[Victorian Farmer]

day 3 off the snow not a problem yet but the longer it gos on the harder it will get the ground will freeze solid minus 8 to night all stock in.So the cost will go up day by day might be better the week end all the best to you farmers .

[Fronhaul]

But Christmas is ages yet .........isn't it?

I have given the butcher an order and the alpacas have enough feed to last until nearly the end of January.  We collect the dog food on Friday so they will be ok. 

I haven't even bought cards yet though let alone presents.

[deepinthewoods]

phew... im not alone.
 
christmas starts 12 days before, here.

[NormandyMary]

Im going to write my cards tomorrow, all OH's pressies are either here or on order, I just have to get a couple of vouchers ordered and Im done present wise.
I will start looking for a decent sized turkey in the next week or so, they had some today but they were only a couple of kilos or so, just enough for one meal and soup!
OH has started to feel a bit better after his recent illness and wants to put the decors up at the weekend so Ill be doing the tree, although Im a bit worried about it with Henry on the loose! Mince pies and sausage rolls are always made a few days in advance so that we dont get sick of them, Im also going to do the shortbread and the stollen.
Lovely!!

[fifixx]

Interestingly my 26 yr old lodger also doesn't see the point of buying yet more stuff - he has gone and volunteered to help at the local lunch for people with no where to go on Xmas day.  Good for him!

[RUSTYME]

I don't do christmass , bah humbug !
When the house is up , i will do a mid winter celebration a bit late , in other words , christmass .
It will be my version though , no tree , but plenty of holly and ivy , a real yule log on the fire etc .
So bah humbug to commercialism , an old fashioned christmas i can do , next year though .

[jaykay]

Oh blimey, I've done absolutely nothing and nor will I til school breaks up - pretty late this year but I can't think straight at the moment let alone add anything else into the schedule.

[Lesley Silvester]

I did think about doing the cards today.  Didn't do them but I did think about it.   

[Mammyshaz]

I'm just so far behind that I might be ready by next year 
We pulled the bathroom out a few months ago and have struggled to put it back together due to long waits for new units.  Still waiting  never use B&Q again
Then had to get the chimney swept ( been burning a stove10 yrs ) as a little fire developed  and found the stove needs replaced. Pulled it out to join the old bathroom to find we now need a HETAS cert to install for insurance. Soooo expensive but bl%%€y cold without the stove 

Feel like I've spent many hours at the school for numerous meetings and activities recently with more still pending ( some kids just don't fit into a behaviour category that schools can deal with    )

Xmas shopping on line for the last week and to the shops to pick up some bargains tomorrow 

I will get there eventually. Very grateful my parents are doing christmas dinner for us 

[Victorian Farmer]

rustyme haws things going have you started the house yet .i hope things are going well .i could do with out this 3 weeks of fuss 2 days christmas that would be fine .

[RUSTYME]

Hello vf , yes ok here thanks , you ?
Got one tree down for some of the frame of the house . Will be making the frame in sections as and when i drop a tree .  The frame is just big mortise and tennons , so no real work there . The work starts with the wattle and daubing !
The weather has been the hold up at the moment , it is just to wet to move the timber about .

I hate the commercial thing that christmas has become and as you say  the 2 days would do me just fine .

[Dans]

argh. Most definately not ready!

Some presents ordered, far more waiting to be knit, house not decorated at all and can't be started until we have painted the hallway and got the furniture back in there, which can't happen until we have finished mending the walls and it is all down to the OH as I'm bed bound. Not started the cards yet, although I did think of them today. And for some crazy reason I have invited my mother, her OH, my sister and her 3 kids up for xmas in our tiny 3 up 3 down house!!!!!! Ummm yeah, not ready for it this year at all!

Dans

[sabrina]

Cards written ready to post Monday have not done so many due to cost of stamps but wishing friends good wishes on facebook,. Tree up today and presents wrapped. For once feeling very relaxed about the whole thing.

[Lesley Silvester]

I'm still thinking about writing my cards.  Presents are easier.  I send my daughters money to get for themselves and the children.  My mum didn't want anything so I treated her and her OH to a show by their local am dram group.  Just need to get for my OH and one son and his fiancee who are coming to us on Boxing Day.

I don't know if everyone is aware but those on certain benefits can buy up to 36 stamps at last year's prices on presentation of prrof of entitlement to benefit.

[Alistair]

Presents bought or made now, best is the one for the OH.. It's a see through model of a dog where you can take all the bits and bobs out like the kidneys or lungs and put them back in, the only thing missing is a set of tweezers a flafshing red nose and a buzzer when you touch the sides

Making the cards today, well they're not cards more like 2.5" square golden frames with a 2" square green enamel "tile" with a red star in the middle set into them