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 I'm pleased to say that our dogs have made a complete recovery and are now both back to normal. I did go to South Gloucestershire with the dogs and OH to look after granddaughter for our daughter's Xmas work night out. Granddaughter was very well behaved, as she always is with us. We dropped of Xmas presents for our eldest son, daughter-in-law and the 2 eldest grandchildren on the way home.

Our nephew and son (Mark) both arrived on Friday evening. Our daughter and youngest grandchild arrived Saturday, so we were pretty full over the weekend. Nephew left yesterday, Monday, as he has work on Tuesday. We all had our huge Xmas dinner before he left which was cooked by our daughter this year. Xmas table cloth, crackers, and wine were on the table so it looked really festive. We always have a Xmas meal before Xmas, never on Xmas Day. We never have a roast meal on Sundays either, like many people in the UK. OH made it a rule, when we first got married, that he didn't want Sundays taken up with cooking a big meal, and was happy to have a roast meal midweek instead. Same reason he likes Xmas Day to be relaxing with no cooking taking place. We usually have salads and sandwiches, cakes, mince pies etc on the 25th, almost an all day buffet. It worked well for us when the children were young, as by the time they had filled up with chocolate, they were never very hungry on Christmas Day. It gave us a chance to spend time watching them open their presents and play, instead of being in the kitchen for hours.

Thankfully, the last one of our granddaughter's Xmas presents arrived yesterday afternoon. It took Evri 8 days to deliver it, and the tracking only updated after I contacted them to complain! I managed to sneak it upstairs to wrap it up without her spotting me lol. So everything here is ready for the big day. Our eldest son will probably come to visit on Boxing Day or the day after.

Happy Christmas to everyone reading this whenever you are.

Bye for now All the best 

Sally x 

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