User blog:SmudgyHollz/A Very Quick Hello

Okay, first of all, Merry Christmas everybody! Second of all, this is going to have to be snappy because I can already hear somebody coming - though I don't know whether or not it isb to go to the bathroom or what.

I have been so caught up in families and Christmas that I haven't had any time to jump online. So, here's what I have been up to;

24th December

Well, first of all, we hung about the house for a bit and then I shared some chicken noodle (and goo) soup with my Dad. Afterwards, we had to nip off into the village because my great aunty and second cousin were unexpectedly coming in from Dundee and Belgiam to come and visit us. We managed to buy my aunty a picture frame and a pretty candle but had to settle for getting Johno a pair of ski gloves and beer - it was either that or co-op food, and I don't know about you, but I wouldn't be too pleased if I opened up a present to find a packet of Cornflakes.

Since it took a while to get all of the presents, we got back home at about 17:00 and my Mum quickly put on some mince and tatties. For a non-beef-eater she can cook some pretty good beef!

We then set off to my Grandma's afterwards. It was nice and peaceful and we just sat around until 21:00 when all of the kids were sheperded off to bed early.

25th December

On Christmas Day I woke up briefly at 4:45 but then, realizing the time, went back to sleep until 8:30. I then leaped out of bed and had some Cheerio's while waiting for everybody else to rise. At the most, it took 20 minutes. We then all headed through to the living room where a heap load of presents awaited us. Seriously, there were mountains of them, and I have to admit I felt rather spoilt opening all of mine. But they were all super good! One of my best was a repleca of the Marauder's Map that JK Rowling designed!

Soon it was 12:00 and everybody was starving. We went through to the kitchen and my Grandma laid out some stuff on the counter. Everybody dug in. I tried to rashion myself by only starting off with a toasted cheese sandwhich but that didn't work to well and I ended up stuffing myself full of delicious foods.

It was then 16:00 and my family was on our way to my Granny's house. We got there just in time for dinner and had a starter of pea and ham soup. The main course was then put out and the table was full of turkey, ham, roast potatoes, carrots, brussel sprouts... You name it!

We had barely scraped at the surface of the wonderful sea of food when everybody had eaten as much as they could possible manage. So, after waiting for our food to digest for a couple of minutes, we then, yet again, went through to the living room. And then the presents were handed out... There was an incident when Johno found he hadn't labeled some of his presents and didn't know whether a parcel was for my Granny Moir or not. Luckily it was!

Once everything was opened, we went back through to the kitchen for more food. Luckily my Grandad did not put himself on fire while trying to light the Christmas cake. We had Bailey's cheesecake instead. And played some general knowledge questions.

Which number comes first when you alphabetise the numbers 1-10?


 * Jay!

There were various other ridiculous answers similar to that!

At 12:00, I went to bed. Unfortunately I had to share the tiniest bedroom with my brother and did not get a good sleep. First of all there was my brother's constant snuffling, then there was my uncle's snoring which I could hear from my bedroom, then there was the loud water tank, the boiling room and to top it all off, somebody began to pace the corridor at a stupid time in the morning!

26th December

Groggily, I showered to wake myself up. Then I went through to the kitchen to find only Johno was awake. So I put songs onto my iPod.

Everybody was awake by 12:00 when we had breakfast. Lunch is probably a more appropriate name for it though.

After a while we packed the car and drove back to my Grandma's house. Stupidly, I forgot my wellies, so when we got there, I had to borrow my Grandma's pair to go sledging. But I didn't go sledging. I just walked up a hill, watched while my feet froze off and then walked back down the hill.

We then had Boxing Day salad. And stuffed ourselves full. Then came the giant prefiteroles. Yum!

We then played Harry Potter Cluedo. Peter Pettigrew killed Ginny Weasley in the Owlery with a mandrake. I then went to bed.

27th December'

I have done nothing but go to the shops for batteries and feed the cat. Dinner will probably be soon though!

Hope you have all had a very Merry Christmas.

Bye!

Smudgy Hollz   December is the Best Month!