Way back before Christmas whitehousemom  tagged me with this and nominated me for the Honest Scrap Award,

I almost forgot about it, then when siftng through friends' page posts I found it again.... so what better way to describe the joys of a bountiful Christmas and deal with this at the same time?!


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Yipeeee!  I don't have to be in work until 9.00 am today so what better way to spend my time than fiddling with LJ.

So, for those of you that missed it, it's CHRISMTAS EVE!  Only one more sleep.  I have no idea why i am so excited this year.

I am like  big kid.  I think I just get caught up in the  excitement of others.... I usually find the whole ( Read more... )

I wanted to write a fun/cool tale of how we decorated our house for Christmas.  However, due to the fact that I have been dying of some god awful snot plague for the last week and a bit, the Christmas festivities have not really happened here at Darkangel Towers.

Oh, the tree, such as it is, is up and decorated.  The assorted seasonal tat has come ( Read more... )

This weekend was good, and busy.  We were out and about, doing things and catching up with family… and also, doing something I despise - Christmas Shopping ( Read more... )

This week I:


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Guess what?  I started my Christmas shopping this weekend.  Woohoo!!  I have 4 whole presents in the bag!  This is a big thing for me, as I loathe and detest Christmas shopping.   I just needed to start, to get SOMETHING,  so I don’t feel like the whole thing is snowballing out of control around me.

I went to Costco, foolishly deluded into  ( Read more... )

Firstly, my floor.  I'm still going ahead with the work despite the fiasco of them not turning up on Monday.   Apparently, there was a 'communication breakdown'.  No shit Sherlock?

I know, I know - I ranted and raved like a mad woman about it, but in the end I decided that:

(a) I still needed a new floor ;and
(b) it was highly unlikely that I was ( Read more... )