Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas to my crew.

Merry Chrimbo everyone.

We've had a fat old time here at the Slapdash Family Compound.  We had M's family over for drinkies here to Mums place last night, and I did a hardcore last minute giftwrap and then stayed up til the wee small hours to go to midnight Christmas Eve service with my Daddy.  Lucky because CHRISTMAS NEARLY HAD TO BE CANCELLED! I KNOW!

I know what you are thinking re: last minute gift wrapping but I can explain.  I am not usually THAT slapdash.  My feeling "off colour" all week turned into a full blown catastrophic migraine on Friday night. I had to get a jab in the arm on Saturday afternoon and everything.  I was wondering why I couldn't focus or get anything done and felt so tired and depressed.  As I said on FB, total RESPECT for peeps who get them all the time.  How do you do it?  I could have wept from relief when the GP said there was a needle he could give me that would fix it.  Thank FUCK.  I thought I was dying.  M had to take over and make the apricot jam I had conceptualised as an "easy" alternative to buying gifts for the adults.  Oh what a fool was I...anyway the jam is very nice so that's something.  Dad even had to do an emergency run to our house to look after the kids, even while we were supposed to be driving to his place!  Let me tell you if you don't have your health you have nothing.  Nothing, my friends.

Anyway, I went to the Christmas Eve midnight service a) because I am a good Anglican and b) because Dad has been coerced into some kind of candle wrangling role up at his ole church so he had to be there to offside the lady he's accepting the baton from.   I say accepting in the loosest sense of the word.  Which seemed to consist of him sort of lurking around while she officiously fussed about shaking out robes and whatnot.  If her actions could speak they would have been saying "I am NOT READY to relinquish my VERY IMPORTANT CHURCHY ROLE and frankly YOU'LL HAVE TO PRISE THESE CANDLES FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS you upstart you".  Dad was very noble and withstood the liturgical attitude being directed his way.  As we left I could hear her lecturing him "And when you do the READING tomorrow you must be sure to SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE so that they HEAR you at the BACK OF THE CHURCH! CLEARLY, mind!".  Poor Dad, I wanted to shout "Love, I think he'll be right, he used to be a Deputy Principal and spent 90% of his time yelling at halls a thousand kids strong with or without a microphone.  No problems with vocal chords here", but I restrained myself.  Dad has a better grasp of the whole humility thing than I do.

So Dad came over to Mum's this morning to watch the smalls open their pressies.  They got tonnes as usual, with some hits and misses.  P's favourite pressie was a pair of Hello Kitty PJs I bought her at the last minute.  Lucky!  She promptly stripped down and wore the jim jams all day long.  She's wearing them in bed again now.  Cutie patootie.

P lounging in her new, er, lounge wear I spose.
 
We had a VERY HOT day and so of course ate a huge pork roast with all the proverbial trimmings.  No, but seriously it was delicious and then we had cherry sherry trifle and some of good old Heston Blumenthal's pud.  Oh yeah.  Hubba hubba.  I overcame my uncharacteristic migraine induced lack of appetite and did the dinner justice, more or less. 

Me at the feast with a small.
 
Mum at the feast.
Hope you all had a nice day.  I'm off to indulge in some Christmas Day Night festive "nibblings at the leftovers", as is tradition.

My good friend Gordon has popped over and he's going to help me eat....
 
...some of this.

Peace be with you my interweb family.

16 comments:

  1. Oh my. The migraine sounds hideous. When are you back? I miss you and we have access to the neighbours pool til the second. Come swim xx

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    1. Back on Saturday. Pool sounds good, count us in xx

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  2. Merry Christmas to you Miss Slapdash! Glad you overcame your head and were able to have such a lovely day.
    I just love the inner monologue of the baton passer! Laughed right out loud! Thank you.

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    1. I don't know how you do it R. I definitely thought I was having a stroke.

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  3. Well that migraine sounds bloody as the British would say. Hope you all had a great day yesterday.

    Wet and cool in Sydney yesterday now being Sydney we have a lovely Boxing Day. Its my birthday today and Im so old Im frightening myself thinking about it

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    1. Happy bday smr! How funny having a birthday on Boxing Day...did you celebrate on a different day when you were a kid? Hope you had a lovely day.

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  4. so very glad I don't get migraines. I get tension headaches and they are enough to make me weep so kudos for you for not going postal.

    And Merry Christmas!

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    1. Yeah it was the PITS! I have a v strong family history of migraine so am panicking a bit that I might start getting them all the time. Here's hoping not :-(
      Merry Christmas back atcha!

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  5. I get them, so know the misery involved. Hopefully this was just an "isolated incident" as they say in all the best crime reports! I spent all day in my Minnie Mouse PJs so glad that your little P is beginning what hopefully will be a life-long habit! Hope you're fully recovered now.

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    1. Good work with the Minnie Mouse PJs. P has alternated hers with just undies, fairy wings and a tiara. Glamour girl.

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  6. Happy Christmas SDM. So glad the migraine is under control. Husband suffers from them... Dire!! Thank you for your fab blog. It has made me laugh out loud many times. You are a kindred spirit!

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    1. Oh thanks SS. Merry Christmas back to you. Sympathy for your hubby. I'm so worried I'll start getting them all the time. Urgh.

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  7. Migraines are hideous; glad yoou overcame yours to enjoy
    christmas with the family. And Gordon too of course;

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  8. Yes Bronnie they are the pits. Hapy CHristmas to you.

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  9. So glad that you felt better to enjoy a lovely Christmas with the whole slapdash crew. Looking forward to a catch up when you head home. Enjoy your time with the fam and say hi from me. K xxoo

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Vent your spleen! You know you want to.

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