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A quick thank-you to LJers who came bearing gifts, all much appreciated.
Last Cat Standing, Phoebe, is currently well stoned on her Xmas smelly fish, which she didn't have to share with anyone else this year.
By way of variation this year, Xmas dinner will follow Dr Who.
PIB Lee icon in honor of Xmas Josephs and Marias, which along with the 100-best-musical thing (which we've seen before) was a good way to while away Xmas eve!
I could have done without the Xmas cold ...
Nearly there ...
Dec. 23rd, 2006 12:48 pm December has gone in a flash, really. We've been busy at work, and I do like to try and get things at least moving in the right direction before packing up for the festive break. One or two things didn't get done, but on the whole I feel reasonably happy with the state of play. I was doing quite well on the 'throwing things away' front, too, until we got a huge delivery of packages which, for lack of space elsehwere, got stacked in front of my filing cabinet until the New Year - !
I haven't done anything at all on the PhD front other than collect more paper - but I now have a week off, so hopefully some of that will find its way into files. If I can just get some order into the chaos, everything else should follow naturally (she laughed).
The unusually warm Autumn has meant we have a rose in bloom in the garden for Xmas - actually with the freezing fog the last few days I think it's freeze-dried, but nonetheless! The heron I've seen once before passed by again this morning, which was nice as Phoebesmum and Wannabedolphin saw it too. It must live in the area - last time I saw it I just thought it was lost!
We are now just about ready for Xmas - the turkey's in the freezer (well, the turkey breast, there only being two meat eaters), the vegetables are all over the place, and there's the usual abundance of twiglets, cheese and crackers around the place. I've nearly finished the wrapping, and tinsel has been draped over everything that doesn't move (the cats narrowly escaped).
I never did get into Neverwinter Nights 2, I'll have to give it another go at some point, got back into Neverwinter Nights 1 instead - and I must check up on some of the downloads! Have also discovered Dragonfable, a free (or very cheap, you get benefits from a one-off payment) game which plays in the browser. Silly, simple and great fun.
My passing gentleman hasn't managed to get here in time for Xmas so one of my pressies will be late this year, he had flu and then his daughter's car broke down, so there went the week before Xmas ...
No other news - merry Xmas to all my readers!!
I haven't done anything at all on the PhD front other than collect more paper - but I now have a week off, so hopefully some of that will find its way into files. If I can just get some order into the chaos, everything else should follow naturally (she laughed).
The unusually warm Autumn has meant we have a rose in bloom in the garden for Xmas - actually with the freezing fog the last few days I think it's freeze-dried, but nonetheless! The heron I've seen once before passed by again this morning, which was nice as Phoebesmum and Wannabedolphin saw it too. It must live in the area - last time I saw it I just thought it was lost!
We are now just about ready for Xmas - the turkey's in the freezer (well, the turkey breast, there only being two meat eaters), the vegetables are all over the place, and there's the usual abundance of twiglets, cheese and crackers around the place. I've nearly finished the wrapping, and tinsel has been draped over everything that doesn't move (the cats narrowly escaped).
I never did get into Neverwinter Nights 2, I'll have to give it another go at some point, got back into Neverwinter Nights 1 instead - and I must check up on some of the downloads! Have also discovered Dragonfable, a free (or very cheap, you get benefits from a one-off payment) game which plays in the browser. Silly, simple and great fun.
My passing gentleman hasn't managed to get here in time for Xmas so one of my pressies will be late this year, he had flu and then his daughter's car broke down, so there went the week before Xmas ...
No other news - merry Xmas to all my readers!!
.. well, there it went for another year. We managed to get just the right tree, despite the arrival of the armchairs making our lounge shrink alarmingly, dinner was excellent, and the only tragedy was the mysterious death of the DVD on Christmas Eve (we're hoping my gentleman caller can rescue the West Wing disc that's still in it). On the other hand, this means we won't spend today just vegging out, as we have to go look for another one and heaven knows what's open around here. It's amazing how often, when it comes to shopping, I miss Grimsby. Yes, Grimsby. Where my flat was I could *walk* to Homebase, Comet, Sainsbury's, Matalan, Scottish Power, Do-it-all and a car spares place. Since I left, they've added a PC World to the mix. Within 10 minutes walk I had the town centre, with a wide variety of interesting shops and, failing that, the market. And if I was feeling really adventurous, another 10 minutes got me to Freeman Street, which, apart from being the ex-red light disctrict of Grimsby (by the docks, y'see) sported a variety of cheap-but-fun emporiums, and the biggest Asda outside of London.
On a dull day with an empty fridge, I could drive to the 24-hour Tescos, or Morrisons; and if I just felt like browsing interesting tourist shops there was Cleethorpes, with added seafront just for light entertainment.
What a pity the council was (and is) crap, there are no decent jobs, and London's just too far away for a day out ...
Back to Xmas. My bookshelf is refilled, and I had two, count 'em, two extra things with Jeffrey in, one of which was a video so Lynn and I watched it whilst Phoebesmum kept the cats company on Xmas afternoon. It was dreadful, of course, but hey. He looked cute.
Thre's a severe weather warning for snow Tuesday tonight, so we may wake up Wednesday to a carpet of white stuff and the delightful realisation that neither of us has to go to work!!
Anyway, to all my readers (all two of you) a Merry Xmas and let's hope 2006 is a good one!!
On a dull day with an empty fridge, I could drive to the 24-hour Tescos, or Morrisons; and if I just felt like browsing interesting tourist shops there was Cleethorpes, with added seafront just for light entertainment.
What a pity the council was (and is) crap, there are no decent jobs, and London's just too far away for a day out ...
Back to Xmas. My bookshelf is refilled, and I had two, count 'em, two extra things with Jeffrey in, one of which was a video so Lynn and I watched it whilst Phoebesmum kept the cats company on Xmas afternoon. It was dreadful, of course, but hey. He looked cute.
Thre's a severe weather warning for snow Tuesday tonight, so we may wake up Wednesday to a carpet of white stuff and the delightful realisation that neither of us has to go to work!!
Anyway, to all my readers (all two of you) a Merry Xmas and let's hope 2006 is a good one!!
