... in which I feel warm and fuzzy

Hi bbs :)

I'm still in my jammies and basking in post-Christmas glow. What a good time for an update (says I).

Christmas was awesome, as was Boxing Day. John and I were up fairly early on Christmas Day, we swapped pressies and then cooked a huge fry up... om nom nom. We digested that for a little while before wrapping the last few presents and heading over to my parents. My aunt and uncle are visiting from Cyprus and my brother was home from uni so it was a lovely gathering, and dinner was delicious.

And then (still digesting) we went to visit John's parents where we collected about 20 chocolate oranges from various people, among some other fabulous presents. And then came charades and board games, which brought some priceless quotes...

Kerry: What is a female rabbit called?
John: Well, it's not "bunny"...
Brian: Yeah, because Bugs was a boy


Me and Kerry: What are the 7 deadly sins?
John: Rape


Brian: If the penis piercing is called a Prince Albert, what is the corresponding piercing on a female called?
Megan: CLIT!


Ian: Lee Evans is the worst thing to happen to the world.
Brian: What about Adolf??

... to name a few.


Gaming was bloody brilliant. And then exhausted, with about 6 huge bags of presents and chocolatey goodies we headed home.


Boxing day was a lovely chilled out affair for us. We enjoyed the 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments, which caused lots of heated discussion, obviously :) followed by the new Lee Evans stand up which was hilarious. And then we ended the day with dinner and series 1 of TOWIE, which admittedly was much more up my street than John's, but he does enjoy the stupidity of it.


And now we have to find room for all our new goodies, which gives us an excuse to do a clear out of all the things we don't need. Looking at my wish-list from one of my previous posts, I can say with no surprise that I did not get a Louis Vuitton bag, or an Alfa Romeo, or Gary Barlow (although a Take That calendar and the tour DVD are good substitutes!) but I was lucky enough to get the Professor Layton game. Now... come on snow days! I'd like to postpone going back to work for at least an extra week :)

...in which I feel really festive

Happy Christmas Eve to everyone.

I began today with a Krispy Kreme and a coffee. The rest of the day involved wrapping tonnes of presents, watching Christmas movies and taking the cats for a walk on their new leads.


You heard.


They loved it.

And with that, I hope you all have a lovely Christmas :)

...in which there are no good excuses

Oh dear, almost two months since my last post.

I was just having a little moment. A "wow, I've finished all my Christmas shopping" moment, when it suddenly occurred to me that success in the Christmas preparation department meant I now had time to write a blog post.

I'm on my Christmas holidays at the moment, which have been blissful so far. They've involved watching Sex and the City (lots), eating biscuits (also lots), drinking tea (you get the idea), wrapping presents, snuggling with cats, watching Christmas movies (saving all the best ones for Christmas Eve) and generally getting organised. The last of my shopping was done today. Hoo-ray.

A combination of work and police training has left me exhausted for the past couple of months but I'm enjoying it... well, I'm enjoying one of them, probably not hard to guess which one is more fun.

I'd love to say that our place is decorated to the hilt, as per previous years. However this is our first Christmas with The Naughtiest Cats in the World living with us. Our Christmas tree is apparently a) a climbing frame and b) a chew toy. Any baubles that were placed on it disappeared within a couple of hours. I'm trying to be annoyed but right now both of the buggers are sleeping next to me and look like little angels... so it's tricky.

Before I go and get back to either watching cop shows, or playing Forza, here's a selfish indulgent list of all the things I want for Christmas;

1. Louis Vuitton prettiness
http://www.louisvuitton.co.uk/front/#/eng_GB/Collections/Women/Handbags/products/Speedy-25-MONOGRAM-M41528

2. Professor Layton (hoping for some snow days to go along with this for uninterrupted gaming)
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=-1;6;-1;-1;41&sku=372597&_tag.WT.ac=nintendo+ds+%2F+dsi-LHTMN-Top+10+Best+Sellers-372597

3. Gary Barlow
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l70o7d0KLs1qd9210o1_400.jpg

4. A beast-like car that looks like it's going "grrrr" instead of looking like it is smiling
http://www.carsphoto.net/wp-content/uploads/pictures/alfa-romeo-159-photos-6913.jpg



So, even with the intention to blog again before Christmas, I think it's safer to wish y'all a Merry Christmas here and now. Hope it's full of health ad happiness and wonderful people and gorgeous food
xxxxxx

... in which I'm warding off post Crimbo-blues

Well, Christmas has been absolutely lovely :)

After a terrific lay in this morning, John and I are getting ready to see more family that we didn't see over Christmas, and then to celebrate my "little" brother's 21st birthday with a curry. Om nom nom nom nom.

My brother's birthday also marks 2 weeks until my birthday. Huzzah!

Happy Christmas to you lot!

...in which am equal parts happy and sad

It was the last day of term yesterday (whoop whoop!). I was really pleased to get to this point because this time last year our last day of term was cancelled due to epic snow, which made me sad because I love the Christmassy atmosphere at work.

But it all went ahead yesterday. After a bit of a disastrous start to the day car-wise. My car was frozen shut when I went out to her at 7.20am. After wrestling with both doors I managed to get the passenger door open and took refuge inside with the engine on for a few moments before beginning 20 minutes of scraping windows. I then managed to get the drivers door open... and then accidently drove off with the passenger door wide open. Fail.

I spent period 1 at work with Jo making a quiz for our period 3 lesson. I spent period 2 taking a year 10 maths class, which involved watching Meet the Parents and making sure the little lovelies stayed out of trouble. And then it turned out period 3 wasn't on, so my brilliant quiz went to waste. Quelle shame :)

After a quick assembly we went for lunch. And then the snow started... it began so suddenly, literally we walked past a window and went "ooh, look at those clouds, it might snow later," and then when we came back past the same window two minutes later everything was blanketed in white! Madness.

It was such a great atmosphere in the staff room. There was a row of people pressed up against the windows going "oooh, it's so pretty" whilst the rest of the staff were going "zomg, how will I get home?!"

Eventually our Headmaster sent us all home early. Winner!

I arrived home and promptly fell asleep on the sofa for an hour or so whilst Jeremy Kyle wittered on in the background.

And alas! When I woke up my chest was sore. And I knew, sadly, that a chest infection was on it's way.

I've woken up this morning to amazing, beautiful snow, and a horrid chesty cough. You win some, you lose some.

Happy Christmas holidays :)

... in which I sound like a little bit of a Scrooge

I have two gripes today.

My first is these people who have already finished their Christmas shopping, written all their cards and wrapped all their presents. SHUTUP! I am so very behind on my Chrimboli shopping. I have tonnes of great ideas for presents, but haven't done anything about my great ideas yet.

Secondly, who are these fucking morons who drive around during the day (or night, but especially the day) with their fucking FULL BEAM headlights on. Um, why? You're in Hillingdon, not the fucking wilderness. Idiots. It really bugs me.

Ohhhh, John, me and both our mums went out to see Harry Potter last night. T'was amazing. I won't say more because I don't want to be spoiling stuff. But.... wow.

We're off to the Birtish Museum today, even though I said we were doing that last Sunday. We're doing it today instead. 'citin'!

ttfn