The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: little blue on December 05, 2010, 08:16:11 pm
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... or just another day on the smallholding?
please share below :)
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its our first xmas together in scotland so it will be a special time for us, were spending it just us and the animals no invites have been given out to family, we will spend it doing the usual animal things, dogs, horses, hens and kittens, one big happy family, enjoying the dream life we have together. plus lots of chocolates :wave:
Forgot its also our first xmas in our new house, so that makes it extra special as we have all our animals at home with us
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Last year it was just me and steve and our dogs and the new 10 pups, we brought them in to the lounge with us and had a big log fire and watched them suckle, so sweet. THis year my family will be with us, thats a first for us here in Scotland too, after, now possibly on the 28th we marry in the house with just family and close friends...very special!!!
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well we have moved to a smaller house (so we could have a little piece of land- and so the kids can't move back in!!! ;) )
this year my son and daughter are coming for christmas..... bringing with them their partners and 3 grandchildren.......... :o
so in our smaller house we will have 6 adults and 3 babies/toddlers..... think i'll hide with the chickens and pigs!!
:pig: :chook: :love: :pig: :chook:
don't you just love christmas!!!
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Just me, hubby and the kids for Christmas day. Just the way we like it ;D. Planning on going for a walk along the beach in the morning if weather not too bad. Then hubbys family arrive Boxing day for a couple of days. Friends coming to stay for New Year.
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we are here with all our animals (horses, sheep, ducks, chickens, pigs, cat, dog) and having some family over.
if the weather is nice (ie no snow!), my christmas present to myself is always to go for a nice quiet hack. dont think it's going to happen this year somehow!
but will be the first year ever that we will have eaten our own home produced meat with the meal! so excited :)
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Just me and OH - and if I can catch up on jobs just the morning feed/let out before a nice day by the fire, telly on with mindless rubbish seen 10x before but good for a laugh - hopefully a walk with our oldest dog Tess.
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It will be our first Christmas at Dalmore, so a bit special. It will be more special if we have a kitchen ::) There will be John, Linda, Dan, Lorna and I plus dogs and cats.
Planning to have one of our own chickens plus either pork or lamb then feet up by the stove with the dogs and cats (who love it almost as much as us).
Going to get the decorations form Longcarse on Thursday ;D
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Wife will finish night duty Christmas morning come home and start dinner we'll all do presents then i'm off to feed everything ;then dinner after which she'll fall asleep on the sofa for an hour or two and wake up to find a lovely clean and tidy kitchen then we all watch the Christmas specials and play board games with lots of cheating and chocolate.This is the pattern every other year; next year will be a day shift worse again as she gets no Christmas dinner.
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it is possible that all my plans are going up in smoke (if we still have any fuel for a fire then ::)). My mum is supposed to come flying in on the 22nd...No Christmas food in the freezer, no pud made yet, presents missing in the post ::) ::) ::) :&>
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Don't worry Kerstin - it'll get better before it gets worse! ;D ;D ;D
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Just myself, Tony, the 4 children and my mum. Same usual animal jobs but no soap making and definately not making an bath bombs (the bane of my life at the minute ;D )
then tony will drive into worcester to visit his mum and sisters, I will stay with my mum and I will demolish best part of a tin of chocolates, got to be done ;)
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We will be luxuriating in the fact that we are now in our finished cottage ;D Just my OH and me, the 2 dogs and the 6 hens. We will have a christmas lunch consisting of roast pork - from one of our own pigs ;D ;D Hopefully it will be a nice day so we can have a good walk somewhere on our local cornish coastline ;D
Tish
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i'll be at work, sick people don't know what day is what!
steve's parents are arriving on the 23rd, they will be festive without me on christmas day, then do it all over again with me on boxing day, 2 day feast, bonus! :)
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Just me on my own as usual.. feeding animals at regular intervals but hopefully not in snow ::)
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Diane, myself, our three kids (two returning home for the day) four dogs, six chickens, a cracking meal and a walk around the local parks with the dogs. Happy day!
Ian
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same as every other day here ... just me and the dogs ... and walk to the land to feed the horses....
cheers
Russ
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I don't know at the moment! Alex and I are supposed to be spending Christmas with his parents and sister in Dumfries, while my mum goes to my sister for lunch and to spend a few hours on Christmas day. But, I am worried about leaving her to cope with the animals if we still have weather like this! It is difficult enough just now and that's with 3 of us helping!
My sister is expecting a baby girl (due tomorrow according to the doctors- due next week according to my sister), so we are going to see them on Boxing day. Will be nice to have a new baby neice (the fifth one!).
Beth
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Just me on my own as usual.. feeding animals at regular intervals but hopefully not in snow ::)
Don't know where you are ellied but I'll bet there's a TASer somewhere near you who would welcome your company. ;D
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Get up as usual and feed, water & bed up pigs, then walk the dog and then in to get showered and dressed in chrissy clothes, then hot coffee & croissants whilst we open any parcels santa might have left! ;)
OH's family come over in the morning for Bucks Fizz & parcel exchanging then my sister & her partner plus her parents are coming to lunch, then t-time feeds & dog walking, OH will go to bed and i will sit and watch crappy tv with a box of chocs and a tot or 3 of Glayva! Ho Ho Ho! ;D
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please remember the wether iff its bad dont chance it .get food in erley same with the animal food etc .the wether is building for more problems at the mo its Christmas week .with only 2 shopping week ends left .people are getting very stressed at the moment garage bank shop etc. my Christmas all the kids partners il be working till dinner
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For Christmas hubby has said we should go out to eat because theres only 4 of us but New Year theres 15 of us.
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My sister, her OH and son are over from Australia. There will be 14 people at mine on Christmas day including my parents and hubby's family. Hope there will be enough of our home grown turkey to go round. :yum:
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Not a lot of money this year, we will have a small family time eat like pigs watch tele some old repeat go a walk with the dogs and spent some time with the animals. O! did I say a wee dram. probably at some time feel sad and remember all the folks that are not with us any more. cheery time for all :wave:
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We will be at home with horses pigs chickens dogs and hamster. The family are coming to me so I'm cooking for 13 and it should be a great family day as it should be. Hard work but I love it!
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As much as I love the help around the place from my dedicated employees - I am looking forward to a Christmas at home with my lovely girlfriend just milling around and doing the normal day to day things with the animals.
I am also looking forward to having most of the downstairs of the house complete - a bathroom and kitchen would be a dream!!
Baz