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Santa's Grotty

After a tense day wondering if the weather would cause their flight to be cancelled.......they arrived.
They had a perfect flight with just a slight delay.
It is wonderful to have them here. In fact, it feels that Lauren has never been away as she spent the whole summer with us.
And, of course, I was over there for 6 weeks too.
We are all very excited about Crimbo.
Lauren & Donna were very impressed with all the decorations inside and outside the house.
I thought I had everything covered.......living room, kitchen (even Christmas curtains in there), hallways, stairs, bedrooms (even Christmas bedding), bathroom (yep, Christmas decs, tree & Christmas toilet mat) dining room.......all suitable adorned and festooned with all that festively sparkles.
But no.
How could I get it so wrong? The basement had been overlooked. But not for long.

As I had done most of the other stuff myself, Philip & Lauren (with a little feline help along the way) undertook to decorate the basement.
Tree, lights, lanterns, garlands, tinsel...........the whole shabbang.
They spent the afternoon working on it. Both seemed to get a lot of fun out of it.

The pictures don't really do it justice. Everything is covered or surrounded in tinsel.
Oh Alan will be pleased.
He arrives on January 5th. We take down the decorations on January 6th so he will be here to join in the fun.
I think I can here him laughing from here.

Donna has now gone to the pub to meet up with the mates she made when she was here in February. Lauren is in bed watching Shrek III.
She is a bit tired but then her body clock is telling her it is 2.15am.
Tomorrow we are out for brekkie, then to the mall in the hope of seeing the 'real' Father Christmas there. In the evening we are going to see all the fabulous lights and decorations on the houses in Candy Cane Lane.
Donna is hoping it is firefighters night (they collect for a children's charity) and I wouldn't mind it either.

posted by Sue Banks @ 6:06 PM