bigfoodiemama

Ah.....yes the spirit of Christmas and alot of other spirits finally entered my soul.Christmas 2017 was a good one...and very social. BMM retired after 49 years last on December 20th, so having watched " Santa" and "Joseph" (with my heart bursting with pride and love) at the school Christmas plays, I got dolled up, GASP donned a sports jacket and we headed to The Kitchen restaurant to celebrate BMM's final day of work. The Burmese Scot started the party from afar by ordering two bottles of Prosecco and the Ambassadrice, The Hairy One , The Mad One, Spud Farmer, The Line Dancer and Gone to Stud joined us in enjoying a wine filled, giggly evening of funny stories and delicious food...a trend that was to continue for this festive season. On Friday 22nd we celebrated the Gorgeous Goddaughter turning 21 in the home of the Aged Aunt and the Belgian FOB. Their magnificent glittering home proved the perfect venue for a glamorous party and the Legal Eagle, Jim Bob and th

On December 1st the Christmas season was thrust upon me with force, as, in the course of one evening, I attended my Dad's retirement village Christmas dinner, before leaving to make it down town to meet GASP and the boys to watch Santa switch on the lights in the local town and then heading home to settle down for the Late Late Toy Show. Talk about overload ! I woke up on Saturday, still moderately hormonal and considered the fact that our 14 year old artificial tree would have to be erected over the next week. This led to a mini internal revolt, where I decided I could not physically put the same decorations up AGAIN and that action would have to be taken. The tree always looked as if a 4 year old had decorated it, and people smiled at it thinking I had left the boys to it, but the truth is, it was usually decorated by me...the very unimaginative, non artistic me. Enough was enough ! I was determined that I would find some love for the tree again, so traipsed the boys off to the s