It's 2007
Just to check my memory isn't completely shot...just yet! with the pregnancy hormones, here are the last 12 days of my Christmas.
Thursday 21st Dec
The buffet/tea party with the in-laws went very well indeed, Gill was more than pleased with the home her little boy is now living in and was over the moon with nursery for her 1st Grandchild, we all ate plenty, the salads and chilli went down a little better than cold meats and stand pie, it was a mega chilled out atmosphere, leading me to believe that when the 6 of us have been together in a pub environment, or at G&D's or John and Claire's it's moi who is on pins, but am mucho relaxed playing the hostess...........ooh I'm a funny bugger.
Let the cats out of bedroom after we'd eaten and Ma P tried not to be too horrified when they wreaked havoc and Andy and i treat them like children.........hahhhaaaa!
They all departed at 10.30pm, we washed up and fell into bed Morecombe and Wise stylee and slumber well before the 12.
Friday 22nd Dec
Was SOOO glad i went to work, the warehouse lads were clearing out the empty offices next door and came across a brand spanking new silver cross pram in it's box ............it was in my car boot in 5 seconds flat.....reight do! i'm going to miss this job!
Being preggers, i was allowed to go at 12 instead of 1pm, nipped into Marlo's...stayed an hour drinking coffee....gave her Grandma's present to deliver, then home to disco kip, Andy was up late & had left the bedroom untidy, i'd just restored whole house to it's usual tidy splendour, when he came home and insisted on showing me all his Christmas buys for his family, we had a bit of mid afternoon nookie, then i wanted to sleep for 2 hours........unfortunately i needed to wee (as i do every hour) but one of Alan's cronies was painting the outside of the house, he was at the bathroom window....being with child i couldn't wait and had to go in the washing up bowl in the kitchen.....guffaw!!!
Up at t.time, called for RMS, delivered his pressie and chatted to his lovely parents, he was asleep and had forgotten i was collecting him, but all was forgiven, we headed for the comi where we plonked for 5 hours in the snug for R Woz's 30th..........Jesus Mary mother o' god it wa loud, nice to see Sarah though (she hasn't changed), Ruth, Rach, Spug and Dean showed up late on......Sis rather squiffy as she'd been drinking all day.......so mad Friday.. was just that.
The wags made more noise than the whole pub put together, shrieking like I've never heard, me and Andy dropped Matt and Sarah at their parents homes at midnight and headed home ourselves, leaving our smoke damaged clothes in the garden (not really).
Saturday 23rd Dec
Up early doors for swimming, left Andy moving his stuff in...spent the rest of the day peacefully vegging in front of t.v, wrapped all his folk's presents......then do you know, i can't remember what the hell we did next...i presume, eating, reading and a lot of t.v watching were involved.
Sunday 24th Dec
Awake just before dinner, both bathed & got ready to eat our Sunday lunch at the Porray's cooked by Gill........it was very nice indeed, the 6 of us sat around till 4ish chatting and watching t.v.
Dropped Andy at spoons to meet Deano and his brother at 5pm, i collected Katy at 7.30pm and we met RMS, Sarah and MJW in the Obadiah for Xmas eve beverages, 2 in Spoons, 2 in the Commercial where we bumped into Andy, the cricket lot and all the wags, the rest of the evening was very pleasant, plonked in the Old house at home which was very quiet and we hogged the karaoke, everyone bar me were quite pished, i took Sar and MJ home after 12 (o'clock, not pints)....it was a really good night and my 1st sober Christmas eve in 21 years.......cripes.
Monday 25th Dec
Xmas day, i was up and about at 9.30am, bathing, letting cats out and feeding them, Andy was up at 10.55am, we'd to be at his Mum's for 11am.......bundled him in the car...no sympathy for hangover boy..bacon butties all round at the in-laws, we all swapped presents, i did v.well.....Radley handbag and a pony from G&D,Tigi bedhead stuff from Claire and John, sweets & a tenner from Grandad and countless Next homey things from his Aunties...ace! Dropped C&J and Claire's parents in Gummy, then me and AP swapped pressies at home and watched a bit of t.v, again i did well, Channel perfume, dressing gown, p.'js, slippers, socks and chocs.
Got a wriggle on and up to Marlo's had a lovely day, Martyn, Steven, Ruth and Mark all present....exchanged gifts and had Xmas dinner in 2 sittings....more presents including random ones from Mother.. New triv, novel, album, molton brown bubble baths, book, money, more perfume, chocs, storage boxes??! and i can't for the life of me remember what else i got from Mum but it was v.random.
Steven took great delight i taking the piss out of my frock all day, we watched Monsters ink them off we toddled home for sofa napping, Mum and Dad came up at 8pm for a spot of supper and Vicar of Dibley, then left at 10.45pm.........so a lovely Christmas day was had by all, without booze or any fisty cuffs for that matter.
Tuesday 26th Dec
Boxing day, we slept for England, Andy missed the rugby...oops!, after breakfast i dropped him at the club while i changed bedding and did 3 wash loads before i joined him at 4ish, it was very busy and full of boozy folk, we stayed till 7.30pm, chatting to Spug and KF, Andy having had 7 or so pints..........nipped in home, got Megan's present and some beers....then to Ruth's for a buffet and party games, very nice time....Steven was in his element with the ready made audience, Andy started on a bottle of Stella.......took the top off, promptly left it and asked for water.
Hardened drinker or what? unlike my father and Brother who were slowly getting merry on Boddingtons, strong lager, red vino and magners...tut tut!
After party games, we departed home for jimmies.....about the same time as the Denham's and House's arrived.
Bed lateish after too much buffet fodder and cake........happy in the knowledge that there were 6 holiday days left.
Wednesday 27th Dec
Off i toddled mid morning, swapped Andy's pressie from Mum at JJB and got him an Adidas polo shirt, resisted going into Birstall retail park...........queuing? pah! had a quick Mccy dee's, then collected Mother to go nursery curtain shopping, what a rubbish day, trailed round Skopos mills, Dewsbury, anyhew the upshot was, i came home empty handed and despondent and mum had bags of purchases including lots of new things for her doll's house.........don't ask!Collected Ap from the sofa and dragged him round tesco's for the weekly shop, £78 later (how much are razor blades?) Home again, Andy and his Dad had moved his drawers and wardrobe in, so i rearranged it all.......so you could actually move in there and i could get to my beloved clothes airer......more washing, jogging, t.v, noshing..........blah blah.
Cats like Andy more than me now as he plays with them...........grrr!
Fell into a happy but late slumber.
Thursday 28th Dec
Up 11ish, didn't bother showering as we were in a rush..........we were off to the seaside! no time for breakfast there was no stopping us, by 1.30pm, we were well and truly plonked in busy bees.....eating like kings......Mmmm!
Mooched about town, parked the car by Spa {flashbacks of a cold Nov evening queuing to see Beautiful South, with sea mist splashing over the harbour wall :o) } we walked all the way to the south shore and back, have realised I'm less out of breath bearing howge bump than i was back in the days i was fagging it......dear me! lovely day, felt all invigorated.......home M62 way and back not too late, bath, p.j's..soup and sandwiches and Xmas t.v....heaven!
Friday 29th Dec
We both woke with streaming cold (bloody East coast fresh air), Andy was off to the Gym to sweat his out, i laid under the duvet like a wounded animal, up at lunchtime and made him a breakfast, i had banana and cereal....then put a leg of lamb in the oven and off we headed to the sales, Crown point retail park and the White Rose..how brave?, purchased new mattress for crib, nappy wrappers and nappy bin, bath guard, steriliser and some other baby stuff.
Unpacked all shopping into nursery, made veg, roasties, Yorkshires etc, ate like locusts, followed by an evening of chilling, DVD's, books..ya di ya.
Saturday 30th Dec
I was in the mood for shopping, Andy wanted me to go watch Morley play rugby with him and Grant and Katy (it's raining are you on glue?), passed Ma's and saw her little car so nipped in, had a coffee and she tagged along, we did HMV, Mama's and Papa's, Next and DFS, she was tired so dropped her home, then i went into Leeds and also called in Batley, Tesco's and the video shop...spent £105 which wasn't bad, i could've done better.
Me and AP arrived home at the same time, he'd nipped darn club for a couple of Stella's, another blissful evening at home in pyjamas, we ordered take out as a special treat, i had an Eastern Spice (1st time this year), He had a Spring bamboo, we had to ring Ruth for the number (she has it on speed dial). Demolished fodder, then watched the worst DVD i have ever seen in my life, Live Feed (don't get it, the 1st half is soft porn, it says on the cover "Hostel with snakes", it had 1 snake in, honestly I've seen better actors in the Spen Valley gang show), bed early to read, I've gone through a dozen crap mags as Andy has needed to watch every darts match possible.
Sunday 31st Dec
New years eve, poorly snivelly cold, Andy went walking early doors, me, Meg, Maisie and Luther stayed in bed, we're not daft.
Got dressed only to take DVD back and complain, got the "break up" out for free and watched it in the afternoon, all much of a nowtness, chops for tea, got ready against my will for Hogmanay celebrations.....booo! "But it's cold, i'm pregnant, i've got the flu, there's good tele on"........it wasn't washing!
Glad i went though, met Katy and her Sister, Grant and Craig in the not so Commical, 2 in there and onto the Whickam, chatted and drank my squash all of us huddled, in the pool room, then we drove onto the Sportsclub, poor Club and organisers, very shoddy turn out, noone prepared to support them on the biggest night of the year.
Still we made the best of it, Karaoke (Andy sang with Dave T...cripes), Mick's curry was very nice, everyone in high spirits, at midnight, lots of cheering, party poppers, new year kisses (Mick tried to slip tongue in............not ideal), i had a little bottle of white wine and even danced to some cheesy tunes with one v.pished boyfriend, one mullered Katy, & Blacky and Waitey also showing us thier dance moves.
Home for 1am, streaming with cold, but quite hyper, i read till 2.30am, Andy watched the end of True lies and was soon snoring like a wild boar.
Monday 1st Jan
I was fighting fit earlyish, one hundred and 1 jobs to do, left poorly boy sleeping off his Stella head, while i dismantled tree, wanged cards, sorted cats, washed, tided, we'd bought 4 pirate DVD's from a random chink in Whickam last night, so i started watching Little Children (Andy showed his face briefly, was struggling to be alive, i love him SO much, but he's such a baby), off he toddled back to bed, finished watching my film, made a roast chicken dinner and chatted to Matt on the phone, next news G&D arrive, then get this..........his Mother goes to check on him in bed...WTF? he's got the runs and he's barfed, but he's 30 next year, he's had a belly full of Stella, he's a big boy........get over it!!!
Anyhow off they went, i made him get up so i could wash the bedclothes, told him in no uncertain terms he was going to work today, he managed some soup, felt a bit better and we watched Dead Clever.........quite good,up the apples and pairs to bed at 11pm, both asleep before 12.
Not a great nights sleep, coughing, up 3 times to wee, tiptoeing around, trying to blow my nose quietly.
Tuesday 2nd Jan
Awake with Andy at 6.30am, morning chatting...wtf?
Me and cats soon dropped back off for 2 hours, once we heard him lock the door, so that's it, all holidays over, done and dusted for another year...my 1st sober festive season in 2 decades, possibly my last.
Nice day at work today, despite the cold, only me, Leigh, Paul and warehouse lads present, been to Mossy's, washed the car, blogged, had lunch and spent Andy's Xmas BHS voucher on a new quilt cover, now we're co-habitting, i'm opening his eyes to a whole new world of soft furnishings....tee hee!
No i'm liking it, it's just the same really only now i get to wash his clothes too, oh and cook for him, which i like........ i hope he's happy too, if not it's tough titty, there's no going back now........Mwaaahhhahaaaa!
I have him in my clutches!!!
Happy new year everybody.
Thursday 21st Dec
The buffet/tea party with the in-laws went very well indeed, Gill was more than pleased with the home her little boy is now living in and was over the moon with nursery for her 1st Grandchild, we all ate plenty, the salads and chilli went down a little better than cold meats and stand pie, it was a mega chilled out atmosphere, leading me to believe that when the 6 of us have been together in a pub environment, or at G&D's or John and Claire's it's moi who is on pins, but am mucho relaxed playing the hostess...........ooh I'm a funny bugger.
Let the cats out of bedroom after we'd eaten and Ma P tried not to be too horrified when they wreaked havoc and Andy and i treat them like children.........hahhhaaaa!
They all departed at 10.30pm, we washed up and fell into bed Morecombe and Wise stylee and slumber well before the 12.
Friday 22nd Dec
Was SOOO glad i went to work, the warehouse lads were clearing out the empty offices next door and came across a brand spanking new silver cross pram in it's box ............it was in my car boot in 5 seconds flat.....reight do! i'm going to miss this job!
Being preggers, i was allowed to go at 12 instead of 1pm, nipped into Marlo's...stayed an hour drinking coffee....gave her Grandma's present to deliver, then home to disco kip, Andy was up late & had left the bedroom untidy, i'd just restored whole house to it's usual tidy splendour, when he came home and insisted on showing me all his Christmas buys for his family, we had a bit of mid afternoon nookie, then i wanted to sleep for 2 hours........unfortunately i needed to wee (as i do every hour) but one of Alan's cronies was painting the outside of the house, he was at the bathroom window....being with child i couldn't wait and had to go in the washing up bowl in the kitchen.....guffaw!!!
Up at t.time, called for RMS, delivered his pressie and chatted to his lovely parents, he was asleep and had forgotten i was collecting him, but all was forgiven, we headed for the comi where we plonked for 5 hours in the snug for R Woz's 30th..........Jesus Mary mother o' god it wa loud, nice to see Sarah though (she hasn't changed), Ruth, Rach, Spug and Dean showed up late on......Sis rather squiffy as she'd been drinking all day.......so mad Friday.. was just that.
The wags made more noise than the whole pub put together, shrieking like I've never heard, me and Andy dropped Matt and Sarah at their parents homes at midnight and headed home ourselves, leaving our smoke damaged clothes in the garden (not really).
Saturday 23rd Dec
Up early doors for swimming, left Andy moving his stuff in...spent the rest of the day peacefully vegging in front of t.v, wrapped all his folk's presents......then do you know, i can't remember what the hell we did next...i presume, eating, reading and a lot of t.v watching were involved.
Sunday 24th Dec
Awake just before dinner, both bathed & got ready to eat our Sunday lunch at the Porray's cooked by Gill........it was very nice indeed, the 6 of us sat around till 4ish chatting and watching t.v.
Dropped Andy at spoons to meet Deano and his brother at 5pm, i collected Katy at 7.30pm and we met RMS, Sarah and MJW in the Obadiah for Xmas eve beverages, 2 in Spoons, 2 in the Commercial where we bumped into Andy, the cricket lot and all the wags, the rest of the evening was very pleasant, plonked in the Old house at home which was very quiet and we hogged the karaoke, everyone bar me were quite pished, i took Sar and MJ home after 12 (o'clock, not pints)....it was a really good night and my 1st sober Christmas eve in 21 years.......cripes.
Monday 25th Dec
Xmas day, i was up and about at 9.30am, bathing, letting cats out and feeding them, Andy was up at 10.55am, we'd to be at his Mum's for 11am.......bundled him in the car...no sympathy for hangover boy..bacon butties all round at the in-laws, we all swapped presents, i did v.well.....Radley handbag and a pony from G&D,Tigi bedhead stuff from Claire and John, sweets & a tenner from Grandad and countless Next homey things from his Aunties...ace! Dropped C&J and Claire's parents in Gummy, then me and AP swapped pressies at home and watched a bit of t.v, again i did well, Channel perfume, dressing gown, p.'js, slippers, socks and chocs.
Got a wriggle on and up to Marlo's had a lovely day, Martyn, Steven, Ruth and Mark all present....exchanged gifts and had Xmas dinner in 2 sittings....more presents including random ones from Mother.. New triv, novel, album, molton brown bubble baths, book, money, more perfume, chocs, storage boxes??! and i can't for the life of me remember what else i got from Mum but it was v.random.
Steven took great delight i taking the piss out of my frock all day, we watched Monsters ink them off we toddled home for sofa napping, Mum and Dad came up at 8pm for a spot of supper and Vicar of Dibley, then left at 10.45pm.........so a lovely Christmas day was had by all, without booze or any fisty cuffs for that matter.
Tuesday 26th Dec
Boxing day, we slept for England, Andy missed the rugby...oops!, after breakfast i dropped him at the club while i changed bedding and did 3 wash loads before i joined him at 4ish, it was very busy and full of boozy folk, we stayed till 7.30pm, chatting to Spug and KF, Andy having had 7 or so pints..........nipped in home, got Megan's present and some beers....then to Ruth's for a buffet and party games, very nice time....Steven was in his element with the ready made audience, Andy started on a bottle of Stella.......took the top off, promptly left it and asked for water.
Hardened drinker or what? unlike my father and Brother who were slowly getting merry on Boddingtons, strong lager, red vino and magners...tut tut!
After party games, we departed home for jimmies.....about the same time as the Denham's and House's arrived.
Bed lateish after too much buffet fodder and cake........happy in the knowledge that there were 6 holiday days left.
Wednesday 27th Dec
Off i toddled mid morning, swapped Andy's pressie from Mum at JJB and got him an Adidas polo shirt, resisted going into Birstall retail park...........queuing? pah! had a quick Mccy dee's, then collected Mother to go nursery curtain shopping, what a rubbish day, trailed round Skopos mills, Dewsbury, anyhew the upshot was, i came home empty handed and despondent and mum had bags of purchases including lots of new things for her doll's house.........don't ask!Collected Ap from the sofa and dragged him round tesco's for the weekly shop, £78 later (how much are razor blades?) Home again, Andy and his Dad had moved his drawers and wardrobe in, so i rearranged it all.......so you could actually move in there and i could get to my beloved clothes airer......more washing, jogging, t.v, noshing..........blah blah.
Cats like Andy more than me now as he plays with them...........grrr!
Fell into a happy but late slumber.
Thursday 28th Dec
Up 11ish, didn't bother showering as we were in a rush..........we were off to the seaside! no time for breakfast there was no stopping us, by 1.30pm, we were well and truly plonked in busy bees.....eating like kings......Mmmm!
Mooched about town, parked the car by Spa {flashbacks of a cold Nov evening queuing to see Beautiful South, with sea mist splashing over the harbour wall :o) } we walked all the way to the south shore and back, have realised I'm less out of breath bearing howge bump than i was back in the days i was fagging it......dear me! lovely day, felt all invigorated.......home M62 way and back not too late, bath, p.j's..soup and sandwiches and Xmas t.v....heaven!
Friday 29th Dec
We both woke with streaming cold (bloody East coast fresh air), Andy was off to the Gym to sweat his out, i laid under the duvet like a wounded animal, up at lunchtime and made him a breakfast, i had banana and cereal....then put a leg of lamb in the oven and off we headed to the sales, Crown point retail park and the White Rose..how brave?, purchased new mattress for crib, nappy wrappers and nappy bin, bath guard, steriliser and some other baby stuff.
Unpacked all shopping into nursery, made veg, roasties, Yorkshires etc, ate like locusts, followed by an evening of chilling, DVD's, books..ya di ya.
Saturday 30th Dec
I was in the mood for shopping, Andy wanted me to go watch Morley play rugby with him and Grant and Katy (it's raining are you on glue?), passed Ma's and saw her little car so nipped in, had a coffee and she tagged along, we did HMV, Mama's and Papa's, Next and DFS, she was tired so dropped her home, then i went into Leeds and also called in Batley, Tesco's and the video shop...spent £105 which wasn't bad, i could've done better.
Me and AP arrived home at the same time, he'd nipped darn club for a couple of Stella's, another blissful evening at home in pyjamas, we ordered take out as a special treat, i had an Eastern Spice (1st time this year), He had a Spring bamboo, we had to ring Ruth for the number (she has it on speed dial). Demolished fodder, then watched the worst DVD i have ever seen in my life, Live Feed (don't get it, the 1st half is soft porn, it says on the cover "Hostel with snakes", it had 1 snake in, honestly I've seen better actors in the Spen Valley gang show), bed early to read, I've gone through a dozen crap mags as Andy has needed to watch every darts match possible.
Sunday 31st Dec
New years eve, poorly snivelly cold, Andy went walking early doors, me, Meg, Maisie and Luther stayed in bed, we're not daft.
Got dressed only to take DVD back and complain, got the "break up" out for free and watched it in the afternoon, all much of a nowtness, chops for tea, got ready against my will for Hogmanay celebrations.....booo! "But it's cold, i'm pregnant, i've got the flu, there's good tele on"........it wasn't washing!
Glad i went though, met Katy and her Sister, Grant and Craig in the not so Commical, 2 in there and onto the Whickam, chatted and drank my squash all of us huddled, in the pool room, then we drove onto the Sportsclub, poor Club and organisers, very shoddy turn out, noone prepared to support them on the biggest night of the year.
Still we made the best of it, Karaoke (Andy sang with Dave T...cripes), Mick's curry was very nice, everyone in high spirits, at midnight, lots of cheering, party poppers, new year kisses (Mick tried to slip tongue in............not ideal), i had a little bottle of white wine and even danced to some cheesy tunes with one v.pished boyfriend, one mullered Katy, & Blacky and Waitey also showing us thier dance moves.
Home for 1am, streaming with cold, but quite hyper, i read till 2.30am, Andy watched the end of True lies and was soon snoring like a wild boar.
Monday 1st Jan
I was fighting fit earlyish, one hundred and 1 jobs to do, left poorly boy sleeping off his Stella head, while i dismantled tree, wanged cards, sorted cats, washed, tided, we'd bought 4 pirate DVD's from a random chink in Whickam last night, so i started watching Little Children (Andy showed his face briefly, was struggling to be alive, i love him SO much, but he's such a baby), off he toddled back to bed, finished watching my film, made a roast chicken dinner and chatted to Matt on the phone, next news G&D arrive, then get this..........his Mother goes to check on him in bed...WTF? he's got the runs and he's barfed, but he's 30 next year, he's had a belly full of Stella, he's a big boy........get over it!!!
Anyhow off they went, i made him get up so i could wash the bedclothes, told him in no uncertain terms he was going to work today, he managed some soup, felt a bit better and we watched Dead Clever.........quite good,up the apples and pairs to bed at 11pm, both asleep before 12.
Not a great nights sleep, coughing, up 3 times to wee, tiptoeing around, trying to blow my nose quietly.
Tuesday 2nd Jan
Awake with Andy at 6.30am, morning chatting...wtf?
Me and cats soon dropped back off for 2 hours, once we heard him lock the door, so that's it, all holidays over, done and dusted for another year...my 1st sober festive season in 2 decades, possibly my last.
Nice day at work today, despite the cold, only me, Leigh, Paul and warehouse lads present, been to Mossy's, washed the car, blogged, had lunch and spent Andy's Xmas BHS voucher on a new quilt cover, now we're co-habitting, i'm opening his eyes to a whole new world of soft furnishings....tee hee!
No i'm liking it, it's just the same really only now i get to wash his clothes too, oh and cook for him, which i like........ i hope he's happy too, if not it's tough titty, there's no going back now........Mwaaahhhahaaaa!
I have him in my clutches!!!
Happy new year everybody.
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