Well, I should say that, further to my last post, my stress levels have come down a few notches, despite son failing his driving test…

We are still without a date for completion and all the house stuff is still looming over us, but at the moment, there are more pressing concerns like the fast approach of Christmas.

We are now nearly sorted. I am waiting for three presents that were ordered on line. I have an expected delivery date for two of them for Monday - which is all a little too close to the mark if you ask me. The other was not even dispatched until Friday so there is no way I will be able to give my parents that.. Plan B methinks…

We have one more present to get on hubby’s side and the teens still have their dad to buy for… and I too have a challenge in that area… but moving swiftly on as he will probably be reading this later, I will have that sorted soon too…

We have all the Christmas food and drink bought and put away and our kitchen in bulging. I am so looking forward to a new house with a bigger kitchen… but that is next year.

Mother managed to sort her oven out on her own…yay…

Son is happier…he was not a happy bunny at failing his driving test again but has reached a place of acceptance. Where the young lady is concerned, well that is a rather unknown quantity, but he was out with his posse last night and out with the lads tonight and so…who knows really. I expect he will launch into a heart to heart mum and son “chat” just as I am going to bed at some stage…

Daughter is a treasure. She is going to relieve me of some of the baking and take over the job of making the mince pies and chocolate log.

Hubby and I managed to spend a very “de-stressing” couple of hours together on Thursday evening (or more accurately the early hours of Friday morning) so he has a bit of a spring in his step and we are both feeling better for that!! Unfortunately I have been caught out by a certain monthly visitor (or in this case, three weekly visitor) so our planned “sleep-in” tomorrow (sunday) morning will be just that.

So, for a few more day, I am hopeful that the stress levels are now lower…. well, at least until Christmas Day when it is time to cook the Dinner. Then, there will be a few hours of, what can only be described as “high octane energy” levels until it is all eaten and cleared away.. and then I can relax. But you never know, perhaps this year I will remain calm, cool and collected over the whole cooking caboodle and metamorphose into the dom*st*c g0de$$ N i ge ll a and remain a paragon of peaceful poise whilst serving up the festive fare….. and pigs might fly!!!!!

PS Chuck, if I have the chance, I will post about your comment about the pudding!!!!!

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