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

I’m so excited about Christmas. Even though an atheist too. It’s all about family get together for me & I’ll have my two grandchildren celebrating their first Christmas. Lots of food fun & love. Oh yeah, & I’ll be finished radiotherapy a couple of weeks before ❤️🎄🤶

13* was our high today Flaneuse..... with RAIN woo hoo 40mm of it in 24hrs more than months and months of rain combined. 

Not too far from me.  I'm at Purga just outside of Ipswich.

@kezmusc Fitzgibbon in Brisbane. Hot wind blowing too.

I look at the weather. If it's 25° or under, it's a roast. If it's over, it's fancy salads. The latter is a lot more work so I always cross my fingers for the former!

Yeah we've got about 36 and a gale force hot wind behind it.  Nasty.Where are you @Flaneuse

@kezmusc  It's 38 deg here at the moment. Hate to think what Christmas Day is going to be like.

Xmas will be at my place as usual.  I love xmas with all it's sparkles and always have a great time.

It's the one day I actually put any effort into cooking (blah). Sometimes, I even make sweets which surprises my family no end.  
I am assuming it will be better than last year.  It was 42 degrees here last Christmas day and trying to cook in that set off an avalanche of atomic hot flushes.  My husband was running around behind me with a spray bottle of water.  Unfortunately he had put it on stream instead of spray and just ended up shooting me in the back of the head with it! LOL 

 It all turned out ok with us piling all the food on the back of the farm ute and parking under one of our big shady trees and me spending the rest of the afternoon trying to cool down in the pool with a glass or six of wine.

Me thinks maybe cold buffet this time around.

xoxoxo

@BlackWidow. .... Keith and I will be on our own on Xmas Day too - he has moderate dementia so we’ll see how the days unfold from now on!   Enjoy your lovely meal .... don’t forget that most RSL Clubs etc have Xmas and New Year dinner celebrations for those who may like a little company .... Our RSL is a wonderful  community based club that is very inclusive of everyone. Xx

As everyone I know goes off to do the family thing I will be staying home and cooking a dinner for one.  I will have a turkey breast roll (lots of cold meat for later), spuds and other vegies - unless I am feeling lazy and jsut make a salad. I will have a Lions club Xmas cake and pudding, though. I have put some decorations up so the house feels festive to a degree,  Hope all have a happy and safe festive season, whatever your circumstances.  Anne