything else is split between us. It will be interesting to see how much is left for the foodbank as food is going up week on week. If we can't get all we want so what, our lovely day together is about our time and fun together not food. 

Today Poppy and I are putting up our decorations, It's a miserable day here but we will will soon be bright and merry as long a I remember where the tree is! Where did I put it???? Poppy is asleep on the settee so I am going to wake her up and get those lights out. Happy weekend from Poppy and Val xx