Festive Fun - Welcome to 2008!!!!

Hello there my festive fellowers and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!!!!

Well now i'm sorry that i haven't blogged for a couple of weeks but since i finished work and have been at home, the modem has been permanently fixed to Kieron's Xbox and i haven't had the chance to steal it so i could up date so my apologies but however i am back!!!!!!

So the fun begins with Monday 17th December - my last week at work. I was looking forward to finishing the week 'cos it meant that Christmas would be nearly upon us.

Monday also started the countdown of Mince Pies. Everyday we had a good couple of boxes of mince pies that people started bringing in! Now i've never liked mince pies, so i was offered one but kindly refused it. But that wasn't enough because i was then challenged to eat one - now i'm not one to turn down a challenge!

If i could eat one mince pie then my filing would be done for me and if i didn't eat the mince pie then i would have make extra cups of tea and coffee! So i chse my victim from it's box, and was placed for 30 secongs in the microwave and then ...........

.......... I ATE IT!!!! But to my surprise it wasn't that bad, in fact i even dare say that i now like mince pies!!!!

Tuesday was still quite slow but we were all having a laugh. At 5.30pm we all popped next door for a drink i stated for about an hour adn headed off home 'cos i was knackered.

Wednesday was pretty boring so on to Thursday. Work was still being quite dull but at least the week was nearly at an end. We didn't really do that much work because we were all winding down for the holidays.

Thursday evening i met up with my mates at the Reservoir so that we could exchange christmas gifts. Rosey, Dan, Emily, Jim and Richard were already there so i got a drink at sat down.

Richard gave me my pressie and it was wrapped inside a Christmas Cracker!!!! Me, Rosey and Emily were all intrigued so we decided we would open Richard's gift. We all had a bracelet that Angi had made which are really sweet and then i got the gift that was already inside my cracker (which was a bar of soap!) emily got little candles and Rosey got very nice little decorative box!

We stayed until about half 10 and then decided to head for home!

Friday and it was our last day at work!!! YIPPEE!! It was the last day at school because we didn't do any work. I sat upstairs with lads all day and we were all just chatting and messing about on the internet. To my surprise the day just flew by and it was time to go home! I said my goodbyes for everyone and set off for the bus.

Friday evening me and Kieron had a bottle of wine and watched tv before going to bed.

Saturday was a busy, busy day as i had some other pressies to deliver. I got up nice and early to begin my days work. I started off by having a nice shower, then i tidied up the living room and the kitchen and did a spot of cleaning. Then i put a load of washing on and disappeared down to Sainsbury's to pick up a few bits and bobs.

I came back, wrapped up the Christmas prezzies that i would be delivering put them in my car and set off. So the plan was -

• Get petrol




• Deliver prezzie to Sophie Lake and drop birthday card for her sister Rosie (her birthday is the 24th December!)
  
• Go to mums
  
• Leave mum's and go over to Emily's to pick up pressie she had forgotten to give me




• On way home drop prezzies to Rosey who was kindly going to drop them off at Richard's (as i forgot to take them with me when we went to the pub!)
  

But it wasn't going to be that simple! Oh no! I set off and called in at my local garage but they had closed off most of the pumps as the were filling up and had only left 2 pumps. My petrol light was on so i didn't risk going somewhere else so i had to wait. Eventually the petrol re-filler person opened two more pumps, the car in front of me went to one and i went to the other however the pump was on the wrong side for my car so i decided to reverse into the space. Ok so i wasn't perfectly straight my nose of my car was sticking out slightly but i did a bloody good job seen as though i hadn't got alot of room to manoeuver because of the petrol tanker!

So i started to fill my car up and the car next in line was a brand new Range Rover, it was huge! And i noticed that the fat, balded, middle aged idiot driving was obviously commenting about my reverse situation to his bottle-blonded, cheap, plastered make-up faced, bimbo wife! I then paid for my petrol and when i came out he had pulled up to the pump next to me and just as i reached my car he said:

"Don't you know how to drive? You haven't left me enough room!!!"

To which i replied "Yes i can drive that's how i know how to reverse, don't drive such a bloody big car if you can't handle it and when you're talking about someone try not making it so god damn obvious!" and then i i got in my car and drove off.

Still a little bit furiated my phone started to ring and ring and ring, so i pulled over and it was my brother. My mum was having new guttering put on the house and Grandad was already there helping to refit the roof on the entry. So to save Grandad time they wanted to know if i could pick nan up!!

So i did a u-turn and back i went. I picked nan up and started heading over to mum's. It was a little bit chaotic but most of the work was done when i arrived. We had come cake and a glass of wine.

I decided to leave a bit earlier so that i could go over to Sophie's at least! I got there about 4.30pm and Sophie had just got back from her nan's! I went in and had a cup of tea, her mum Lorraine was there but Rosie and Andy were out. We had a nice chat and a good catch up and i stayed about an hour before heading off home.

I got home and collapsed on the sofa for abit. A bit later on me and Kieron went over to Blockbusters to see if they had any good films out and ended up buying 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up' which are both very funny.

Sunday i had to finish off from Saturday so i got up and went over to Emily's and had a nice cup of tea and a chat and then on the way back called in at Rosey's.

When i got home Kieron was ready to do the shopping so back in the car we got and went down to Sainsbury's. We had to wait in a queue which was forced onto the Maypole Island it was really bad, so we decided not to go into Sainsbury's so we went down to the Maypole itself and did most of our shopping from the individual shops, we went to the Butcher, the Pound shop, Wilkinsons and the little Somerfield shop.

Once we got back home we unloaded the shopping and chilled out for the rest of the afternoon. A bit later i went down to nans for tea as usual.

Monday - Christmas Eve and i decided to do sod all! I had been rushing around so much i decided i didn't want to do anything. I let Kieron bring his xbox into the living room and i sat and put some new music onto my MP3 player. The day went by fairly quickly. We watched some tv in the evening, caught up with the last Top Gear (which was hilarious!) and that was about it.

CHRISTMAS DAY!!! I was so excited. This was mine and Kieron's first Christmas in our flat. We got up and got ready and then sat by the tree unwrapping our pressies, me and Kieron had bought each other clothes so we wore them! After a cup of tea and quick slice of toast we went up to mum's to see everybody. More unwrapping commenced and everyone was delighted with their presents.

So far my presents consisted of money, biscuits, vouchers, bathroom towels, a necklace, chocolate, perfume, Alan Carr Live DVD (thanks Gaz!), Mario & Sonic at the Olypic Games for the Wii (thanks again Gaz!) more chocolate and some speakers for my mobile! Not bad so far.

We stayed for a couple of hours before heading off to Kieron's mum and dad for dinner. We had a drink with them and it wasn't long before it was all served. I stuffed my face full of turkey, gravy, stuffing, pork and of course most importantly roast potatoes!

After we had finished eating and relaxing me and Kieron went home, to play Mario & Sonic. It's a very entertaining game adn a good way of exercising!!!

In the evening me and Gaz went down to Aunty Jan's to see everyone else. We all exchanged pressies and i got more vouchers, Leona Lewis CD & Dumbo DVD, Radio 1's Live Lounge CD, more money and The Jungle Book on DVD. We had a good night, Aunty Jan put some tea out and it wasn't long before I had to leave as me and Kieron were popping round Steve and Natalie's for a Christmas drink!

We only stayed for a couple of hours as i was shattered!!!

Boxing day morning, Kieron wasn't feeling to good after consuming ALOT of alcohol, so we sat and watched my Alan Carr DVD which was really funny. I then got ready to go over to nan's for a buffett lunch. Gaz and mum picked me up at 12.15pm and then went over to nan and grandads.

We had a drink and a natter whilst nan was finishing serving the dinner. We had a really good munch and grandad kept the drinks flowing (you can always rely on grandad!).

We got to the subject about past relatives etc and grandad (being slightly soused at this point) went and got some of the old photos out, which i don't mind i like things like that. Then my nan got out the pair of shoes my mum bought her when she got her first ever wage! They were purple stilettoes (the heels were about 6 inches!) and real leather - they were lovely. I couldn't get my feet in them i asked nan if she could still wear them. I helped her with the straps, she stood up and walked as if she had been wearing them for years. My 78 year old nan can wear high heels better than me! It was scary!

We left about 5pm and Gaz dropped me off home. For the rest of the evening we sat and watched the tv, before rushing down to Kieron's mum and dad as his mum was very ill, but thankfully she recovered.

Thursday the day went by with me doing bits and bobs, I went and saw nanny evans for a bit, then called into Sainsbury's to get some cat food then i went over to see nan & grandad to give them some ham. Kieron had a big joint (no bone) of ham for Christmas from work - it weighed 3 kilos! We gave a chunk to his mum and dad and we still weren't getting through it so we decided to give some to nan & grandad!

When i got back home i did some washing and vacuming and general bits and bobs really. We weren't going to do anything in the evening but Steve invited us round. Natalie had The Simpsons Game of Life for Christmas so we decided to play that. It was a bit confusing at the start but we managed and it ended up that i won!

Friday was thankfully a quiet day. Kieron was on call until 2pm so we couldn't go out anywhere just incase. I played on my Wii and Kieron was on his xbox for most of the day. In the evening we watched tv and that was about it!

Saturday i washed Kieron's uniform and overalls for him and i did some general house chores. I went round to mum's in the afternoon as usual for our wine and cake session.

A bit later we were invited back round to Steve and Natalie's as Steve wanted to have a go at Tranformers Monopoly which i had bought for Kieron and Gareth for Christmas. So we went round and set it all up and started playing only to find out that some of the property cards had been duplicated or were the wrong colour. But we managed to sort it out to finish playing.

Kieron absolutely wiped us all clean, all natalie did well to hang on as long as she did! It was a really good laugh and Natalie demanded a re-match so we were to go round on New Years Eve so that Natalie could get her revenge!

Sunday was a good day we went and did our shopping thankfully we could actually get in to Sainsbury's this time!

We got home and unloaded the shopping and i sat and watched tv for a bit. We started doing the dinner, we had lamb which was very tasty.

Then Gaz rang me and asked if we wanted a game of Transformers Monopoly, to which we said yes and so he came round. Yet again Kieron won so i have threatened him that when i borrow Cluedo off my mum i will beat him, 'cos i'm good at Cluedo!!

Me and Gaz then went down to nans for some tea and then came back to flat and we watched the new Teenage Mutant Nija Turtles film. It is quite good its more for the fans than anything else! After that Gaz went home and we went to bed.

Monday - New Years Eve. Kieron's mum and dad called round as they had a bit of news for us, they had £3,500 at Bingo! We had a little chat and Kieron was talking to them about tv's as they want to get a better one, and Kieron just mentioned that he was thinking about getting another HD tv for the spare bedroom, for his xbox. With that his dad pulled a wad of cash out of his pocket and gave Kieron £400 and told him to buy his tv! We were gobsmacked, i didn't want to accept the money but they insisted!

After they went, we decided to go and have a look. We had seen a Sony Bravia one in Sainsbury's so we started there. They hadn't got any in stock so we asked a member of staff and they didn't think they would have any more in. So off to Tesco's and they hadn't got any Kieron liked. So we popped round the corner to Curry's. There was a 32" Samsung on offer with a stand for £450. BARGAIN! So we had one of them.

We got it home and Kieron set about putting it together. It was up and running within 30mins and he was really delighted with it!.

After we had set everything up and moved boxes out of the way it was time to go round Steve and Natalie's. We took round a bottle of wine and ordered some food and set up Monopoly ready for the re-match. It was going quite well at first but it still ended up with Kieron winning although not so easily! We played two games of Monopoly and having a laugh but it was then time to watch the countdown we put the tv on and waited for Big Ben to ring. We watched the firework display and then sat pulling the left over Christmas crackers Natalie had. I got a mini stapler and a mini pack of cards and Kieron got a pen and little water pistol!

We stayed for another hour and then went home to bed!

So yesterday, the 1st of January 2008! I can't believe how quickly the last year has gone. It was a quiet day as it was our last day off before going back to work.

I did some cleaning and started my work stuff together ready. In the afternoon i dropped round Kieron's old tv to mums as the one she has is old and rubbish.

Gareth set about unplugging everything and moved the old tv into the hall. We then started carrying the new tv from the car (although it was bloody heavy!)

We put the stand together and gave it a clean and Gareth started connecting everything again. It was soon up and running and they really liked so i left them to it.

When i got back Kieron had started doing some tea so i set about putting away the Christmas tree and taking down my Christmas cards (it was really sad!).

We watched some tv for the rest of the evening and then sadly i'm now back work typing this blog!

Wow what a long blog!! So until next time cheerio!