Cloudy with a Chance of Rolling Pin!

Last year's Christmas Beach view!!

Well, I thought I'd never actualy get the time or the inclination to add to this blog ever again last week. What a horrible week. I was under the "Black Cloud" last week (some of you ladies will understand what I'm referring to....) and I just hated everybody!!!! The kids came in for some serious verbal sparring and  I had the overwhelming desire to bludgeon my hubbie with a rolling pin!

The the weekend came and it improved somewhat.......well sort of. It was actually quite good fun but involved lots of drinking and partying and staying up late in general........ it's not quite so easy at my age I'm afraid!! There was some rolling pin action, but it was only for rolling out the pastry for the mince pies!

On Saturday my friend Jacqueline came with her family for an overnight and we got the raclette grill out which was fun. We hadn't done raclette since Germany  but it's such a sociable way to eat and it's such an easy way to entertain - just get your guests to cook their own dinner!!!  What a winner!! The only problem with Raclette though is the amount of wine you absent-mindedly consume whilst chatting and cooking your dinner!!!

We took the kids to the Christingle service at church on Sunday and it was beautiful.....and it's always amusing to watch the little kids trying to hold their Christingles and not set anyone alight!!!  Bless.  Afterwards we all went back to my neighbours house for Gluwein and curry and it was a lovely way to finish off the weekend................. that and the results show for Strictly Come Dancing which I'm actually quite addicted to. I have no idea who'll win, but I do like Matt from Countryfile. He's very easy on the eye!!!

Today I sewed Christmas stockings and baked cupcakes for Cecilie's Christmas party. It felt very festive and the kids loved it! We personalised some of them with the embroidery machine and Cecilie sewed a little one for the Classroom Bear with his name on it! His name  is Fuzz and the kids take it in turns to take him home for the night and photograph him doing stuff at their houses and they all have to write in the diary about what he did. I used to dread it as I always ended up doing it myself, however Cecilie does it all herself now and it's comical, so I don't mind now when Fuzz appears in her schoolbag!!!

We are supposed to be driving North on Saturday to see my mum in Glasgow but we will have to watch this space as far as the weather is concerned. It's supposed to snow etc..... At least the black cloud over me this week will just be snow or rain!!!!