This Christmas I will be.......

 @SoldierCrab

Tassie has so much to offer.  Many a happy holiday spent catching up with Tassie friends and exploring. 

Nice to read, happiness and contentment!

Best wishes 
Take care

Aren't you the dark horse @SoldierCrab. No wonder you've been quiet! That is fabulous news, I'm so pleased to hear you are doing well and have found happiness. Marg XX

Wonderful @SoldierCrab ... enjoy your first Xmas in Tassie with your partner xx.

Everywhere is SO CLOSE in Tassie .... enjoy your discovery trips!  The wooden boat museum in Huon is AMAZING! They have a few ukulele groups too!  ;)

 I want to go down with our camper van for a dedicated fishing trip , but it may be a few years before I can engineer it .... some of the best Bream and trout fishing in the whole of Australia!

take care and ENJOY! Xx

Hi @SoldierCrab

Good to hear from you and glad that life is good. 8+ for me too. Have a very happy Christmas and best wishes for 2021. 

Good afternoon BCNA buddies .... I am now residing in Tassie with a new partner and loving life.  Christmas will be quiet but fresh air and good company. I am now 8 + years out since diagnosis and I send my wishes to all on the forum. I will check in and say hi ..... soldiercrab 

Yep @afraser I guess if BC and the dumpster fire of 2020 teaches us anything, it's that the best laid plans can go completely shits-shaped with no notice at all. I am the least festive person I know, but this time of year means a lot to many folk. It's more insult on injury, but that's the way things are. Unfortunately.  Mxx

While a Christmas minimalist myself, commiserations to all those whose family Christmas plans have been disrupted or ended by the unfortunate and worrying COVID cluster in NSW. The interstate reactions have been swift and, to my mind, understandable but will cause considerable disappointment, at best. Thinking of you. 

I am currently making chocolate truffles for my family. We are having a keto diet Christmas as my granddaughter is highly suspected of epilepsy and we do not want her to miss out so all of us are doing keto for the day. My daughter is trying to manage the episodes through diet as she has been unable to get her into a neurosurgeon for the past six months so far. Looks like another three months before she may get to see one. The keto has reduced the episodes and they do not last for as long so she will be doing keto until she can get testing done. She is eleven. We have gone all out so she will not miss any of her favourite foods this Christmas. Adapting recipes has been challenging. I even made cranberry sauce and worked out why they traditionally add so much sugar :s 

@Blossom1961 
'Sitting in a bar that faces a giant car wash....' 
All i wanna do, is have some fun :)

Yesterday I passed a lady wearing very high heels and a lovely short dress. She was washing her car!